Name
Dr. Gyula Kasza
Degree
PhD
Phone
+36 1 478 4100, +36 20 4548 418
Extension
8354
Location
1078 Budapest, István utca 2. Hungary, Building L, Floor II.
Introduction
Gyula Kasza is associate professor at the Department of Food Hygiene of the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, head of the Food Economics Research Group.
Main research areas:
- Food Safety
- Food Waste Prevention
- Risk Communication
- Consumer Studies
Appointments and positions:
| Work places | Name of institutions | Position |
| 2007- | University of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Food Hygiene | associate professor, honorary professor (formerly: guest lecturer, research associate) |
| 2015-2022 | National Food Chain Safety Office, Directorate for Risk Management | vice director, head of department |
| 2008-2013 | Ministry of Agriculture | head of department, ministerial commissioner |
| 2005- | Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute of Food Science and Technology and its predecessors | associate professor (part time), honorary professor |
| 2006-2009 | European Social Fund | monitoring expert |
| 2004-2005 | Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society, Graz, Austria | Research Fellow, Ernst Mach Grant scholarship holder |
| 2003 | Science and Technology Studies Unit, Department of Sociology, University of York, United Kingdom | Marie Curie research fellow |
| 2001-2004 | Central Food Research Institute, Department of Food Economy and Quality | research assistant |
Professional membership:
| Committee | Time | Post |
| Citizens Panel on Food Waste (European Committee), Knowledge Committee | 2022- | member |
| European Consumer Food Waste Forum (European Joint Research Centre) | 2021- | core expert |
| Hungarian Society of Nutrition | 2021- | member |
| European Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste (DG SANTÉ) | 2019- | member |
| Food is Value Forum, Steering Committee | 2018 | member |
| Hungarian Committee on Protection of Origin | 2015-2017 | member |
| Codex Alimentarius Hungaricus, Committee on Alcoholic Drinks | 2015-2017 | member |
| Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Presidential Committee for Food Safety | 2013- | member |
| Committee on Hungaricums, Agriculture and Food Section | 2013-2018 | member |
| Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Section of Agricultural Sciences, Committee on Agricultural Economics | 2011- | member of the Public Body |
| Hungarian Association for Military Science | 2010-2018 | member |
| Hungarian Association for Food Science and Technology Hungarian | 2005- | member |
| Association for Zoonoses | 2004- | member of Presidency |
Previous dissertation / number of TDK students:
Dissertations: 121 / 32 TDK studies
| PhD-students | |
| PhD students who obtained their degrees: Dávid Szakos Ágnes Gizella Gortva-Vajda Anna Kiss Tekla Izsó Ágnes Szegedyné Fricz Lajos Bognár Miklós Süth Barbara Szabó-Bódi
PhD students with absolutorium: Erika Szabó
PhD students, currently active: Widya Satya Nugraha Tamás Lámfalusy Veronika László Adrienn Farkasné Gyurcsó Beatrix Adrienn Kuti László Fekete | |
Publication list (Top10):
MTMT: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10020603
- Kasza, G., Szabó-Bódi, B., Lakner, Z., & Izsó, T. (2019). Balancing the desire to decrease food waste with requirements of food safety. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 84, 74-76.
- Kasza, G., Csenki, E., Szakos, D., & Izsó, T. (2022). The evolution of food safety risk communication: Models and trends in the past and the future. Food Control, 138, 109025.
- Szakos, D., Szabó-Bódi, B., & Kasza, G. (2021). Consumer awareness campaign to reduce household food waste based on structural equation behavior modeling in Hungary. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(19), 24580-24589.
- Szabó-Bódi, B., Kasza, G., & Szakos, D. (2018). Assessment of household food waste in Hungary. British Food Journal, 120(3), 625-638
- Plasek, B., Lakner, Z., Kasza, G., & Temesi, Á. (2019). Consumer evaluation of the role of functional food products in disease prevention and the characteristics of target groups. Nutrients, 12(1), 69.
- Szakos, D., Ózsvári, L., & Kasza, G. (2020). Perception of older adults about health-related functionality of foods compared with other age groups. Sustainability, 12(7), 2748.
- Kasza, G., Dorkó, A., Kunszabó, A., & Szakos, D. (2020). Quantification of household food waste in hungary: A replication study using the FUSIONS methodology. Sustainability, 12(8), 3069.
- Kasza, G., Csenki, E. Z., Izsó, T., & Scholderer, J. (2022). Paradoxical risk mitigation behavior in private households. Food Control, 138, 109032.
- Møretrø, T., Nguyen-The, C., Didier, P., Maître, I., Izsó, T., Kasza, G., Langsrud, S. (2021). Consumer practices and prevalence of Campylobacter, Salmonella and norovirus in kitchens from six European countries. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 347, 109172.
- Kunszabó, A., Szakos, D., Dorkó, A., Farkas, C., & Kasza, G. (2022). Household food waste composting habits and behaviours in Hungary: A segmentation study. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 30, 100839.
