Prof. Dr. Viktória Szente - MATE Research
Overview
Dr. Viktória Szente's main research interests are in the fields of niche food markets (organic, local, traditional), short food supply chains, sustainable consumption, and tourism. Since 2007 she has participated in numerous international projects focused on organic foods, sustainable tourism, and short food supply chains in Hungary as well as in national and international conferences. Since 20018 she has been also an external advisor at Kislépték Cooperation. She is the author of more than 90 scientific publications. Leader of Master's degree course in Marketing. Editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed international journal “Food, nutrition and Marketing” and member of the editorial board in case of 4 other journals. Member of the Agricultural Economics Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Program Leader of the Doctoral School of Economics and Organizational Sciences at MATE.
Research keywords:
Publications
Local Foods, short food supply chain
Growing couch potatoes? The impact of COVID-19 in the light of personal values in Hungary
Tourism
Food Marketing (functional, traditional and organic food markets)
The influence of lifestyle on health behavior and preference for functional foods
Projects
SMARTCHAIN “Towards Innovation – driven and smart solutions in short food supply chains"
SMARTCHAIN’s 43 partners coming from 11 European countries worked for 3 years to support the shift towards collaborative SFSCs by linking scientists with practitioners and different actors in the sector. SMARTCHAIN project “Towards Innovation – driven and smart solutions in short food supply chains” was coordinated by the University of Hohenheim and received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and Innovation programme under grant agreement No. 773785.
Costs and benefits of local food
