OUR RESEARCHERS

Dr Gabor Bartus is a senior research fellow of the Hungarian Environmental Economics Centre (MAKK). He is also working at the Department of Environmental Economics at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics as an assistant professor. Between 1998 and 2002 he worked as a senior government advisor at the Prime Minister’s Office of the Republic of Hungary. From 2002 to 2003 Mr Bartus worked for a Hungarian energy efficiency and renewable energy policy agency called „Energy Centre” as a director of environment and strategy. Dr Bartus has 12 years of experience in economic analysis of environmental policies, approximation studies related to the EU environmental acquis, and economic modelling. He provided expertise for governments and agencies in Central and Eastern Europe in developing national and local policies in the fields of climate change, renewable energy, air pollution control, waste management and national environmental strategy plans. Mr Bartus holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Budapest University of Technology, and a „Dr Univ” Diploma in Environmental Economics also from the Budapest University of Technology.

Borbála Farkas, economist, researcher of the Hungarian Environmental Economics Center (MAKK). She graduated as Master in economics from the Corvinus University of Budapest in 2005, Faculty of Business Administration, with her major in Environmental Management and Rural Development. The major topic of her diploma work was water management (The water cycle of Budapest, Material flow analysis of water in Budapest). She worked for three months at the Innovation Research Center. She started her research work in the field of environmental economics and energy policy at MAKK at the end of 2005. Her main fields of interest: water-management, emission trading, renewable energy sources.

Jozsef Fucsko is director of research of the Hungarian Environmental Economics Centre (MAKK). Before his present position, between 1995 and 1998, he worked as a researcher for the Central and Eastern European Environmental Economics Program of the Harvard Institute for International Development. Mr. Fucsko has over a decade of experience in economic analysis of environmental and energy policies, approximation studies related to the EU environmental acquis, and economic modelling. He provided expertise for the EU Commission, governments and agencies in Central and Eastern Europe in developing national and local policies in the fields of climate change, distributed and renewable energy, air pollution control, waste management and national environmental strategy plans. His work is especially related to policy instruments that have the potential for efficient environmental protection, for example emission trading and environmental taxes. In addition to advising policy makers, he conducted projects in creating corporate strategies in response to environmental policies. Mr. Fucsko holds an MSc in Environmental Impact Assessment from the University of Wales, a Diploma (BSc equivalent) in Economics from the University of Cambridge, MA in Economics from the Central European University, Budapest and an MSc in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Debrecen.

András Kis is a researcher associated with MAKK. Before his present occupation, between 1995 and 1998 he worked for the Central and Eastern European Environmental Economics Program of the Harvard Institute for International Development. He has 10 years of experience in economic analysis of environmental policies, approximation studies related to the EU environmental acquis, and economic modelling. He provided expertise to developing national and local policies in the fields of water and wastewater management, climate change, industrial pollution control, waste management and national environmental strategy plans. In addition to advising governments in Central and Eastern Europe, he completed a project for the United Nations Development Program, and assisted in creating corporate strategies in response to newly emerging environmental policies. András holds an MSc in Environmental Science and Policy from the Central European University, Budapest, an MSc in Environmental Economics from the Budapest University of Economic Sciences, and a BS in Business Administration from the State University of New York, Oswego, USA.

Péter Kajner is a part-time contributor to MAKK projects. Peter holds degrees in economics and human ecology. Before joining MAKK in 1999, he worked for the Ministry of Environment of Hungary. Besides carrying out research for MAKK, Peter has numerous occupations in relation to landscape rehabilitation, agricultural economics and policy, and floodplain management.

Csaba Maksi, is a research fellow at MAKK. He graduated from the Technical University of Brandenburg, Cottbus in 2002 as an environmental and resource manager. Before MAKK he worked in the Ministry of Environment and Water as an analyst at the Department of Climate Change. At MAKK he participated in the EU FP 6 CREATE ACCEPTANCE Project, and in the SOLID-DER Project promoting distributed electricity generation and in preparing several environmental and economic assessments and analyses including a Joint Implementation project under the Kyoto Protocol. He also conducted renewable energy potential assesments in Hungary. Csaba also has consulting occupations in relation to energy efficient/passive house constructions His main fields of interest: energy efficient buildings, environmentally sound construction, renewable energy sources and emission trading. 

Gábor Ungvári has a degree from the University of Economics in Budapest. His main interest are economic analysis of water cycles, with special regard to its application in Hungary and the Carpathian Basin; and management of local community services, such as provision of water, collection of wastewater and management of municipal waste.

Dr. Glenn Morris specializes in economic analysis and policy evaluation of environmental and natural resources issues. He has over thirty years of experience leading and conducting economic analyses of public policies covering air, water, soil, and energy resources using economic, regulatory, and tort policy instruments in both the United States and many international settings. Much of his recent work involves applications in transition and developing countries, especially those of central and eastern Europe. During 1994-97 he completed a three-year residence assignment in Hungary providing analyses and advice to the Government of Hungary on design, analysis and implementation of environmental protection policies including product charges, effluent and emission taxes, and environmental funds. Dr. Morris currently leads an international project that is assisting lower Danube River Basin municipal water systems design and implement water tariff and related reforms to improve system services and finances. In his work Dr. Morris has used or developed a wide variety of professional tools including financial models, numerical optimization, multimarket equilibrium models, and econometric estimation.