József Topál#
| Membership Number: | 7346 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.ttk.hun-ren.hu/kpi/en/comparative-behavioural-research/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-2741-8143 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2024 - present Head of Comparative Behavioural Research Group, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, (academic rank: Professor)
- 2021 - present, Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board, Research Centre for Natural Sciences
- 2021 - 2024 Panel chairman, Psychology and Pedagogy panel, Scientific National Research Development and Innovation Office
- 2019 - 2023 Head of Psychobiology Research Group, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Lorand Eotvos Research Network (academic rank: Professor)
- 2014 - 2018 Head of Psychobiology Research Group, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (academic rank: Professor)
- 2013 - 2016 Scientific Vice Director, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2008 - 2013 Head of Comparative Behavioural Research Group, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (academic rank: Associate professor)
- 2007 - 2008 Department of Developmental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (academic rank: Associate professor)
- 2006 - 2025 Chair of the board of trustees, Assistance Dogs Hungary
- 2000 - present Chair of the board of trustees, Dogs for Humans Foundation
Fields of Scholarship
- Evolutionary psychology
- Comparative cognition
- Behaviour
- Social cognition
- Human ethology
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (donated by the President of Hungary)
- 2200 Monorért Memorial Plaque for outstanding public service activities (donated by Monor City Council)
- 2018 Outstanding Research Achievement Award (donated by the General Secretary-General of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
- 2017 Kardos Lajos Award (donated by the Hungarian Psychological Association)
- 2015 Juhász-Nagy Pál Talent Management Award (donated by the Eötvös University)
- 2010 Bolyai Memorial Plate (donated by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
