Background
Benko, Georges Béla was born on August 14, 1953 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Josef Andras and Eva Maria (Kosch) Benko.
Benko, Georges Béla was born on August 14, 1953 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Josef Andras and Eva Maria (Kosch) Benko.
Architect-Engineer with honors, Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture, Paris, 1978. Master of Arts in Urban Planning, Institute Français d'Urbanisme, Paris, 1979. Master of Arts in Mathematics-Statistics, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, 1984.
Doctor of Philosophy in Geography and Regional Science, Ecoles des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 1982.
Urban planner, Paris, 1978—1985. Chairman Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Urbaines et Régionales, since 1985. Associate professor University Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1985—1992, professor, since 1992.
Researcher Centre d'Etudes de Modes d'Industrialisation, Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Sciences, Sociales, since 1992. Director Avicenne Foundation, Paris, 1992—2001. Professor Institute d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, 1997—2000.
Visiting professor University Oxford, England, 2000—2001, University Bahia Blanca, Argentina, 1998, 2000, University Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1996, University Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1994, Brazil, 97, University Lisbon, Portugal, 1995, Portugal, 2003. Board directors Council of the Research and Regulation. Series editor Public L'Harmattan, Paris, since 1990.
Founder-editor Géographie, Économie Society, Paris, since 1999. Consultant Délégation à l'Aménagement du Territories et à l'Action Régionale, Paris, 1992, Organization of European Cooperation and Development, Paris, 1998.
Member National Economic Commission of the Green Party in France, 2001—2002. Member of Association de Science Régionale de Langue Française, Association of Research and Regulation, International Regional Science Association.
Married Judith Christina Benko-Lazar, August 25, 1975. Children: Ken, Noel.