Biography
Prof. Dr. habil. habil. habil. Lóránt Dénes Dávid, academician, is an extremely versatile Hungarian scholar.Born in 1968, he graduated in History, Geography, Tourism, Catering and Hospitality, European Studies and as a Geography-English Technical Translator. After earning his PhD degree from the University of Debrecen, Hungary in Geography (Earth Sciences) in 2001, he completed the habilitation processes in 3 disciplines (Management and Business Administration, Environmental Sciences, and Regional Sciences – probably the only person in the world to do this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habilitation). He has become an internationally recognized researcher and professor in the fields of geography and tourism, and holds full-professor positions in Poland, Kazakhstan,
Ukraine, Slovakia, and Hungary. His extensive research has resulted in many prestigious journal articles, studies, papers and books. His work is available in the best-known databases (SCOPUS, Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics). Furthermore, he has developed an exemplary international professional cooperation network, has served as a guest professor at many universities in Europe and overseas (in all continents in a lot of countries, including USA, Russia, Japan), and has also been an active promoter of Hungarys European and oriental relations. As an awardee of the Jean Monnet Professorship (EU Commission), he designed and implemented a major educational program in tourism and regional development. Moreover, he has been very active in editing scholarly journals both in Hungary and abroad. He is an ordinary member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA).
Research Interest
geographic, economic, social, and cultural aspects of tourism; social geography, regional development, social problems, intercultural connections, European Union, environmental issues, global challenges, sustainable development, environmental economics and management, international commercial and economic connections, circular economy.