Márta Konczosné Szombathelyi, Professor of the Department of Management and Marketing at the Kautz Gyula Faculty of Economics of Széchenyi István University, was elected Vice-Chair of the Interdepartmental Standing Committee on Communication and Media Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS). She has been participating in the work of the committee as the Chair of the GTB Communication Management Working Committee of Department IX since 2019. In the latter body, she works together with several colleagues from Széchenyi.

Following a decision of the Social Sciences and Humanities Departments of the Academy of Sciences, the Interdepartmental Standing Committee on Communication and Media Studies was established on 18 May 2018, with delegates from Academic Departments I and II. For the first time in the history of the Academy, a permanent interdepartmental committee has been established to represent the field of communication and media in the Academy. The main purpose of the creation of the committee is to provide an academic forum for the discussion of research and educational issues in the field of communication and media, to strengthen the position of the discipline within the academic institutional system and to support the science communication activities of the MTA. The 24 members of the Committee represent a broad range of research workshops and trends in Hungarian communication and media studies.

The first chairman of the committee was Prof. Dr. Kristóf Nyíri, academician, full member of the HAS, the vice-chairman was Prof. Dr. Petra Aczél, professor, and the secretary was Dr. Zsolt Boda, associate professor. After the expiry of the Committee's mandate in February 2024, a new Chair was elected: the President is Prof. Dr. Gábor Szécsi, Professor (University of Pécs), the Vice President is Prof. Dr. Márta Konczosné, Professor (Széchenyi István University), and the Secretary is Prof. Dr. Péter Bajomi-Lázár, Professor (Budapest University of Economics).

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Delegates to the Interdepartmental Standing Committee on Communication and Media Studies for the term up to 2026

 I. Delegates from the Department of Languages and Literatures

• Petra Aczél PhD
• Magdolna Jákfalvi, PhD, HAS
• István Kenesei Academician
• Ernő Kulcsár Szabó Academician
• Szabolcs Oláh PhD
• Bertalan Pusztai, PhD, HAS
• Anita Schirm PhD
• Tibor Tallián Academician

II. Delegates of the Department of Philosophy and History 

• Dániel Golden Larikó PhD
• Gábor Gyáni Academician
• András Bálint Kovács, PhD, HAS
• Ilona Kovács Academician
• Pál Lővei Academician
• Zsolt Nemeskéri PhD
• Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák DLA
• Gábor Szécsi Candidate

IX. Delegates from the Department of Economics and Law

• Péter Lázár Bajomi PhD
• József Bayer, Academician
• Judit Bayer PhD
• Zsolt Boda, PhD
• Mihály Gálik Candidate of HAS
• Ferenc Hammer PhD
• Ms Konczosné Szombathelyi Márta PhD
• Róbert Tardos Candidate