Ferenc Miszlivetz Elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
A new prestigious international recognition further strengthens Hungary’s presence in the European scientific landscape: Miszlivetz Ferenc, sociologist and founder and director of the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg, has been elected as an ordinary member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts on 23 April 2026. The appointment is not only a personal distinction, […]
Soils for Europe: Healthy Soils for a Sustainable Future
SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT The Soils for Europe conference, co-organised by multiple Mission Soil projects, will highlight panels on the Mission Objectives, including cross-cutting sessions aiming to showcase the latest research being developed across Europe. The impact and contributions of scientists, policymakers, land managers, civil society, and industry representatives in research and innovation. While the event will allow for the showcasing of innovations being produced […]
Historically significant agreement: New UN University institute to be established in Kőszeg
The Government of Hungary and the United Nations University (UNU) have signed a host country agreement in a formal ceremony, which officially states that a new education and research institute of the United Nations University will be established in Kőszeg, Hungary, initiated and partnered by the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK). Hungary was represented […]
Annual Conference of the European Big History Network
In 2026, iASK will assume the “secretariat” functions of the European Big History Network.
Something is happening in this small Hungarian town that has never been seen before in the former Eastern Bloc
The United Nations University operates thirteen research and teaching centers worldwide. The fourteenth – becoming the first in the former Eastern Bloc – may be established in Kőszeg, Vas County. Ferenc Miszlivetz, director of iASK, provided our newspaper with a detailed account of their journey.
Sajtóközlemény: A tervezett UNU intézet létrehozásáról
The UNU University Network may expand with a research, development, and education center in Kőszeg – the first of its kind in the former Eastern Bloc
UNESCO NOW – UNESCO MOST – UNESCO in the Area of University of Pannonia conference
The UNESCO Department of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainability at University of Pannonia will held a conference on January 20, 2025.
Intersections: Thinking Together on How Heritage Can Serve Sustainability and Regional Development
Intersections conference is an international exchange with experts from the “Global South” – organised by the UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainability at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Kőszeg, Institute for Social and European Studies Foundation and the University of Pannonia.
Expectations and Realities in an Age of Global Uncertainties
The iASK Synergy Conference for Young Researchers and Doctoral Students in Kőszeg on March 19-20, 2024.
On the first and second day of the 6th UNESCO MOST Winter School
On the first day of the 6th UNESCO MOST Winter School we started our programme with the presentation of the international context and its characteristics, then continued with understanding the transformation of spaces through artistic activism. How do the upheaval in the international community, the time of war and the yearning for peace change the […]
Call for Application for Individual Research Scholarships at iASK – 2024 – iASK – Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg
We invite you to join the iASK team and become an active participant in shaping the future of knowledge and society.
50+ years of water management and mismanagement, examples of international large rivers
This new article is the written version of the lecture of János Bogárdi, permanent iASK researcher, delivered on his inauguration as foreign honorary member of the Hungarian Hydrological Society. The paper was released in the Hungarian Journal of Hidrology in 2023.