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.
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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 pp. 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, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2022.2084059
- Csanádi, G.- Csizmady, A. - Kocsis, J. - Kőszeghy, L. - Tomay, K. (2010) Város, tervező, társadalom Budapest, Magyarország : Sík Kiadó (2010) , 483 p. ISBN: 9789639270275
- Tomay, K. (2007) Városrehabilitáció és dzsentrifikáció Budapesten In: Enyedi, Gy (szerk.) A történelmi városközpontok átalakulásának társadalmi hatásai Budapest, Magyarország : MTA Társadalomkutató Központ
Projects:
- Principal investigator researcher of ‘The role of gentrification in rural development ‘research founded by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund NKFI FK 138098, 2021-2025)
- Researcher of the “Myths and Realities of Local Food Systems – discourses, producers, customers and socio-economic effects in the ‘Hungarian Provence’” research founded by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund 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 the role of values, social capital, trust and gentrification in fostering local entrepreneurship in the framework of the Higher Education Institutional Excellence Programme within the framework of the 4th thematic programme „Enhancing the Role of Domestic Companies in the Reindustrialization of Hungary” of the University of Pécs (reference number of the contract: 20765-3/2018/FEKUTSTRAT)” (2018-2020)
