We organized our first intensive weekly courses
On the occasion of the university project week, we also organized two courses led by researchers and lecturers affiliated with the FHERC, related to the topics and methodologies of the Research Centre. One of the courses was organised, on the subject of ’How can be studied and described the fresh graduated work life after university?’ Through expert interviews with invited distinguished guests, our students gained insights into the labour market situation of young graduates, while developing their qualitative methodological skills. Align with the order of…
Award-winning publications
Two articles published by members of our Research Centre have been awarded the Publication Award of the Committee on Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, IX Section of Economics and Law. Sára Csillag, Gábor Király, Márton Rakovics, and Zsuzsanna Géring’s article won the second-place award of the Committee’s Publication Award. Their article, entitled Agents for sustainable futures? The (unfulfilled) promise of sustainability at leading business schools was published in the journal Futures. In their research, our colleagues analysed the external communication of highly ranked…
Two FHERC members joined the newly formed MTA Higher Education Pedagogy Subcommittee
The head of our research centre, Zsuzsanna Géring, and our senior researcher Gergely Kováts (CUB – NFKK) joined the Higher Education Pedagogy Subcommittee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences as members. The subcommittee operates within the framework of the Pedagogical Science Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, chaired by Helga Dorner (ELTE), secretary Ida Dringo-Horváth (KRE). Among the goals of the Subcommittee is to encourage Hungarian higher education-pedagogical research and research-based development, to involve young researchers in the activities of the scientific community, and…
FHERC offered a playful program at the Researchers’ Night
On the 29th of September 2023, as part of the event series called Researchers’ Night, the Future of Higher Education Research Centre (FHERC) held a fun and inspiring workshop with the title: The Future’s Business Higher Education- the Futures of Higher Education. The aim was not only to promote science and research careers but also to help recognise the importance of future orientation and system thinking. The game invited the participants to an imaginary expert center of an expedition tasked with preparing a new planet…
FHERC researcher attends CLADAG conference for the first time
The CLAssification and Data Analysis Group (CLADAG) of the Italian Statistical Society (SIS) promotes advanced methodological research in multivariate statistics with a special vocation in Data Analysis and Classification. Since 1997, the organisation has held international conference biennially with hundreds of participants to support the interchange of ideas in these fields of research, including the dissemination of concepts, numerical methods, algorithms, computational and applied results. This year the conference took place on the campus of Salerno University from 11th to 13th of September. Most of…
New publication in an international case study book
Zsuzsanna Géring, head of the FHERC, prepared a case study on the student Mentoring Program running at the BBS FFA faculty, which was included in a renowned international volume, among selected initiatives supporting students from around the world. In August, “Transferring Lives at the Institutional Level. Equity Promotion Initiatives Across the World” book was published. This is a book that specifically collected higher education initiatives supporting student success and equality from around the world. Among the four programs selected for the Central and Eastern Europe…
The role and agency of students in business school discourses – new article
Members of our research centre Réka Tamássy, Zsuzsanna Géring, Gábor Király, Réka Plugor and Márton Rakovics published a new article in the Journal of International Education in Business. In the article “The portrayal of the role and agency of students and higher education institutions in highly ranked business school discourses“, the researchers analysed the ’about us’ section of the top 100 business schools’ websites from the Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2019 Business and Economics list. Their study aimed to investigate how highly ranked…
The leaders of FHERC were guests at University of Nottingham
The director of FHERC, Zsuzsanna Géring, and the scientific director, Gábor Király, were invited by the ‘School of Education’ institute of the University of Nottingham. During the visit, they held methodological and professional workshops in connection with the research being carried out at the center. In addition, they also participated in a meeting of the higher education research group operating within the School of Education institute, where they discussed possible research collaborations. Furthermore, they shared their experiences on the process and management of the transformation…
FHERC horizon scanning methodology article among the most downloaded
Zsuzsanna Géring’s, Gábor Király’s and Réka Tamássy’s article called ’Are you a newcomer to horizon scanning? A few decision points and methodological reflections on the process’ is among the most downloaded Futures & Foresight Science papers. The acknowledgement took into account papers that were published in 2021 and downloaded the most in the following 12 months. This article of our Research Centre presents the crucial decision points that could emerge during the process of horizon scanning methodology. It is one of our altogether nine articles…
Future and agency frames – new article in a high-ranking journal
Gábor Király, Zsuzsanna Géring and Réka Tamássy published a new article entitled ’Future and agency frames: how business schools construct the term future and what they claim to do about it?’ in the Journal of Futures Studies (Q2). In the article, the researchers analysed the Times Higher Education 2019 Top 100 business schools’ online texts to reveal how higher education institutions discursively construct the future and how do they see their own role in it. Király and his colleagues applied qualitative textual analysis on the…