ANETILAB - Agglomeration and Social Networks Research Lab

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Balázs Lengyel

Head | ANETI Lab
Senior Research Fellow | ANETI Lab at ELTE KRTK
Senior Research Fellow | ANETI Lab at Corvinus University of Budapest

BIO

Balázs Lengyel is an economic geographer and works on topics at the intersection of economic geography, innovation studies, and network science. He aims to understand how social interaction facilitates economic and technological progress embedded in geographical space.
Balázs joined the Institute of Economics in 2013. Before establishing the ANET Lab, he was a visiting scholar at MIT Human Mobility and Networks Lab. Balázs completed his PhD in economics at Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 2010 and holds a master degree from University of Szeged.

PUBLICATIONS

  • B Lengyel, E Bokányi, S Juhász
  • EE Bookchapter
  • 2025
B Lengyel, E Bokányi, S Juhász (2025) The geography of segregated online social networks in the largest US cities. In D Broitman, K Kopczewska, D Czamanski (eds.) Handbook on Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Cities (pp. 92-109). Edward Elgar.
  • G Pinter, B Lengyel
  • Cities
  • 2025
G Pintér, B Lengyel (2025) Quantifying barriers of urban mobility. Cities, 167: 106322.
  • B Sziklai, B Lengyel
  • Network Science
  • 2024
B Sziklai, B Lengyel (2024) Audience selection for maximizing social influence. Network Science, 12(1): 65-87.
  • J Koltai, I Wilhelm, G Kecskés, B Lengyel
  • Nature
  • 2024
J Koltai, I Wilhelm, G Kecskés, B Lengyel (2024) Hungarian researchers struggle amid EU funding ban. Nature, 631(8022): 740.
  • B Lengyel, G Tóth, N A Christakis, A Bíró
  • Science Advances
  • 2024
B Lengyel, G Tóth, N A Christakis, A Bíró (2024) Antidepressant use in spatial social networks. Science Advances, 10(49): eadr0302.
  • M Aquaro, G Damioli, B Lengyel
  • Regional Studies
  • 2023
M Aquaro, G Damioli, B Lengyel (2023) Innovative mergers and acquisitions and the broker regions of European integration. Regional Studies, 57(2): 287-299.
  • B Sziklai, B Lengyel
  • Social Network Analysis and Mining
  • 2023
B Sziklai, B Lengyel (2023) Finding early adopters of innovation in social networks. Social Network Analysis and Mining, 13: 4.
  • K M Kiss, L Lőrincz, Zs Csáfordi, B Lengyel
  • PLoS One
  • 2023
K M Kiss, L Lőrincz, Zs Csáfordi, B Lengyel (2023) Related adjustment of firm production after demand shocks. PLoS One, 18(1): e0280461.
  • M Abbasiharofteh, D Kogler, B Lengyel
  • Research Policy
  • 2023
M Abbasiharofteh, D Kogler, B Lengyel (2023) Atypical combinations of technologies in regional co-inventor networks. Research Policy, 52(10): 104886.
  • S Juhász, G Pinter, Á Kovács, E Borza, G Mónus, L Lőrincz, B Lengyel
  • EPJ Data Science
  • 2023
S Juhász, G Pintér, Á Kovács, E Borza, G Mónus, L Lőrincz, B Lengyel (2023) Amenity complexity and urban locations of socio-economic mixing. EPJ Data Science, 12: 34.
  • D Kogler, A Whittle, K Kim, B Lengyel
  • Economic Geography
  • 2023
D Kogler, A Whittle, K Kim, B Lengyel (2023) Understanding Regional Branching: Knowledge Diversification via Inventor and Firm Collaboration Networks. Economic Geography, 99(5): 471-498.
  • L Czaller, G Tóth, B Lengyel
  • Scientific Reports
  • 2022
L Czaller, G Tóth, B Lengyel (2022) Allocating vaccines to remote and on-site workers in the tradable sector. Scientific Reports, 12: 4098.
  • E Bokányi, M Novák, Á Jakobi, B Lengyel
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • 2022
E Bokányi, M Novák, Á Jakobi, B Lengyel (2022) Urban hierarchy and spatial diffusion over the innovation life cycle. Royal Society Open Science, 9(5): 211038.
  • K Kutasi, J Koltai, Á Szabó-Morvai, G Röst, M Karsai, P Biró, B Lengyel
  • Scientific Reports
  • 2022
K Kutasi, J Koltai, Á Szabó-Morvai, G Röst, M Karsai, P Biró, B Lengyel (2022) Understanding hesitancy with revealed preferences across COVID-19 vaccine types. Scientific Reports, 12: 13293.
  • Á Kovács, S Juhász, E Bokányi, B Lengyel
  • Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science
  • 2022
Á Kovács, S Juhász, E Bokányi, B Lengyel (2022) Income-related spatial concentration of individual social capital in cities. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 50(4): 1072-1086.
  • Gy Csomós, B Lengyel
  • PLoS One
  • 2022
Gy Csomós, B Lengyel (2022) Geographies of the global co-editor network in oncology. PLoS One, 17(3): e0265652.
  • R Di Clemente, B Lengyel, LF Andersson, R Eriksson
  • PNAS Nexus
  • 2022
R Di Clemente, B Lengyel, LF Andersson, R Eriksson (2022) Understanding European integration with bipartite networks of Comparative Advantage. PNAS Nexus, 1(5): pgac262.
  • G Tóth, B Lengyel
  • The Journal of Technology Transfer
  • 2021
G Tóth G, B Lengyel (2021) Inter-firm inventor mobility and the role of co-inventor networks in producing high-impact innovation. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 46: 117-137.
  • Zs Vida, I Járay, B Lengyel
  • F1000Research
  • 2021
Zs Vida, I Járay, B Lengyel (2021) PhD students in life sciences can benefit from team cohesion. F1000Research, 10: 692.
  • G Tóth, J Wachs, R Di Clemente, Á Jakobi, B Ságvári, J Kertész, B Lengyel
  • Nature Communications
  • 2021
G Tóth, J Wachs, R Di Clemente, Á Jakobi, B Ságvári, J Kertész, B Lengyel (2021) Inequality is rising where social network segregation interacts with urban topology. Nature Communications, 12: 1143.
  • G Tóth, S Juhász, Z Elekes, B Lengyel
  • European Planning Studies
  • 2021
G Tóth, S Juhász, Z Elekes, B Lengyel (2021) Repeated collaboration of inventors across European regions. European Planning Studies, 29(12): 2252-2272.
  • L Czaller, R Eriksson, B Lengyel
  • Papers in Regional Science
  • 2021
L Czaller, R Eriksson, B Lengyel (2021) Reducing automation risk through career mobility: where and for whom? Papers in Regional Science, 100(6): 1545-1569.
  • E Bokányi, S Juhász, M Karsai, B Lengyel
  • Scientific Reports
  • 2021
E Bokányi, S Juhász, M Karsai, B Lengyel (2021) Universal patterns of long-distance commuting and social assortativity in cities. Scientific Reports, 11: 20829.
  • Z Elekes, B Lengyel
  • Acta Oeconomica
  • 2020
Z Elekes, B Lengyel (2020) Related trade variety, foreign-domestic spillovers and regional employment in Hungary. Acta Oeconomica, 70(4): 551-570.
  • Gy Csomós, Zs V Vida, B Lengyel
  • PLOS One
  • 2020
Gy Csomós, Zs V Vida, B Lengyel (2020) Exploring the changing geographical pattern of international scientific collaborations through the prism of cities. PLOS One, 15(11): e0242468.
  • L Lőrincz, G K Chihaya, A Hannák, D Takács, B Lengyel, R Eriksson
  • Applied Network Science
  • 2020
L Lőrincz, G K Chihaya, A Hannák, D Takács, B Lengyel, R Eriksson (2020) Global connections and the structure of skills in local co-worker networks. Applied Network Science, 5(1): 78.
  • B Lengyel, E Bokányi, R Di Clemente, J Kertész, M C González
  • Scientific Reports
  • 2020
B Lengyel, E Bokányi, R Di Clemente, J Kertész, M C González (2020) The role of geography in the complex diffusion of innovations. Scientific Reports, 10: 15065.
  • S Juhász, G Tóth, B Lengyel
  • PLoS One
  • 2020
S Juhász, G Tóth, B Lengyel (2020) Brokering the core and the periphery: creative success and collaboration networks in the film industry. PLoS One, 15(2): e0229436.
  • Zs Csáfordi, L Lőrincz, B Lengyel, K M Kiss
  • The Journal of Technology Transfer
  • 2020
Zs Csáfordi, L Lőrincz, B Lengyel, K M Kiss (2020) Productivity spillovers through labor flows: productivity gap, multinational experience and industry relatedness. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 45: 86-121.
  • Gy Csomós, B Lengyel
  • Journal of Information Science
  • 2020
Gy Csomós, B Lengyel (2020) Mapping the efficiency of international scientific collaboration between cities worldwide. Journal of Information Science, 46(4): 575-578.
  • J Wachs, T Yasseri, B Lengyel, J Kertész
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • 2019
J Wachs, T Yasseri, B Lengyel, J Kertész (2019) Social capital predicts corruption risk in towns. Royal Society Open Science, 6(4): 182103.
  • Z Elekes, R Boschma, B Lengyel
  • Regional Studies
  • 2019
Z Elekes, R Boschma, B Lengyel (2019) Foreign-owned firms as agents of structural change in regions. Regional Studies, 53(11): 1603-1613.
  • I Szakálné Kanó, B Lengyel, Z Elekes, I Lengyel
  • European Planning Studies
  • 2019
I Szakálné Kanó, B Lengyel, Z Elekes, I Lengyel (2019) Agglomeration, foreign firms and firm exit in regions under transition: the increasing importance of related variety in Hungary. European Planning Studies, 27(11): 2099-2122.
  • R H Eriksson, B Lengyel
  • Economic Geography
  • 2019
R H Eriksson, B Lengyel (2019) Co-worker networks and agglomeration externalities. Economic Geography, 95(1): 65-89.
  • B Lengyel
  • Hungarian Geographical Bulletin
  • 2018
B Lengyel (2018) J Glückler, E Lazega and I Hammer (eds.): Knowledge and Networks. Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, 67(1): 91-93.
  • S Juhász, B Lengyel
  • Journal of Economic Geography
  • 2018
S Juhász, B Lengyel (2018) Creation and persistence of ties in cluster knowledge networks. Journal of Economic Geography, 18(6): 1203-1226.
  • I Lengyel, Zs Vas, I Szakálné Kanó, B Lengyel
  • European Planning Studies
  • 2017
I Lengyel, Zs Vas, I Szakalne Kano, B Lengyel (2017) Spatial differences of reindustrialization in a post-socialist economy: manufacturing in the Hungarian counties. European Planning Studies, 25(8): 1416-1434.
  • B Lengyel, R H Eriksson
  • Journal of Economic Geography
  • 2017
B Lengyel, R H Eriksson (2017) Co-worker networks, labour mobility and productivity growth in regions. Journal of Economic Geography, 17(3): 635-660.
  • B Lengyel, Á Jakobi
  • Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
  • 2016
B Lengyel, Á Jakobi (2016) Online social networks, location, and the dual effect of distance from the centre. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 107(3): 298-315.
  • B Lengyel, M Leskó
  • PLoS One
  • 2016
B Lengyel, M Leskó (2016) International collaboration and spatial dynamics of US patenting in Central and Eastern Europe 1981-2010. PLoS One, 11(11): e0166034.
  • B Lengyel, L Leydesdorff
  • Regional Statistics
  • 2015
B Lengyel, L Leydesdorff (2015) The effects of FDI on innovation systems in Hungarian regions: where is the synergy generated? Regional Statistics, 5(1): 3-24.
  • Á Jakobi, B Lengyel
  • Modern Trends in Cartography
  • 2015
Á Jakobi, B Lengyel (2015) Geovisualising unequal spatial distribution of online social network connections: a Hungarian example. In J Brus, A Vondrakova, V Vozenilek (eds.) Modern Trends in Cartography. Springer, Cham: 227-240.
  • B Lengyel, A Varga, B Ságvári, Á Jakobi, J Kertész
  • PLoS One
  • 2015
B Lengyel, A Varga, B Ságvári, Á Jakobi, J Kertész (2015) Geographies of an online social network. PLoS One, 10(9): 0137248.
  • B Lengyel, T Sebestyén, L Leydesdorff
  • Science and Public Policy
  • 2015
B Lengyel, T Sebestyén, L Leydesdorff (2015) Challenges for regional innovation policies in Central and Eastern Europe: spatial concentration and foreign control of US patenting. Science and Public Policy, 42(1): 1-14.
  • B Lengyel, I Szakálné Kanó
  • Acta Oeconomica
  • 2014
B Lengyel, I Szakálné Kanó (2014) Regional economic growth in Hungary 1998–2005: What does really matter in clusters? Acta Oeconomica, 64(3): 257-285.
  • L Leydesdorff, H W Park, B Lengyel
  • Scientometrics
  • 2014
L Leydesdorff, H W Park, B Lengyel (2014) A routine for measuring synergy in university–industry–government relations: mutual information as a Triple-Helix and Quadruple-Helix indicator. Scientometrics, 99(1): 27-35.
  • B Lengyel, I Szakálné Kanó
  • Regional Statistics
  • 2013
B Lengyel, I Szakálné Kanó (2013) Related variety and regional growth in Hungary: towards a transition economy approach. Regional Statistics, 3(1): 98-116.
  • B Lengyel, L Leydesdorff
  • Regional Studies
  • 2011
B Lengyel, L Leydesdorff (2011) Regional Innovation Systems in Hungary: the failing synergy at the national level. Regional Studies, 45(5): 677-693.
  • B Lengyel, B Ságvári
  • European Planning Studies
  • 2011
B Lengyel, B Ságvári (2011) Creative Occupations and Regional Development in Hungary: Mobility of Talent in a One-centred Transition Economy. European Planning Studies, 19(12): 2073-2093.
  • B Lengyel, I Iwasaki, M Szanyi
  • Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics
  • 2010
B Lengyel, I Iwasaki, M Szanyi (2010) Industry cluster and regional economic growth: evidence from Hungary. Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, 51(2): 149-167.
  • B Lengyel, V Cadil
  • Transition Studies Review
  • 2009
B Lengyel, V Cadil (2009) Innovation policy challenges in transition countries: foreign business R&D in the Czech Republic and Hungary. Transition Studies Review, 16(1): 174-188.
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