Ferenc Miszlivetz is the founder and General Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK) and a Jean Monnet professor. He elaborated the innovative regional development concept, called KRAFT program (Creative Cities, Sustainable Region).
He has taught and conducted research at various universities in Europe and the United States, including the University of Bologna, and Columbia University in New York. He is the co-founder of the Institute for Social and European Studies Foundation (a Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence). Since 2012 he has served as the president of the Social Sciences unit of the Hungarian UNESCO Committee and holds a UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Sustainability in Kőszeg.
His research interests include democracy, civil society, Central-European and European Studies, globalization and sustainability.
Besides his academic awards, he was several times acknowledged, such as the Ernő Pungor Award and the Order of Merit of Hungary (civilian). iASK has won two prestigious FIABCI awards for the city dimensional real estate development of the historic town of Kőszeg.