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Zoltán Elekes holds a PhD in economics from the Doctoral School of Economics at the University of Szeged, Hungary. His doctoral thesis explored how multinational enterprises influence economic diversification in microregions. Currently, he works as a research fellow at the Centre for Regional Science at Umeå University in Sweden, focusing on network structures in local labour markets and their contributions to regional economic resilience. Zoltán also leads research projects that study labour mobility and economic resilience in Swedish regions. His research interests include evolutionary economic geography, network science, structural change, and collaborative knowledge production. He has published in leading field journals such as Regional Studies and Economic Geography. In addition to his research, Zoltán is actively involved in mentoring students in Hungary and has been recognized for his contributions with the Excellent Young Regional Scientist Award by the Hungarian Regional Science Association in 2019. His ongoing research addresses the dynamics of economic resilience and the geography of collaborative knowledge production within supply-chain networks.
Centre for Regional Science, Umeå University • Umeå, Sweden
Leading research projects on network structure and regional economic resilience.
ANET Lab, Centre for Economic Regional Studies • Hungary
Studied geography of collaborative knowledge production in supplier-buyer networks.
Requirements are standard for Master's programs across Social Sciences and Humanities at Umeå. English 6 proficiency is the general rule.