Prof. Dr. habil. Zsolt Spéder
Professor
Head of the Doctoral School of Demography and Sociology
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📑 Fertility, partnership forms, poverty, inequalities
Zsolt Spéder is a sociologist and demographer. He leads the Programme in Demography at the Doctoral School of Demography and Sociology.
His areas of research interest are family formation and fertility, attitudes and values towards the family, social inequalities and poverty, and international comparisons. Previously, Zsolt Spéder taught at Corvinus University of Budapest and conducted research at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, the Stockholm University Linnaeus Center on Social Policy and Family Dynamics in Europe, the Social Science Center Berlin — WZB — and Collegium Budapest – Institute for Advanced Study. Currently, he is Professor at the University of Pécs, Department of Sociology; Head of the Doctoral School of Demography and Sociology at the University of Pécs; Chief Scientific Advisor at the Hungarian Demographic Research Institute, where he formerly served as Director until his resignation in 2023; and Honorary President of the Council of the European Association for Population Studies.
Publication Highlights
- Spéder, Z. (2021). Termékenységi mintaváltás – a családalapítás átalakulásának demográfiai nyomvonalai Magyarországon. Szociológiai Szemle, 31(2), 4–29. Open publication.
- Spéder, Z., Murinkó, L., & Oláh, L. Sz. (2020). Cash support vs. tax incentives: The differential impact of policy interventions on third births in contemporary Hungary. Population Studies, 74(1), 39–54. Open publication.
- Spéder, Z., & Kapitány, B. (2014). Failure to realize fertility intentions: A key aspect of the post-communist fertility transition. Population Research and Policy Review, 33(3), 393–418. Open publication.
- Spéder, Z. (2002). A szegénység változó arcai. Budapest: Századvég Kiadó. Open publication.
Scholarships, Honours, Awards
- Officer’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit, Civil Division, 2021.
- Angelusz Róbert University Teaching Award, 2019.
- Pro Familiis Award, 2014.
- Fényes Elek Award, 2007.
- Eisenhower Fellowship, 2004.
- Junior Fellow, Collegium Budapest – Institute for Advanced Study, 1998.
- Sociology studies at J. W. Goethe University Frankfurt.
- Soros Fellowship.
