Z. Karvalics László

Z. Karvalics László
Born (1961-12-23)23 December 1961
Hungary Zalaegerszeg
Fields Information science
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Alma mater Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
Notable awards Széchenyi-Ösztöndíj (1999), Outstanding teacher (1999), "A magyar informatikáért" medal (2000), Köztársasági Érdemérem Polgári Tagozat Lovagkeresztje (2004), Fulbright scholarship (2006-2007), Neumann-díj (2008)

László Z. Karvalics (born Zalaegerszeg, December 23, 1961) is an associate professor of the history of sciences. The Budapest University of Technology and Information Society Research Institute (ITTK) founder-director (1998-2006) of the Budapest University of Technology Information and Knowledge Management Department Head (2005-2006), the University of Szeged Human Library and Information Science Department Head (2007- 2011). He was the Information Society magazine editor in chief from 2001 to 2006. He is an internationally recognized researcher and science-organizer of the information society in theory and practice, information policy, strategy issues, information science, and internet economy. He is the author of numerous studies and popular series, and a popular presenter at professional conferences and events.

Biography

Karvalics was born in Zalaegerszeg in 1961. He graduated in 1986 from the Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Humanities in Hungarian history. After an early interest in press, books, and cultural history research, he turned to questions of the information society, information history, the human science of information, the internet and information, and knowledge management issues. He is married and has four children.

Studies

Between 1985 and 1988, Karvalics taught in the literature and history faculties at the Martos Flóra Gimnázium. Meanwhile, he started a trial with an integrated social science faculty at Veres Péter Gimnázium. He received an honors degree in 1986 in literature and history science at Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem. Between 1986 and 1989, he was a scholarship member of MTA TMB (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Tudományos Minősítő Bizottság). Between 1985 and 1987, he was a member of consilium of Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem Egyetem. Between 1988 and 1989, he was a scholar of Soros Alapítvány. From 1989, he was a doctor of history. In 1995, he earned a Ph.D. in history science. From 2005, he was an habilitated doctor. In 2006, he won a Fulbright research scholarship at George Washington University, Center for International Science and Technology Policy (CISTP) Georgetown University.

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