Vera Horváth, the fomer staff member of MRI obtained her doctoral degree on 2 October 2025, with the support of her thesis consultant József Hegedüs. Horváth carried out research on the housing and social strategies of middle-class households living in peri-urban, non-residential areas. While technically middle-class, due to the lack fo significant family help these families are unable to afford urban housing. The thesis was inspired by a past research of MRI, also led by Hegedüs.
Horváth is Hegedüs’ second mentee to obtain a PhD degree; the first one was MRI staff member Nóra Teller in 2017.
