Defended dissertations
2026
Dóra Demeterné Szabó: researcher, science outreach coordinator
Collaboration in the Dimensions of Traditional and Digital Reading Promotion: An Examination of the Activities of Book Influencers and Public Libraries
Supervisor: Erzsébet Bujdosóné Dr. Dani
Anett Hrabéczy: senior researcher
Students with special educational needs in higher education: recruitment, embeddedness, inclusion-related experiences and academic progress
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Pusztai Gabriella
Katalin Godó: teacher-researcher
Outcomes of Mentors and Mentees An Examination of the Participants in the Let’s Teach for Hungary Mentoring Program
Supervisor: Dr. Tímea Ceglédi
Cintia Csók: research project and partner relations coordinator senior researcher
From Invisible Support Professionals to Professional Communities? Professional Socialization and Identity of School Support Professionals
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gabriella Pusztai
Enikő Lember-Major: researcher
Harmony of Educational Values Reflected in Parent–Teacher Relations
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ágnes Engler
Dissertations in progress
As the main topic
Ildikó Erdei: The Recruitment, Future Orientation, and Social Integration of Young People Raised in Foster Care in Hajdú-Bihar County, Reflected by Their Educational Environment. Advisor: Dr. Erzsébet Gortka-Rákó
Enikő Gál: The Construction of Gender Socialization and Career Guidance in Schools: Based on the Experiences of Teachers and Pre-service Teachers. Advisor: Dr. Hajnalka Zsuzsanna Fényes
Hunor Papp: Future Orientation in a Disadvantaged Context: Exploring the Role of Mentoring in Supporting Future Plans and Aspirations for Further Education. Advisor: Dr. Tímea Ceglédi
Áron Pető: An Analysis of Factors Influencing the Career Paths of String Teachers. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Judit Váradi
Zsófia Șipoș: You shape your own future. Building a Future Among 12- to 14-Year-Old Students Living in Extreme Poverty. Advisor: Dr. Tímea Ceglédi
Beáta Szebeni: The Views on Teaching of Pre-service Teachers and kindergarten Teachers Enrolled in the Hungarian Minority Teacher Training Program: Correlations with Socioeconomic Status, Motivation for Career Choice, and Career Plans. Advisor: Dr. Andrea Bordás
Csilla Tempfli: The Impact of Religious Child-Rearing on the Academic Trajectories and Future Plans of Roma Students in Partium. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Veronika Bocsi
Yoeurng,Sak: Teachers as Mentees? Institutionalizing School-Based Mentoring and Its Role among Novice and Non-Novice Teachers’ Professional Development in Cambodia. Supervisor: Dr. Tímea Ceglédi
As a subtopic
Abdullah, Berivan Mohammed Ahmed: Language Game Implementation: The Role of Teacher-Related and Contextual Factors on Game Implementation in Secondary EFL Classrooms in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. (Subtopic: Gamification and Future Consciousness in the Classroom) Supervisors: Dr. Ilona Dabney-Fekete & Dr. Tímea Ceglédi
Orsolya Adorjáni: The correlation between sociocultural background , storytelling and the vocabulary of Hungarian children attending the final year if Kindergarten, in Székely Land,(Subtopic: The Future and Fairy Tales) Advisor: Dr. Anikó Joó
Aditya, David Sulistiawan: Teacher-AI Co-Agency in Higher Education: Across National PLS-SEM Study. (Subtopic: The Role of AI in Developing Future Consciousness) Supervisor: Dr. Judit Herczegh
Artamonov, Volodymyr: The Effect of Sport Activity on Integration and Academic Achievement of Higher Education Students. (Subtopic: Future Study Plans of Elite Sport Students in Ukraine) Supervisor: Dr. habil. Klára Kovács-Nagy
Réka Berecz: The career paths of faculty members and researchers holding leadership positions at institutions of higher education. (Subtopic: Future and Career) Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ágnes Engler
Faroughi, Fatemeh: Experiences and Perceptions in IBDP International Schools: A Qualitative Inquiry Across Key Stakeholders. (Subtopic: Future-oriented Approach in IBDP Schools' Methods) Supervisor: Dr. Ilona Dabney-Fekete
Dorottya Gazda: Drama Education and Becoming a Teacher. (Subtopic: The Connection Between Becoming a Teacher and Future Awareness) Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ágnes Engler
István Gyányi: The Role of Cultural Learning in Community Culture Education in Lifelong Learning. (Subtopic: LLL and Future Awareness) Advisor: Dr. Erika Juhász
Éva Hauserné Csonka: The Impact of 21st-Century Challenges on Teachers. (Subtopic: Subject aspirations that influence high school students’ career choices and factors affecting these. The expectations of the labor market and their impact on career choices, from the students’ perspective. A qualitative study of high school teachers’ perspectives and their impact on the career decisions of students) Advisor: Prof. Dr. Mihály Fónai
Ágnes Kissné Juhos: Attitudes and approaches: A comparison of science education for students with mild intellectual disability and typically developing students in grades 3–6. (Subtopic: Aspects of science education promoting future awareness) Advisor: Dr. habil. Roland Hegedűs
Kovács Márk: Teaching Artificial Intelligence Literacy in Public Education: An Examination of Teachers’ Intentions to Teach AI. (Subtopic: Teaching Intentions, AI Literacy, and Future Awareness) Advisor: Dr. habil. András Buda
Katalin Markovics: The subject of recruitment and motivation toward the target language among students at bilingual high schools. (Subtopic: The role of goal setting in language learning and educational choices; The relationship between language choice and future prospects) Advisor: Prof. Dr. Veronika Bocsi
Andrea Matlári: The Role of Interactive Tasks in Regulating Learning in Online Learning Environments. (Subtopics: Learning regulation, cognitive and motivational self-regulation processes, feedback models, and future planning) Advisor: Dr. János Ollé
Zsófia Miklódi-Simon: Parental Involvement in Foster Families. The Background of Extracurricular Activities Among Children Living in Foster Families and Their Correlations with Academic Achievement. (Subtopic: Supporting the Academic Achievement of Children Living in Foster Families with a Focus on Future-Oriented Approach) Advisor: Dr. habil. Klára Kovács-Nagy
Mónika Nagy: The Challenges of School Bullying from the Perspective of Elementary School Teachers in Romania. (Subtopic: How Does Bullying Prevention Affect Students’ Futures?) Advisor: Dr. Tünde Barabási
Lilla Pető: The Application of Network Theory Principles in Hungarian Cultural Education: Culture and Nonformal Learning in Networks. (Subtopic: Networks and Perspective of Time) Advisor: Dr. Erika Juhász
Andrea Pozsár: Alternative Methods, Pedagogical Innovations, and New Approaches to Music Education for SEN Students and Students with Learning, Behavioural or Integration Difficulties from the Perspective of Educators. (Subtopic: Music and Future Awareness) Advisor: Prof. Dr. Mihály Duffek
Anett Rusznák: Together, we can be more successful! An exploration of the school-parent relationship in elementary schools in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. (Subtopic: Parental involvement and future awareness) Advisor: Prof. Dr. Gabriella Pusztai
Soltani, Riad: Academic Competence Through CLIL-Informed EMI: Exposure, Family Support, and Institutional Context in Internationalized Higher Education. (Subtopic: Language Learning and Future Orientation in Internationalized Higher Education) Supervisors: Dr. Ilona Dabney-Fekete & Prof. Dr. Ágnes Engler
Regina Andrea Sávai-Átyin: (Effective) teaching methods in foreign-language education for students with social, academic, and behavioral difficulties (BTMN) (Subtopic: Future-Oriented Thinking and BTMN) Advisor: Dr. Katinka Bacskai
Anna Lilla Selmeczi: Digital Peer Influences: An Examination of the “Teenfluencer” Phenomenon in Adolescent Socialization on TikTok. (Subtopics: Socialization and Future-Oriented Thinking; The Impact of Digital Peer Influence on Future-Oriented Thinking) Advisors: Prof. Dr. Gabriella Pusztai & Dr. Ágnes Veszelszki
Éva Sütő: The Impact of LEGO Technic on the Development of Integrated Science Knowledge and Scientific Thinking in Grades 3–4 of Elementary School. (Subtopic: The Relationship Between Scientific Thinking and Future-Oriented Perspective) Advisor: Dr. Ibolya Revákné Markóczi
Dániel Szabó: An Examination of Factors Influencing Physical Activity Habits Among High School Students in the Northern Great Plain Region. (Subtopic: Determinants of Future Physical Activity and Health-Conscious Behavior) Advisor: Dr. habil. Klára Kovács-Nagy
Gabriella Szabó: The Potential Role of Kindergarten and School Social Workers in Addressing and Preventing Bullying as a Child Protection Issue: Board game development as a tool for prevention from a sociology of education perspective in Hungary. (Subtopic: Bullying and Future Awareness) Advisor: Dr. Zsófia Kocsis
Erzsébet Szalai: The Structural Correlations of Pedagogical and Institutional Factors Shaping the Inclusive Education of Students with Autism. (Subtopic: Inclusion and Future Awareness) Advisor: Dr. Katinka Bacskai
Erika Torhán-Bartha: The role of Roma colleges for advanced studies in the social and educational integration of Roma students, with a particular focus on Romungro and Olah Roma youth. (Subtopics: Future plans in life trajectories; strategies of colleges for advanced studies to foster a sense of the future) Advisor: Dr. Tímea Ceglédi
Nándor Imre Vona: The Digital Competence of Prospective Teachers Through the Use of Social Media. (Subtopic: Digital Competence and Future Awareness) Advisor: Dr. habil. András Buda