BME Department of Environmental Economics and Sustainability

Actual News

NiCE Pilot Closing Event and Book-Plant Swap at Researchers' Night (September 26, 2025)

The Department of Environmental Economics and Sustainability at the Budapest University of Technolog..

Participation in the ERSCP 2025 Conference

Our colleagues Mariann Szabó and Noémi Csigéné Nagypál, as well as Ahmad Al Araj, PhD student of our..

Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE NiCE project pilot action blogpost 6. - University Living Lab Series at BME: Empowering Circular Business Innovation

Implementation of the pilot action "Co-creation for more circular cities at the Budapest University..

International workshop at SCORAI Europe Conference 2025 by NiCE CE

“Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption” was the topic of the SCORAI Europe Conference 2025 organised..

Circular Lifestyles in Cities -First research article of the NiCE project has been published

A new scientific research article “Transition to Circular Economy of Urban Areas and Communities wit..

Meeting for the Board of Local Stakeholders in the NiCE project

In the framework of the NiCE CE project, a pilot activity of the BME - Co-creation for more circular..

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History

The history of our Department started in the second half of the last century. One of the first Hungarian researcher groups, analysing the interactions of environment, economy and society, was established in the mid 1970s, within the “Political Economics Department I.” of the Budapest University of Technology. The education of environmental economics started as a sub-topic of economics, but a whole course was started soon. The Faculty of Chemical Engineering launched its “Environmental Engineer Specialist” program in 1974, and we joined this as the “Professional Group of Environmental Economics” in the end of the decade.

Mission

Our Department has had a double mission since its establishment: to contribute to the development of a positive environmental attitude of the students at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and to actively participate in the education of environmental experts (environmental engineers and managers) with up-to-date, scientifically based knowledge. We follow an interdisciplinary approach during our educational and research activities, what is necessary, considering the nature of environmental problems, their impact mechanisms and efficient solution options.