- Office:1054 Budapest, Alkotmány utca 9-11.
- Building:2nd Floor, Room 207
- Phone:+36 1 374-6200
- Internal extension:337
- Email:pal.agnes@uni-bge.hu
Introduction
I am an associate professor at the Department of Tourism and a member of the Future of Higher Education Research Centre of Budapest Business University. My work at BBU started in 2009 at the Department of Foreign Languages for Business Communication and I have also been working as an accredited examiner at the BBU Foreign Language Examination Centre since 2010. I started designing project proposals and carrying out international projects after completing a training at the Tempus Public Foundation in 2012. A ten-year summary of the projects implemented by the faculty (2013-2023) can be found HERE: https://uni-bge.hu/en/kvik/international-projects
Since 2019, as a lecturer at the faculty, I have been coordinating Erasmus projects (KA103, KA107, KA171, KA2 strategic partnership projects) and in 2021 I was nominated Faculty Head of International Affairs. I was honoured to receive the award Pro Facultate in November 2024 for "an outstanding contribution over a long period of time to the efficient teaching and research work of the faculty, as well as for strengthening its reputation in Hungary and internationally”.
Office Hours
| Location | A212 |
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| Comment | prior consultation by email is required |
Subject(s) taught
- Business Communication (English)
- Intercultural Communication A (English)
- Presentation Skills Development (Hungarian)
- Foreign Language for Tourism and Hospitality A (Spanish)
- Foreign Language for Business A/1 (Spanish)
- Foreign Language for Business A/2 (Spanish)
- Research Methods
Professional career
- 1996Master Degree in Spanish Language and Literature with Pedagogy
- 1997Research Grant, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Mexico)
- 1998Master Degree in French Language and Literature with Pedagogy
- 2002Research Grant, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico
- 2005PhD degree, University of Szeged
- 2006Eötvös Hungarian State Scholarship, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- 2012-presentmember of the Board of experts at Tempus Public Foundation
- 2014coordination of the organization of a CEDEFOP European Study Visit at BBS
- 2015-2017ICCAGE international project, coordination of the BBS team
- 20163. prize for Internationalization of Higher Education by Tempus Public Foundation
- 2018Mobility grant at Universiti Sains Malaysia
- 2018Best Academic Paper Award at the 1st International ASEAN-ELT Conference, Universiti Putra, Malaysia
- 2019-presentcoordination of international projects at BBS (INCOLLAB, LEARN & CHANGE and CORALL)
- 2024Pro Facultate Award
Research areas
- My research interest includes the impact of European projects, cultural tourism, telecollaboration, teaching methodology and innovation
- autonomous learning, means of internationalization
- intercultural communication, democratic values and European identity.
Featured publications
- Ribeiro, María del Carmen Arau, Vesala-Varttala, Tanja, Koris, Rita and Pál, Ágnes. "7 LSP and EMI Teacher and Student Perspectives on Authentic Assessment Practices at European Universities amid the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond". Developing Language Competence through English for Specific Purposes in English-Medium University Settings, edited by Balbina Moncada-Comas and Dietmar Tatzl, Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters, 2025, pp. 107-130.
- Vesala-Varttala,T., Pál, Á. & Kóris, R., (2024).Fostering sustainability competences through co-creation of digital storytelling: Effects of COVID-19 on higher education students’ reflective learning. (2024). Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 21(3).
- Pal Agnes, Asztalos Réka, Farzad Fatemeh, Ban Anna Home exchange as a form of special interest tourism: exploring experiences of Budapest home exchange hosts and guests WORLDWIDE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM THEMES 2025 pp. 1-9. , 9 p. (2025)