Gyongyi Karacsony has been the General Director at the University and National Library, University of Debrecen, Hungary since 2013.
She has twenty years of professional experience in scholarly communication, Open Access and Open Science. She represents Hungarian university libraries in a number of national and international projects and committees, and served as president of the Association of University Directors in Hungary between 2019-2022.
Her current fields of interest and responsibility include open science, open education (facilitation and coaching techniques, training and skills development), human resources & capacities, change management, strategic planning, organisation culture and organisation development, leadership and management, community building and social innovation.