The Social Sciences Doctoral Council (SSDC) of the University of Debrecen consists of representatives from the University’s three doctoral schools — the Doctoral School of Management and Business and the Marton Géza Doctoral School of Legal Studies. The composition of the SSDC is determined by the University Doctoral and Habilitation Council (UDHC) based on the proposals of the heads of the participating doctoral schools.
Composition of the Social Sciences Doctoral Council
Term: 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2026
Chair:
Prof. Dr. Béla Szabó (Marton Géza Doctoral School)
Secretary:
Prof. Dr. Mónika Rákos (Doctoral School of Management and Business)
Internal Members:
- Dr. habil. Prof. Dr. Éva Bácsné Bába (Doctoral School of Management and Business)
- Prof. Dr. Tamás Fézer (Marton Géza Doctoral School)
- Prof. Dr. Veronika Fenyves (Doctoral School of Management and Business)
- Prof. Dr. András Nábrádi (Doctoral School of Management and Business)
- Prof. Dr. Károly Pető (Doctoral School of Management and Business)
- Prof. Dr. József Szabadfalvi (Marton Géza Doctoral School)
- Prof. Dr. Zoltán Szakály (Doctoral School of Management and Business)
- Prof. Dr. Veronika Szikora (Marton Géza Doctoral School)
External Members:
- Prof. Dr. György Kocziszky (University of Miskolc – representing the Doctoral School of Management and Busness)
- Prof. Dr. Erika Róth (University of Miskolc – representing the Marton Géza Doctoral School)
- Dr. Norbert Varga (University of Szeged – representing the Marton Géza Doctoral School)
- Prof. Dr. István Szabó (Pázmány Péter Catholic University – representing the Marton Géza Doctoral School)
- Prof. Dr. Mariann Veresné Somosi (University of Miskolc – representing the Doctoral School of Management and Business)
Doctoral Student Representative:
- Kevin Németh (Doctoral School of Management and Business)
Permanent Invitees:
- Prof. Dr. Péter Balogh (Doctoral School of Management and Business)
- Prof. Dr. Krisztina Dajnoki (Doctoral School of Management and Business)
- Dr. Dániel Fróna (Doctoral School of Management and Business)
- Dr. Laura Mihály-Karnai (Doctoral School of Management and Business)
- Kata Szabó-Zsámba (Directorate of Science, University of Debrecen)
- Dr. habil. Márton Leó Zaccaria (Marton Géza Doctoral School)
Main Responsibilities of the Social Sciences Doctoral Council
- Decides on the allocation of scholarship-funded doctoral positions among the doctoral schools;
- Makes decisions on admission to the doctoral schools and on the appointment of supervisors for admitted candidates;
- Approves or rejects requests for supervisor changes and appoints new supervisors when necessary;
- Decides on applications for suspension of doctoral studies;
- Makes decisions related to doctoral procedures, including initiation of procedures and the appointment of examination and review committees, except for the final awarding or recognition (nostrification) of doctoral degrees;
- Decides on the inclusion of new supervisors in the official supervisor registry;
- Provides opinions and recommendations on the completion of doctoral procedures, the award of doctoral degrees, and the recognition of foreign doctoral degrees;
- Gives opinions on co-supervision (joint supervision) requests.