PedPsi Research Centre - Research – Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

The PedPsi Research Centre, established in 2022 within the Teacher Training Institute, is the youngest of the University's research centres, and its operation is regulated by Resolution no. 2022/2596 of the University Senate. The research centre conducts pedagogical, psychological, methodological and interdisciplinary research. The primary aim of the research is to analyse the relevant and current issues of public and higher education in Transylvania and Szeklerland and discuss them within a Carpathian-Basin context.

According to the European Council’s conclusions on education policy, pedagogical discourses - innovative teaching, pre-service teacher training or professional development for teachers - should be based on equitable pedagogical research. Consequently, another declared aim of the research centre is to transmit research results to experts, policy-makers and professional institutions of Hungarian public education in Romania, to implicate these actors, stakeholders and institutions in the activities of the research centre, and to approach research problems from a practical perspective.

Board:

Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. HARANGUS Katalin

Director: Lect. Dr. TÓDOR Imre

Member of the board: Prof. Dr. TÓDOR Erika-Mária

Members:

Honorary members:

1. Assoc. Prof. Dr. BODÓ Barna, Sapientia University
2. Assoc. Prof. Dr. CSERNOCH Mária, University of Debrecen, Hungary
3. Assoc. Prof. Dr. FODOR László, Sapientia University
4. Dr. habil. Petteri LAIHONEN, researcher, Research Fellow at the Academy of Sciences of Finland, instructor at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland
5. Prof. Dr. habil. PLETL Rita, Sapientia University 
6. Prof. Dr. habil. PUSZTAI Gabriella, University of Debrecen, Hungary
7. Assoc. Prof. Dr. habil. SÁNTHA Kálmán, Kodolányi J., Székesfehérvár, Hungary

Advisory Board:

1. BARABÁS Andrea, director, Csutak Vilmos Pedagógusok Háza (Csutak Vilmos House of Educators), Covasna (Kovászna) county
2. BURUS-SIKLÓDI Botond, president of Hungarian Teacher’s Association of Romania (RMPSZ)
3. DEMETER Levente, chief inspector, Harghita (Hargita) county
4. FERENCZ-SALAMON Alpár-László, director, Apáczai Csere János Pedagógusok Háza (Apáczai Csere János House of Educators), Harghita (Hargita) county
5. FODOR Sándor-József, director, House of Educators, Mureș (Maros) county
6. KISS Imre, chief inspector, Covasna (Kovászna) county
7. Dr. TAMÁSI Zsolt-József, member of the local council, principal, Roman Catholic Theological High School, Târgu Mureș (Marosvásárhely)

Founding members:

• Lect. Dr. BÁLINT Emese-Éva
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. BODÓ Barna
• Lect. Dr. DÉGI Zsuzsanna
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. HARANGUS Katalin
• Lect. Dr. HORVÁTH Zsófia
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. KÁTAI Zoltán
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. KENTELKY Endre
• Lect. Dr. KOVÁCS Gabriella
• Lect. Dr. PÁL Enikő
• Lect. Dr. SZENTES Erzsébet
• Lect. Dr. TOMONICSKA Ingrid
• Prof. Dr. TÓDOR Erika-Mária
• Lect. Dr. TÓDOR Imre

The research centre organises the Teachers' Academy online lecture series on a monthly basis, as well as an annual conference. Over the past period, members of the centre have been involved in various individual and joint research projects as research leaders or members.

Contact:

Address: 400112 Cluj-Napoca, str. Matei Corvin No. 4.

E-mail: tanarkepzouni.sapientia.ro