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László Czabán, a respected senior lecturer at the University of Manchester’s Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), passed away suddenly at the age of 62. Arriving from Hungary in 1993, he was a distinguished intellectual and a committed scholar and educator. His academic journey began with a strong foundation in economics, but his expertise extended well beyond, encompassing various social sciences, philosophy, and the humanities.
László initially joined the Manchester Business School through the invitation of two colleagues, including Richard Whitley, to collaborate on a research project focusing on the economic transformation of Hungary following the collapse of socialism. His contributions to this work were invaluable, as he quickly demonstrated his proficiency not only as an economist but also as an economic sociologist and ethnographic researcher. His seminal book, *Recurring Crises: Macroeconomic Transformation in Hungary* (2008), remains one of the most insightful analyses of Hungary’s 1990s economic changes, though it did not receive the recognition it rightly deserved.
His academic career also included a period at Leeds University Business School, where he continued to study the economic transformations in other post-socialist countries, such as Estonia and Ukraine. He then returned to Manchester in 1998 to take up a permanent lectureship, later being promoted to senior lecturer specializing in organisational analysis and international management. From 2007 until 2023, László was instrumental in developing and leading AMBS’s MSc programme in business analysis and strategic management, which has benefited thousands of students worldwide through its rigorous intellectual framework.
Born in Budapest to working-class parents, Ilona (née Varga) and László Czabán, he earned his degrees in economics and finance at the Karl Marx University of Economics, now known as Corvinus University. After completing his graduate studies, he taught at the Budapest University of Technology and later served as an economic adviser for the EU delegation in Hungary after 1989. A pivotal moment in his life was an EU-funded visit to Liverpool Polytechnic in 1990, where he met Dolores James, whom he married in 1994. László made his home in Liverpool for the remainder of his life, known to friends and family as a warm and generous person. He is survived by his wife Dolores, his stepdaughter Natalie, her sons Aidan and Elliot, and his brother Attila
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