
SPATIAL DIVISIONS OF LABOUR
Social and spatial inequalities in the world of labour have been increasing in Hungary during the past decades. We investigate these inequalities by embedding their analysis into global processes of capitalist development. Our work also aims at giving voice to the workers and how changing social relations of work affect them. In our research we combine methodologies of economic geography, sociology and anthropology. Additionally, we uncover possible interventions with social partners which would enable decreasing social and spatial inequalities in the world of work.

Reports
2016. Szabó, Linda and Ágnes Gagyi, Tamás Gerőcs, Márton Szarvas. LeftEast.
Public lectures
March 23, 2022. Czirfusz, Márton. Pápa.
Loss of direction – Neglected workers and the Corona virus as an economic and social problem [Iránytévesztés – Elhanyagolt dolgozók és a koronavírus mint gazdasági és társadalmi probléma]
March 1, 2022. Czirfusz, Márton. Online.
Benchmarking Working Europe 2020 – Where does Hungary stand in the regional comparison?
February 22, 2021. Czirfusz, Márton. Friedrich Ebert Foundation Hungary, Online
Publications
Labour's Spatial Fix: State Socialist Hungary in the 1970s
2021. Czirfusz, Márton. Antipode, Online
Spatial Inequalities of Public Works Employment
2015. Czirfusz, Márton. In: The Hungarian Labour Market 2015.
How French Are French MNCs in Hungary? A Comparison of Two Service Sector Firms.
2011. Szabó, Linda and Viola Zentai. In: Globalizing Employment Relations. Palgrave-Macmillan. pp. 134-149.
Workshops
Workers in the Hungarian electronics industry [Munkavállalók az elektronikai iparban
May 31. 2022. Szabó, Linda, and Márton Czirfusz. Budapest. Periféria Center and Electronics Watch.
Conferences
October 7, 2022. Czirfusz, Márton. Tübingen. Die Stadt im Wandel. Transformationsprozesse in Südosteuropa seit den 1980er Jahren
Spatial divisions of labour and political divides in Hungary
December 9, 2021. Czirfusz, Márton. Online: The revenge of the places that don’t matter? Politics of territorial inequalities in comparative perspective (organized by the Center for Advanced Social Research, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), in cooperation with the North-West Institute of Management RANEPA)
The Hungarian ‘work-based society’ within uneven development
October 9, 2021. Czirfusz, Márton. Online: #GeoWoche2021
The impact of the pandemic on the spatial structure of employment [A járvány hatása a foglalkoztatás térszerkezetére]
September, 2021. Czirfusz, Márton. Online: Magyar Közgazdasági Társaság 59. Vándorgyűlése.
Labour, financialisation of housing and the rescaling state in Hungarian second-tier cities
July 24, 2018. Czirfusz, Márton and Ágnes Gagyi, Tamás Gerőcs, Csaba Jelinek, Tibor T. Meszmann, Zsuzsanna Pósfai. Fifth Global Conference on Economic Geography, Cologne
Spatiality and the Central and Eastern European workfare state
September 12, 2017. Czirfusz, Márton. Regional Studies Association Central and Eastern Europe Conference, Cluj-Napoca