Laszlo CSABA is distinguished professor of international political economy at Central European University and Corvinus University of Budapest, honorary professor of economics at Szent István University/Gödöllő, as well as Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, between 2012-15 also of the social science section of Science Europe/Brussels, and Academia Europea/London. Author of 12 books, editor of 6 volumes, as well as 365 articles and chapters in books published in 22 countries. In 1999-2000 President of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies. On the editorial board of 10 international and 7 Hungarian academic journals. His academic work invited 143 reviews and over 1640 independent citations internationally. His recent output includes the book: Európai közgazdaságtan/Economics for Europe/, Budapest: Akadémiai/W.Kluwer, 2014/e-book: 2017,, as well as the chapters: ’Liberalization: Waves and Counter-waves in Postcommunist Change’ in: KOLLMORGEN, J.et al eds/2017/: Handbook of Political, Social and Economic Transformation,Oxford University Press; and ’Banking and fiscal union in the EU: a solution or a trap?’ in: ATKONSON,T.,et al.eds: Nationalstaat und Europaeische Union: eine Bestandaufnahme’, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2016, pp109-126 and ’Economic policy: path dependence and path creation’ in: MORYS,M.ed: Economic History of Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe from 1800 to the Present’London: Routledge, 2017/in print/. For more info cf his personal web: www.csabal.com