In my PhD research, I put focus on the policies of the European Union (EU) aimed at reducing the unintended environmental and social consequences of household consumption, particularly in the areas of life that cause the bulk of environmental pressures: 'nutrition', 'housing' and 'personal mobility'.
The central aim of my research is to characterize the relevant policy paradigms of the EU both in diachronic and synchronic perspectives – for this, I am utilizing the concepts and theories of policy paradigms and environmental/sustainability citizenship. Additionally, it is also the aim of my research to provide explanations concerning why major change has happened (or has not happened) in the relevant policy areas since 1992 and the proclamation of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development.
WORK EXPERIENCE
At present
PhD candidate, Central European University, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Vienna, Austria
2012-2019
Independent expert (part time, project-based activities as a self-employed) on the topic of 'Sustainable Consumption and Production in a Globalized World', Zürich, Switzerland
2003 – 2011
In various research and managerial positions I used to work in the fields of Integrated Resource and Waste Management, the Energy Transition and Sustainable Consumption and Production at the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, in Szentendre, Hungary
1998 – 2003
I used to work as a production support engineer in the chemical-pharmaceutical sector, in Budapest, Hungary.
FAMILY & VOLUNTEERING
I am married and the father of two children: Anna (born in 2013) and Edina (born in 2016).
Since July 2012 I am the the co-leader of the Moussonstr. 17 Student-house (a public chairty organization), in Zürich, Switzerland.