TÁRKI Social Research Inc. is an independent, employee-owned research organisation that specialises in policy research in the fields of social policy and the social consequences of economic policies. This includes related data-collection, archiving and statistical activities. We recently increased our involvement in the areas of strategic market research and health policy analysis. In addition, we regularly contribute to basic research, in the areas of social stratification and inequality, and to the methodology of empirical social research.
Róbert Iván Gál
Degrees
- 1997 Ph.D, Sociologist, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
- 1993 C.Sc. Sociologist, Corvinus University of Budapest (predecessor)
- 1986 M.Sc. Economist and sociologist, Corvinus University of Budapest (predecessor)
Other trainings
- 1996, 2002 Summer Training Program, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- 1992 Summer Training Program, University of Texas, Austin és University of Saarland, Wallerfangen
- 1982-1985 Member of Rajk László Collage
Jobs (with latest position)
- 1996-TÁRKI Social Research Institute, senior researcher
- 1996-Corvinus University of Budapest, privatdocent
- 1990-95 Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, junior research fellow
- 1986-90 Corvinus University of Budapest, assistant professor
Visiting programs
- 2005 October-November, Visiting Researcher, Japan Institute of Labour Policy and Training, Tokyo
- 1998 and 1999 Visiting Lecturer, Central European University, Budapest
- 1992 September-October, Visiting Junior Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
Grants
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Széchenyi Grant, 2000-2003
- Robert M. Solow Fellow, Collegium Budapest Institute for Advanced Study, 1995 October-1996 July
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, onderzoeker in opleiding, 1992-1995
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences, PhD fellowship, 1986-1989
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