James Basson is a British born garden designer and gardener based in the South of France.
He specializes in dry, sustainable gardens that are inspired by his passion for natural landscape. He is known for using natural materials and local artisans. He graduated from the University of Greenwich with a First class honors degree in Garden Design in 1998 and shortly after moved to the South of France where he set up his practice "Scape Design" with his wife Helen. He is a registered member of the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) in the UK and of the Fédération Française de Paysage (FFP). He has won numerous awards at Garden Shows throughout the world, with Gold Medals at the Gardening World Cup in Japan, the Singapore Garden Festival, the Philadelphia Flower Show and the Chelsea Flower Show. James has spoken at conference in Singapore and will be at the Australian Landscape conference in September 2015.
He has published papers on a generative approach to Garden Design, and is constantly developing a matrix form of planting design to help increase the viability of ecological planting schemes. Basson spends his time studying natural landscapes with a particular penchant for the Mediterranean flora, natural hard materials and seasonal variation.
He specializes in dry, sustainable gardens that are inspired by his passion for natural landscape. He is known for using natural materials and local artisans. He graduated from the University of Greenwich with a First class honors degree in Garden Design in 1998 and shortly after moved to the South of France where he set up his practice "Scape Design" with his wife Helen. He is a registered member of the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) in the UK and of the Fédération Française de Paysage (FFP). He has won numerous awards at Garden Shows throughout the world, with Gold Medals at the Gardening World Cup in Japan, the Singapore Garden Festival, the Philadelphia Flower Show and the Chelsea Flower Show. James has spoken at conference in Singapore and will be at the Australian Landscape conference in September 2015.
He has published papers on a generative approach to Garden Design, and is constantly developing a matrix form of planting design to help increase the viability of ecological planting schemes. Basson spends his time studying natural landscapes with a particular penchant for the Mediterranean flora, natural hard materials and seasonal variation.
Jerry Koenigsberg (born April 7, 1942) is one of the founders of the international Green Laboratory Design Movement. He retired in 2001 from G.P.R. Planners, an American laboratory planning and design firm which he and his two partners sold to Jacobs Engineering Corporation in 1998.
Early life and education
Koenigsberg was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, son of Irving and Sylvia Koenigsberg. His father, a trained tool and die maker, started an electrical wiring device manufacturing company. Koenigsberg was raised in Flushing, New York and graduated from Flushing High School in 1959. He received his bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York in 1963.
Following graduation, Koenigsberg enlisted in the New York National Guard and joined an infantry unit that was attached to the “Fighting Irish” 69th Regiment. In late 1969, he received his Honorable Discharge papers.
Career
After completing his six-month active duty tour with the Army at Fort Dix, New Jersey in 1964, Koenigsberg went to work for the Fisher Scientific Company. He enrolled in their Sales and Marketing Training program and after nine months in the program, accepted an assignment as the branch's new Laboratory Designer.
In 1967, Duralab Equipment Company, one of the largest domestic manufacturers of equipment used to build laboratories, approached Koenigsberg and offered him an opportunity to join the firm and be their New York metropolitan area representative and national laboratory designer. He accepted the offer and spent the next 19 years designing and building some of the largest pharmaceutical, chemical, university, government and hospital laboratory projects in the country.
In 1987, the Principal and founder of GPR Planners Collaborative, a small 4-person laboratory master planning and programming practice, located in White Plains, a New York City suburb, approached Koenigsberg with an offer to join his firm and help transform it into a laboratory planning and design firm. He accepted the offer and within two years became a Principal and Partner of the firm, which by then had grown to eight people. When Koenigsberg retired in 2001, the firm had grown to 38 employees with offices in Westchester County, New York, Edison, New Jersey and Orange County, California.
Green Laboratory Revolution
The primary reason laboratory facilities consumed significantly more energy than most other types of facilities was their large capacity air conditioning systems used for both personnel comfort and to maintain high indoor air- quality levels in order to protect their occupants from exposure to airborne chemical vapors or biological agents. One piece of equipment, the fume hood (also known as a fume cupboard) and often considered as the most important safety device found in a chemical laboratory, was properly identified as the major culprit for driving up energy costs.
Before Koenigsberg"s solution, laboratory personnel routinely kept the fume hood's access door wide open at all times whether they were actively working at it or not. So regardless of need, the hood's exhaust system and related energy consumption were set up to support the full open position- 24 hours a day, seven days a week, regardless of whether the facility was occupied or not. Koenigsberg's new approach would require employees to be trained to modify their workplace activities and simply keep the fume hood door fully closed at all times, except when access to the hood's interior work place was required. In addition, employees would now be instructed to limit the fume hood access door opening to the half open position when operating the hood, and only raise it to the full open position when required. This could building exhaust capacity and related energy costs could be reduced by 50 percent.
In 1982, Koenigsberg published “Fume Hood Design and Operation”, which described how the new approach to operating the fume hood could cut energy consumption in half and enhance work safety. It introduced his new fume hood design, called “HOPEC” (Hand Operated Energy Control) that included a number of features to support these operational changes. It also described a method for retrofitting existing fume hoods to mimic the HOPEC design, allowing facilities to access energy savings at minimal cost and downtime. Since it was first introduced, the “HOPEC” design, now often called a “Low Volume” or “High Efficiency” fume hood, along with the new operating guidelines, has become the dominant hood type used around the world.
In 1984, Koenigsberg published the first commercial fume hood operating manual, “The Fume Hood Operating and Safety Manual”, It has been estimated that over twenty-five thousand copies of the manual have been distributed around the world and translated into 5 languages.
Koenigsberg now turned his attention to other pieces of laboratory equipment routinely used in his projects that might be impacting the environment. His company, GPR Planners had become the dominant American laboratory design firm and responsible for specifying hundreds of millions of dollars of laboratory equipment yearly.
In the early 1980s, Koenigsberg was invited to develop a 3-day laboratory design seminar for the Center for Professional Advancement-a commercial technical education organization headquartered in New Brunswick New Jersey. Initially, the seminar was offered twice a year- once in New Brunswick, New Jersey and once in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. By 2001, more than 1,000 people had attended it.
In 1990, the seminar shifted its focus and was re-titled, “Green Laboratory Design”. It defined a “State-of-the-Art- Green” laboratory facility as one that was: Safe, Energy Efficient, Effective, Accessible and have minimal Impact on the Environment. With the increased interest in the subject matter, the seminar began to be held in other cities in America and other countries including Japan, Brazil, the Netherlands, Portugal and Saudi Arabia. As a result, many of Koenigsberg ’s equipment designs began to be adopted by manufacturers in the Mideast, Europe South America and Japan.
The “State of the Art Green” laboratory message was also promoted in print, with the publication of over 20 magazine articles, and the presentation of many technical papers at national and international professional symposiums. Acceptance of the “Green” principals continued to accelerate, and as many of Koenigsberg ’s projects were reviewed and heralded for promoting the health and safety of personnel and a sensitivity to the environment. Among the many clients who embraced his work were the following: in government, NIH, CDC, EPA and the National Water Quality Institute; in academia, Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, New York University; in medical schools; George Washington University, University of Rochester, Harvard University; and in industry:, Aramco (Saudi National Oil Company), Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb,
In 1993, Koenigsberg ’s firm won the “Laboratory of the Year” award for the Hewlett Packard Corporation project, located in Wilmington, Delaware. In its citation, the R&D Magazine cited the unique elements of the design that dealt with energy efficiency, personnel safety and the facility's ability to respond to the special needs of employees such as wheel chair access and adjusting work bench height to accommodate shorter personnel.
Since 1993 many domestic and international laboratory projects have continued to incorporate many of the “State of the Art-Green” laboratory design elements first developed by Koenigsberg and his firm.
Greening policing activities
Shortly after arriving in Florida, Koenigsberg volunteered to join the Palm Beach County Sheriff Office's “Citizen-On-Patrol (COP) organization. The program was founded in the early nineties and with its 1,800 active members it constitutes the largest volunteer agency of its type in the United States. Members patrol communities, parks, and shopping centers in official vehicles provided by the Sheriff, and their primary responsibility is to report any activity that might require a police or emergency response.
Koenigsberg was soon promoted to captain and put in charge of his community’s unit. In 2014, in response to his request, the department allowed him to set up a “walking patrol”, demonstration project in his community. The intent of the concept was to validate whether existing personnel would volunteer for the new patrol in addition to the time spent in their vehicles; thereby doubling the coverage. In essence, it also demonstrated that walking patrols could minimize or potentially eliminate the need for motor patrols in communities which not only would be cost effective, but also reduce reliance on fossil fuels. When the six-month pilot program was completed, the results confirmed that many members elected to join the program and the total number of volunteer hours exceeded the most optimistic expectations.
In 2015, as a result of the Walking patrol” success in Koenigsberg's community, the department directed all units to begin organizing their own walking patrols. In recognition of his work, Koenigsberg received the prestigious, “ABCD” medal for “Action-Above-the-Call-of-Duty”, and his unit received the “Outstanding-Unit” award acknowledging their work in helping to validate the program.
Memberships/activities
* Member, American Biological Safety Association Member, American Chemical Society
* Member, NJ Chapter American Industrial Hygienist Association
* Member S.E.F.A. (Scientific Equipment and Furniture Association)
* Member A.S.H.R.A.E (American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers)
Appointments
* Member Committee for Laboratory Standards and contributor to the Battelle Research Center's Study for Future Trends in Laboratory Designs-1986.
* Member, Editorial Advisory Board-Planning Design, “Laboratory Safety & Environmental Management” Newsletter 1996-2001
* Contributing Editor, R& D Magazine's “Laboratory Design Newsletter”- 1996-2001
* Member of Editorial Advisory Board, “Heating, Piping and Air Conditioning Engineering” Magazine- 1999-2001
* Member of SEFA's Laboratory Fume Hood Standard committee
Awards
"Laboratory of the Year - 1993", Hewlett Packard Corporation, Wilmington, DE
Personal life
Koenigsberg married Heather Rudin in 1965 and they moved to New Jersey in 1970. They are the parents of two sons, Norman and Steven and have five grandchildren. In 2003, they moved to Palm Beach County, Florida.
Early life and education
Koenigsberg was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, son of Irving and Sylvia Koenigsberg. His father, a trained tool and die maker, started an electrical wiring device manufacturing company. Koenigsberg was raised in Flushing, New York and graduated from Flushing High School in 1959. He received his bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York in 1963.
Following graduation, Koenigsberg enlisted in the New York National Guard and joined an infantry unit that was attached to the “Fighting Irish” 69th Regiment. In late 1969, he received his Honorable Discharge papers.
Career
After completing his six-month active duty tour with the Army at Fort Dix, New Jersey in 1964, Koenigsberg went to work for the Fisher Scientific Company. He enrolled in their Sales and Marketing Training program and after nine months in the program, accepted an assignment as the branch's new Laboratory Designer.
In 1967, Duralab Equipment Company, one of the largest domestic manufacturers of equipment used to build laboratories, approached Koenigsberg and offered him an opportunity to join the firm and be their New York metropolitan area representative and national laboratory designer. He accepted the offer and spent the next 19 years designing and building some of the largest pharmaceutical, chemical, university, government and hospital laboratory projects in the country.
In 1987, the Principal and founder of GPR Planners Collaborative, a small 4-person laboratory master planning and programming practice, located in White Plains, a New York City suburb, approached Koenigsberg with an offer to join his firm and help transform it into a laboratory planning and design firm. He accepted the offer and within two years became a Principal and Partner of the firm, which by then had grown to eight people. When Koenigsberg retired in 2001, the firm had grown to 38 employees with offices in Westchester County, New York, Edison, New Jersey and Orange County, California.
Green Laboratory Revolution
The primary reason laboratory facilities consumed significantly more energy than most other types of facilities was their large capacity air conditioning systems used for both personnel comfort and to maintain high indoor air- quality levels in order to protect their occupants from exposure to airborne chemical vapors or biological agents. One piece of equipment, the fume hood (also known as a fume cupboard) and often considered as the most important safety device found in a chemical laboratory, was properly identified as the major culprit for driving up energy costs.
Before Koenigsberg"s solution, laboratory personnel routinely kept the fume hood's access door wide open at all times whether they were actively working at it or not. So regardless of need, the hood's exhaust system and related energy consumption were set up to support the full open position- 24 hours a day, seven days a week, regardless of whether the facility was occupied or not. Koenigsberg's new approach would require employees to be trained to modify their workplace activities and simply keep the fume hood door fully closed at all times, except when access to the hood's interior work place was required. In addition, employees would now be instructed to limit the fume hood access door opening to the half open position when operating the hood, and only raise it to the full open position when required. This could building exhaust capacity and related energy costs could be reduced by 50 percent.
In 1982, Koenigsberg published “Fume Hood Design and Operation”, which described how the new approach to operating the fume hood could cut energy consumption in half and enhance work safety. It introduced his new fume hood design, called “HOPEC” (Hand Operated Energy Control) that included a number of features to support these operational changes. It also described a method for retrofitting existing fume hoods to mimic the HOPEC design, allowing facilities to access energy savings at minimal cost and downtime. Since it was first introduced, the “HOPEC” design, now often called a “Low Volume” or “High Efficiency” fume hood, along with the new operating guidelines, has become the dominant hood type used around the world.
In 1984, Koenigsberg published the first commercial fume hood operating manual, “The Fume Hood Operating and Safety Manual”, It has been estimated that over twenty-five thousand copies of the manual have been distributed around the world and translated into 5 languages.
Koenigsberg now turned his attention to other pieces of laboratory equipment routinely used in his projects that might be impacting the environment. His company, GPR Planners had become the dominant American laboratory design firm and responsible for specifying hundreds of millions of dollars of laboratory equipment yearly.
In the early 1980s, Koenigsberg was invited to develop a 3-day laboratory design seminar for the Center for Professional Advancement-a commercial technical education organization headquartered in New Brunswick New Jersey. Initially, the seminar was offered twice a year- once in New Brunswick, New Jersey and once in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. By 2001, more than 1,000 people had attended it.
In 1990, the seminar shifted its focus and was re-titled, “Green Laboratory Design”. It defined a “State-of-the-Art- Green” laboratory facility as one that was: Safe, Energy Efficient, Effective, Accessible and have minimal Impact on the Environment. With the increased interest in the subject matter, the seminar began to be held in other cities in America and other countries including Japan, Brazil, the Netherlands, Portugal and Saudi Arabia. As a result, many of Koenigsberg ’s equipment designs began to be adopted by manufacturers in the Mideast, Europe South America and Japan.
The “State of the Art Green” laboratory message was also promoted in print, with the publication of over 20 magazine articles, and the presentation of many technical papers at national and international professional symposiums. Acceptance of the “Green” principals continued to accelerate, and as many of Koenigsberg ’s projects were reviewed and heralded for promoting the health and safety of personnel and a sensitivity to the environment. Among the many clients who embraced his work were the following: in government, NIH, CDC, EPA and the National Water Quality Institute; in academia, Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, New York University; in medical schools; George Washington University, University of Rochester, Harvard University; and in industry:, Aramco (Saudi National Oil Company), Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb,
In 1993, Koenigsberg ’s firm won the “Laboratory of the Year” award for the Hewlett Packard Corporation project, located in Wilmington, Delaware. In its citation, the R&D Magazine cited the unique elements of the design that dealt with energy efficiency, personnel safety and the facility's ability to respond to the special needs of employees such as wheel chair access and adjusting work bench height to accommodate shorter personnel.
Since 1993 many domestic and international laboratory projects have continued to incorporate many of the “State of the Art-Green” laboratory design elements first developed by Koenigsberg and his firm.
Greening policing activities
Shortly after arriving in Florida, Koenigsberg volunteered to join the Palm Beach County Sheriff Office's “Citizen-On-Patrol (COP) organization. The program was founded in the early nineties and with its 1,800 active members it constitutes the largest volunteer agency of its type in the United States. Members patrol communities, parks, and shopping centers in official vehicles provided by the Sheriff, and their primary responsibility is to report any activity that might require a police or emergency response.
Koenigsberg was soon promoted to captain and put in charge of his community’s unit. In 2014, in response to his request, the department allowed him to set up a “walking patrol”, demonstration project in his community. The intent of the concept was to validate whether existing personnel would volunteer for the new patrol in addition to the time spent in their vehicles; thereby doubling the coverage. In essence, it also demonstrated that walking patrols could minimize or potentially eliminate the need for motor patrols in communities which not only would be cost effective, but also reduce reliance on fossil fuels. When the six-month pilot program was completed, the results confirmed that many members elected to join the program and the total number of volunteer hours exceeded the most optimistic expectations.
In 2015, as a result of the Walking patrol” success in Koenigsberg's community, the department directed all units to begin organizing their own walking patrols. In recognition of his work, Koenigsberg received the prestigious, “ABCD” medal for “Action-Above-the-Call-of-Duty”, and his unit received the “Outstanding-Unit” award acknowledging their work in helping to validate the program.
Memberships/activities
* Member, American Biological Safety Association Member, American Chemical Society
* Member, NJ Chapter American Industrial Hygienist Association
* Member S.E.F.A. (Scientific Equipment and Furniture Association)
* Member A.S.H.R.A.E (American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers)
Appointments
* Member Committee for Laboratory Standards and contributor to the Battelle Research Center's Study for Future Trends in Laboratory Designs-1986.
* Member, Editorial Advisory Board-Planning Design, “Laboratory Safety & Environmental Management” Newsletter 1996-2001
* Contributing Editor, R& D Magazine's “Laboratory Design Newsletter”- 1996-2001
* Member of Editorial Advisory Board, “Heating, Piping and Air Conditioning Engineering” Magazine- 1999-2001
* Member of SEFA's Laboratory Fume Hood Standard committee
Awards
"Laboratory of the Year - 1993", Hewlett Packard Corporation, Wilmington, DE
Personal life
Koenigsberg married Heather Rudin in 1965 and they moved to New Jersey in 1970. They are the parents of two sons, Norman and Steven and have five grandchildren. In 2003, they moved to Palm Beach County, Florida.
Paul Frederick Rest (born November 22) is an author, artist, and martial artist. He was born in Dayton, Ohio and currently lives in Santa Rosa, California. He attended Indiana State University and McCormick Theological Seminary before leaving for California in 1969. He had articles, essays, poetry, book reviews, short stories and interviews published in the United States, Canada, South America and the U.K. Until the publication closed in 2016, he wrote over 300 articles for the on-line magazine examiner.com about martial arts.
The publications he has written for include (not a complete list) the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, Creation Quarterly, San Francisco Zen Center's publication "Sangha News," BuJin Design Newsletter (an on-line publication), AHP Perspective, Aiki Extensions Newsletter, Martial Edge (UK), The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Indiana State University Magazine, Aikido Today Magazine, Westways Magazine (an AAA publication), The Oregonian (Northwest Magazine), litrasfalsas (Columbia, SA), Mothering Magazine, Baby Talk, The Liturgical Press and Wilbur Hot Springs Newsletter.
Rest studied Soto Zen Buddhism under Richard Baker Roshi at the San Francisco Zen Center during the 1970s. He later worked with a group of experimental researchers in the field of Intuitive Research that included Ann Armstrong. In 1993 Rest began practicing Aikido and has continued his practice and study. In October 2015, he was awarded the rank of 4th dan (black belt), He has studied with many of the surviving direct students of O Sensei, the Founder of Aikido including Hiroshi Kato, Shihan/8th Dan; Mitsugi Saotome, Shihan/8th dan; Robert Nadeau, Shihan/7th dan; Frank Doran, Shiham, 7th dan; Robert Frager, 7th dan. He has also taken a workshop with the Founder's grandson, the current Doshu of Aikido, Moriteru Ueshiba. His currently attends classes with Richard Strozzi-Heckler, 6th dan, and Robert Noha, 6th dan. He is a student of John Stevens, Shihan/7th dan, and a member of Stevens' Classical Aikido Association.
He has pioneered a no rolling/no-falling Aikido called "Low Impact Aikido." This type of Aikido is currently being used with veterans suffering from post traumatic issues, children with learning issues, senior citizens and is being explored in a variety of other ways this approach to Aikido can be used. In addition, it is being used for corporation and management training to instill trust, team work and communication by corporations, business groups and non-profit organizations.
He has also supported the work of Aiki Extensions, an organization created by Professor Don Levine to promote contact and harmony among aikidoka in the Middle East and North Africa. Rest is a member and presented a session on low Impact Aikido at the recent Aiki Extensions workshop in Palo Alto, California (September 2016). He has also written extensively about the work of Aiki Extensions in Ethiopia, the Training Across Borders (TAB), Peace Camp and The Aikido Ethiopia Project and the Hawassa Peace Dojo (in Awassa).
Rest has worked with other authors assisting them with their titles. This include George Leonard ("The Silent Pulse"), Wendy Palmer ("The Intuitive Body"), Sara Andrews ("Earth Colors" and Ray Anderson ("The Lotus Cross").
Rest's LLC (PFRArts LLC) has published "Aikido: An Everyday Approach to the Martial Art That Can Transform Your Life & The World." His second book on Low Impact Aikido is expected to be published next year. Two other publications in different areas are scheduled to be released soon.
The publications he has written for include (not a complete list) the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, Creation Quarterly, San Francisco Zen Center's publication "Sangha News," BuJin Design Newsletter (an on-line publication), AHP Perspective, Aiki Extensions Newsletter, Martial Edge (UK), The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Indiana State University Magazine, Aikido Today Magazine, Westways Magazine (an AAA publication), The Oregonian (Northwest Magazine), litrasfalsas (Columbia, SA), Mothering Magazine, Baby Talk, The Liturgical Press and Wilbur Hot Springs Newsletter.
Rest studied Soto Zen Buddhism under Richard Baker Roshi at the San Francisco Zen Center during the 1970s. He later worked with a group of experimental researchers in the field of Intuitive Research that included Ann Armstrong. In 1993 Rest began practicing Aikido and has continued his practice and study. In October 2015, he was awarded the rank of 4th dan (black belt), He has studied with many of the surviving direct students of O Sensei, the Founder of Aikido including Hiroshi Kato, Shihan/8th Dan; Mitsugi Saotome, Shihan/8th dan; Robert Nadeau, Shihan/7th dan; Frank Doran, Shiham, 7th dan; Robert Frager, 7th dan. He has also taken a workshop with the Founder's grandson, the current Doshu of Aikido, Moriteru Ueshiba. His currently attends classes with Richard Strozzi-Heckler, 6th dan, and Robert Noha, 6th dan. He is a student of John Stevens, Shihan/7th dan, and a member of Stevens' Classical Aikido Association.
He has pioneered a no rolling/no-falling Aikido called "Low Impact Aikido." This type of Aikido is currently being used with veterans suffering from post traumatic issues, children with learning issues, senior citizens and is being explored in a variety of other ways this approach to Aikido can be used. In addition, it is being used for corporation and management training to instill trust, team work and communication by corporations, business groups and non-profit organizations.
He has also supported the work of Aiki Extensions, an organization created by Professor Don Levine to promote contact and harmony among aikidoka in the Middle East and North Africa. Rest is a member and presented a session on low Impact Aikido at the recent Aiki Extensions workshop in Palo Alto, California (September 2016). He has also written extensively about the work of Aiki Extensions in Ethiopia, the Training Across Borders (TAB), Peace Camp and The Aikido Ethiopia Project and the Hawassa Peace Dojo (in Awassa).
Rest has worked with other authors assisting them with their titles. This include George Leonard ("The Silent Pulse"), Wendy Palmer ("The Intuitive Body"), Sara Andrews ("Earth Colors" and Ray Anderson ("The Lotus Cross").
Rest's LLC (PFRArts LLC) has published "Aikido: An Everyday Approach to the Martial Art That Can Transform Your Life & The World." His second book on Low Impact Aikido is expected to be published next year. Two other publications in different areas are scheduled to be released soon.
Katalin Feher Ph.D. is an AI media researcher. Fulbright Scholar at Drexel University in the US, Bolyai Research Fellow at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Senior Research Fellow at Budapest Business School, Hungary, co-founder & head of research and innovation at Digital Identity Agency, Hungary & UK, member of editorial board of KOME International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry, visiting professor at the Masaryk University, Czech Republic and University of Lower Silesia, Poland. Feher's research and teaching are focusing on new and social media, digital footprint, and the social-cultural impact of AI and smart technology.
Biography
Katalin Feher was born in Dunaújváros, Hungary. She graduated from University of Pecs with Master of Arts in philosophy, Communication and Media, Literature and Linguistics. After spending several years practicing mass and emerging new media she started her international career in digital research and development. This period also represented her Ph.D. studies in mass and new media titled Reality Factories. University of Pennsylvania and Wesleyan University added extra specialisation for her studies. She successfully accomplished her habilitation at Eötvös Loránd University in 2018. She is a Fulbright Scholar at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Feher's interests extend to both practice and theory in her field while her academic and professional careers are building in parallel.
Academic experience
Feher is a Fulbright Scholar at Drexel University in the US, Bolyai Research Fellow at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Senior Research Fellow at Budapest Business School, a visiting professor at the Masaryk University, Czech Republic and a visiting professor at University of Lower Silesia Big Data program. She was working among others for Philosophy Ph.D. program of University of Pecs, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design and Corvinus University of Budapest. Her highlighted international experience are the followings:
*University of Georgia New Media Institute (U.S.)
*University of Worcester (UK)
*Multimedia University (Malaysia)
*Taylor's University (Malaysia)
*Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
*Korea University Digital Media Lab (South-Korea)
*Jagiellonian University (Poland)
*CIEP (China)
*University of Oslo (Norway)
Her papers and curriculum developments are applied among others by University of Gothenburg, Masaryk University, University of Lower Silesia, University of Malta, Taylor's University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Eötvös Lóránd University, Corvinus University of Budapest, and Budapesti Business School University of Applied Sciences.
Selected publications and projects in English
[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328721001269 *Feher, Katalin - Katona, Attila (2021) Fifteen shadows of socio-cultural AI: A systematic review and future perspectives. Futures, September. Elsevier.]
*Katalin Feher (2019) Digital identity and the online self: Footprint strategies - An exploratory and comparative research study. Journal of Information Science. SAGE. First Published October 17. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551519879702
*Katalin Feher (2019) The Zoom Interference Model of New Media. A Metaphor-Based Dynamic Approach in the Jungle of Concepts. Mediatization Studies, Vol. 3. 7-20. Link: https://journals.umcs.pl/ms/article/view/8697
*Katalin Feher (2018) Issues and Consultation Platform in Contemporary Smart or ANI Environments. Fourteenth International Conference on Technology, Knowledge, Society. New York, St. John's University, Paper 6.
*Katalin Feher (2018) Contemporary Smart Cities: Key Issues and Best Practices. In: Lasse Berntzen (Ed.) SMART 2018. Barcelona: IARIA. pp. 5-10.
*Feher, Katalin (2017) NetFrameWork and the Digitalized-Mediatized Self, Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 8:(1) 111-126.] see Digital footprint
*Feher, Katalin (2017) Digital Mobilisation and Identity after Smart Turn. In: Information Resources Management Association, Psychology and Mental Health: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. Hershey (PA): Information Science Reference 1811-1832.
*Feher, K. (2017) Issues in Digital Identity. In: Masaryk University (ed.) 17th Annual Conference organized by the Center for Cultural Sociology and the Department of Sociology at Masaryk University. Brno, 2017.10.19-2017.10.21.
*Feher, K. (2017) Coded realities and transhuman singularity. In memoriam Jacques Derrida Conference, BP-Pécs, 2017.10.12-2017.10.14.
*Katalin Feher (2016) Adaptation Techniques in Digital Environment. Collective Brand Engagement via Camera Drone/Video-Game Design. ACTA Universitatis Sapientiae - Communicatio, 2. 95-103.
*Katalin Feher (2015) Digital Identity: The Transparency of the Self. In: Jane Montague, Tan Lee Ming (ed) Asian Congress of Applied Psychology. Singapore: World Scientific. 132-143.
*Katalin Feher (2014) Digital Mobilisation and identity after smart turn. In: Xiaoge Xu (ed) Interdisciplinary Mobile Media and Communications: Social, Political and Economic Implications. Pennsylvania: IGI Global 64-84.
*Katalin Feher (2014) Consumption of Metapatterns: A CDT Model for the Understanding of Patterns in New Media. JOURNAL OF INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE 5(1-2) 9-19.
*Katalin Feher (2013) Digital Urban identities. In: Chiara Giaccardi, Matteo Tarantino, Simone Tosoni (ed) Media and the city: Urbanism, Technology and Communication (Geography, Anthropology, Recreation). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 183-191.
*Katalin Feher (2012) The Frameworks of New Media. In: Brian D Loader (ed) The Co-Production of Knowledge: Social Media, STS. University of York.
Biography
Katalin Feher was born in Dunaújváros, Hungary. She graduated from University of Pecs with Master of Arts in philosophy, Communication and Media, Literature and Linguistics. After spending several years practicing mass and emerging new media she started her international career in digital research and development. This period also represented her Ph.D. studies in mass and new media titled Reality Factories. University of Pennsylvania and Wesleyan University added extra specialisation for her studies. She successfully accomplished her habilitation at Eötvös Loránd University in 2018. She is a Fulbright Scholar at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Feher's interests extend to both practice and theory in her field while her academic and professional careers are building in parallel.
Academic experience
Feher is a Fulbright Scholar at Drexel University in the US, Bolyai Research Fellow at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Senior Research Fellow at Budapest Business School, a visiting professor at the Masaryk University, Czech Republic and a visiting professor at University of Lower Silesia Big Data program. She was working among others for Philosophy Ph.D. program of University of Pecs, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design and Corvinus University of Budapest. Her highlighted international experience are the followings:
*University of Georgia New Media Institute (U.S.)
*University of Worcester (UK)
*Multimedia University (Malaysia)
*Taylor's University (Malaysia)
*Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
*Korea University Digital Media Lab (South-Korea)
*Jagiellonian University (Poland)
*CIEP (China)
*University of Oslo (Norway)
Her papers and curriculum developments are applied among others by University of Gothenburg, Masaryk University, University of Lower Silesia, University of Malta, Taylor's University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Eötvös Lóránd University, Corvinus University of Budapest, and Budapesti Business School University of Applied Sciences.
Selected publications and projects in English
[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328721001269 *Feher, Katalin - Katona, Attila (2021) Fifteen shadows of socio-cultural AI: A systematic review and future perspectives. Futures, September. Elsevier.]
*Katalin Feher (2019) Digital identity and the online self: Footprint strategies - An exploratory and comparative research study. Journal of Information Science. SAGE. First Published October 17. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551519879702
*Katalin Feher (2019) The Zoom Interference Model of New Media. A Metaphor-Based Dynamic Approach in the Jungle of Concepts. Mediatization Studies, Vol. 3. 7-20. Link: https://journals.umcs.pl/ms/article/view/8697
*Katalin Feher (2018) Issues and Consultation Platform in Contemporary Smart or ANI Environments. Fourteenth International Conference on Technology, Knowledge, Society. New York, St. John's University, Paper 6.
*Katalin Feher (2018) Contemporary Smart Cities: Key Issues and Best Practices. In: Lasse Berntzen (Ed.) SMART 2018. Barcelona: IARIA. pp. 5-10.
*Feher, Katalin (2017) NetFrameWork and the Digitalized-Mediatized Self, Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 8:(1) 111-126.] see Digital footprint
*Feher, Katalin (2017) Digital Mobilisation and Identity after Smart Turn. In: Information Resources Management Association, Psychology and Mental Health: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. Hershey (PA): Information Science Reference 1811-1832.
*Feher, K. (2017) Issues in Digital Identity. In: Masaryk University (ed.) 17th Annual Conference organized by the Center for Cultural Sociology and the Department of Sociology at Masaryk University. Brno, 2017.10.19-2017.10.21.
*Feher, K. (2017) Coded realities and transhuman singularity. In memoriam Jacques Derrida Conference, BP-Pécs, 2017.10.12-2017.10.14.
*Katalin Feher (2016) Adaptation Techniques in Digital Environment. Collective Brand Engagement via Camera Drone/Video-Game Design. ACTA Universitatis Sapientiae - Communicatio, 2. 95-103.
*Katalin Feher (2015) Digital Identity: The Transparency of the Self. In: Jane Montague, Tan Lee Ming (ed) Asian Congress of Applied Psychology. Singapore: World Scientific. 132-143.
*Katalin Feher (2014) Digital Mobilisation and identity after smart turn. In: Xiaoge Xu (ed) Interdisciplinary Mobile Media and Communications: Social, Political and Economic Implications. Pennsylvania: IGI Global 64-84.
*Katalin Feher (2014) Consumption of Metapatterns: A CDT Model for the Understanding of Patterns in New Media. JOURNAL OF INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE 5(1-2) 9-19.
*Katalin Feher (2013) Digital Urban identities. In: Chiara Giaccardi, Matteo Tarantino, Simone Tosoni (ed) Media and the city: Urbanism, Technology and Communication (Geography, Anthropology, Recreation). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 183-191.
*Katalin Feher (2012) The Frameworks of New Media. In: Brian D Loader (ed) The Co-Production of Knowledge: Social Media, STS. University of York.