environment and society in transition RESEARCH GROUP

 Viktor Pál is a research lead and associate professor at the University of Ostrava, Czechia. Viktor has published scientific articles in leading journals, such as Ab Imperio, Agricultural History, Environmental History, Environment and History, Journal of Contemporary History, Journal of Historical Geography, and others, as well as edite

 Viktor Pál is a research lead and associate professor at the University of Ostrava, Czechia. Viktor has published scientific articles in leading journals, such as Ab Imperio, Agricultural History, Environmental History, Environment and History, Journal of Contemporary History, Journal of Historical Geography, and others, as well as edited volumes and special issues on themes related to sustainability. Viktor is also the author of Technology and the Environment in State-Socialist Hungary (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).  

 Ferenc Jankó is an associate professor at the Department of Social and Economic Geography at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and at the Institute of Ecological Economics of the University of Sopron. His research interests include historical environmental controversies, climate skepticism, climate change adaptation, and communicat

 Ferenc Jankó is an associate professor at the Department of Social and Economic Geography at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and at the Institute of Ecological Economics of the University of Sopron. His research interests include historical environmental controversies, climate skepticism, climate change adaptation, and communication. He also studies the history of geographical knowledge making in Burgenland, Austria. He recently authored a book entitled From Borderland to Burgenland. Science, Geopolitics, Identity and the Making of a Region. 

Csaba Lakócai is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Ostrava in the Czech Republic and a research fellow at the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute of World Economics in Budapest, Hungary. He has experience in quantitative social science methodologies. His research interest focuses on the controversies of develo

Csaba Lakócai is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Ostrava in the Czech Republic and a research fellow at the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute of World Economics in Budapest, Hungary. He has experience in quantitative social science methodologies. His research interest focuses on the controversies of development, sustainability, and social wellbeing, including economic, sociological, environmental, cultural, geographic, and historical implications, with a particular focus on socialist and postsocialist Europe from the mid-20th century to the present day.

 Marcin Szymański is an assistant professor at the University of Łódź, Poland. His main research interests include industrial history and its impact on the environment, as well as monetary policy and its links to economic development. Marcin has published several articles and books on the history of Polish industry, including the co-autho

 Marcin Szymański is an assistant professor at the University of Łódź, Poland. His main research interests include industrial history and its impact on the environment, as well as monetary policy and its links to economic development. Marcin has published several articles and books on the history of Polish industry, including the co-authored volume Wielki Przemysł, Wielka Cisza (University of Łódź Press, 2020). Marcin Szymański works as a part-time researcher in the EST group.