Dr Bálint Diószegi

Dr Bálint Diószegi

Lecturer in Network Science

Bálint Diószegi joined the University of Greenwich in 2022 as a Lecturer in Network Science. Previously, he worked as a Research Associate at Imperial College London, as well as at SKEMA Business School. He received his PhD in Management at ETH Zurich, and his MSc in Sociology at Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest. His research focuses on the cognitive and behavioural foundations of social networks, using sociometric badge technology and experimental approaches.

He is an Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial College London, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Office hours: by appointment

Business and management

Responsibilities within the university
  • Module leader for BUSI1574 “Managing Global Business Networks”
  • PhD supervision
  • NUSC Summer School organising committee member

Awards

Diószegi, B., ter Wal, A., Tartari, V., Laureiro-Martínez, D. & Brusoni, S. 2020. Understanding behavioral tradeoffs in networking for information: An interactive experiment with sociometric badges. Best Paper Proceedings 2020, Academy of Management, Organization & Management Theory (OMT) Division.

Research / Scholarly interests
  • Social networks
  • Sociometric badges
  • Networks and cognition

Scholarly Activity

Principal Investigator: “Networking for information: An interactive experiment with sociometric badges” (R1110/221A/P13553). University of Greenwich, NUSC Small Project Grant. Grant value: £1280

Collaborator: “NEON: Nonverbal Multimodal Social Intention Modelling 2024-2029”. European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant. Principal Investigator: Hayley Hung, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics & Computer Science, TU Delft, Netherlands. Grant value: €2 million

Former Collaborator (completed project): “Networking for innovation: how entrepreneurs’ network behaviours help clusters to innovate”, European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. Principal Investigator: Anne ter Wal, Imperial College London. Grant value: €1,334,616]

Peer reviewing:

  • Academy of Management Journal
  • Organization Science
  • European Management Review
  • Industrial and Corporate Change
  • Swiss National Science Foundation

External Examiner:

  • ESCP Business School, Paris

Research collaboration:

  • Imperial College, London
  • Stockholm School of Economics
  • TU Delft
  • ETH Zurich

Recent publications

Articles

  • Carnabuci, G. and Diószegi, B., 2015. Social networks, cognitive style, and innovative performance: A contingency perspective. Academy of Management Journal, 58(3), pp.881-905.

Book Chapters:

  • Dioszegi, B., Ter Wal, A. (2024), Examining networking behaviour in group settings using wearable sensors. In: Steve Kozlowski, Haley Hung, Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock, Albert Ali Salah (eds.), Computational Group and Team Dynamics: Forging an Interdisciplinary Science. Oxford University Press, New York (1st) (Forthcoming)

Conference proceedings

  • Diószegi, B., Ter Wal, A., Tartari, V. and Laureiro Martinez, D., 2020. Deliberate vs. Spontaneous Networking Behaviours and Information Search: An Interactive Experiment. In Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 20055). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.

Working papers

Presentations

“Understanding Search Strategies at Networking Events: An Exploratory Study using Sociometric Badges”. Bálint Diószegi (University of Greenwich), Anne ter Wal (Imperial College London), Valentina Tartari (Stockholm School of Economics). Presented at INSNA Sunbelt, Paris, June 23-29, 2025.

“Understanding Search Strategies at Networking Events: An Exploratory Study using Sociometric Badges”. Bálint Diószegi (University of Greenwich), Anne ter Wal (Imperial College London), Valentina Tartari (Stockholm School of Economics). Invited Speaker, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Technologies for Mingling Workshop. TU Delft, Netherlands, May 2,2023.