Janos Kocsis

Standby Office Staff,

School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning

[email protected]

School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning Lattie F. Coor Hall 975 S Myrtle Ave Tempe, AZ 85281
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Long Bio

Urban sociologist, has taught courses related to urban studies and planning since 2003 for graduate and postgraduate and doctoral students in regional economics and architecture at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, then at Corvinus University of Budapest and worked as a visiting professor at Indiana University, Bloomington (USA), Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj (Romania), University of Wrocław (Poland). He is an associate professor at Corvinus University of Budapest, and worked as a Fulbright scholar at the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University, Tempe (USA) between August 2014 and June, 2025. In professional life, he has served as vice president of the Hungarian Society for Urban Planning since 2015. He has participated in numerous research activities and expert activities on Hungarian and European Union levels. His fields of interest include suburbanization, metropolitan areas, the transformation of urban fabric, gentrification, the effects of globalization, and urban planning, with a focus on Central Europe.

Education

Habilitation (Sociology), ELTE Science University (Budapest, Hungary), 2018
PhD (Sociology), ELTE Science University (Budapest, Hungary), 2008
MA in Urban History, University of Leicester (Leicester, United Kingdom), 2002
Sociology (MA equivalent), ELTE Science University (Budapest, Hungary), 1999
Electrical Engineering (MSc equivalent), Budapest University of Technology (Budapest, Hungary) 1995

Curriculum Vitae

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Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=hu&user=Ed2_xeUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works…

ORCID Profile ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2685-5598

Research Interests

Urban sprawl, polycentric urban development, gentrification, metropolitan governance, subcenter development

Publications

Kocsis, J. B., & Varga, V. (2025). Emerging subcenters in the inner Budapest metropolitan area. Journal of Urban Affairs, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2025.2573629
Tóth, B. Z., & Kocsis, J. B. (2026). Fuel poverty, uncontrollable heating expenditure, and the consequences of heat cost allocation in a large housing estate of Budapest. Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics, 11(3), 84–108. https://doi.org/10.17356/ieejsp.v11i3.1280
Kocsis, J. B. and Tomay, K. (2024): Suburban Sustainability in Budapest Agglomeration—The Case of Törökbálint. Sustainability, 16(8), paper 3449, https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083449
Kocsis, J. B. (2023): Recreating Locality: Community and Identity in Budapest Suburbs 1995-2020. In: Ilja van Damm et al. (eds.) Creativity from Suburban Nowheres. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 2023, pp. 198–232.
Shije, C., Kocsis, J. B. et al. (2022): Gentrification of Suburbs. In: Kocsis, J. B. et al. (eds.): Territorial and Environmental Challenges: A Global Comparative Account. Budapest: Corvinus University of Budapest, pp 70-114.
Janky, B. and Kocsis, J. B. (2022): Really trapped in the Heat? Accounting for Occupants' Efforts in Panel Apartment Blocks. Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences 30(2):106-113, https://doi.org/10.3311/PPso.13085
Adams, J., Kocsis, J. B. et al. (2021): How Smart Meter Data Analysis Can Support Understanding the Impact of Occupant Behavior on Building Energy Performance. Energy, 14(9), paper 2502, https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092502
Szántó, Z. O. and Kocsis, J. B. (2019). Smart cities and social futuring. Budapest: Corvinus University of Budapest, Social Futuring Center
Kocsis, J. B. (2015): Patterns of Urban Development in Budapest after 1989. Hungarian Studies, 29(1-2): 3-20. https://doi.org/10.1556/044.2015.29.1–2.1

Courses

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
PUP 598	Special Topics

2024 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
PUP 510	Public Participation Planning