Megszólalunk, mert megszólíttattunk – Reflexiók Nagy Boldizsár könyvére

István Zsuffa; András Szöllösi-Nagy; János Bogárdi

doi:10.59258/hk.16464

István Zsuffa National University of Public Service Faculty of Water Sciences, Department of Department of Water and Environmental Policy
András Szöllösi-Nagy National University of Public Service Faculty of Water Sciences, Department of Department of Water and Environmental Policy
János Bogárdi National University of Public Service Faculty of Water Sciences, Department of Department of Water and Environmental Policy; Institute of Advanced Studies (iASK), https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4755-9015

Abstract

The FORUM provides space for discussion. That is why we publish here the description of Boldizsár Nagy's book and the reflection it provoked. The book itself and the response of the authors addressed are instructive reading.

Author Biographies

István Zsuffa, National University of Public Service Faculty of Water Sciences, Department of Department of Water and Environmental Policy

ISTVÁN ZSUFFA graduated at the Budapest University of Technology in 1991, with distinction. He earned his PhD degree in 2001 at the Wageningen University, on the field of environmental sciences. The topic of his PhD research was application of multi-criteria decision support systems for the ecological revitalisation of river floodplain systems. From 2001 till 2012, he was employed by the Water Management Research Centre (VITUKI), where he participated in several national and international R+D projects. The most significant one was the EU supported WETwin project, which was coordinated by Dr. Zsuffa himself. This international project was focusing on the ecological revitalisation of wetlands in Africa, South America and Europe. Since 2012, Dr. Zsuffa is being employed by the VITUKI Hungary Plc., where he is currently developing rainfall-runoff hydrological models for supporting water resources management and flood forecasting in small- and medium-size catchments in Hungary. Besides R+D activities, Dr. Zsuffa is teaching hydrology, hydrological modelling and hydrometry at the National University of Public Service and also at the Eötvös Lóránd University

András Szöllösi-Nagy, National University of Public Service Faculty of Water Sciences, Department of Department of Water and Environmental Policy

ANDRÁS SZÖLLŐSI-NAGY Civil Engineer, Hydrologist, Dr. Techn., PhD, Dr. Habil., Doctor of Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Dr. HC mult., Professor at the Faculty of Water Sciences, National University of Public Service; scientific advisor Institute of Advanced Studies (iASK), Kőszeg, Hungary; President of the international Sustainable Water Futures Programme /Future Earth, Brisbane, Australia. Previously Secretary General of the Paris based UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP) for 20 years, later President of its Intergovernmental Council, and then Rector of the UNESCO-IHE Institute of Water Education, Delft, the Netherlands. Currently Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Hidrológiai Közlöny, formerly Editor-in-Chief. With T. E. Unny founding Editor-in -Chief of the International Journal of Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics (Springer Verlag). Szöllösi-Nagy started his professional career in Hungary at VITUKI (Water Resources Research Center), Budapest, in the Department of System Hydrology of Gábor Kienitz. Later he became Deputy Director General for Science at VITUKI in 1989. During his carrier he worked at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the University of Waterloo, Canada, and was visiting professor at several universities. He is a member and currently Vice-President of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering and Vice-President of the Hungarian Society of Natural Sciences

János Bogárdi, National University of Public Service Faculty of Water Sciences, Department of Department of Water and Environmental Policy; Institute of Advanced Studies (iASK),

JÁNOS BOGÁRDI graduated from the Budapest University of Technology as civil engineer in 1969. In 1971, he obtained a postgraduate diploma in hydrology at the University of Padua (Italy). He earned his doctorate in engineering (Dr.-Ing.) at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany in 1979. He worked as an assistant at the Budapest University of Technology, Department of Water Management (1969-1971) and then at the University of Karlsruhe (1974-1979), where he was also a senior research associate between 1980-1983. He acted as a consultant for several years in Germany and Africa (between 1971-1973 and 1983-1985). Between 1985 and 1988, he was an associate professor at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT, Thailand). Between 1989 and 1995, he was chair professor at the University of Agriculture in Wageningen. From 1995 to 2003, he was a senior programme specialist of UNESCO in Paris and serving head of the Sustainable Water Management Section within the Division of Water Sciences. Between 2003 and 2009, he was the founding director of the Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) of the UN University in Bonn. Between 2007 and 2009, he was also ad interim the European Vice-Rector of UNU. From 2009 to 2012, he was the executive director of the international Global Water System Project (GWSP) within the Development Research Center (ZEF) of the University of Bonn. Since 2004, he has been a co-opted professor at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Bonn. Since 2012, he has been a senior fellow of ZEF. Since 2016, he has been a distinguished visiting professor at AIT. Since 2017, he has been a scientific advisor at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Kőszeg (iASK), and from 2022 he is an honorary guest professor at the Universidad Autonóma del Estado de Hidalgo (UAEH) in Mexico. Author or co-author of more than 200 scientific publications. Awarded by several universities, mainly in Central Europe. Honorary Doctor (Dr.h.c.) of the Warsaw University of Agriculture (1996), Budapest University of Technology (1997) and Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. In 2008, he won the Cannes International Water Prize (Grand Prix des Lumières de l'Eau). In 2019 he received the golden diploma of Budapest University of Technology. Member of the editorial board of the Hungarian Journal of Hydrology (until 2022) and foreign honorary member of the Hungarian Hydrological Society since 2017.

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Internetes letöltések:

https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/apa/citations/personalcommunication Letöltve: 2024. április 28.

https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto-hat%C3%A9konys%C3%A1g Letöltve: 2024. május 1.

We are responding because we have been addressed – Reflec-tions on the book of Boldizsár NAGY

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