
Bence Lukács
Researcher in ecological economics
Bence Lukács is a researcher in ecological economics with six years of experience at the nature–society interface. He began in the MTA–ELTE Lendület New Vision Research Group, examining the prospects for working-time reduction in non-growing economies, and is completing a PhD dissertation on the practical feasibility of such transitions. Trained in Human Ecology (MSc), he increasingly works on forest governance and biodiversity, linking social welfare, ecological constraints, and stakeholder interests. At the Environmental Social Science Research Group (ESSRG), he contributes to the Horizon Europe projects such as SafeNet and FORWARDS, co-leading stakeholder engagement and Living Lab activities. His methods span qualitative and quantitative analyses (interviews, survey analysis, clustering) and participatory co-design with local communities and policy actors. Across projects, he focuses on co-producing actionable knowledge to reconcile conservation, climate mitigation, and rural livelihoods, and to design governance arrangements that strengthen ecosystem resilience.