Hungary
The ECSL is delighted to welcome the Ludovika University of Public Service (LUPS), as the new ECSL National Point of Contact for Hungary. The decision was taken during the ECSL Board meeting held remotely in October 2020. The ECSL wishes to congratulate the Ludovika University of Public Service and is looking forward to a fruitful partnership. ECSL members from Hungary can get in touch with their NPoC to learn more about opportunities in their national section.
Ludovika University of Public Service (Budapest, Hungary)
Institute of Space Law and Policy
The Ludovika University of Public Service aims to train professionals for the domestic and international public administration, the Hungarian Defense Forces and law enforcement agencies. The University comprises the following main educational and research entities:
a) Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies
b) Faculty of Military Science and Officier Training
c) Faculty of of Law Enforcement
d) Faculty of Water Sciences
e) József Eötvös Research Center (EHRC)
The Rector of the University – stressing the importance of space law researches – has founded the «Institute of Space Law and Policy» in September 2022. The Research Institute carries out its activities under the supervision of the director of the Eötvös József Research Center which is a research organisation unit at the central level for the organisation of priority strategic research at the University, which operates research institutes.
The Research Institute is the first and only institutional entity to deal with space law in Hungary, whom tasks are threefold:
- bringing together the leading researchers and experts of the Hungarian scientific life with the aim of researching space law and space policy;
- promote the education of future practitioners and researchers through curriculum development;
- involve the university, in cooperation with other Hungarian and foreign universities, in the international scientific cooperation through joint researches and conferences.
Contact
Balázs Bartóki-Gönczy, PhD
Head of Institute
Email: space@uni-nke.hu
Website: https://space.uni-nke.hu
