Attila Melegh
Ph.D. in History, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Ph.D. scholarship, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
BA in Sociology and BA in Economics, Budapest University of Economics
Attila Melegh is senior researcher at Demographic Research Institute, Budapest and lecturer at Corvinus University of Budapest. He also lectures in a teaching excellence program in Russia and has done so before in Russia and Georgia. His current research covers comparative demographic attitudes, discourses, demographic structures, international migration and global social change. He contributed to and led various international projects, both European and global, as participant, work package leader as well as project coordinator. He has published extensively internationally as well. He is a member of a large number of local and global professional groups and networks.
Recent Monographs, books
Melegh, Attila (2006). On the East/West Slope. Globalization, Nationalism, Racism and Discourses on Central and Eastern Europe. Budapest, CEU Press.
Melegh Attila (2001). The Population History of Kiskunhalas from the 17th century till the early 20th century, Budapest KSH NKI.
Recent Articles, chapters
Melegh, Attila (2007): Migration and Migration Narratives in the Era of Globalization. Laughland, John (EDT) /Korinman, Michel (EDT)The Long March to the West : Twenty-First Century Migration in Europe and the Greater Mediterranean Area (Geopolitical Affairs)-US- /Publisher:Vallentine Mitchell Published 2007/04 pp 372-382.
Melegh, Attila (2006): Perspectives on the East-West Slope in the Process of EU Accession In: Engel-Di Mauro, Salvatore (2006). The European's Burden: Global Imperialism in EU Expansion. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. pp. 165-182
Melegh, Attila, Elena Kondrateva, Perttu Salmenhaara, Annika Forsander, László Hablicsek, Adrienn Hegyesi (2004), Globalisation, Ethnicity and Migration. The Comparison of Finland, Hungary and Russia. In: Working Papers on Population, Family and Welfare. No. 7. Demographic Research Institute, Hungarian Central Statistical Office. Budapest. Also in: Demográfia Special English Edition. 2005.
Melegh Attila (2004): From Reality to Twilight Zones. The Change of Discourses and the Collapse of State Socialism. Regio. Minorities, Politics and Society. 170-186.
Melegh, Attila (2004): Maps of Global Actors. In: Carol Harrington; Ayman Salem and Tamara Zurabishvili (eds) After Communism. Critical perspectives on society and sociology, Peter Lang Publishing, Bern 2004. 63-95.