Agnes Németh
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ágnes Németh (Dr. Soc. Sciences) is a researcher at Karelian Institute. She holds an MSc in Geography, Hydrology, and Urban and Regional development, an MA in European Heritage, Digital Media and Information Society.
Karelian Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
agnes.nemeth@uef.fi | +358 50 442 3071
Currently, she is managing two European projects: “CASPER: Citizen Activation in Shrinking rural areas for Place-based policies to Enhance Resilience” (Interreg Europe, 2023-2027) and “SERIGO: Social Economy for Resilience, Inclusion and Good Life in Rural areas” (Horizon Europe, 2024-2027).
She is involved in the research project “ESSPIN: Economic, Social and SPatial INequalities in Europe in the Era of Global Mega-trends” (Horizon Europe, 2022-2025).
Her doctoral thesis dealt with issues of regional policy, relational-governance and mega-events planning. She has been involved in European research projects (European Science Foundation, FP7) in border studies focusing on cross-border cooperation processes and the social (de)construction of borders. In her post-doctoral research, she studies foreigners’ socio-economic engagement in different Finnish urban environments with the aim of producing knowledge on the local particularities and challenges of integration processes. She was managing the international project “ECoC-SME: Actions for inducing SME growth and innovation via the ECoC event and legacy” (Interreg Europe, 2019-2021).
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Mega-event governance : drivers and potentials of the European Capitals of Culture
Németh Ágnes. 2017. Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Dissertations in social sciences and business studies -
Mega-Events and New Patterns of Cooperation: The European Capitals of Culture
Németh Ágnes. Teoksessa: Silva Carlos Nunes, Bucek Ján(toim.) , 2016. Local Government and Urban Governance in Europe. s. 149-170. Springer Publishing Company -
The immigrant "Other" and artistic expression: (de) bordering via festivals and social activism in Finland
Németh Ágnes. 2016. Journal of cultural geography. 2017; 34: 51-69 -
European Capitals of Culture - Digging Deeper into the Governance of the Mega-Event
Németh Ágnes. 2015. Territory, politics, governance. epub: - -
Making most of the European Capital of Culture brand through inclusive urban governance
Németh Ágnes. Teoksessa: Condie Jenna, Cooper Anna M.(toim.) , 2015. Dialogues of Sustainable Urbanisation: Social Science Research and Transitions to Urban Contexts. s. 63-65. University of Western Sydney -
Watching the Other Across the Border: Representations of Russia and Estonia on Finnish National Television
Németh Ágnes. 2015. Journal of borderlands studies. epub: - -
Borders in Sidelight: Immigrant Writers in Finland
Németh Ágnes. 2014. -
Multi-level development perspectives and the European Capital of Culture: Pécs 2010 and Turku 2011
Németh Ágnes. Teoksessa: Moore Niamh, Pineira-Mantinan Maria-Jose(toim.) , 2013. Transforming cities : urban processes and structure. s. 17-29. IDEGA, Universidade De Santiago De Compostela, IGU Urban Geography Commission -
Research design for studying development
Németh Sarolta, Németh Ágnes, Kaisto Virpi. 2013. Belgeo. 1 / 2013: 12 -
ECOC 2.0: the Online Imprint of Pécs 2010 and Turku 2011 Cultural Mega-events
Németh Ágnes. 2011. . . VDM Verlag Dr. Müller