Geosciences Doctoral School - Szeged

29/09/2026

🆕 This week also starts a new Q1 Geosciences Doctoral School - Szeged's article; 🌎 WATER
Ahmed Mahmoud et al. (SZTE Természet- és Környezetföldrajz Tanszék) research the spatial decoupling of climatic recharge opportunity and groundwater response in an alluvial fan for the implications for regional aquifer recharge screening
⬇️ https://doi.org/10.3390/w18182335
Machine-learning models were used to emulate the spatial organization of water-balance proxy RWB and to classify median annual groundwater-level fluctuation using climatic, soil-hydraulic, terrain, hydrogeomorphic, and land-cover predictors, with rigorous spatial validation; on the Dél-Békés sector of the Maros alluvial fan (Hungary).

22/09/2026

Bence Szabó and his supervisor's (SZTE Társadalomföldrajz Tanszék) recently published article in 🗺️ Land (Q1❗️); https://doi.org/10.3390/land15081505 ...and it is already the second one 🌟
▶️ The large-scale withdrawal of military forces from urban areas represents a significant driver of land-use change in post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe. The study investigates changes in the residential population and social environment of these sites resulting from brownfield regeneration. The findings reveal three active governance configurations producing distinct social trajectories: social exclusion under market dominance, social mix under sustained municipal involvement, and social upgrading in a transitional model where the state eventually withdraws.

18/09/2026

❗️Special proud of our PhD doctor, Dr. Nándor Csikós is one of the key authors!
Congratulations for publishing this amazing results!
🌐 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-025-01742-z

Komoly elismerés, hogy a Szegedi Tudományegyetem vezetése kutatócsoportunk egyik cikkét választotta a 2025-ös év publikációjának az intézményben publikált több száz cikk közül.
A már jól ismert Nature Geoscience cikkről van szó, amit a Frontiers Planet Prize is méltatott. Reméljük a jövőben is tudjuk hozni ezt a szintet.

16/09/2026

Starting in September, we have two new Professors 🌟
The SZTE Természettudományi és Informatikai Kar is nationwide one of the most rigorous in granting the title of Professor!
Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Andrea Varga (SZTE Geológia Tanszék) and Prof. Dr. Péter Szilassi (SZTE Természet- és Környezetföldrajz Tanszék! Check out their recommended doctoral thesis topics on https://doktori.hu/doktori-kepzes/doktori-iskolak/149-foldtudomanyok-doktori-iskola

14/09/2026

🔝Legelszántabb résztvevők között a Geológia program hallgatóink!

A BBTE Geológiai Intézete (magyar tagozat) és a magyarországi oktatók és diákok legelszántabjai, akik a 23. Kárpát-Balkán Geológiai Kongresszus legutolsó percén is részt vettek!
Köszönjük mindenkinek a jelenlétét!

11/09/2026

It is already the 2nd Q1❗️article this year by Lara Mohammad Ismail and her supervisor; https://doi.org/10.3390/w18141771
This study explores the socioeconomic dimensions of water scarcity in four low-income neighborhoods of Amman, the capital of Jordan 🇯🇴 , using a qualitative approach; how water scarcity intersects with socioeconomic vulnerability, spatial injustice, and behavioral adaptation.

03/09/2026

🔜 Aigerim Assylkhanova also completed her MSc degree at our institute, and now she is defending the PhD thesis
🌐 We kindly invite you for the online defence https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83281688205?pwd=s42nfDTNoPnv3MUxEV2O4fYv7xFmLb.1
Supervisors: Dr. Lajos Boros and Dr. Gyula Nagy

26/08/2026

Dávid Filyó PhD student (SZTE Természet- és Környezetföldrajz Tanszék) was one of the key authors in a new Q2 qualified Doctoral School’s publication: ⏩️ https://jaha.org.ro/index.php/JAHA/article/view/1505
🗺️ Former human settlements were identified through a systematic field survey. Sediment samples were collected by drilling into former riverbeds and analyzed using OSL dating to establish an absolute chronology for each paleochannel. The paleochannel network was reconstructed using high-resolution LiDAR data.

23/08/2026

Nándor Tráser our PhD student represented University of Szeged on 4th International Student Leaders Meeting, Taiwan.

Nemzetközi kapcsolatait és fenntarthatósági elismertségét tovább erősítve vett részt a Szegedi Tudományegyetem a tajvani 4th International Student Leaders Meeting on Sustainability (ISLMS 2026) konferencián. A világ legzöldebb egyetemeinek találkozóján Tráser Nándor PhD-hallgató ...

10/08/2026

The papers published by our active PhD students as first authors have achieved nearly 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 🖐️citations over the past two years. And here are the top three publications on our imaginary podium!
🏆 🇺🇿 Farmonov, N. et al. (2024) introduce a DL framework, called HypsLiDNet, integrating LIDAR and hyperspectral images.
❗️103 citations (supervisors: Mucsi, L.; Szatmári, J.)
https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3418854

🥈🇮🇷 Nilou Far et al. (2025) present a comprehensive investigation into the interplay between machine learning models, morphological features, and outdoor thermal comfort across three key indices.
❗️44 citations (supervisor: Gál Tamás)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-025-02921-8

🥉🇺🇿 According to Hilola Amankulova et al. (2024) it is crucial to accurately and timely estimate crop yield within field variability for sustainable management and precision farming applications based on different satellite sensors.
❗️35 citations (supervisor: Mucsi, L.)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2024.01.040