Marcell Kupi, a qualified economist, is currently a third-year doctoral student at the Doctoral School of Regional and Economic Sciences of Széchenyi István University, where he is engaged in research and teaching. He is also a researcher at the West-Hungarian Scientific Department of the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies. Within the walls of the institute, he is involved in several national and international projects, which he promotes both offline and online, in many cases as a member of the dissemination team, in addition to his active authoring status. His main research interests are digitalisation, urban development and tourism, but he also has interests in economics, geography and online marketing. He has been involved in projects including OTKA, H2020 and MTÜ contracts, was appointed Talent Ambassador of the National Talent Centre in the first half of 2021 and has been a member of the editorial board of the journal Külügyi Műhely since August 2019.