RESEARCH GROUP LEADER:  Dr. Gyula Kasza

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INTRODUCTION:

We established our research group in 2022 at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Budapest, focusing on multidisciplinary research areas related to food consumption and waste management. We have unique research experience about food consumption patterns, consumer behavior, preferences, food safety risk perception, and food waste generation among the Hungarian population, based on frequent representative quantitative investigations and exploratory qualitative studies dating back to the early 2000s. We also conduct market research, expert interviews, and impact assessments; we organize stakeholder forums. Our data sets and research reports have been used by a wide array of policymakers and other stakeholders, including the European Commission, the Hungarian Government, and the National Food Chain Safety Office. We offer international PhD students and research fellows the opportunity to investigate the social implications of scientific, technological, and legislative developments in the food chain in a European context with the support of our enthusiastic research team.

 

RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS:

• Dr. Gyula Kasza
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• Dr. David Szakos 
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• Atilla Kunszabó
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• Dr. Oktay Haykir
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• Agnes Császár-Biró

• Esther Fugedi

• Aira Joy Aquino

• Lili Sinkovics

• Kimberly Mari Virtucio

• Andrew Vig 

• Widya Satya Nugraha
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• Annamária Dorkó 
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• Dr. Tekla Izsó  
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RESEARCH PROJECTS

Projects at the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest

• HORIZON-B-TheNet – 101059812

• HORIZON-Wasteless – 101084222

• HORIZON-Wheatbiome – 101084344

• HORIZON-Watson – 777439

• HADEA SMP-FOOD-2022-FoodWaste-Stakeholders-AG – 101112149

• HORIZON-PROMISEANG – 101112378

• HORIZON-MICROORC – 101136248

• INTERREG CENTRAL EUROPE – foodCIRCUS – CE20071

• NETWORKING-2024-00035- EUFIC
• NETWORKING-2024-00033- EFFoST
• NKKP STARTING- 153192
• HU-RIZONT ingrEXpro-2025-00092

Projects in cooperation with the National Food Chain Safety Office

• LIFE-FOODWASTEPREV – Food waste prevention in the food chain (LIFE15 GIE/HU/001048)

• H2020 SafeConsumE – 727580

• HORIZON-PHOTONFOOD – 101016444

• HADEA SMP-FOOD-2022-FoodWaste-NCA-Hungary

• H2020 FoodRUS – 101000617

• CHAFEA 811235 – CONS-CPC-2017 Hungary

• SMP-FOOD-2023-FW-NCA-AG-IBA-HADEA – DATA-PROCESS

• SMP-FOOD-2024-FW-NCA-PJG-IBA – CLEARFOODWASTE

Projects in cooperation with the Wasteless Foundation

• HORIZON-WISEFOOD- 101181895
• SMP-FOOD-2024-FW-STAKEHOLDERS-PJ – WASTELESS WORKPLACES

Projects in cooperation with the InDeRe Research Institute

• SMP-FOOD-2023-FW-STAKEHOLDERS-AG-CATALYSIS-101158272

• OTKA-ADVANCED-NKFI-1-REFINE-Reducing Food Waste and Improving Nutrition in Hungarian Households: A Comprehensive Study on Children’s Dietary Patterns

MEMBERSHIPS:

• EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste
• European Consumer Food Waste Forum
• EU Citizens’ Panel of Food Waste – Knowledge Committee
• European Food Information Council (EUFIC)
• Hungarian Food Value Forum
• Hungarian Zoonoses Society
• Hungarian Nutrition Society