Zoltan Ferencz
Zoltan Ferencz is an economist and political scientist, working as research fellow in the Institute of Sociology at Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He was 1999 – 2002 a Ph.D. Student in Sociology. He organised a lot of empirical projects on the field of environmental, water and risk issues and his task was the analysis of databases. In 2001 he took part in the international and interdisciplinary research programme in IIASA (Austria) concerning the disaster and flood problems especially on the Upper-Tisza region.
His main research topics include: Environmental sociology (floods, radioactive waste, food safety, sustainability; etc.); R&D policy; Social vision for the future; Lifelong learning
His main projects include the following:
The Floods on Upper Tisza and in Ukraine 1998-2003
The social affects of the hydrological problems in the lake Balaton 2003
Public views on water management issues and the water authorities in Hungary 1998-2003
In the last 8 years he was involved in international projects (NATO CCMS; FP6 (SAFEFOODS, COWAM2, TLM-NET); FP7 (CSS; PROSUITE; INSOTECH)).
RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH
Vári A., Ereifej L., Ferencz Z.
Implementing the EU Water Framework Directive in Hungary: a pilot project in the Upper-Tisza region
International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management
Volume 12, Number 1 / 2009 82-102 pp.
Anna Vari, Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Zoltan Ferencz: Stakeholder Views on Flood Risk Management in Hungary’s Upper Tisza Basin
Risk Analysis, Vol. 23., No. 3, 2003; 585-599 p.
Vari, A., Ferencz, Z.
Flood Research from a Social Perspective: The Case of the Tisza River in Hungary.
In: Frontiers in Flood Research. IAHS Publication 305. (Eds: Tchigurinskaia, I., Ni Ni Thein, K., Hubert, P.)
IAHS Press, Wallingford, UK, pp. 155-172 (2006)
