My dissertation focuses on the evolution of public policies of the European Union (EU) in relation to Sustainable Development Goal 12 (SDG 12), “Sustainable Consumption and Production” (SCP).
By background, I am a researcher, project manager, and educator with a focus on resource and waste management, energy efficiency in the household sector, and sustainable food consumption.
As a researcher, I am the co-author or author of several publications aimed at or published by major policy-influencing organizations in Europe, including the European Commission, the European Environment Agency, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the United Nations Environment Programme.
As an educator, I began delivering lectures in the late 2000s, primarily within the framework of my research projects, to representatives of businesses, governments, and non-profit organisations, among other topics, on resource and waste management in the EU. Most recently, since autumn 2019, I have been a part-time departmental co-lecturer at CEU, a role connected to my PhD studies, with a primary focus on Circular Economy and the research-policy-practice interface. During the 2023/24 academic year, I spent a guest year at Corvinus University of Budapest as an adjunct lecturer, delivering lectures and seminars on Circular Economy and sustainable food consumption, among other topics.
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.