He served as key expert in major international media research and consultancy projects, including the EU project ‘An independent study on indicators for media pluralism’ (2008–2009). His research and teaching interests include (post-)communism and the media in Central and Eastern Europe and China; media and the environment; and Buddhism and the media. He has published over 20 books. He has a Ph.D. in political science from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and an MA in sociology from Harvard University.