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.