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Electronic Journal of Social, Environmental and Cultural Studies

A Vidék, Környezet, Kultúra Kutatócsoport elektronikus lapja
Revista electronică a Grupului de Cercetare Regiune, Mediu, Cultură
Electronic journal of the Region, Environment, Culture Research Group
Group affiliated to the Action Research Network

ISSN: 2066 – 2556 [online, CD-Rom]

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Publicat de Editura T3 Sfântu Gheorghe
Publisher: Editura T3 Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania

Open access research articles in three languages:
Hungarian, Romanian and English

URLs: www.reconect.org

Szerkesztőbizottság/ Comitetul de redacție/ Editorial Board:
Főszerkesztő/ Redactor-şef/ Editor-in-Chief: BAKÓ Rozália Klára
Szerkesztők/ Redactori/ Editors: FERENCZ Angéla, SÓLYOM Andrea
Desktop publishing: PÉTER Pál

Tanácsadó testület/ Consiliul Editorial/ Advisory Board:
BÍRÓ Béla, professor, Sapientia – Hungarian University of Transylvania
Kemly CAMACHO, associate professor, University of Costa Rica, San José
CSEH Mária, associate professor, The George Washington University
HAJDU Zoltán, expert, European Environmental Bureau, Bruxelles
HORVÁTH Gizella, associate professor, Partium Christian University Oradea
KISS Tamás, senior researcher, The Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities, Cluj-Napoca
PÁL Judit, associate professor, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca
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Monica ROMAN, professor, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
HAMADA Tadahisha, lecturer, Rikkyo University, Tokyo
VERES Valér, associate professor, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca
Lucian VESALON, lecturer, West University of Timişoara

A Vidék, Környezet, Kultúra kutatócsoport elektronikus lapja

Célunk fórumot biztosítani a társadalom, kultúra, környezet területén tevékenykedők, kutatók számára. Évente háromszor teret biztosítunk a különböző területek képviselői közötti párbeszédnek. A lap szabadon hozzáférhető.

Revista electronică a grupului de cercetare Regiune, Mediu, Cultură

Scopul publicaţiei este promovarea și stimularea dialogului dintre cercetătorii şi practicienii din domeniul social, ecologic şi cultural. Revista apare de trei ori pe an şi poate fi accesată gratuit.

Electronic journal of the Region, Environment, Culture research group

The aim of this online journal is to promote dialogue between researchers and practitioners interested in social, environmental and cultural issues. It is an open access publication issued three times a year.

RECONECT THEMES

Nr. 1/2009 [Objectives]
Nr. 2/2009 [Centre, Periphery, Network Society]
Nr. 3/2009 [In memoriam Gábor Kálmán]
Nr. 1/2010 [Commitment and Environment]
Nr. 2/2010 [Új média: egy erdélyi vizsgálat]
Nr. 3/2010 [Societatea informațională și schimbările climatice]
Nr. 1/2011 [Oktatás, nyilvánosság, értékek a digitális korban]
Nr. 2/2011 [”Should I Stay or Should I go?”]
Nr. 3/2011 [Jövőstratégiák]

About us

“Region, Environment, Culture” is an interdisciplinary research group founded in 2007 by Transylvanian scholars researching at the Sapientia – Hungarian University of Transylvania, in order to promote an integrated approach to social, economic and cultural issues, with a highlight on Romania’s Transylvania region.

The Region, Environment, Culture Research Group is affiliated to the Action Research Network built by the Association for Progressive Communications.

Our aim is to be part of broad and flexible research programs that enable a productive dialogue between scholars and practitioners. Reconnecting social theory and social practice is a strong priority both on the research and on the social development agenda.

Members of the group are:

BAKÓ Rozália Klára, PhD, Sociologist, (coordinator)
FERENCZ Angéla, PhD candidate, Communication Studies
NISTOR Laura, PhD, Sociologist
PÉTER Pál, PhD candidate, Geographer
SÓLYOM Andrea, PhD candidate, Sociologist
VARRÓ Éva, PhD, Psychologist

Magunkról

A “Vidék, Környezet, Kultúra” interdiszciplináris kutatócsoport 2007. október 25-én alakult több kutató részvételével, a Sapientia Egyetem keretében.

A csoport tagja a nemzetközi Action Research Network kutatói hálózatnak, melyet az Association for Progressive Communications hívott életre.

A kutatócsoport prioritásai:
– a székelyföldi és az erdélyi térség társadalmi, kulturális, környezetvédelmi jelenségeinek multidiszciplináris vizsgálata;
– regionális és nemzetközi kutatási-fejlesztési programok szakmai támogatása elemzésekkel, szakértői véleményekkel.

A kutatócsoport szerepe:
– szakmai és kollegiális támogatást biztosít a csoporttagok számára;
– kutatási programokban vesz részt, dolgoz ki;
– internetes szakkiadványában közzé teszi kutatási eredményeit.

Kutatási témák:
– szerkezetváltás az EU-s csatlakozás hatására;
– vidékfejlesztési programok működése a régióban;
– környezettudatosság, környezeti fenntarthatóság;
– társadalmi és kulturális folyamatok sok szempontú vizsgálata;
– szakmai kommunikáció elméleti és gyakorlati megközelítésben;
– intézményi struktúrák és innovációs folyamatok.

A kutatócsoport tagjai:
dr. Bakó Rozália Klára – szociológus, koordinátor
drs Ferencz Angéla – kommunikáció-kutató
dr. Nistor Laura – szociológus
drs Péter Pál – geográfus
drs Sólyom Andrea – szociológus
dr. Varró Éva – pszichológus

Despre noi

Grupul de Cercetare Regiune, Mediu, Cultură

Scopul şi obiectivele grupului de cercetare:
O echipă de cercetători au pus bazele Grupului de Cercetare Regiune, Mediu, Cultură (Vidék, Környezet, Kultúra Kutatócsoport) în cadrul Universității Sapientia, la data de 25 octombrie 2007, cu scopul de a promova cercetarea multidisciplinară în domeniul ştiinţelor sociale aplicate.

Grupul este afiliat la rețeaua internațională Action Research Network dezvoltată de Association for Progressive Communications.

Membrii Grupului sunt:
dr. BAKÓ Rozália Klára, sociolog, coordonator
drd FERENCZ Angéla, cercetător în domeniul comunicării
dr. NISTOR Laura, sociolog
drd PÉTER Pál, geograf
drd SÓLYOM Andrea, sociolog
dr. VARRÓ Éva, psiholog

Prioritatea Grupului este de a aborda în mod ştiinţific şi interdisciplinar situaţia economică şi socio-culturală din România, cu accentul pe Transilvania, în contextul transformărilor petrecute în regiune în procesul integrării României în Uniunea Europeană.

Expertiza multidisciplinară a grupului de cercetare face posibilă abordarea complexă şi pragmatică a probemelor socio-culturale, ecologice şi psihologice ale actorilor-cheie din regiune: instituţii, grupuri şi indivizi.

Obiectivele Grupului de Cercetare Regiune, Mediu, Cultură sunt:

Abstracting and indexing
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Reconect is indexed in the following databases and library catalogues:

– Directory of Open Access Journals at www.doaj.org
– RePEc database at econpapers.repec.org
– The Freiburg University of Education Library Catalogue
– The Georgetown University Library Catalogue
– The Regensburg University Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek
– The Social Science Research Network database, at ssrn.com

Submission guidelines

Papers ranging from 2,000 to 10,000 words, approaching general topics (for the Studium section), specific issues (for the Focus section), or book/article reviews (for the Libri section) are required to be submitted in .odt, .doc or .docx A4 size, double spaced, without any formatting. Titles and subtitles should be numbered, whereas subsections of subtitles, if any, should be marked with letters (a, b, c,…). Under the paper title author(s)’ name, affiliation and e-mail should follow, and an abstract of 150-200 words with 4-5 keywords.

Reconect uses the referencing system of the Hungarian sociological review Szociológiai Szemle:

– in-text citations: (Erdei 2009), or (Erdei 2009: 47) if quoted; for two authors (Erdei–Wolf 2008), and for more than two authors (Erdei et al. 2010).

– institutional authors, while cited with abbreviations (OECD 2007: 38), should be spelled out at the References section of the article: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2007): Report on Poverty. [online] www.oecd.org/dac/poverty

– references should be listed alphabetically at the end of the article. Although footnotes are also permitted, we encourage the use of in-text citations. Footnotes should be used for additional information related to body text.

Books:
Jones, Jay (2007): Social Change. London: Arrow
Simon, James–March, John (2009): Organizations. Chicago: Raw Press
For more than four authors:
Cobbs, Michael et al. (2001): Economy and Society. London: Arrow

Chapter in a book:
Meyer, Elisabeth (2008): Youth Culture. In: Elias, Martha–Frank, Alex (Eds.) Cultural Studies. Chicago: Raw Press, 345–359.

Article in a journal:
Meyer, Elisabeth (2009): Speech and Society. Discourse Studies, 12(3): 45–67.
meaning: volume 12(number 3)

When the author is an organization:
United Nations (UN) (2004): Report on Education. New York: United Nation’s Development Programme

Online resources:
Franklin, Anne (2009): Environmental Concern. The Teaching Helpline [online] www.teachinghelp.org

Editorial policy

Articles published in this journal undergo a rigorous editorial process based upon the following principles:

Relevance to the journal topic
Reconect publishes thematic issues three times a year on the field of social, environmental and cultural studies. Articles submitted to the journal should follow the topic of the issue.

Clarity of language and analysis
Articles should be written in a scholarly language, comprehensive both to a specialized and a non-specialized audience. All specific terms and abbreviations should be defined and explained. We discourage insider jargon.

Original papers and translations
Theoretical and empirical analysis are both welcome on the editors’ and reviewers’ desk, as original scientific works written in Hungarian, Romanian or English language, or translations of original papers published elsewhere.