Tamás Novák is currently the Head of International Relations of the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK). He is also actively engaged in fostering and strengthening the international collaboration of Hungarian higher education, a mission he considers of paramount importance. From 2018 until August 2025, he served as Science and Technology Diplomat at the Hungarian Consulate General in New York. Prior to this, he held several leadership positions at the Budapest Business School, including Chair of International Business, and also served as a research fellow at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.In 2013–2014, he spent a year at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C., as a research fellow of the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation.Tamás holds an MSc in Economics and a PhD in International Relations from Corvinus University of Budapest.