Katalin Füzér

Prof. Dr. Katalin Füzér

Prof. Dr. Katalin Füzér

Professor and Head of Department

📧 fuzer.katalin@pte.hu

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📞 +36 30 426 9359

📑 Trust, social capital, innovation, participation, inequalities

Katalin Füzér holds degrees in Sociology — MA from ELTE, Budapest; habilitation from the University of Debrecen — and Political Science — PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. After studying and conducting research at Beloit College, the University of Amsterdam, the University of Pennsylvania, Freie Universität Berlin, and the Max Planck Institute in Frankfurt am Main, she joined the faculty of the Department of Sociology, University of Pécs, in 2001. Her research on trust, social capital, and digital inequalities investigates micro-, meso-, and macro-level social processes and inequalities in several domains, including innovation and development policies.

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Publication Highlights

  • Füzér, K., Völgyi, B., Erát, D., & Szerb, L. (2023). Global Digital Peripheries: The Social Capital Profile of Low-Adopter Countries. Social Inclusion. DOI: 10.17645/si.v11i3.6808.
  • Füzér, K. (2022). Varieties of Entrepreneurship on Europe’s Periphery: Illiberal Hungary in Historical Context. International Journal of Sociology. DOI: 10.1080/00207659.2022.2115672.
  • Huszár, Á., & Füzér, K. (2021). Improving Living Conditions, Deepening Class Divisions: Hungarian Class Structure in International Comparison, 2002–2018. East European Politics and Societies. DOI: 10.1177/08883254211060872.
  • Füzér, K., Huszár, Á., Bodor, Á., Bálint, L., & Pirmajer, A. (2020). Social capitals, social class, and prosperity in high-trust and low-trust societies. International Journal of Sociology. DOI: 10.1080/00207659.2019.1684081.

Scholarships and Honours

  • International Scholarship, Beloit College, USA, 1992–1993.
  • Excellence Scholarship and membership, Invisible College, Hungary, 1993–1997.
  • Doctoral Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 1997–2000.
  • Research Fellowship, Freie Universität Berlin, 1999–2000.
  • DAAD Research Fellowship, Max Planck Institute, Frankfurt am Main, 2000–2001.
  • Social Scientist of the Month.

Projects

  • University project leader and HR Excellence in Research — HRS4R — expert in EDUC-WIDE, Horizon, University of Pécs, partner in the European Digital University, EDUC European University Alliance, 2024–2027.
  • Expert in EDUC-SHARE, H2020, work package on HR Excellence in Research — HRS4R, University of Pécs, partner in the European Digital University, EDUC European University Alliance, 2023–2024.
  • Expert in EDUC II, Erasmus+, work package on Societal Outreach Agenda: Challenge-based Team Learning for a Social Entrepreneurial Mindset, University of Pécs, partner in the European Digital University, EDUC European University Alliance, 2023–2028.
  • Researcher in Erasmus4All, Erasmus+, work package on More Inclusive Grant Calculation Scenarios, University of Pécs, 2022–2024.
  • Researcher and innovation expert in Digital Solutions in the Silver Economy, Research and Innovation Initiative, University of Pécs, 2022–.
  • Work package leader and researcher of the Social Science Research Group on Trust and Social Capital, Excellence Program, University of Pécs, 2018–2021.
  • Principal investigator of the Social Capital and Urban Development research project, OTKA 104150, Hungarian National Science Fund, 2013–2017.
  • Work package leader and researcher in the Model Project for Making the Most of EU Funds for Sustainable Housing and Inclusion of Disadvantaged Communities development and research project, United Nations Development Programme, 2012–2014.
  • Researcher in the Managing Migration and its Effects in South-East Europe: Transnational Actions Towards Evidence-Based Strategies development and research project, EU South East Europe Programme, 2012–2014.
  • Expert for the Integrated Urban Development Strategy, Municipality of Pécs, Hungary, 2007 and 2011.
  • Expert for the “Ageing” and “Extreme Poverty” sections of the Local Equal Opportunities Strategy and Action Plan, Municipality of Pécs, Hungary, 2013, 2015, and 2022.
  • Work package leader and researcher in the Cities Against Social Exclusion development and research project, EU Interreg IIIC Programme, 2004–2007.

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