Hungarian Academy of Sciences, PhD (1984); Dr.sci. (1996); habilitation at Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration (1997);
Professor, Central European University, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Budapest (2000-); professor, Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration, Department of Comparative Economics (1997-); professor, University Debrecen;
Chair of PhD Program in Economics, University Debrecen (1999-); member of: International Studies Committee, Hungarian Foreign Policy Association, Strategic Task force on European Integration at the Hungarian PM´s Office; member of editorial board of Intereconomics, Germany; Europe-Asia Studies, Britain; Russian and East European Finance and Trade, USA; Vorprosy Ekonomiki, Russia; Acta Oeconomica Oeconomica, Közgazdasági Szemle Közgazdasági Szemle and Külgazdaság Külgazdaság, Hungary.