Balázs Vedres

Academic rank: 
Associate Professor
Position: 
Director, Center for Network Science
Department of Network and Data Science
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Building: 
Zrinyi u. 14
Room: 
408
Phone number: 
+36 1 327-3000 x2606
Qualifications: 
Ph.D. 2004 (Sociology), Columbia University, U.S.A
M.Sc. 1997 (Economics and Sociology), Budapest University of Economics, Hungary
B.A. 1995 (Economics and Sociology), Budapest University of Economics
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Affiliations: 
Department of Network and Data Science
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Academic/research topics: 
Post-socialist economic and social transformations
civil society organizations and technology
dynamics of political discourses.
External links: 
Personal website
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Book
Kapcsolathálók, szervezeti kultúra, pénzügyi teljesítmény : szervezetszociológiai tanulmányok a magyar távközlésfejlesztés finanszírozásáról, Edited by B. Vedres and Z. Szántó. Budapest: Aula, 2002.
Vedres, B.. Ökonokrata menedzser-elit – az átalakulás nyertesei? : A közgazdasági és a műszaki végzettség átértékelődése a vállalati elitben. Budapest: BKE, 1996.
Book Chapter
Vedres, B., and L. Bruszt. "The Politics of Civic Combinations." In Markets and civil society : the European experience in comparative perspective, edited by V. Perez-Diaz. European civil society , no. 5. New York: Berghahn Books, 2009.
Vedres, B.. "The Constellations of Economic Power : the Position of Political Actors, Banks and Large Corporations in the network of Directorate Interlocks in Hungary." In Sprungbrett Region? : Strukturen und Voraussetzungen vernetzter Geschäftsbeziehungen, edited by J. Fischer and S. Gensior. Berlin: Edition Sigma, 2002.
Vedres, B.. "A gazdasági mező szerkezete Magyarországon." In 50 éves a Budapesti Közgazdaságtudományi Egyetem : jubileumi tudományos ülésszak : 1998. október 1-3., edited by J. Temesi. Budapest: BKTE, 1998.
Vedres, B.. ""Ökonokrata" menedzser elit – az átalakulás nyertesei? : Az elit továbbélésének elméleteitől az átalakulás elmélete felé." In A magyar gazdasági elit a 90-es évek elején, edited by B. Janky and B. Vedres, 23-37. Budapest: BKE Szociológia és Szociálpol. Tansz., 1997.
Conference Paper
Vedres, B., and D. Stark. "Social Times of Network Spaces : Sequence Analysis of Network Formation and Foreign Investment in Hungary, 1987-2001." In Public Sociologies : 99th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association., 2004. Abstract
Vedres, B., and Gy. Lengyel. "Changing elites and changing rules of the game : workshop proceedings : Budapest University of Economic Sciences." Budapest: BUES, 1998. Abstract
Vedres, B.. "Bank and power : The position of banks in the network of directorate interlocks of the large Hungarian corporation." In Changing elites and changing rules of the game : workshop proceedings : Budapest University of Economic Sciences, April 25-27, 1997, edited by Gy. Lengyel and B. Vedres, 173-181. Budapest: BKE, 1998.
Journal Article
Vedres, B., and B. Lászlo. "The Politics of Civic Combinations." VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations 19, no. 2 (2008): 140-160.
Vedres, B.. "Pathways from postsocialism: ownership sequence and performance of firms in Hungary, 1991–1999." European Management Review 4, no. 2 (2007): 93-105.
Vedres, B., D. Stark, and L. Bruszt. "Rooted transnational publics : Integrating foreign ties and civic activism." Theory and Society 35 (2006): 323-349.
Vedres, B., and D. Stark. "Social Times of Network Spaces : Network Sequences and Foreign Investment in Hungary." American Journal of Sociology 111, no. 5 (2006): 1367-1412.
Vedres, B.. "Politikusok a magyar nagyvállalatok hálózatában 1987-2001 között." Magyar Tudomány, no. 11 (2006): 1339-1344.
Vedres, B.. "The social structure of research accountability : Regimes of worth, claims of representation, and networks of accountability in research." Foresight Europe, no. 2 (2006): 35-37.
Vedres, B., D. Stark, and L. Bruszt. "Shaping the Web of Civic Participation : Civil Society Websites in Eastern Europe." Journal of Public Policy 25, no. 1 (2005): 149-163.
Vedres, B., D. Stark, and L. Bruszt. "A technológiák szervezése és a szervezés technológiái : az online civil szerveződés főbb műfaji formái Kelet-Európában." Információs Társadalom, no. 1 (2005).
Vedres, B., and D. Stark. "Sequenze di rete e investimento estero in Ungheria." Stato e Mercato 75, no. 3 (2005): 391-422.
Vedres, B., L. Bruszt, and D. Stark. "Organizing Technologies : Genre Forms of Online Civic Association in Eastern Europe." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 597 (2005): 171-188.
Vedres, B.. "Book review." American Anthropologist 107, no. 3 (2005): 520-521. Abstract
Vedres, B.. "Testing Narratives of Postsocialism : Transition and Sequence Approaches to the Ownership Histories of the Largest Hungarian Corporations, 1991-1999." Review of sociology of the Hungarian Sociological Association 10, no. 1 (2004): 27-46. Abstract
Vedres, B., and D. Stark. "The Pathways of Property Transformation : enterprise network careers in Hungary 1988-2000. Outline of analytic strategy." Columbia University, Institute of Social and Economic Research and Policy Working Papers, no. 01-01 (2001).
Vedres, B.. "A tulajdonosi hálózatok felbomlása." Közgazdasági szemle 47, no. 9 (2000): 680-699.
Vedres, B.. "The Constellations of Economic Power: The Position of Political Actors, Banks and Large Corporations in the Network of Directorate Interlocks in Hungary, 1997." Connections : journal of the International Network of Social Network Analysis 23, no. 1 (2000): 44-59.
Vedres, B.. "Locked in Centrality. Banks in the Network of Large Corporations in Hungary, 1997." Szociológiai szemle, no. Special issue (1998): 77. Abstract
Vedres, B.. "Üzleti csoportok a magyar gazdasági átmenetben." Cafe Babel, no. 28 (1998): 125-142.
Vedres, B.. "A piaci átmenet elmélettörténete.", no. 3 (1998): 153.
Vedres, B.. "Ökonokrata menedzser-elit – az átalakulás nyertesei?" Szociológiai szemle, no. 1 (1997): 111.
Vedres, B.. "Bank és hatalom. A bankok helye a magyar nagyvállalatok kapcsolathálójában." Szociológiai szemle, no. 2 (1997): 101.
Miscellaneous
Vedres, B., and D. Stark. Opening Closure : Intercohesion and Entrepreneurial Dynamics in Business Groups. Köln: Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, 2009.
Vedres, B., and Z. Szántó. Business Relationship Management and Sociology. Part IV: Interfacing the Market : Business Focused, Network Based Reengineering of a Hierarchy. The Case of the Hungarian Broadcasting Company. Centre de Recherche CEREBEM, 2006.
Vedres, B., and P. Csigó. Negotiating the End of Transition : A Network Approach to Local Action in Political Discourse Dynamics, Hungary 1997. New York: Columbia University Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, 2002.
Vedres, B., and D. Stark. The Pathways of Property Transformation., 2001.
Vedres, B.. The Constellations of Economic Power : the Position of Political Actors, Banks and Large Corporations in the network of Directorate Interlocks in Hungary. Berlin: Brandenburg-Berliner Institut für Sozialwissenschaftliche Studien, 1999.
Vedres, B., and B. Janky. A magyar gazdasági elit a 90-es években. Budapest: BKE Szociológia és Szociálpol. Tansz., 1997.
Thesis
Vedres, B.. Network sequences of social change : the transformation of ownership and economic policy discourse in Hungary, 1987-2001. New York: Columbia University, Sociology Department, 2004.