Márta Kiss delivered a presentation at the 10th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, held in Rotterdam between 3–7 November 2025. Her presentation was entitled: “Experimentation or Professionalism? Types of Social Cooperatives.”
In October 2025, Márta Kiss was an invited participant at the conference of the Hungarian Sociological Association, taking part in the roundtable discussion entitled: “The Dismantling of Local Self-Government: Centralizing Tendencies and Possible Responses of Municipalities.”
Ildikó Husz and Éva Perpék participated in the ESA RN13 2025 Interim Meeting, held under the theme “Plurality of Families: Forms, Relationships, Experiences” from 10–12 September 2025 in Ankara. The meeting of ESA Research Network 13 (Sociology of Families and Intimate Lives) brought together international scholars presenting current research on the diversity of family forms and intimate relationships. More information:
https://rn13ank.com/
Within the framework of the OTKA 147050 research project, we organized a conference session at the ESRS international conference titled “Navigating Rural Transitions: Exploring Liveable Futures”, held in Riga between 7–11 July 2025. The session was entitled: “Building Liveable Rural Futures: Social and Solidarity Economy in the Light of Social and Climate Justice in Rural Areas.” During the session, we presented the first results of our research.
https://gyerekesely.tk.elte.hu/en/social-economy-in-the-promotion-of-social-integration
On 29 April 2025, Márta Kiss participated as an invited expert in the roundtable discussion titled “Community Gardens and the Future of Rural Areas”, held within the framework of the Provident Kiskert Symposium.
Within the framework of the OTKA 147050 research project, we organized a conference session entitled “The Role and Opportunities of the Social Economy Today: Actors, Goals, Tasks, Changing Trends and Challenges” at the 2024 Annual Conference of the Hungarian Sociological Association in Pécs. We also presented the results of the data-mapping phase of our research project.
"We're not heroes, we're just doing our job” - Discourses of social workers about their profession in online communities. 13th European Conference for Social Work Research, Vilnius, Lithuania, 17-19 April, 2024. Co-authors: Ágnes Győri, Zsófia Bauer, Zsuzsanna Elek
Section Az államon túl? Nem állami szereplők a humán szolgáltatói szektorban (Beyond the state? Non-state actors in the human services sector) organised by Ildikó Husz, Márta Kiss, Éva Perpék.
Presentations:
Márta Kiss, Éva Perpék: A közösségi házak és terek változó szerepe a krízishelyzetekben (Changing role of community centers and spaces in crisis situations)
Márton Medgyesi: A gyermekfejlődés otthoni környezetének meghatározói a COVID-járvány időszakában: családi és intézményi hatások (Determinants of home environment of child development during the COVID epidemic: family and institutional effects)
Workshop on Fenntartható gazdasági ökoszisztéma (Sustainable Economic Ecosystem) held by Márta Kiss – Bernadett Csurgó. VEB 2023 Európa Kulturális Fővárosa Nemzetközi Konferencia (VEB 2023 European Capital of Culture International Conference), Veszprém, Hungary, on November 9, 2023
Márta Kiss, Bernadett Csurgó, Kyra Tomay: A beköltöző vállalkozók szerepe a település-imázs alakításában a vidéki térségekben (The role of moving-in entrepreneurs in shaping the settlement image in rural areas)
Ildikó Husz: Projektifikáció és innovativitás a humán fejlesztésben a Gyerekesély program példáján (Projectification and innovativeness in human development on the example of the Child Opportunities program)