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Zoltán Pogátsa

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Zoltan Pogatsa at a lecture in 2013

Zoltán Pogátsa (Hungarian: [ˈzoltaːn ˈpoɡaːt͡ʃɒ]; born 1974) is a Hungarian political economist, and lecturer at the University of West Hungary, focusing on the economics of European integration.[1] He has published six books and numerous professional and media articles, and is a regular commentator in Hungarian and international media on issues related to European integration and economic development.[2] His book Heterodox International Political Economics offers perspectives on understanding the global economy of the 21st century.

Early life

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Due to his engineer father's work, Pogátsa lived a dual-country childhood, spending time in Kuwait and Hungary.

Between 1985 and 1992, he attended the New English School Kuwait and József Attila Secondary School in Budapest.[3]

During the Gulf War, he was in Hungary, while his father disappeared for three weeks and was believed for a long time to have died. Eventually, his father managed to return to his family via Amman.[4]

Education

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Pogátsa pursued his higher education at Eötvös Loránd University, studying sociology, and obtained his degree in 1999 with a specialisation in research.[5]

In 1997–98, he studied political science and international relations at the University of Westminster in London on a TEMPUS scholarship. He studied at Central European University between 1999 and 2000, completing an MA programme. Between 2001 and 2003, he completed an MBA programme at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, specialising in economics and finance.[6]

He obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Sussex in 2004, which was recognised by the Corvinus University of Budapest.[7]

Work

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From 1999, Pogátsa worked as a lecturer and researcher, and later as an associate professor, at University of West Hungary. At the same time, between 2000 and 2005, he was an assistant lecturer and researcher at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.

He is an associate professor at the University of Sopron. He is also the programme director there.[8] He regularly gives lectures at the universities of Verona, Leipzig and Leeuwarden.

From 2005 to 2015, he was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His research area was European integration, with particular attention to the countries of the periphery.

Pogátsa is a regular guest on Hungarian television debate programmes and podcasts.[9] In 2021, he launched his own show, Pogi Podcast.[10] Since 2020, he has also been a speaker for Tudományos Stand Up, an organisation that produces science communication events.[11][12]

In 2013 he spent a year on a Greek government research grant in Athens. He summarised his inquiries into the Greek crisis in a book entitled The Political Economy of the Greek Crisis.[13]

References

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  1. ↑ "Europe Now: Hungary's Preparedness for the EU's Structural and Cohesion Funds", Savaria University Press, 2004, ISBN 963-9438-24-3, ISSN 1588-7995;
  2. ↑ "Krisztina Arató-Boglárka Koller: Europe's Journey and Zoltán Pogátsa: A Union of Dreams". Hungarianculture.be. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Fenntartható gazdaság vagy társadalmi összeomlás – Magyar Közgazdasági Társaság – Fejlődésgazdaságtani Szakosztály" (in Hungarian). 8 August 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Világtalálkozó: Puskás-Dallos Bogi és Pogátsa Zoltán (2025. december 13., szombat 12:05) - Világtalálkozó - Podcast on iVoox". iVoox. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  5. ↑ Zoltán, Pogátsa (18 November 2024). "Pogátsa Zoltán". Új Egyenlőség (in Hungarian). Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Főoldal". Pogátsa Zoltán (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 4 April 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Országos Doktori Tanács". www.doktori.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "SOE LKK - Pogátsa Zoltán". lkk.uni-sopron.hu (in Hungarian). 13 February 2026. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  9. ↑ wam (27 May 2020). "Klubrádió Reggeli gyors vendége Pogátsa Zoltán szociológus, közgazdász (2014.05.15.)". FBN-H (in Hungarian). Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Pogátsa Zoltán: Pogival a világ körül | TMJV JÓZSEF ATTILA KÖNYVTÁR". Tatabánya Megyei Jogú Város József Attila Könyvtár (in Hungarian). Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Pogátsa Zoltán előadása". Tudományos Stand Up Előadások (in Hungarian). Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  12. ↑ Zsuzsa, Arany Horváth (9 April 2024). "Dr. Pogátsa Zoltán előadása a zalaegerszegi Keresztury VMK Tudományos Stand Up Estek sorozata keretében". Dr. Pogátsa Zoltán előadása a zalaegerszegi Keresztury VMK Tudományos Stand Up Estek sorozata keretében (in Hungarian). Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  13. ↑ Pogatsa, Zoltan (16 February 2014). "The Political Economy of the Greek Crisis". Lux Sit. Retrieved 4 December 2017 – via Amazon.
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