{"id":20,"date":"2018-04-20T08:40:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T06:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/future-higher-education.com\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2025-01-31T18:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T17:11:12","slug":"research-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/future-higher-education.hu\/en\/research-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

What we research<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Our main focus is on the challenges and opportunities concerning the Future of Higher Education.<\/p>\n

We are currently at the end of a 5-year-long research project covering the future of business education<\/strong><\/em>. As part of this project, we investigated what social roles highly ranked business schools attribute to themselves and what kind of future they envision in their communication. Furthermore, we explored the most influential trends and biggest challenges facing the HE sector and its institutions, which we channelled into a scenario-building process. As a result, we published our scenario report in 2022, which outlines four possible futures for higher education. Based on this, we are now running scenario workshops and getting feedback from different stakeholder groups within the university. These stakeholders can be leaders, lecturers, researchers of education and students. This approach gives us a more detailed picture of how these groups relate to the future not only on a cognitive but also on an affective level.\u00a0We have got support from ‘Research projects initiated by young researchers’ fund of National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary) between 2018-2023 (FK127972).<\/p>\n

We have started a new 4-year research project about agency in higher education – from individual to global level<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 The aim of our research is to map how the different actors of higher education portray their social roles, and through that, their sense of agency. In the research we will focus on global\/macro and meso\/micro levels of the higher education system in order to compare each levels\u2019 discourse on the matter. To achieve this, we are planning to analyse international and Hungarian higher education institutions\u2019 vision and mission statements (global\/macro level) and carry out systems mapping and action learning processes with hidgher education teachers and students (meso\/micro levels). With the latter approaches, we will also be able to map the shifts in individual sense of agency.\u00a0This research is supported by National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary) between 2022-2026 (K142227).<\/p>\n

A new research project has started in 2023 led by Anita Kolnhofer-Derecskei, Regina Reicher and Karina Sz\u00e1szv\u00e1ri. The scope of this project: in May 2020, <\/span>the<\/span> ILO <\/span>released<\/span> a <\/span>report<\/span> where<\/span> the<\/span> ILO <\/span>urged<\/span> to<\/span> investigate<\/span> how<\/span> “<\/span>young<\/span> people<\/span> are<\/span> facing<\/span> multiple<\/span> shocks<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> COVID<\/span><\/span>\u2011<\/span><\/span>19 <\/span>crisis<\/span>, <\/span>which<\/span> could<\/span> lead <\/span>to<\/span> the<\/span> emergence<\/span> of a <\/span>lockdown<\/span> generation<\/span>\u201d.\u00a0 The <\/span>pandemic<\/span> restrictions<\/span> can<\/span> be <\/span>treated<\/span> as<\/span> a <\/span>career<\/span> shock<\/span>, <\/span>that<\/span> massively<\/span> affected<\/span> that<\/span> generation<\/span> who<\/span> just<\/span> newly<\/span> graduated<\/span> from<\/span> university<\/span> and entered <\/span>their<\/span> early<\/span> career<\/span> stages<\/span> in <\/span>the<\/span> labour<\/span> market. <\/span>This<\/span> research <\/span>aims<\/span> to <\/span>determine<\/span> how<\/span> COVID-19 <\/span>restrictions<\/span> affected<\/span> the<\/span> subpopulation<\/span> (<\/span>generation<\/span>) of <\/span>the<\/span> cohort<\/span> of <\/span>early<\/span> career<\/span> workers<\/span> <\/strong><\/em>who<\/span> experienced<\/span> a <\/span>lockdown<\/span> during<\/span> the<\/span> transition<\/span> from<\/span> university<\/span> to <\/span>the<\/span> labour<\/span> market. The COVID-19 <\/span>pandemic<\/span> transformed<\/span> job-seeking<\/span> habits<\/span> and HR <\/span>practices<\/span> globally<\/span>, <\/span>but<\/span> the<\/span> restrictions<\/span> have<\/span> also<\/span> had <\/span>benefits<\/span> and <\/span>positive<\/span> outcomes<\/span>. Best <\/span>practices<\/span> and <\/span>new<\/span> skills<\/span> (<\/span>gained<\/span> during<\/span> the<\/span> pandemic<\/span>) <\/span>are<\/span> going<\/span> to <\/span>observe<\/span> that<\/span> might<\/span> be <\/span>not<\/span> just<\/span> interesting<\/span> but<\/span> also<\/span> useful<\/span> for<\/span> peers<\/span> and <\/span>society<\/span>. <\/span>Following<\/span> an <\/span>extensive<\/span> bibliographical<\/span> (<\/span>scoping<\/span> and <\/span>systematic<\/span>) <\/span>literature<\/span> review<\/span>, HR <\/span>experts<\/span> are<\/span> going<\/span> to be <\/span>interviewed<\/span> and <\/span>focus<\/span> group<\/span> analyses<\/span> will<\/span> be <\/span>conducted<\/span> with <\/span>the<\/span> young<\/span> subjects<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2023, another research group joined us, the cooperation connecting the three faculties of the university: its members are, on the one hand, three lecturers from the KVIK Department of Business Languages: Dr. R\u00e9ka Asztalos, Dr. Alexandra Sz\u00e9nich and Dr. \u00c1gnes P\u00e1l, who teach 3 different professional languages (English, German and Spanish), as well as teaching skills development subjects, as well as the three members currently and previously working in OKFI: Dr. Rita Koris (PSZK), Dr. M\u00e1rta Folmeg (KKK) and Dr. Imre Fekete (KVIK). In the forefront of their common interest is innovation in educational methodology, with particular attention to student autonomy, soft skill development, student and teacher digital competencies, internationalization, artificial intelligence literacy, educational development, and teacher development.<\/strong><\/em> Their research topics are: skill development, soft skills, teamwork, autonomous learning, measurement of learning outcomes, digital competences in education, internationalization, professional course management in English (EMI), artificial intelligence literacy, educational development and teacher development.<\/p>\n

Between 2017 and 2019 we had a research project focusing on the perceptions related to students\u2019 cheating<\/em>. The research began in 2017 in Hungary and was based on analysis and modelling of interviews. We were investigating the opinions and perceptions of the affected groups \u2013 students and teachers – concerning the causes and effects of students\u2019 cheating.<\/p>\n

Between 2014 and 2016 the project \u2018The Future of School: Business Education in Hungary in 2050<\/em>\u2019 was led by Zsuzsanna G\u00e9ring and G\u00e1bor Kir\u00e1ly. The research goal was to explore how students and teachers active in business education think about the future of business education, what future perspectives they have and prefer and what paths and actions they propose for realising future goals. The multiple research method consisted of a participatory backcasting process.<\/p>\n

Beside the ongoing research projects, we are actively engaged in research organising activities. We are members of the ‘European Universities – Critical Futures<\/a>‘ project which connects European Higher Education Research Centres and researchers with the leadership of CHEF from Aarhus. Previously we were participating in the project entitled \u201cGlobal Essay Mills Survey<\/em><\/a>\u201d (GEMS), we were editors of the special issue \u201eFuture of Higher Education<\/em>\u201d of the journal Futures<\/em><\/a>. Furthermore, the leader of FHERC, Zsuzsanna G\u00e9ring (PhD) was board member of ISA RC07 Futures Research.<\/p>\n

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  1. topic: A multiple participatory research process which aimed to explore the patterns of thinking, \u2018normative visions\u2019 and propositions of future of students and teachers active in business education<\/li>\n
  2. methodology: a special backcasting process which applied three different types of methods<\/li>\n
  3. countries involved: Hungary<\/li>\n
  4. duration: 2014-2016<\/li>\n
  5. publications here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

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