Daniella Huszár

Daniella Huszár is a practice-based researcher on urban green transition in Budapest, Hungary. Huszár specializes in stakeholder engagement and systemic approaches to net-zero city missions and works as a freelance consultant and Lead Expert for the EU’s URBACT programme, which supports cities across Europe in designing and implementing integrated, participatory urban strategies. Huszár comes to urban development from a culture and community-led perspective, having held leadership roles in NGOs that shaped city-making through placemaking, citizen participation, and bottom-up urban innovation.

Huszár holds degrees in International Relations, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, 2008; European Cultural Policy and Management, University of Warwick, UK, 2009;  Business Economics, Budapest Business School, Budapest, Hungary, 2024; and is a PhD candidate in urban sustainability transitions, Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design, researching mission-oriented approaches to systemic change.

During the fellowship year, Huszár aims to explore city science and complexity-informed methods to support systemic urban transitions. Huszár hopes to connect with global scholars and practitioners working on urban transformation and gain new approaches to map, model, and navigate urban complexity, ultimately developing actionable insights for post-socialist cities facing the challenges of sustainable and just transitions.

Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program.