- 1980-1981: Institute of Theoretical Research, Budapest, Hungary

Research assistant; Field: Third World countries, Hungarian economic development 

- 1981-1986: Institute of Social Studies, Budapest, Hungary 

Research assistant; Research projects: Social development in Latin America, Informal social-economic networks in Latin America; Spanish language press monitoring 

- 1986-1988: Instituto del Posgrado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, México 

Visiting research fellow; Research projects: 20 century Mexican economic and social development; Comparative studies of Eastern Europe and Latin America: common development features 

- 1988-1989: Institute of Social Studies, Budapest, Hungary 

Research assistant; Research projects: Social development in Latin America, The role of human factors in economic development; Spanish language press monitoring 

- 1989-1992: Institute of World Economy of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest, Hungary 

Research fellow; Research projects: 20 century Latin American economic development, Latin America’s integration into the world economy 

- 1989-1991: Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK 

Visiting research fellow, Leverhulme grantee; Research projects: Post-war socio-economic development in Hungary and Mexico: a comparative analysis; The Eastern European transformation, with specific emphasis on security and military issues 

- 1991-1993: United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economic Research, Helsinki, Finland 

External researcher; Research project: “The military sector and global economic change” in the framework of the “Security and development program” 

- 1993-1995: MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, USA 

Research and Writing Grantee; Research project: “Prospects for arms industry conversion in East Central Europe” 

- 1997-1998: International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland 

External researcher; Research project: “Industrial restructuring and regional development in defence-dependent regions in Hungary and Slovakia”, in the framework of the “Regional responses to displaced workers due to globalization, privatisation and trade liberalisation” project 

- 1998-2001: CREDIT/METDAC International Research Network 

Associated researcher; Research project: “Defence, R&D and competitiveness in Hungary” in the framework of METDAC- Managing European Technology: Defence and competitiveness issues - a thematic research network funded by the European Commission 

- 1999: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, Switzerland,

External researcher; Research project: “The political economy of tax reform in Hungary”, in the framework of “Financing social development in a transitional setting” project 

- 2000-2001: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, Switzerland 

External researcher; Research project: The impact of Hungary’s export-oriented development on employment, women and social welfare”, in the framework of the “Globalization, export-oriented employment for women and social policy” project 

- May 2001, Saferworld, UK, 

Member of the expert group; Project: “An independent preliminary assessment of the nature and extent of the problem of small arms and light weapons (SALW) diffusion in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia”, in the framework of the “Arms and Security Programme” 

- 2000- 2011: Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, 

Part-time external researcher on various projects: Case studies on South and East Central European defence industry for the annual “Small Arms Survey”; case studies on small arms production in various East European countries; case studies on craft production of small arms

- 2004-2014: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 

Part-time external researcher; Research project: East Central European defence industry and the twin enlargement process