Academic qualification
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2008 |
PhD in Sociology, ELTE University of Budapest. Title of thesis: Urban Development in Budapest, 1930-1985 (in Hungarian) |
2002 |
MA in Urban History; University of Leicester, UK |
1999 |
University Diploma (MA equivalent) in Sociology, specialisations in Urban and Media Sociology, ELTE University of Budapest |
1995 |
University Diploma (MSc equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology (BME) |
Major milestones in career
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2014 – 2015 |
Indiana University, Bloomington (U.S.A.), Hungarian Chair Visiting Professor |
2013 |
Associate Professor at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Dept. of Sociology and Communication |
2012 – 2014 |
Deputy head of department, Dept. of Sociology and Communication, Budapest University of Technology and Economics |
2007 – 2013 |
Assistant Professor at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Dept. of Sociology and Communication |
2003 – 2007 |
Professor's Assistant at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Dept. of Sociology and Communication |
1999 – 2003 |
PhD studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, ELTE University of Budapest |
Grants, professional experiences and performance
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2014 |
Hungarian Academy of Sciences – György Ránki Hungarian Chair Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington |
2009 |
OTKA Postdoc grant, PD 77410, „Urban Sprawl around Budapest” |
2009 |
PTI grant "Housing construction and policy in Budapest, 1960-1975" |
2007 |
Best Teaching Award of the Faculty, 2008, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics |
2007 |
PTI grant "Housing policy in Budapest in the 1950s" |
2004 |
PTI grant "Urban development of outer Budapest areas between 1970 and 1990" |
2002 |
OSI LGI grant "Housing poverty in Hungary" within the programme „Poverty in Major Urban Centres” |
2000 |
The British Council – Soros Foundation grant, master studies at Leicester University of Leicester (UK), programme at Centre for Urban History |
Courses taught
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2016 |
BME Sociology for Architects, in English |
2015 |
Indiana University, Bloomington, Urban Transformation in East-Central Europe 1950-2000, in English (till 2015) |
2014 |
Indiana University, Bloomington, Urbanization in East-Central Europe, 1840-1940 (undergraduate and graduate), in English (till 2014 |
2011 |
BME Environmental and Urban Sociology, in Regional and Enviromental Economics MSc programme, in Hungarian (excluding 2014-15) |
2010 |
BME Local Development and Social Policies, in Regional and Enviromental Economics MSc programme, in Hungarian (excluding 2014-15) |
2010 |
BME Sociology, in Communication BA programme, in Hungarian (excluding 2014-15) |
2009 |
BME Sociology, undergrad, in English (till 2012) |
2009 |
BME Sociology, in MSc in Industrial Design programme, in Hungarian (excluding 2014-15) |
2008 |
BME Sociology for Architects in BSc in Architecture programme, in Hungarian (excluding 2014-15) |
2007 |
BME Urban Marketing, in Hungarian (till 2008) |
2007 |
BME Sociology (People and Society), in Hungarian, BA in Communication (till 2008) |
2004 |
BME Methodology of Social Research, in Hungarian (till 2006) |
2004 |
BME Urban Regeneration (till 2008) |
2004 |
BME Urban Sociology, Economics specialisation "Regional and urban development", in Hungarian (till 2009) |
2004 |
BME Social impact assessment, in Hungarian (till 2006) |
2004 |
BME Sociology of Technology and Innovation, in Hungarian, (till 2007) |
2003 |
BME Urbanistics of the 20th Century, in Hungarian (till 2008) |
2003 |
BME Introduction to Sociology, in Hungarian (till 2004) |
2003 |
BME Urban Sociology (for Architects), in Hungarian (till 2014) |
2003 |
ELTE Faculty of Social Sciences, Qualitative Methods in Sociology, in Hungarian (till 2004) |
Major areas of interest
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Urban sociology: urban development, urban sprawl, polycentric urban development, gentrification urban regeneration, segregation, globalisation, urban spaces and places |
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Urban history: Development of Budapest and its metropolis area, trends in urbanisation |
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Urban Development: suburban and metropolitant transformation, regeneration of urban centres, local decision-making, social inclusion, local power structures, participation |
Researches
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2016- |
Analysis of Developments of Municipalities II KÖFOP-2.3.4-VEKOP-15-2016-00002 programme, Research II: inclusive factors in local urban developments, head of research and principal investigator, Municipalities Coordination Office, Ministry of Interior |
2016– |
Nature for Cities (N4C) H2020, expert |
2016 – 2017 |
Regeneration of Böszörményi Road and its vicinity, researches for the Municipality of 12th District, Budapest |
2013 – 2014 |
Regeneration of high streets, head of research with Andrea Dúll, Richárd Ongjerth and students of BME |
2013 – 2016 |
‘Special’ (Spatial Planning and Energy for Communities in All Landscapes) EU IEE programme, expert |
2010 – 2013 |
'EnSURE' (Energy Savings in Urban Quarters through rehabilitation and New Ways of Energy Supply) EU Central Europe programme, principal investigator |
2009 – 2012 |
Independent research, Urban Sprawl around Budapest, OTKA postdoc PD 77410 |
2009 |
Co-researcher in "Migration, minorities, local communities and solidarity" OTKA K 76223 programme, led by Béla Janky |
2009 |
Independent Research, "Housing construction and policy in Budapest, 1960-1975" for PTI |
2009 |
Summary study for Q-Ageing Interreg programme for the Municipality of 11th District, Budapest |
2009 |
Preparation of Transnational Situation Analysis for Q-Ageing Interreg programme |
2009 |
Study for Hungatian Television programme "Visszajátszás", aied 10/10/2009, title "Major characteristics of Housing Policies in major Hungarian Cities, especially Budapest, 1950-1990" http://videotar.mtv.hu/ |
2007 |
Independent research "History and Sociology of Housing Policy in Budapest between 1950 and 1975" for PTI (Institute for Political History) |
2006 |
Conducting research and summary essay "Transformation of Public Spaces in Budapest between 1990 and 2005" for Studio Metropolitana |
2004 – 2005 |
Independent research for PTI "Urban development of Outer Budapest Areas between 1970 and 1990" |
2003 |
Research and case studies for OTKA project "Gated communities in and around Budapest", led by Adrienne Csizmady |
2003 – 2004 |
Research and study on Racism and antiracism in Hungary for "Organised Civil Society and European Governance" EU 5 framework program project |
2002 – 2003 |
Research on Housing poverty in major urban centres, for OSI LGI |
2002 |
Researches and case studies Suburbanisation in Törökbálint for Suburbanisation tendencies in Budapest Agglomeration project, led by Gábor Csanádi, ELTE |
2002 |
Researches and case studies "Practices of urban planning" project run by Studio Metropolitana |
2001 – 2002 |
Researches and case study on the Macroeconomic features of Hungarian Counties of Carpathian EuroRegion for BME TKK |
Conferences, Workshops
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2017 |
Fugure Continuous. Annual Conference of the Hungarian Society for Urban Planning. Head of section |
2017 |
Local economic development and digitalisation: Smart Region. Conference of the "Local and microregional economic development…" HU11-0001-A1-2003 project, Törökbálint, Hungary, presentation: Trasformation of the society of Törökbálint |
2017 |
Annual Meeting. American Association of Geographers, Boston, MA, USA, előadás: High Street Repositioned. |
2016 |
Creative cities - Sustainable Regions in Central-Europe. Second International KRAFT conference, Kőszeg, 2016, organized by The Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg, presentation: Renewal of Inner-city Areas and City Avenues |
2016 |
Governance, Territory and Housing. European Network for Housing Research konferenciája, Belfast, Norther Ireland, presentation: Microsociology of Suburbanization in Budapest Agglomeration Belt |
2016 |
Who plans the city? Savaria Summer University, Szombathely, 2016, organized by Savaria Summer University, presentation: Sociology in Urban Planning |
2016 |
Workshops for the 50 years of Hungarian Society for Urban Planning, Budapest, Hungary, themes: Local economic develpment, Smart Cities and Urban Transport, organisation |
2015 |
Passageway 001, Conference on the City: Budapest Highlands, Budapest, 2015, organized by Budapest Chamber of Architecture, presentation: Budapest Highlands and Society |
2015 |
Convergences and Divergences of Geography in Europe - EUGEO Congress on the Geography of Europe Conference, ELTE, Budapest; presentation: Suburbanization and Urban Sprawl from a Micro-Perspective |
2015 |
Transformations of Urban Social Fabric in East Central Europe, 1880 to present - 33rd György Ránki Hungarian Chair Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington; conference organisation and presentation: Patterns of urban development after 1989 around Budapest, Hungary |
2015 |
Third Midwest Historians of East Central Europe Workshop - University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; presentation: Housing policies in Budapest, Hungary during the first half of the socialist epoch (1950-1975) |
2014 |
Central European Heritage: Cultural Development Possibilities in Historical Cities, Budapest, 2014, organized by KultUnio Foundation; presentation: Transformations of the City Centre – Social Background of the Inner Areas Revival |
2013 |
Overcoming the Crisis: Integrating the Urban Environment, organized by European Network for Housing Research, Tarragona, Spain; Presentations: Urban Sprawl and Budapest: Polycentric Urban Development in Budapest Metropolitan Area and Energy Efficient Urban Development on Local Level - Lessons Learnt from EnSURE project |
2013 |
Place, Identity, Remembrance, Budapest, 2013, organized by Pázmány Péter Catholic University; presentation: Transformation of Local Societies in the Southwestern Budapest Agglomeration |
2012 |
Future Oriented Urban Development Conference, Budapest, 2012, organized by CSSDS and Dept. of Urban Development, BME; presentation: Polycentric Urbanization – The Future of the Cities? |
2012 |
7th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. Barcelona, Spain; presentation: The Socio-Economic Transformation of Suburbs in a Central European Metropolitan Area: Arrival of the Affluent Strata and Polycentric Urban Development in Budapest Suburbs |
2012 |
Small Overhead – Big Future, Budapest, 2012, organized by MUT and BME CSSDS, presentation: Aim, Methods and Possibilities in Energy Efficient Urban Development on Local Level |
2012 |
Klenen Conference, Siófok, 2013, organized by BME-Corvinus University of Budapest, University of Miskolc; co-presentation: Lessons learnt in Energy Efficient Urban Development |
2011 |
Urbanism Now and Tomorrow, Pécs, 2011, organized by Hungarian Society for Urban Planning, presentation: We start having troubles – The settlements of Western Budapest Agglomeration |
2011 |
‘Mixité’: An Urban and Housing Issue?, organized by European Network for Housing Research, Toulouse, France; presentation: Sub-Centres or Edge Cities Part Two – Patterns of Suburban Socio-Economic Transformation in South-Western Budapest Agglomeration |
2010 |
Economic and Urban Development, Pécs, 2010, organized by Hungarian Society for Urban Planning, presentation: Economic Transformation of Suburban Areas and Local Management |
2010 |
Effects of Demographic Change on Urban Structures, organized by the European Urban Knowledge Network, Budapest; presentation: Suburbanization in Budapest Metropolitan Area |
2010 |
Urban Dynamics and Housing Change. Istambul, European Network for Housing Research conference; presentation: Sub-Centres or Edge Cities? - Socio-Spatial and Economic Transformation of South-western Budapest Agglomeration |
2009 |
Change. Crisis. Shift. Annual conference of the Hungarian Sociological Association, Debrecen, 2009, presentation: At the Edge of the City. Transformation of the South-western Budapest Agglomeration |
2009 |
Socialist cities? Cities in Hungary and in the Carpathian Basin 1945-1990, Budapest, 2009, organized by the Budapest Capital Archives and Urbs – Hungarian Annals for Urban History, presentation: Decision-making mechanism in Budapest in the 1960s and 1970s |
2009 |
Q-AGEING: Quality Ageing in an Urban Environment project meeting, Treviso, Italy, Provincia di Treviso; presentation: Key findings of the transnational situation analysis of Q-AGEING |
2009 |
Innovarion in Housing Policy, Hungarian Society for Urban Planning Conference, Budapest; presentation: Housing policy before and after 1989 |
2009 |
Question of high-rises in Budapest, Budapest, 2009, organized by the Association of Young Urban Planners, presentation: High-rises in Budapest: Do we need them? |
2008 |
Socio-demographic change of European cities and its spatial consequences, Leipzig, Germany, Kubus-Helmholtz; presentation: Spatial and demographic growth and transformation of Budapest suburbs at the beginning of the new millennium. |
2008 |
Actual Questions of Housing Policy, workshop, Budapest, BME Dept. of Sociology and Communication – Hungarian Academy of Sciences, organisation and moderation |
2008 |
Budapest in the 1960s, Budapest, 2008, organized by Institute for Political History, presentation: From New Towns to Housing Estates: Migration Stop and Mass Housing Construction in Budapest in the 1960s |
2007 |
Regions, communication and local development. Summer university and conference, PEN, Nagykanizsa, Hungary, presentation: Transformation of agglomerations |
2006 |
Presentation for PTI "Urban development in Outer Budapest Areas, 1950-1985", Budapest |
2006 |
Cork + 10 Conference, Sapientia University. Csíkszereda, Romania; presentation: Transformation of Towns in Agglomeration and Suburanisation" |
2004 |
Annual Conference of the Hungarian Society for Sociology, Budapest; presentation: Urban Development in Outer Budapest Areas 1950 – 1970 |
2004 |
European Network for Housing Research, International Housing Conference, Cambridge, UK; presentation: Programmes Targeting the Housing Poor in Hungary, |
2004 |
Budapest Historical Conference, PTI, Budapest; presentation: Urban Development in Buda Hills between 1950 and 1970 |
2004 |
Conference BME Dept. of Sociology and Communication, Budapest; presentation: Garden City in Budapest: Estate of Judges and Attorneys |
2003 |
Housing Studies Association Spring Conference, University of York, UK, participation |
2002 |
The Future Role of Cities in a Globalising World..., CEU SUN, Budapest; presentation: Effects of Globalisation on Urban Areas in Eastern Central Europe (co-presentation) |
2002 |
Annual Conference of the Hungarian Society for Sociology Szeged; presentation: Major characteristics of urban planning in England in the 20th century |
2000 |
2nd Conference of Young Regionalists, Győr, Hungary; presentation: Major theoretical approaches of suburbanisation…" |
Memberships in Scientific Bodies
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Vice President, Hungarian Society for Urban Planning (since December 2015) |
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Member, Standing Committee on Urban Sciences, Committee on Architecture, VI. Section of Engineering Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |