2002 The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund Program kutatói ösztöndíja
2002–2003 European Institute of Food History (Franciaország, Tours) kutatói ösztöndíj
Szervezeti tagságok, tisztségek
2006-tól PAB Néprajzi Albizottság tagja
2006-tól Magyar Néprajzi Társaság tagja
2007-től MTA Köztestület tagja
2008-tól International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF), tag
2012–2018 a Magyar Néprajzi Társaság Etnológia Szakosztályának elnöke
2013-tól Néprajzi Látóhatár, szerkesztőségi tag
2010-től Magyar Kulturális Antropológia Társaság (MAKAT) tagja, 2016-2019 választmányi tag
2017-től Memory Studies Association (Amsterdam), tag
Studies
2002 University of Pécs, Hungary Faculty of Humanities, Hungarian language and literature specialist and secondary school teacher
2001 University of Pécs, Hungary Faculty of Humanities, ethnography
1999 University of Pécs, Hungary Faculty of Humanities, Cultural Anthropology specialisation
Academic degrees
2018 habilitation (9/2018), University of Pécs, Hungary Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2006 PhD (63/2006), University of Pécs, Hungary Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Professional workplaces
2016-2023 deputy head of dep., University of Pécs, Hungary Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dep. of European Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology. From 2020 associate professor, University of Pécs, Hungary Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dep. of European Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology. From 2008 senior lecturer, University of Pécs, Hungary Faculty of Humanities, Dep. of European Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
2005-től assistant lecturer, University of Pécs, Hungary Faculty of Humanities, Dep. of European Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
2003-2004 assistant research fellow, University of Pécs, Hungary Faculty of Humanities, Dep. of European Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
2003-2008 doctoral referent, 2008-2016 scientific secretary, University of Pécs, Interdisciplinary Doctoral School, European Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology Program
Research topics
Ecological life reform experiments and eco-communities, eco-villages
New Religious Movements, Hare Krishnas
Hinduism in Hungary
Educational areas
alternative social and lifestyle movements
anthropology of India
cultural anthropology
ecovillages
human ecology, environmental humanities
nature and society
new religious movements
social anthropology
Research trips abroad
2005 North-India, Hare Krishna Movement in India, 1 month
2012 South-India, Auroville ecovillage, 3 weeks
2013 North-India Vrindavan, 3 weeks
2022 Slovenia, 4 days (2019-2.1.11-TÉT - Support for bilateral scientific and technological cooperation)
Independent scientific grants
2002−2003: European Institute of Food History (France, Tours) research grant: the influence of Hinduism on vegetarian lifestyle and movements in Hungary, vegetarianism and charitable involvement in Hungary. Receiving institution: Department of Ethnology, Paris X.-Nanterre.
2007−2011: Ethnographic−cultural anthropological research of ecovillages in Hungary. OTKA F68244.