KRTK Világgazdasági Intézet
Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
Institute of World Economics
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(2019 Global Go To Think Tank Report, University of Pennsylvania)
Tamás Fleischer

Tamás Fleischer

Personal details

Position: senior research fellow
Place of birth: Budapest
Phone: +36308487070
E-mail:
Own webpage: Click here

Fields of research

Spatial, social and network characteristics of large technical infrastructure networks,

Principles of the environment protection and the sustainability, and the policy integration of these fields

Strategic environmental / sustainability assessments, evaluation, indicators

Environmentally oriented transport development, paradigm-change in the transport

Sector policies, sector-policy criticism and evaluation

Education and degrees

1966–1971   Budapest Technical University, Civil Engineering Faculty, MSc in transport construction eng. 

1974–1976   Budapest Technical University, Transportation Faculty, MSc in transport economics

1984–1985   University of Economics Marx Károly, International Economic Relations specialisation (No degree achieved)

1995   Ph. D. in Economics

Work experience

Since 1989–   senior research fellow in the Research Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (CERS IWE HAS) until the end of 2011 IWE of HAS. (Budapest)

1988–1989   Institute for Economic Management (Budapest)

1978–1987   regional planner in the Institute for Town and Regional Planning Institute (VÁTI) Budapest – excluding the years

1979–1982   regional and town planning in the frame of an interstate agreement at CADAT Skikda, Algeria 

1971–1978   research fellow at the predecessor of the Institute for Transport Science, in that time called Research Institute for Road Transportation (KÖTUKI) 

Since 1996–   education: courses titled "Human ecology of the built environment: transport, city, society”. University of Eötvös Loránd (ELTE), Budapest, Department Social Science, in the frame of the specialisation “Urban science and human ecology”. 

2003–2006   education: course titled "Transport policy and European accession". Berzsenyi Dániel College, University Department, Institute for Social and European Studies, (ISES) Szombathely. 

2004–2007   education: Szolnok College occasional courses in post-gradual semesters, Szolnok, and 

2009–2010   several courses Szolnok College International Trade Department, specialisation in International Logistics (and also for other groups).

2005–2010   education: course titled „Infrastructure” Budapest University of Technology and Economics, (Dept. Economic and Social Studies, specialisation Spatial and Settlement Development) 

(+ occasional invited lectures in the themes of environment or transport management in Corvinus University of Budapest (BCE); / in ELTE Science Dept., Regional Geography; / in Szent István University, Gödöllő; / in Budapest Business School; / in Budapest Technical College (since it became the Óbuda University); / in King Sigismund College (ZsKF); / or in Harsányi János College, Budapest.)

Language skills

Hungarian: (mother tongue)

English: tolerable (intermediate level certif.)

French: weak (intermediate level certif.)

Selected publications

 MTMT link: Link to MTMT website

Fleischer Tamás (2012) Role of Transport Networks in Supporting the Spatial Dimension of Sustainability. pp. 3-18. In: Gather Matthias, Lüttmerding Attila (eds.) Final Conference – Current research topics: Proceedings of the 10th SoNorA University Think Tank Conference. Venezia, Olaszország, 19th. April, 2012. http://www.sonoraproject.eu/Febe/university/file/214/Proceedings.pdf

Fleischer Tamás (2011) Sustainable mobility at the EU level – and the new transport White Paper. pp. 17-28. In: Gather Matthias, Lüttmerding Attila (eds.) Transport and the environment, Sustainable transport, Green corridors: Proceedings of the 8th SoNorA University Think Tank Conference, Szczecin, 16th of June 2011. http://www.vki.hu/~tfleisch/PDF/pdf11/fleischer_sustainable-mobility-and-white-paper_SoNorA-8-proceedings.pdf 

Fleischer Tamás (2011) From inter-modal transport services to integrated common objectives. ACTA TECHNICA JAURINENSIS 4:(2) pp. 237-248. http://www.vki.hu/~tfleisch/PDF/pdf11/fleischer_intermodal-to-integrated_actatechnicajaur11-2.pdf

Fleischer Tamás (2010) About the Future Perspectives of Inland Waterway Freight in Central Europe. pp. 43-50. In: Gather Matthias, Lüttmerding Attila (eds.) Future of rail and inland waterway freight in Europe: Proceedings of the 6th SoNorA University Think Tank Conference, České Budějovice, 15th October, 2010. 
http://www.vki.hu/~tfleisch/PDF/pdf10/fleischer_perspectives-inland-ww-freight-ce_SoNorA-6-proceedings.pdf

Fleischer Tamás (2009) The Missed Connection: Infrastructure Networks and Competitiveness in Eastern Central Europe of the 90’s and 00’s. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag, 116 p. (ISBN:978-3-639-20695-1)

Fleischer Tamás (2009) Transport policy in the European Union from an eastern perspective. Budapest: Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 17 p. (Working Papers; 193.) ISBN:978-963-3015-47-6 
http://www.vki.hu/workingpapers/wp-193.pdf

Futó P, Pálné Kovács I, Fleischer T (2006) Governance in regional and environmental policies in Hungary: challenges of Europeanisation and adaptation. pp. 107-135. In: Paraskevopoulos Ch J, Getimis P, Rees N (eds.) Adapting to EU Multi-Level Governance: Regional and Environmental Policies in Cohesion and CEE Countries. Aldershot: Ashgate, (ISBN:978-0-7546-4533-7) Indep. cit: 8

Fleischer Tamás (2003) Infrastructure networks and the competitiveness of the economy. Lelkes Orsolya, Scharle Ágota (eds.) Budapest: Ministry of Finance of Hungary, 38 p.
(Ministry of Finance, Working Papers; 2.) Indep. cit: 4; Hung version 20. 
http://www.tatk.elte.hu/dokumentumtar/doc_download/758-2-eng-040216T6vZyDBw&usg=AFQjCNFTRTv5o_DJcG4ZaxoKN5a82mti3g&sig2=q0aQr3MuD0qDQKPu_mK7qw OR http://www.vki.hu/~tfleisch/PDF/pdf03/PmINF-040213en.pdf

Fleischer T (1993) Jaws on the Danube: Water Management, Regime Change and the Movement against the Middle Danube Hydroelectric Dam. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH 17:(3) pp. 429-443. IF: 1.141 Indep. cit: 34  http://www.vki.hu/~tfleisch/PDF/pdf93/fleischer_jaws-on-the-danube_jourr93-3.pdf