Outstanding Corvinus success at the first National Doctoral Conference in Urban Studies and Planning
With the partnership of the Corvinus University of Budapest,the Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Eötvös Loránd University the Hungarian Urban Society and the National Development Centre held the 1st Urban Studies and Planning Doctoral Student Conference with the title “Our Settlements as Common Habitats” on 6th February 2025.
In Hungary, several disciplines are involved in the development of settlements, regions and the environment, but they are often not in contact with each other; the aim of the multidisciplinary conference was to promote dialogue and cooperation between young researchers from different universities and disciplines, while providing mentoring for doctoral students.
The event took place at the MATE Campus on Villányi Street in Budapest. The conference attracted young researchers from 12 universities with a total of 72 presentations; 9 of them were doctoral students from Corvinus University of Budapest. The participants explored new trends in urbanisation and the challenges of livability and urban development. The conference was opened by Dr. Tibor Navracsics, Minister of Public Administration and Spatial Development, who in his welcoming speech drew the students’ attention to the importance of a new approach to spatial development. The presentations were then divided into five parallel sessions in Hungarian and English.
The event was chaired by Dr. Géza Salamin, Associate Professor at the Institute for Sustainable Development of Corvinus University of Budapest, who was the initiator and one of the main organisers of the event.
In each section, the organisers selected the best research presentations, which were awarded prizes.Of the 15 prizes awarded, five were won by Corvinus doctoral students:
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Zsófia Gabriella Fehér (Shared Spaces, Shared Futures: Engaging the Next Generation in Participatory Planning),
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Kisiangani, Rodgers Isaac (A Systematic Literature Review of Policy Models for Sustainable Urban Tourism Development),
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Nagy Zsombor (The Dilemma of Transport Mode Choice in the Agglomeration of Budapest: A Qualitative Methodological Model of Transport Attitudes),
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Tóth Bálint Zoltán Tóth (Local and contextual factors hindering building-level renovations in Budapest housing estates from the perspective of condominium managers and common representatives), and
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Zsanett Zsigó (Dimensions of Livability: Settlement and national perspectives from the residents’ perspective, qualitative approach).
They are all students of the Doctoral Programme in Geopolitics and Sustainable Development at the School of International Relations and Political Science.
