Szilvia Kovács, Economist BA, Sociologist MA, was born in Györ (Hungary). Her interests to social sciences, particularly to sociology and regional studies were extended at Loránd Eötvös University (Budapest) and István Széchenyi University (Györ). She was a junior researcher at the Institute for Sociology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences until 2012, focused especially on development of large urban areas and urban sprawl. At the moment she is a PhD-student at the Vienna Technical University. She is a recipient of a DOC-team Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and concentrates on the topic: »The Artist as Urban Planner – A Social Science Research« (2012-2015). She is married and has a daughter.

http://urbanartresearch.wordpress.com/

appearance at Tuned City
Brussels / Sound::Walk / 29. June 2013