Research Interests

Economic sociology, ethnicity and economy, diversity and welfare, socio-economics of language

Selected Publications

Csata, Z., Hlatky, R. & Liu, A.H. (2024) Ethnic Polarization and Human Development: The Conditional Effects of Minority Language Recognition. Studies in Comparative International Development, 58, 79–102

Csata, Z., Compton, B., Liu, A. H., & Papp Z, A. (2024). Linguistic diversity in media and state language proficiencies: evidence from Hungarian minority regions in central-Eastern Europe. Regional & Federal Studies, 34(4), 473–498.

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, 50(16), 4192–4214.

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.

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.

Csata, Z. (2018). Economy and Ethnicity in Transylvania. In Kiss, T., Székely, I. G., Toró, T., Bárdi, N., & Horváth, I. (Eds.). Unequal Accommodation of Minority Rights, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 345-379.

Liu, A. H., Shair-Rosenfield, S., Vance, L. R., Csata, Z. (2018). Linguistic Origins of Gender Equality and Women’s Rights. Gender & Society, 32(1), 82-108.

Research Projects

Past research projects:

2017-2021.  The Institutionalization of Ethnic Economy among Hungarians in Romania and Slovakia – research project financed by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office, FK 125276

2017-2020. „Ethnic diversity and welfare in Transylvania”, Bolyai Research Scholarship, BO/00604/17/9

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)” – project financed by the EEA and Norway Grants

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 for Inter Ethnic Relations, 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, POSDRU/92/3.1/S/50583

2009-2011„Transitions démocratiques et socialisations politiques au Bénin, au Burkina et en Roumanie”, 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 Center of Inter-Ethnic Relations in Transylvania, Cluj Napoca (www.ccrit.ro)