Professor Zsolt Tibor Kosztyán
(Habil., PhD in Management and Business Administration, PhD in Information Technology)
Director of Research at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Kőszeg, Hungary (iASK), since January 1, 2026.
Throughout his career, Professor Kosztyán has combined academic research with institutional leadership. He served as Head of the Department of Quantitative Methods at the University of Pannonia (2015–2024) and as Senior Research Fellow at the MTA-PE Budapest Ranking Research Group (2017–2022).
His research focuses on project planning and management, matrix-based project planning methods, agile project methodologies, risk-based control charts, economic and social network analysis, and higher education rankings and student mobility.
Professor Kosztyán holds dual PhD degrees: in Management and Business Administration (2006) and in Informatics (2011), both with summa cum laude distinction. He completed his habilitation in 2014.
Notable scientometric achievements: cumulative impact factor of 237.808, 357 publications, 738 citations (513 independent). Among his 69 international journal articles, 25 are ranked D1 and 21 are ranked Q1.
His research has been published in leading journals including Expert Systems with Applications, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Knowledge-Based Systems, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Scientometrics, Journal of Informetrics, and Nature Scientific Data.
Awards and recognitions include: Harsányi János Award (2017), Hungarian Higher Education Memorial Plaque (2015), MTA VEAB “Researcher of the Year” in Social Sciences (2013), Master Teacher Gold Medal (2013), Dr. Tamás Rapcsák Award (2022), and Universita Pannonica Gold Grade (2021).
He has been a recipient of the Bolyai János Research Fellowship (2013, 2015–2018), Magyary Zoltán Postdoctoral Fellowship (2013–2014), and National Excellence Program (2016–2019).
Professional leadership roles: President of the Economic Informatics Education and Research Forum (NJSZT-GIKOF), Board Member of the Economic Modelling Society, Board Member of PMUni (Project Management University Network).
Editorial board memberships: Journal of Innovation and Knowledge (Elsevier), Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship (Elsevier), Scientific Data (Nature/Springer), Discover Applied Sciences (Springer), SEFBIS Journal, Szigma, and GIKOF Journal.