Dr. habil. Kyra Tomay
Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department
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📧 tomay.kyra@pte.hu🚪 A 335📞 +36308908438📑 urban and rural sociology, spatial social inequalities, gentrification, suburbanisation, rural entrepreneurs |
Kyra Tomay is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Pécs, Department of Sociology. She holds degrees in Sociology (MA, PhD) from ELTE University, Budapest. After graduation she taught urban sociology and research methods at ELTE University, Budapest. Between 2008–2012 she worked as a planner-analyst at the VÁTI Spatial Planning and Evaluation Directorate, a policy background institute. After 5 years of childcare leave, she has been teaching and doing research at the Department of Sociology, University of Pécs since 2017.
Publication Highlights:
- Tomay, K.; Tuboly, E. (2022). The role of social capital and trust in the success of local wine tourism and rural development. Sociologia Ruralis 63(1), 200–222. https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12396
- Nemes, G.; Tomay, K. (2022). Split realities – dilemmas for rural/gastro tourism in territorial development. Regional Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2084059
- Csanádi, G.; Csizmady, A.; Kocsis, J.; Kőszeghy, L.; Tomay, K. (2010). Város, tervező, társadalom. Budapest: Sík Kiadó. ISBN: 9789639270275
- Tomay, K. (2007). Városrehabilitáció és dzsentrifikáció Budapesten. In: Enyedi, Gy. (ed.) A történelmi városközpontok átalakulásának társadalmi hatásai. Budapest: MTA Társadalomkutató Központ.
Projects:
- Principal investigator researcher of “The role of gentrification in rural development” (NKFI FK 138098, 2021–2025)
- Researcher of “Myths and Realities of Local Food Systems” (NKFI K_129097, 2020–2022)
- Researcher of the Social Science Research Group on Trust and Social Capital, Excellence Program, University of Pécs, 2018–2021
- Research on values, social capital, trust and gentrification within the Higher Education Institutional Excellence Programme, University of Pécs (2018–2020)
