Curriculum Vitae

Nikos Fokas

Associate Professor of Sociology

                                Publications

Eötvös Loránd University

Faculty of Social Sciences

Hungary, Budapest 1117

Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A.

Phone:  +36-1-209.05.55 ext: 6841 or 6823

Fax:   +36-1-372.29.12

fokata.bt@chello.hu

fokasz@ludens.elte.hu

 Last update: 22 of June 2007.

 

Date of Birth:        October 6, 1952         Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

 

School Attended:   

2003.               Dr. Habil of Sociology

1997.               PhD. of Sociology

1987.               Dr Univ., Mathematical Methods in Sociology

1971 –1977.    Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Eötvös Loránd University of  Budapest

 

Employment History:

2007                University of Athens, Postgraduate program of Political Sciences

2004              Research Institute of Greeks in Hungary, Director                             

1987 –          Institute of Sociology, Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Associate Professor of Sociology

2002 2004   University of Athens, Postgraduate program of Political Sciences

1997 2001   University of Athens, Postgraduate program of Political Sciences

1993 1996     Dept. of Political Sciences, University of Miskolc, Miskolc, Hungary (part  time job)

1992 1993     Dept. of Social Policy, Jannus Pannonius University, Pécs, Hungary, (part time job)

1979 – 1987.   Institute of Sociology, Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Assistant

professor

1977 – 1979    Computer Applications Research Institute, Scientific Co-worker

 

 

Research SpecialiSation:

Social Networks

Nonlinear Dynamics in Social Sciences

Chaos and Fractals in Sociology

Political Clientelism

Social Research Methodology

Economic and Social History of Modern Greece

Comparison of Economic and Social Development of Greece and Hungary

 

Research Experiences:

2003 –2006                 Chaotic Dynamics and Selforganizing Networks, OTKA program

2006                           Civil War in Greece, Research Institute of Greeks in Hungary,

1999 2002                Nonlinear dynamics and fractal sets, OTKA program

1999                           Chaos and fractals in the Society

1996 – 1999.              Fractals in Social Sciences, OTKA program

1993 – 1996.                          Balkan Network: Scientific Cooperation and Exchange on Social and Political Research in the Balkans           

1993 – 1996.               Politia: Consolidating Democracy. A Joint Project on Social and Political Research in the Balkans

1992 – 1996.                          Social, Economic and Cultural Conditions Related to the Introduction of Free Economy in Hungary

1991 – 1994.              Political elite in Greece from Historical Perspective

1991 – 1994.              Problems of the Measurement in Social Sciences

 

Teaching Specialization:

Diffusion of Innovation, Dissemination Processes in Media, Political History of Modern Greece, Political Parties in Modern Greece, Social History of Hungary , Introduction to the Mathematics, Theory of the Probability, Mathematical Statistics, Game Theory In Social Sciences, Introduction to Chaos Theory, Fractals in Social Sciences

 

Teaching Experiences:

2007.                          University of Athens, Ph.D Program, Dept. of Political Science

2002/2003.                University of Athens, Ph.D Program, Dept. of Political Science

2001-                          Communication School of Budapest, Hungary

2001/2002.                University of Pécs, Dept. of Sociology, Hungary

1998/1999.                University of Athens, Ph.D Program, Dept. of Political Science

1997/1998.                University of Athens, Ph.D Program, Dept. of Political Science

1996/1997.                University of Athens, Ph.D Program, Dept. of Political Science

1995/1996.                University of Athens,  Dept. of Political Science

1979 -                                                 Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Institute of Sociology and Social Policy

1993 – 1996.              University of Miskolc

1992 – 1993.                           Janus Pannonius University, Dept. of Social Policy, Pécs, Hungary

 

 

Society Memberships:

1993 -                         Greek Political Science Association

1991 – 1994.              Hungarian Political Science Association

1991 -  1994.              Hungarian Economic Science Association

1983 -                         Hungarian Sociological Association

 

 

Fellowships:       

2006.               University of Athens, Dept. of Political Science, Program Erasmus

2005.               University of Athens, Dept. of Political Science, Program Erasmus

2004.               University of Athens, Dept. of Political Science, Program Erasmus

2003.               University of Athens, Dept. of Political Science, Program Erasmus

1998 - 2001.   Széchenyi Professor Fellowship

1997.               University of Athens, Dept. of Political Science

1997.               University of Amsterdam, Tempus

1996.               University of Athens, Dept. of Political Science

1995.               Democritos University of Trace

1994.               Lambrakis Research Foundation, Athens

1991.               Laboratory of Demography, Paris, France

1990.               Foundation for Mediterranean Studies, Athens

1988.               Foundation for Mediterranean Studies, Athens

 

Other Activities:  

 

2000.                          Invited to the 1st Conference of Greek Scientists living Abroad (HELLADIA), organised by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Presidency of the Greek Republic, Athens 13-15 April 2000.

1997 -             Hungarian Sociological Review, Editor

1993 – 1997.   Replika, Hungarian Social Science Quarterly, Editor

1987.                          Winner the "Erdei Prize" (For the best young Hungarian sociologist of the year)

 

 

publications

Books

1983.                Bevezetés a matematikai statisztika tanulmányozásához (Introduction to the Studies of Mathematical Statistics), Institute of Post - Graduate Studies, Budapest,

1985.               Bevezetés az adatkezelési technikákba (Introduction to the Data - Processing Methods, Institute of Post - Graduate Studies), Budapest,

1988.               Adatok, függvények, értelmezések (Data, Functions, Interpretations), Text—book Publishing House, University text - book of the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest

1991.               A gazdasági növekedés és gazdasági fejlődés mérésének problémái (Some Problems of the Measurement of Economic Growth and Economic Development), Text—book, Publishing House University text—book of the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest

1993.               Adatok, függvények, értelmezések (Data, Functions, Interpretations), OMIKK, TÁRKI,2nd

1994.               Politikai klientúra Görögországban (Political Clientelisme in Greece),(ed.)  December,

Replika

1997.               Rend és káosz (Order and Chaos) (ed.) Replika Books

1998.                          Magyarország társadalomtörténete (Social History of Hungary after a World War Two), (ed. with Antal Örkény) tom 1. Új Mandátum, Publishing Co.

1999.               Káosz és fraktálok (Chaos and fractals. Introduction to the mathematics of chaotic

dynamical systems for sociologists), Új Mandátum Publishing Co.

1999.                           Magyarország társadalomtörténete Social History of Hungary after a World War Two, (ed. with Antal Örkény) tom 2. Új Mandátum, Publishing Co.

2000.              Káosz és fraktálok (Chaos and fractals. Introduction to the mathematics of chaotic

dynamical systems for sociologists), Second Edition, Új Mandátum Publishing Co.

2000.                          Magyarország társadalomtörténete Social History of Hungary after a World War Two, tom 1-2. Second Edition, Új Mandátum, Publishing Co.

2002.                          Robinsontól a tőzsdéig (From Robinson to the Capital Market, Some Problems of the Measurement of Economic Growth and Economic Development) Új Mandátum, Publishing Co.

2003.                          Káosz és nemlineáris dinamika a társadalomtudományokban (Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics In Social Sciences), Typotex Publishing Co.

2004.                          Istenek nélkül (Without Gods, The Rise of the political camps in Greece), National Textbook Publising Co.

2006.               Köszönjük Magyarország (Thank you, Hungary! Greece refugees after the Civil

War in Hungary).

2006.               The role of Greek Merchants in Hungary, Budapesti Negyed

2007.               Political clientelisme as a social network in Greece (ed.) Új Mandátum

Publishing Co.

 

Articles

1989.               Más a valóság? (Is the reality different?)  Világ    6. 15. 1989.

1989.               Görögország a válság küszöbén? (Did the Greece reached an economic crisis?)  Figyelő   11. 2. 1989.

1990.               Mennyit érünk? (What is our value?) Magyar Nemzet    11. 5. 1990.

1991.               Politikai pártok és politikai hétköznapok Görögországban (Political parties and Political Everydays in Greece) Magyar Nemzet 6. 25. 1991.

1991.               Pártok és táborok (Political parties and mass cleavages during the transitions to Democracy in Greece), Világ    7. 3. 1991.

1991.               Hullámzó pártharcok és tartós erôviszonyok. Politikai hétköznapok Görögországban (Waves of Party StrifeSustained Balance of Forces) Társadalmi Szemle  No. 10. 1991.

1991.                          Átmenetek a demokráciába (Transitions to Democracy in Greece from a Historical Perspectives) in Csendes? Forrradalom? Volt? Twins Konferencia - Füzetek No 3.

1992.                          A Balkán alulnézetben (The Balkan Peninsula from worm's - eye view) Magyar Narancs 27. 5. 1992.

1992.                          Görögök és macedonok (Greeks and Macedonians) Magyar Narancs    10.12.1992

1992.               Politikai tudat-politikai emlékezet (Political consciousness and political remembrance) Café Babel  No. 3-4. 1992.

1993.                          A macedón kérdés - görög szemmel (The macedonian question - from greek's view) Hiány  No. 2. 1993.

1993.         Görög út a diktatúrához Hiány  No. 5. 1993.

1993.                          A gazdasági feljettség mérési skáláiról (About the measuring scales of international comparison) in. A mérés problémája a társadalomtudományokban OMIKK, TÁRKI, Budapest, 1993.

1993.                         Láthatjuk-e ha jön? Determinizmus, káosz, elôrejelzés - egy új természettudományos paradigma társadalomtudományi vonatkozásairól. (Could we have seen it coming? Determinism, Chaos, Prediction - About the Application of a New Scientific Paradigm in Social Sciences) Replika, November, 1993.

1994.               Fraktál kép(telenség)ek, (Fractal Images)  BUKSZ,  1994. Spring

1994.                          Újabb front? (A New Front? About a Greece - Albania Relationships), Beszélő,  September, 15, 1994.

1994.               Fejcsere, (Change of Head?) Beszélő, October 6, 1994.

1994.         Te kire szavazol? (Who are you voting?) December, Replika 1994.

1995.         Másként Európa (An other Europe), Beszélő,  July, 6, 1995.

1995.         Fraktál - társadalom, (Fractals and Society) ABCD, II. No. 4.

1996.               Fractals and Political Clientelism, Balkan Network, Newsletter, Issue No5, August 1996.

1997.                          A társadalom göcsörtös fái? Bevezetés a fraktálhalmazok matematikájába (Introduction to the Mathematics of Fractal Sets) in Rend és káosz (Order and Chaos) Replika Books

1997.                          A európai nemzeti és regionális vasúthálózatok fraktál szerkezetéről (On the fractal structure of European and Regional Railways Networks) in. Rend és káosz Replika Books

1999.               Békeharc, (Battle for the Peace) Élet és Irodalom, 1999. April 23.

1999.               Balkán, (Balkan) Élet és Irodalom, 1999. September 17.

2002.                          Nemlineáris idősorok – a tőzsde káosza? (Nonlinear time series – Chaos in Capital Markets?) , Magyar tudomány, 10. szám

2003.                          Nemlineáris idősorok – a tőzsde káosza? (Nonlinear time series – Chaos in Capital Markets?)  In. Fokasz (ed.) Chaos end nonlinear dynamics in Social Sciences, Typotex Publishing Co., Budapest

2004.               Dinasztiák, (Political Dynasties in Greece) Élet és Irodalom, 2004. March 5.

2004.                          Kettős állampolgár vagyok (I’ve got double citizenship) Élet és Irodalom, 2004. November 26.

2004.               Ground-Sea, Diffusion processes in the daily press, Szociológia Szemle, No. 4.

2005.                          Κοινωνία της Επικοινωνίας (Society of Communication) In. The Rise of Political Camps in Greece Kafeneio, 2005/4

2006                           Making Waves, Dissemination Processes in the Media (With Oresztész Fokasz) Review of Sociology Vol. 12. (2006) I. 23-32.

2006.                          Στιγμιότυπα με ιστορικό υπόβαθρο 1989-1990  (Snapshot with Historical Background) In. The Rise of Political Camps in Greece Kafeneio, 2006/1

2006.                          Εκλογές 1961-2000 (Elections 1961-2004) In. The Rise of Political Camps in Greece Kafeneio, 2006/2

2006.                          Növekedési függvények, társadalmi diffúzió, társadalmi változás, (Growth functions, social diffusion, and social change) Szociológiai Szemle, No. 3.

2006.                          A szenzáció, az örökzöld és a gumicsont (Sensation, Evergreen,) Jel-Kép No 3-4.

2007.                          Historical dimensions of political clientelisme in Greece, in Fokasz (ed) Political clientelisme as a social network in Greece (ed.) Új Mandátum Publishing Co.

2007.                          Örökzöldből szenzáció (From evergreen to sensation) In Sándor Péter, Vass László, Tolnai Ágnes (ed.) Magyarország politikai évkönyve, Hungarian Center for Democracy Studies,

2007.                          Δημιουγία εντυπώσεων, διαδικασιες διαδοσης στα media (Dissemination Processes in the Media) (With Oresztész Fokasz) Greek Political Science Review, Athens, Spring

2007.               Growth functions, social diffusion, and social change Review of Sociology Vol. 13. (2007) I. 5-30.

2008.                          Evergreens, sensations and the rest. A quantitative analysis of dynamics of news articles on domestic politics Review of Sociology Vol. 14. (2008) I. Forthcoming