Karl Marx University, Budapest, Dr. oec. Macroeconomics and Economic Planning (1977); Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, PhD Sociology (1981);
Professor, Hungarian Academy of Sciences; director of Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, (1998-); Szechenyi Professor of Communication, Budapest University of Economics, (1998-); professor, Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Sociology, Budapest (1992-);
Member of Hungarian State Committee of Technical Development, Ad-hoc Study Groups (1972-), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Research Evaluation Board and Secretary of the Sociology of Science Section, Hungarian Sociological Association (1986-); member of Board at JEL-KEP, Hungarian Mass Communication Research Center,(1992-), and International Council for Science Policy Studies (1993-); member of Board of Social Science Information Centre, German Social Science Infrastructure Services, Bonn; of Social Science Board, Hungarian National Science Foundation and of East European Advisory Board of the Stanford Institute for Advanced Studies (1995-); member of European Enlargement Task Force, Foreign Ministry (1996-); member of Editorial Board at Társadalomkutatás Társadalomkutatás (1995-); member of Hungarian Academy of Engineering (1998-).
