Balázs Kondor

He is the head of the railway transport department of the Air, Rail and Water Authority Support Center of the KTI Strategy, Research, Development and Innovation Directorate. He obtained a degree in transport engineering and a degree in economics from Széchenyi István University. He graduated from Euro Contact Business School, the Hungarian base institution of the Open University Business School, with a degree in management, and then from BME as an MBA economist. He has 25 years of experience in railway traffic and 17 years of management experience. Main research areas: exploration of safety-critical processes in railway transport as a complex system, railway transport safety, innovative railway accident prevention and control, and their practical application, result-oriented operation and monitoring methods. Field of interest: European Union railway regulations, railway safety culture, railway employees’ attitude, professional awareness, motivational mechanism and its impact on railway operations and processes, possibilities, effectiveness and efficiency of controlling railway processes. His main task as head of the railway transport department is to provide background support to the operation of the railway sector in connection with his research and interest area. Professional recognitions: Silver badge (KTE Transport Science Association – 2021.); Medal of Merit for Transport (Ministry of National Development – 2018.); Silver degree for Railway Service (MÁV Zrt. – 2017.)