Call for Papers – Geopolitical Challenges and Urban Diplomacy
Geopolitical Challenges and Urban Diplomacy Online Conference (Teams) 20 March 2026 (Friday) In an era of shifting power and fractured sovereignty, cities have moved beyond their traditional administrative roles to become autonomous, outspoken actors on the global stage. Our upcoming online conference, “Geopolitical Challenges and Urban Diplomacy” explores how municipalities – from Warsaw to Taipei […]
Summary of the International Conference ‘Regional and Ethnoregional Parties in Europe and beyond’
The conference titled ‘Regional and Ethnoregional Parties in Europe and beyond‘ was held in Pécs at the Institute for Regional Studies on December 4th and 5th, 2025. The conference was jointly organized by the ELTE Institute for Regional Studies of the CERS and the Department of Political Science at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. The […]
Jean-Michel de Waele’s visit to the Institute for Regional Studies
Jean-Michel de Waele, former Vice-Rector and former Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, currently a Professor in the Department of Political Science and a renowned researcher of regional parties, visited the Institute for Regional Studies on December 3. The occasion for his visit was the “Regional and Ethnoregional […]
International Conference: Regional and Ethnoregional Parties in Europe and beyond – Pécs, December 4-5, 2025
FINAL PROGRAM Venue: 7621 Pécs, Papnövelde utca 22. Conference room (1st floor) December 4, 2025 12.30-13.00 Registration 13.00-13.15 Opening ceremony – Chair: Balázs Brucker Viktor Varjú, director (ELTE CERS Institute for Regional Studies) Jean-Michel De Waele, full professor (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Department of Political Studies/Cevipol) 13.15-14.55 SECTION 1 – REGIONAL AND ETHNOREGIONAL PARTIES: HISTORICAL […]
DTI Seminar
DTI SEMINAR The ELTE CERS IRS Transdanubian Research Department (DTI) in cooperation with the Hungarian Regional Science Association (MRTT) and the Pécs Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA PAB) and University of Pécs (PTE) cordially invites you to the following lecture. DTI Seminar Date: 4 December 2025 (Thursday) Venue: Transdanubian Research Department […]
Call for abstract – EADI/IOB 2026
“Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local Solutions?” 29 June – 2 July 2026, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium HP12 – Negotiating State–Society Relations through Development: Navigating Constraints and Opportunities in Authoritarian Contexts Convened by Tünde Virág and Judit Keller, ELTE Centre for Economic and Regional Studies This session invites theoretical and empirical […]
Summary of this year’s events of the Slovenian-Hungarian bilateral project
The project rests on the cooperation of ZRC SAZU and Centre for Economic and Regional Studies (KRTK) and funded by the ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency, Slovenia) and NKFIH (National Research, development and Innovation Office, Hungary). Events The first ’offline’ (in-person) workshop organised by the ZRC SAZU team took place in Ljubljana. The discussion […]
‘Caring Communities and Urban Cultures of Care for Older People in Austria, Hungary, and The Netherlands’ – paper of Dóra Gábriel and her co-authors Valentin Fröhlich and Florian Pimminger was published
While a wide range of community‐based civic initiatives and collective practices have emerged in urban settings in recent years, the intersection of spatiality, care, and communities is a relatively little‐discussed topic. In the examination of urban life, the concept of social infrastructures may be a useful tool, that refers to spaces, facilities, institutions, and communities […]
‘Sustainable Urban Food Production with a Special Focus on Permaculture From Hungarian Perspectives’ – paper of Andrea Uszkai published
Permaculture represents one of the most advanced forms of sustainable farming and gardening in Hungary. It benefits from a well developed institutional framework, as well as robust educational and training resources. Additionally, successful examples of sustainable agriculture in Hungary may inspire similar initiatives in other countries, thus promoting the broader adoption of climate-friendly and environmentally […]
A book chapter by Gábor Héra and his co-author Katrin Kremmel was published in ‘Handbook on Methods in Restorative Justice Research’
A book chapter co-authored by Gábor Héra has been published in Handbook on Methods in Restorative Justice Research (Brill).