Balazs Lengyel is an established academic with extensive experience in research roles, serving as a Senior Research Fellow at Corvinus University of Budapest and the Centre for Economic- and Regional Studies. Additional positions include Senior Researcher at the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Research Fellow at the International Business School in Budapest. Balazs Lengyel has also contributed as a Visiting Research Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).