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Department of Geography and Planning

Institute of Sustainable Development

The Department of Geography and Planning was established in July 2022 as one of the departments of the newly established Institute of Sustainable Development by splitting the Department of Economic Geography, Geoeconomics and Sustainable Development, which was established at the end of 2015. 

The Department of Economic Geography, founded by noted geographer and former prime minister of Hungary, Pál Teleki in 1920. 

The mission of the Department is to conduct research in the fields of spatial planning, regional studies and geostrategy to provide knowledge regarding spatial, developmental issues to students of the University’s business, economics and social science programmes. The basis for this is a cooperative, multi- and interdisciplinary scientific approach. 

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Our PhD student participated in the NEURUS Fellows programme in the USA 

28/04/2023
The Spring Seminar of the NEURUS Fellows program took place on the 14 and 15 of April 2023 at the University of Washington, Seattle.
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From Carrie’s house to Teca’s pub – popular films attract tourists

26/04/2023
‘The shooting location of a blockbuster movie may bring huge revenues to individual cities’, said dr. habil. Anna Irimiás, habilitated associate professor of the Tourism Department of the Corvinus University of Budapest in her latest presentation.
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What are the cities of the Global South like and how do they develop?

11/04/2023
In the future, most of the urban growth will take place in the Global South. But what are the similarities and differences between the urban ecological models of the Global North and the Global South? This was the subject of the latest presentation in the Economic Geography Lectures series of the Corvinus on March 21.

Towards the Rise of Eurasia – book launch and alumni event

1 Dec. 2022, 12:00 AM
1093. Budapest, Fővám tér 8. Corvinus Faculty Club with online live stream
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Really Trapped in the Heat?

Dr. János Balázs Kocsis, associate professor of our department, has published a study as co-author.
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Prestigious international publication

Dr. Erzsébet Nováky, professor emeritus of our department, has published a study as co-author.
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On May 2, 2022, our Department welcomed students from Radboud University. 

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