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UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainability: Fostering Innovation and Sustainable Preservation Practices

The UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainability at the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK) was established in 2011 and integrated into iASK in 2017. The Chair serves as a regional hub for advancing cultural heritage preservation practices and developing innovative research and study programs. Led by Professor Dr. Ferenc Miszlivetz, the UNESCO Chair for Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainability promotes UNESCO’s values. The goal of the UNESCO Chair is to advance cultural heritage management practices, ensuring the redevelopment, safeguarding, and utilization of cultural heritage sites while promoting their socio-economic benefits and community engagement.

Through research and collaboration, active contributions to the development of best practices in cultural heritage management are promoted. The commitment to interdisciplinary approaches and international dialogue is reflected in organized events, including the UNESCO MOST Winter School, International Summer University, and European Blue Sky Conference.

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iASK Volumes:

  • Monika Matay (2023) Talking Veszprém. iASK
  • Monika Matay (2022) Stories of Keszthely. iASK
  • Monika Matay (2021) Citizens of Koszeg. iASK
  • Social Services Today and Tomorrow to ensure Equal Access and Resilience, Socio Summit conference volume (iASK, 2022)
  • Kroó, Norbert (2022) Revolutions in XXIst Century Science and Technology. iASK
  • Fejérdy, Tamás (2021) Talking Colours. iASK.
  • Tóth Bálint, Zugfil-Maletics Virág, Stankovics Petra, Hermann Tamás, Tóth Gergely (2021) Environmental, sustainability and climate protection objectives and programme of the municipalities of the Association of Pannonian Cities. iASK

Polanyi Centre Working Papers:

  • Praszkier, Ryszard (2023) Singularities in Societal Dynamics: Manifestations, Early Indicators, and Anticipation
  • Fitra, Mohammad Yunas (2022) Minority Rights in Southeast Asia and ASEAN’s Response to State-directed Minority Persecutions: Special Emphasis on the Rohingya Minority Persecution
  • Stepanovic, Ivana (2022) Tweetstorms and Politics of Algorithmic Visibility: Precarious Online Labour of Ecology Activists and Climate Influencers in Serbia
  • Attila Szigeti (2021) Anthropocene Narratives and the Ecopolitics of the Climate Crisis
  • Stepanović, Ivana (2021) Youtube as a New Site for Political Debates: New Opportunities for Reconciliation in the Former Yugoslav Countries
  • Praszkier, Ryszard (2021) Paving the Way to Peace: What Sort of Environment and Mindsets are Essential? Introducing the Peace-Oriented Mindset Concept
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  • Other volumes:
  • Izabella Agárdi (2021) On the Verge of History: Life Stories of Rural Women from Serbia, Romania, and Hungary, 1920–2020. Ibidem
  • Daniel R. Brooks (2021) The Stockholm Paradigm: Climate Change and Emerging Disease. BioEssays.
  • Proceedings of “The Present and Future of Identity Rooted in the Past international interdisciplinary conference” (in press)

Articles:

  • Stepanović, Ivana (2024) “Towards a Human-Centered Education in the Age of Algorithmic Governance”. Prospects, Springer.
  • Gergely Tóth (2023) Opportunities and challenges of bio-based fertilizers utilization for improving soil health. Organic Agriculture
  • Mariann Szabó, Izabella Agárdi (2023) Nothing Special? A Cutting-edge Co-creative Regional Development Project in Hungary’s Bakony Mountains. Turisztikai és Vidékfeljesztési Tanulmányok
  • Nóra Szigeti, Tamás Hermann, Gergely Tóth (2023) Distribution pattern of major crops and their cultivation intensity indicated by soil phosphorus concentrations in Europe. Agronomy Journal.
  • Az ipari korszak kulturális örökségvilágához (Cutural Heritage of the Industrial Era). Működő textilmanufaktúrák mint élő múzeumok Liget (XXXVI.évf.) 12. 38-62.o. Online: 2023 12.23. https://ligetmuhely.com/liget/z-karvalics-laszlo-az-ipari-korszak-kulturalis-oroksegvilagahoz/
  • Tamás Hermann, Gergely Tóth (2023). Cropland Productivity Evaluation: A 100 m Resolution Country Assessment Combining Earth Observation and Direct Measurements. Remote Sensing.
  • A könyv hét élete és hét érték-kisvilága Szabad Piac 2023/1 39 -52. doi: 10.56233/SZABADPIAC.2023.1.5 https://uni-milton.hu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/05-Z.-Karvalics-Laszlo.pdf
  • Petra Kinga Kézai, Szandra Gombos, Ákos Jakobi (2023) Cultural and creative industry in the Szigetköz area. Tér és Társadalom
  • Mariann Szabó (2023) Hidden treasures in the Bakony – The storytelling cookbook of Bakonynána. Nők Lapja
  • Tamás Hermann, Gergely Tóth (2022) Land Suitability Analysis as a Tool for Evaluating Soil-Improving Cropping Systems. Land
  • Izabella Agárdi (2022) „They have been taken away with the Jews”. Multidimensional Memory and Minority Narrative. Helikon
  • Tímea Jablonczay (2022) The Challenges of Transcultural Memories and Memory Studies in the Global Age. Helikon
  • Judit Pump, Petra Stankovics, Virág Zugfil-Maletics, Tamás Hermann, Gergely Tóth (2022). LANDSUPPORT Decision Support Systems: performance at EU, country, regional and local scale. JRC Technical Report
  • LŐRINCZ Katalin, ERNSZT Ildikó, CSAPÓ János FESTIVALS AND SUSTAINABILITY IN HUNGARY – THE STUDY AND PRESENTATION OF THE ASPECTS OF SUSTAINABILITY IN SELECTED HUNGARIAN FESTIVALS, GEOJOURNAL OF TOURISM AND GEOSITES 41 : 2 pp. 589-596. , 8 p. (2022)
  • Kővári Edit, Lőrincz Katalin, Valeri Marco, Veszprém-Balaton 2023 European Capital of Culture Title for Sustainable Cooperation, In: Valeri, Marco (szerk.) New Governance and Management in Touristic Destinations, IGI Global (2022) pp. 201-214. Paper: chapter 12 , 14 p.
  • Sulyok Judit, Lőrincz Katalin, Veres Zoltán, Whose responsibility is it?: Evaluation of sustainable tourism development at Lake Balaton, MENADZMENT U HOTELIJERSTVU I TURIZMU / HOTEL AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT 10 : 2 pp. 9-23. , 15 p. (2022)
  • Péter Poczai (2022) Uncovering the genomic basis of an extraordinary plant invasion. Science Advances, Vol 8. Nr. 34.
  • Gergely Tóth (2022) The relationship between land withdrawal and soil sealing based on administrative and remote-sensed information. Modern Geográfia, Vol. 17. Issue 3, p. 61-69.
  • Tamás Hermann (2022) The pesticide fate tool for groundwater vulnerability assessment within the geospatial decision support system LandSupport. Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 807. Part 1.
  • Gergely Tóth (2022) Impact of Soil Sealing on Soil Carbon Sequestration, Water Storage Potentials and Biomass Productivity in Functional Urban Areas of the EU and the UK. Land, Nr. 11.
  • Gergely Tóth (2021) Alternatives for Circular Bioeconomy in Organic Farming under Excessive Nutrients (Goat manure and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi): A Case Study in Indonesia. Sustainability, 13(22).
  • Ferenc Miszlivetz, Mariann Szabó, László Karvalics Z., Jody Jensen, Katalin Galambos (2021) Social Innovation – theory and practice from the perspective of “Creative City – Sustainable Region” (KRAFT) National Program. European Integration Studies, Vol. 17., Nr. 2.
  • Daniel R. Brooks, Hillary Brown (2021) How “managed retreat” from climate change could revitalize rural America: Revisiting the Homestead Act. The Conversation.
  • Gergely Tóth (2021) Copper Content and Export in European Vineyard Soils Influenced by Climate and Soil Properties. Environmental Science & Technology.
  • Tamás Hermann (2021) Manuring Effects on Visual Soil Quality Indicators and Soil Organic Matter Content in Different Pedoclimatic Zones in Europe and China. Soil and Tillage Research Vol. 212.
  • László Kulcsár (2021) Theoretical and methodological considerations for research on quality of life and well-being. Hungarian Statistical Review.