From Greyness and Dullness to a ‘KolorCity’? (Re)Constructing the Material and Immaterial Layers of Kazincbarcika’s Palimpsest – new research article by Márton Berki
From Greyness and Dullness to a ‘KolorCity’? (Re)Constructing the Material and Immaterial Layers of Kazincbarcika’s Palimpsest Márton Berki Europe-Asia Studies – Published online: 29 Aug 2025 Abstract One of Hungary’s socialist new towns, Kazincbarcika was founded in the early 1950s. After three-and-a-half decades of privileged (state-funded) development and two-and-a-half decades of subsequent crises, the […]
The Dark Side of the Battery Boom – Procedural Injustice in the Green Transition: Lessons from Hungary’s Battery Industry
The Dark Side of the Battery Boom – Procedural Injustice in the Green Transition: Lessons from Hungary’s Battery Industry Jenő Zsolt Farkas, András Donát Kovács and György Csomós Across the globe, governments are racing to build the industries that will power a low-carbon future. European post-2008 “reindustrialization” strategies have prioritized technologically advanced and “green” sectors—particularly […]
Sustaining the Green Turn: What Slovenian Farms Teach Us About Durable Environmental Commitments by Imre Fertő and Štefan Bojnec
Sustaining the Green Turn: What Slovenian Farms Teach Us About Durable Environmental Commitments by Imre Fertő and Štefan Bojnec Agri-environmental climate schemes (AECS) have become a central pillar of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). They aim to reward farmers for providing public goods — biodiversity, soil health, carbon storage — alongside food […]
Sustainable Urban Food Production with a Special Focus on Permaculture From Hungarian Perspectives – new study by Andrea Uszkai in Planlama journal
Sustainable Urban Food Production with a Special Focus on Permaculture From Hungarian Perspectives Andrea Uszkai Planlama / Journal of Planning 0000;00(0):1–11 | – Available online: 19.08.2025 In recent years, there has been a growing interest in sustainable agriculture and food production in Hungary as well. Moreover, as today’s climate change significantly impacts agriculture, there […]
Exploring the drivers of farm sustained participation in agri-environmental programmes – new research article by Štefan Bojnec and Imre Fertő
Exploring the drivers of farm sustained participation in agri-environmental programmes Štefan Bojnec – Imre Fertő Agricultural and Food Economics – 13, 50 (2025) – Published: 25 August 2025 This paper examines the socioeconomic and institutional determinants influencing sustained participation in Agri-Environmental Climate Schemes (AECS), drawing on comprehensive panel data from Slovenian farms […]
Do diversity and context collapse kill an online social network?
Do diversity and context collapse kill an online social network? Researchers of the RECENS group of the Centre for Social Sciences, Júlia Koltai and Károly Takács and of the ANETI Lab at Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, László Lőrincz and Johannes Wachs analysed if context collapse contributes to the decline of an online […]
Understanding Innovation in European Mountain Product Value Chains – new co-authored research article by Gusztáv Nemes in Mountain Research and Development
Understanding Innovation in European Mountain Product Value Chains: Empirical Typology, Patterns of Co-occurrence, and Policy Implications Emilia Schmitt, Jonathan Hopkins, Gianna Lazzarini, Carmen Forrer, Gusztáv Nemes, Diana Surova, Carmen Maestre Diaz, Michele Moretti, Dominique Barjolle Mountain Research and Development – Focus Issue: Innovation Pathways to Sustainability in Mountains – VOL. 45 · NO. 3 | 28 August […]
Eco-innovation drivers in the wine industry: insights from Hungarian wineries – new research article by Imre Fertő and Valéria Lekics in British Food Journal
Eco-innovation drivers in the wine industry: insights from Hungarian wineries Imre Fertő – Valéria Lekics British Food Journal 1–21. Research Article| August 22 2025 Purpose The aim of this study is to explore the drivers of eco-innovation in the Hungarian wine industry, focusing on the role of dynamic capabilities, networking and managerial commitment […]
Why Europe’s food prices move in clubs – not as one – by Tibor Bareith and Imre Fertő
Why Europe’s food prices move in clubs – not as one Tibor Bareith and Imre Fertő Divergence in the Single Market Three decades after the launch of the EU Single Market, it might seem natural to assume that consumers across Europe experience food price inflation in a broadly similar way. Yet the reality is […]
Firm quality and health maintenance – new research article by Anikó Bíró and Péter Elek in Journal of Health Economics
Firm quality and health maintenance Anikó Bíró – Péter Elek Journal of Health Economics – Volume 103, September 2025 Abstract We estimate the impact of firm quality – primarily measured by the firm-level wage premium – on the health maintenance of employees. Using linked employer–employee administrative panel data from Hungary, we analyze the dynamics of […]
