Overview

Dr. Anikó Khademi-Vidra's research spans across various disciplines and primarily centers around the social aspect of research. She focuses on the interaction between spatial and social processes, with a particular emphasis on the involvement of local communities, notably within areas like community-based tourism and consumer behavior. Serving as the Head Teacher of the Agricultural Engineering Programmes (MSc., BSc.) since 2016, she synthesizes her interests in her publications, focusing on environmental education intricately linked to agricultural training while also exploring it as a standalone subject. Presently, her focus lies on cultivating "sustainability-responsible" competencies within agricultural vocational training, alongside exploring methodological innovations associated with these competencies.

Research keywords:
regional studies, agricultural vocational education, local communities, community development, sustainability, education for sustainable development, competencies, innovative methods in agricultural vocational education

Publications

Community based tourism, hermeneutics of nature interpretations in tourism

Research on visitor satisfaction ranges widely, partly because the visitor experience is highly situational and personal, but also because it is determined by factors that play an important role in the ""perception"" and ""experience"" of a given destination (nature reserve, etc.). It may be interesting to examine attitudes towards safety comfort in a destination with a safety risk or perhaps the supply and demand preference for cultural preservation and traditions (community-based tourism) in rural destinations. The research framework also has a strong focus on the study of the natural experience in nature reserves. Nature interpretation has become an essential pillar of visitor management: tourism planners seek to strike a balance between sustainable conservation of tourism resources and visitor satisfaction. Nature, as a specific and constantly changing phenomenon, is the framework of a unique hermeneutic circle, which always addresses the recipient, the visitor differently and, by its very character (unlike the built environment), contributes to the development of an infinite range of possibilities for the interpretation of visitors. The research topic takes an exciting and less known approach, through the filter of hermeneutics, focusing on attitudes to the experience of nature."

MOBILE-APPLICATION USAGE POTENTIAL FOR NATURE INTERPRETATION AND VISITOR MANAGEMENT AT MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE, KENYA; WILDLIFE VIEWERS' PERSPECTIVES

Nature Interpretation as an Environmental Educational Approach in Visitor Management; The Application Dilemma for Different Target Groups at Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Assessment of tourists' perceptions on safety at the cape coast tourist Destination in Ghana

Nature interpretation and visitor management objectives: A survey of tourist attitudes at Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Community-based tourism and sustainable development of rural regions in Kenya; Perceptions of the citizenry

Issues of education, agricultural vocational training at a regional level

Educational and vocational training systems operate effectively when they strive to respond to the labour market demands of a particular society. Whether it is vocational training or adult education, state-funded schools or educational institutions outside the public sector, the most crucial measure of success and benchmark is the high rate of employment among individuals with a specific qualification. Among the components that contribute to this efficiency, one of the key segments is the emphasis on the regional aspects of education and training, examining the impact of regional inequalities on education and training. One of the main causes of frequent tension between the supply and demand of education is that centralized training and educational centres and curricula often pay less attention to regional and subregional training and labour market needs. Within the scope of the research topic, it is conceivable to explore the sensitive, regionally oriented offerings of the Hungarian and foreign education systems (primarily vocational training and higher education), develop comparative studies, and critically analyze the educational policy efforts of the EU.

The Impact of Sustainable Education Practices on Food Consumption Behaviours – An Experimental Study of Agrarian School's Students in Hungary

Nature Interpretation as an Environmental Educational Approach in Visitor Management; The Application Dilemma for Different Target Groups at Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Spatial and social analysis of community-based consumer behaviour

Based on the discipline of local social theory, we focus on the study of a variety of community-based consumer habits and good practices, typically organised at the grassroots level. Examining the causal links and mechanisms of action of spatial and social interpretations of consumer behaviour and patterns of behaviour is also key for community and local economic development. The topic offers a broad spectrum of research opportunities: for example, it is interesting to explore in more depth and complexity the cohesive power and positive attitudes (e.g. health and environment consciousness) that an alternative local food system can generate in a micro-community. We consider it important to conduct this type of research to obtain results that can help and orient local decision-makers in the formulation and implementation of development directions.

Motivations and attitudes: An empirical study on DIY (Do-It-Yourself) consumers in Hungary

Community-based tourism and sustainable development of rural regions in Kenya; Perceptions of the citizenry

Empirical experiences of the hungarian alternative food buying communities


Projects

P9012

P9012 (Grant awarded: HUF 5.000.000) Sociological impact assessment of the Nabucco transit gas pipeline project, with particular emphasis on social and communication dissemination (R&D activity within the framework of MATE's predecessor SZIE), lead researcher.

 

TÁMOP-5.4.4-09/2

TÁMOP-5.4.4-09/2 (Grant awarded: 38.000.000 HUF) Establishment of a new specialised training course in rural social work (MATE's predecessor SZIE).

Fundamental and applied research in the field of culture, funded by the National Cultural Fund

Fundamental and applied research in the field of culture, funded by the National Cultural Fund (Grant awarded: 7.000.000 HUF) (MATE's predecessor SZIE).

Agora-Youth Research Szolnok

Agora-Youth Research Szolnok, large sample (5000 participants) representative research, lead researcher.

Dr. Anikó Khademi-Vidra
Institute of Rural Development and Sustainable Economy
Campus address: H-2100 Gödöllő, Páter Károly str. 1.
khademi-vidra.aniko@uni-mate.hu
khademi-vidra.aniko@uni-mate.hu

MTMT: 10024223
Scopus: 57210949705