Zsombor CSATA is a sociologist, Associate Professor at Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania. Besides his tenure at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, he is a part-time research fellow at the Centre for Social Sciences, Institute for Minority Studies in Budapest, and an affiliate research fellow with the Politics of Race and Ethnicity Lab at the University of Texas. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology at BBU, and has had longer periods of study and research at Corvinus University in Budapest, Indiana University (Rézler Fellowship) and the University of Texas (Fulbright Fellowship), as well as shorter stints at Abomey-Calavi University in Benin and the University of Amsterdam.
He has received several awards from UBB for his teaching and research endeavors, and he was recognized with the Arany János Prize and the Bolyai Prize by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He serves as an editor for the social science journals Erdélyi Társadalom (Transylvanian Society) and Studia Sociologia. He held the position of director at the Research Centre on Interethnic Relations for over a decade.
In the last twenty years, he conducted several research projects on ethnicity, entrepreneurship and regional development in Central and Eastern Europe. Lately, his research has focused on the economic aspects of ethnolinguistic diversity and the economics of language. His work has been featured in multiple languages (English, Hungarian, Romanian and French) and in journals such as Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Studies in Comparative International Development, East European Politics, Social Inclusion, Gender and Society, Language Problems and Language Planning, International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, etc.
Selected publications
Csata, Z., Péti, M., Compton, B., Liu, A. H., & Sándor, Z. (2023). The income effects of minority co-ethnic employment: the case of Hungarians in central and Eastern Europe. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-23. DOI10.1080/1369183X.2023.2290447, WOS:001125271300001
Csata, Z., Compton, B., Liu, A. H., & Papp Z. A. (2023). Linguistic Diversity in Media and State Language Proficiencies: Evidence from Hungarian Minority Regions in Central-Eastern Europe. Regional & Federal Studies, 1–26. DOI10.1080/13597566.2022.2153452
Csata, Z., Hlatky, R., & Liu, A. H. (2022). Ethnic Polarization and Human Development: The Conditional Effects of Minority Language Recognition. Studies in Comparative International Development, 1-24. WOS:000812443800001, DOI10.1007/s12116-022-09362-z
Csata, Z., Hlatky, R., Liu, A. H. & Young A. P. (2021) The Economic Effects of the Territoriality Principle. Evidence from Transylvania, Romania. Language Problems and Language Planning 45(2), 165–187. DOI10.1075/lplp.00076.csa, WOS:000722161500003
Csata, Z., Hlatky, R., & Liu, A. H. (2021). How to Head Count Ethnic Minorities: Validity of Census Surveys versus Other Identification Strategies. East European Politics, 37(3), 572-592., DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2020.1843439, WOS:000590797500001
Liu, A. H., Shair-Rosenfield, S., Vance, L. R., Csata, Z. (2018). Linguistic Origins of Gender Equality and Women’s Rights. Gender & Society, volume 32, issue 1, pages 82-108, DOI: 0891243217741428, Accession Number: WOS:000419821300004
Csata, Z. (2018). Economy and Ethnicity in Transylvania. In Unequal Accommodation of Minority Rights (pp. 345-379). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. DOI10.1007/978-3-319-78893-7_9, WOS:000455139600009
Csata Z. (2016) Linguistic Justice and English as a Lingua Franca from a Minority Perspective. Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, European and Regional Studies, Vol. 9, pages 83-94., DOI: 10.1515/auseur-2016-0012.
Csata Z. (2016) Reflections on the Economic Aspects of Multilingualism in Transylvania. Belvedere Meridionale, volume 28, issue 2, pages 51-65., DOI: 10.14232/belv.2016.2.4.
Csata Z. (2015) Ethnicity and Economy. A Research Agenda for Transylvania. Transylvanian Society, volume 13, issue 3, pages 9-16. DOI: 10.17177/77171.166.
Selected research projects
2017-2024. “The Institutionalization of Ethnic Economy among Hungarians in Romania and Slovakia” – research coordinator, project financed by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office, Hungary, FK 125276.
2017-2020. „Ethnic Diversity and Welfare in Transylvania”, – research coordinator, project financed by the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, BO/00604/17
2013-2016. „The Socio-economic Aspects of Ethnicity in a Multicultural Environment” – – research coordinator, project financed by the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, BO/00642/13
2014-2016. “Socio-graphic mapping of the Roma Communities in Romania for a community-level monitoring of changes with regard to Roma integration (SocioRoMap)” – proiect project financed by the EEA and Norway Grants, project partners: Institutul pentru Studierea Minorităților din România, Research Centre on Interethnic Relations
2014-2015. “The Social Conditions of Economic Cooperation among SME-s” – postdoctoral Fellowship financed by Operational Sectorial Program for the Development of Regions in EU, Romanian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Global Economy, Bucharest, POSDRU/159/1.5/S/140106
2014-2015. “Integrated Model for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas” – research coordinator, project financed by Operational Sectorial Program for the Development of Regions in EU – partner in charge of the research: Research Centre on Interethnic Relations (CCRIT), POSDRU/135/5.2/S/124779
2011-2013. „Integrated Model for the Development of Entrepreneurship in Three Regions” – research coordinator, project financed by Operational Sectorial Program for the Development of Regions in EU – partner in charge of the research: Research Centre for Inter Ethnic Relations (CCRIT), POSDRU/92/3.1/S/50583
2009-2011. „Transitions démocratiques et socialisations politiques au Bénin, au Burkina et en Roumanie” – partners: UBB Cluj Napoca – l’Université Abomey-Calavi du Bénin – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique de Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso – international project financed by the AUF, Romanian research coordinator together with Sergiu Miscoiu.
2006-2009. “Religions and Values – Central and Eastern European Research Network (REVACERN)” – researcher, local partner: Max Weber Foundation for Social Research – project financed by the FP6 framework.
2004-2005. „Educational Measures for the Roma Minority in Romania – The Effectiveness of Integrated and Segregated Education”, international research project financed by CERGE, local partner: Research Centre on Interethnic Relations (CCRIT)
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