- Office:1054 Budapest, Alkotmány utca 9-11.
- Building:2nd Floor, Room 212
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- Email:benkei-kovacs.balazs@uni-bge.hu
Introduction
In 2012, I graduated at the Doctoral School of Education at ELTE University, earning the PhD degree with Summa cum laude honor. I have been working in Higher Education since 2003 as Faculty member, researcher-teaching staff. I started my career at the Heller Farkas College of Economics and Tourism, and later I worked for almost a decade at the Faculty of Education and Psychology of ELTE University.
My research field extends to the area of community culture and cultural research and to the field of adult and vocational education, especially in comparative dimensions. Author and co-author of more than 100 scientific publications, mostly in Hungarian journals, and of 3 printed books.
I am proficiency language user in English, French and German languages, and have some knowledge of written Spanish as well.
Subject(s) taught
- Local society (Hungarian)
- Lilfelong learning (Hungarian)
- Vocational Adult Education (Hungarian)
- System of community culture in Hungary (Hungarian)
- Introduction to the European Union Studies (Hungarian)
- Sociocultural animation (Hungarian)
Professional career
- 2023college associate professor BUEB
- 2020-2023senior lecturer BUEB
- 2013-2020senior lecturer ELTE Faculty of Education and Psychology
- Since 2016membership at the Andragogy Sub-Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Science (MTA)
- 2012PhD defense with Summa cum laude honor
- Since 2009Member of the Hungarian Pedagogical Association (HPA)
Research areas
- Cultural field and community culture
- Adult education of the Europen Union
- Recognition of prior learning
- comparative andragogy
- educational methodology
- development of vocational education
Featured publications
- Benkei-Kovács Balázs - Azin Sharirlou (2022): Organizational culture and work-based learning in Japanese, German, and American multinational companies. In: Makkos, Anikó; Kecskés, Petra; Boldizsár, Boglárka (szerk.) "A múltból táplálkozó jövő – hagyomány és fejlődés": XXV. Apáczai-napok Tudományos Konferencia tanulmánykötete 2021. Győr, Magyarország : Széchenyi István Egyetem Apáczai Csere János Kar pp. 290-298., 9 p.
- Hübner Andrea - Keszei Barbara - Benkei-Kovács Balázs (2025): Place identity and place attachment of locals towards heritage in a Hungarian town Vác. In. TURIZMUS BULLETIN 25: 1 pp. 5-14. , 10 p.
- Bakhyt, Aubakirova-Mandel, Kinga -Benkei-Kovács, Balázs (2019): European experience of multilingualism and the development of multilingual education in Kazakhstan. In: HUNGARIAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL (HERJ) 9 : 4 pp. 689-707. , 18 p.