Academic promotions: new Assistant Professors and Assistant Lecturers at Corvinus
Congratulations to our appointed colleagues, whose professional profiles can be read in the article below.
It has long been a tradition at Corvinus to regularly celebrate the academic advancement of our colleagues: welcoming new lecturers, researchers, and the university’s new Professors Emeriti. Since last November, we have been doing this in a new format: the certificates are presented at the monthly Senate meetings, allowing the university leadership to offer their personal congratulations directly after the appointment.
On the most recent occasion, we had the opportunity to celebrate many of our colleagues: newly appointed University Professors and Research Professors (read about them here), as well as Associate Professors and Senior Research Fellows (read about them here). The colleagues below received their appointment certificates as Assistant Professors or Assistant Lecturers at the Senate meeting on October 20.
Nóra Bicskos – Assistant Lecturer (Institute of Marketing and Communication Sciences)
She holds a BA in Business Administration and Management, an MA in Economic Behaviour Analysis, and an MSc in Marketing Strategy and Innovation, all from Corvinus University of Budapest. She also obtained a postgraduate qualification in Economic and Legal Translation from Eötvös Loránd University. She previously worked as a teaching assistant at the Department of Decision Sciences and later at the Department of Digital Marketing at Corvinus, where she supported teaching activities and contributed to research at the NEDIMARC Neuromarketing Research Centre. Her research interests focus on neuromarketing, consumer behaviour, decision-making and information processing in digital environments. Her research examining consumer attention and online book evaluations received first place at the university’s Scientific Students’ Associations Conference (TDK). She plans to begin her doctoral studies in the Marketing Doctoral Programme in September 2027. She gained several years of professional experience in human resources and recruitment and has also worked as a
Balázs Benedek Fejes – Assistant Lecturer (Institute of Strategy and Management)
He earned his Master’s degree in Economic Analysis from Corvinus University (with a specialization in Central Bank Analysis) and is currently a PhD candidate at the university’s Doctoral School of Business and Management. His research focuses on strategy formulation, dynamic capabilities (sensing, seizing, transforming), and firm competitiveness. His work has been published in renowned journals such as Vezetéstudomány and Marketing & Menedzsment. In addition, he is actively involved in teaching and research at Corvinus, where, as a member of the Case Track Excellence Center, his work was recognized with the Teaching Community of the Year award in 2025. He complements his academic activities with a strong practical background: as a Senior Strategy Consultant at OTP Bank, he has direct insight into the strategic decision-making processes of the banking sector.
Bence Futó – Assistant Lecturer (Institute of Global Studies)
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and European Studies from Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania and a Master’s degree in International Business Administration from Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. He also completed two psychopedagogical training programmes. He studied at Corvinus University of Budapest as an Erasmus+ exchange student and later participated in a forestry sociological research project at the University of Sopron, where his responsibilities included research coordination, data collection and analysis. He has also gained professional experience in market research, competitor analysis and marketing strategy development. His international academic experience includes a research management programme in Rome and the Euro-Atlantic Summer School in Szolnok, Hungary. He began his doctoral studies in September 2026 in the World Economics Doctoral Programme at Corvinus, examining the role of German companies as political connectors in Hungary.
Fanni Dorottya Hamar – Assistant Lecturer (Institute of Marketing and Communication Sciences)
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Diplomatic Studies and a Master’s degree in Strategic International Management from International Business School Budapest, a partner institution of the University of Buckingham, both completed with distinction. Since 2025, she has been teaching at International Business School, where she has taught hundreds of students in intercultural communication, project management, presentation skills and employability skills. Alongside teaching, she has supervised bachelor’s and master’s theses and organised workshops focusing on communication and presentation skills. She previously gained several years of professional experience in communication, international relations and protocol, including serving as Head of Protocol at the Foundation for a Civic Hungary and as a Diplomatic Liaison Officer at the United Nations Association Hungary. Her planned doctoral research focuses on political campaign communication, artificial intelligence and strategies for engaging young voters.
Dávid Kenéz – Assistant Lecturer (Institute of Global Studies)
He holds a BSc in Applied Economics from Corvinus University of Budapest and an MSc in Economics from the University of Amsterdam, specialising in Public Policy Analysis. His academic interests focus on public policy analysis, applied econometrics and economic policy, particularly policy evaluation and development economics. Since 2021, he has been an active participant in research workshops associated with the Development Economics Section of the Hungarian Economic Association. He has published ten articles in Világpolitika és Közgazdaságtan, covering topics including economic policy, taxation, labour markets and education. He also contributed to a research project supported by the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and has been involved in organising and moderating several academic and professional conferences, including an event under the Danube Cup initiative. He has also gained professional experience in the banking sector and currently works at MBH Bank.
Dániel Stephen Kostyal – Assistant Lecturer (Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
He holds a BSc in International Business Administration and an MSc in Management and Leadership from Corvinus University of Budapest, where he subsequently enrolled in the Strategy and Entrepreneurship Doctoral Programme. His research interests include strategic management, innovation, digitalisation, sustainability and retail innovation. He has authored four international academic publications, including a D1-ranked article selected for the 2026 Wall of Research, as well as a book chapter on Hungary’s hidden champion companies published by Springer. He has been teaching at Corvinus since 2021, currently leading seminars and successfully preparing student teams for international business case competitions. He is the main organiser of the Business Economics Competition and a member of the organising committee of the Corvinus Undergraduate Business Experience (CUBE) case competition. As a student, he also won several prestigious national and international case competitions, including the Chulalongkorn International Business Case Competition in Thailand and the Hungarian round of the CFA Institute Research Challenge.
Norbert Gábor Lacz – Assistant Lecturer (Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems)
He earned his BSc in Business Informatics with distinction from Corvinus University of Budapest in 2024 and is currently pursuing an MSc in Business Informatics at Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He has been involved in teaching at Corvinus since 2021, initially as a teaching assistant and, since 2024, as an external lecturer. He teaches mathematics, probability theory, statistics and data analysis in both Hungarian and English and actively contributes to curriculum development. He developed a supplementary exercise book for the Data Analysis II course, which was subsequently translated into English and made available to students. His research interests focus on machine learning, statistical methods, natural language processing and deep learning. His research for the Scientific Students’ Associations Conference (TDK) examined Budapest’s real estate market using regression models and artificial neural networks, a topic he intends to develop further in his master’s thesis and planned doctoral research. Alongside his academic activities, he has gained extensive professional experience in business intelligence and data warehouse development, including positions at Raiffeisen Bank, UniCredit Bank and MBH Bank.
Alexander Myles James Murphy – Assistant Lecturer (Institute of Social and Political Sciences)
He holds a BA and an MPhil in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge and completed his PhD at University College London (UCL) in July 2026. His research focuses on the philosophy of language and metaphysics, particularly the relationship between language, thought and reality, and the connections between scientific and everyday conceptions of the world. He also explores questions of moral and epistemic normativity. His research has been published in international academic journals, including Philosophy, Australasian Journal of Philosophy and Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. His work examines the philosophical nature of virtual objects, the relationship between scientific theories and ordinary concepts, and the connections between moral and rational judgements. He joined Corvinus University of Budapest in September 2026 and also holds a Stipendiary Research Fellowship at the Institute Vienna Circle at the University of Vienna. In 2026, he was awarded Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), recognising his commitment to teaching and learning in higher education.
Alexa Rudolf – Assistant Research Fellow (Institute of Marketing and Communication Sciences)
She obtained her Master’s degree in Marketing from Corvinus, where she is currently a PhD student in the Doctoral Program in Marketing and a Research Assistant at the Neural and Digital Marketing Research Centre (NEDIMARC). Her primary research interests include neuromarketing, eye-tracking methodology, and implicit consumer biases. She has presented his/her research at prestigious international conferences such as EMAC, and her papers are currently under review in Q1 journals including Psychology & Marketing. She actively teaches digital marketing strategy and neuromarketing at the Bachelor’s level—having also led a summer school course on the latter—and plays a key role in mentoring students for TDK (Scientific Students’ Association) projects and Master’s/Bachelor’s theses.
Ádám Uzonyi – Assistant Lecturer (Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems)
He holds a BSc in Computer Science Engineering from Pázmány Péter Catholic University and an MSc in Social Data Science from Corvinus University of Budapest, which he completed in 2026. He has over eight years of teaching experience in programming, artificial intelligence and mathematics, having taught more than 1,000 students throughout his career. In 2021, he founded his own programming school, Teringette. He previously taught at Logiscool and IT STEP Academy and provided programming training for researchers at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is currently a research assistant at ANETI Lab, contributing to projects examining the impact of artificial intelligence on software development, remote work and workplace collaboration. His research interests focus on artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomous systems and the security implications of AI technologies. He also worked as an investigative journalist and manager of the Átlátszó Oktatás education blog.
Katalin Varga – Assistant Lecturer (Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
She holds a BA in International Studies from Corvinus University of Budapest and an MSc in Sport Management from the Hungarian University of Sports Science. She was also a member of the Széchenyi István College for Advanced Studies for five years, where she studied sports economics, sociology and urban studies, among other subjects. Her research interests focus on sports economics, sports financing and the broader social and economic aspects of sport. She received two second-place awards at the National Scientific Students’ Associations Conference (OTDK) and won first prize at the institutional Scientific Students’ Associations Conferences (TDK) at both Corvinus and the Hungarian University of Sports Science in 2026. She also presented her research at the international Play the Game conference in Finland in 2025 and is currently involved in several research projects, including preparing a study for publication. She worked as a digital content editor at Sláger FM and as an editor for television and online programmes.
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to all our colleagues.
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