PUBSIC 2026 Conference

Conference: 9-10 February 2026

Conference Venue: Gellért Campus, Corvinus University of Budapest

Entrance is from Mányoki street 9!

PUBSIC 2026 Conference Program (updated)


8 FEBRUARY, SUNDAY
	Program
18:00 - 21:00	Welcome Reception

9 FEBRUARY, MONDAY
	Program	Seminar Room 1	Seminar Room 2	Seminar Room 3
8:30 - 9:15	Arrivals, Registration, coffee
9:15 - 10:45	Monday SLOT 1	A - CC	B -DA	C - PS
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break - 3rd Floor
11:15 - 12:45	Monday SLOT 2	D - CC	E - DA	F - PS
12:45 - 13:45	LUNCH - Groundfloor
13:45 - 14:30	Opening Plenary Session - Auditorium
14:30 - 16:00	Monday SLOT 3	G - CC	H -DA	I - PS
16:00 - 16:30	Coffee Break - 3rd Floor
16:30 - 18:00	Monday SLOT 4	J - CC	K - DA	L - PS
18:00 - 18:30	Meeting of the Scientific Committee in Seminar Room 2
18:30 - 21:00	Conference Dinner - Groundfloor

10 FEBRUARY, TUESDAY
	Program	Seminar Room 1	Seminar Room 2	Seminar Room 3
9:00 - 10:30	TUESDAY SLOT 1	M - CC	N - DA	O - PS
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break - 3rd Floor
11:00 - 12:30	TUESDAY SLOT 2	P - O	R - PS	S - PS
12:30 - 13:30	LUNCH - Groundfloor
13:30 - 15:00	TUESDAY SLOT 3	T - O	U -PS	V -PS
15.00-15:15	Coffee Break - 3rd Floor
15:15-16.15	Editor's Panel in the Auditorium

EDITOR’S PANEL PARTICIPANTS:

Professor Stephen P Osborne, Co-editor in chief, Public Management Review

Professor Salvatore Russo, Chair of the Scientific Committee

Giorgia Nesti, Associate Editor, Information Polity

Sabina Schnell, Associate Editor, Public Administration Review

Helen Liu, Associate Editor, Government Information Quarterly

Vedran Dulabic, Editon-in-Chief, Croatian and Comparative Public Administration

Juraj Nemec, Editor-in-Chief, NISPACEE Journal of Public Administration and Policy

Track Codes of Conference Sessions:

Collaboration and Value Co-Creation: CC
Digitalization and AI: DA
Public Services and Public Policy: PS
Other: O

Papers by Sessions


DAY 1, MONDAY

9.15-10.45
A	Seminar Room 1	Collaboration and Value Co-Creation	Acebillo-Baqué	Miriam	CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València	Facilitating Co-creation for Place-based Sustainability Transitions: Governance Dynamics and Methodological Tools in Catalonia’s Shared-Agendas	Diana Velasco, Alejandra Boni, Jordi Molas-Gallart, Tatiana Fernández
A	Seminar Room 1	Collaboration and Value Co-Creation	Bianchi	Carmine	University of Palermo	Patterns and Drivers of Community Value Creation through Social Innovation toward Public Service Ecosystem Formation: The role of ‘Intelligent’ Performance Management & Governance
A	Seminar Room 1	Collaboration and Value Co-Creation	Hajiyev	Rasul	Toulouse School of Management	Simulating Homophily, Power Imbalance, Structure, Problem Complexity, and Effectiveness in Collaborative Governance of Caucuses: The Case of Complex Products and Systems industries
B	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Fang	Keyuan	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)	Improve Issue-Handling Efficiency in Government QA Systems: An Automatic Issue Classification and Distribution System
B	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Mertoli	Federico	University of Catania	Channel Governance in the Digitalization of Public Services: Managerial Strategies for Social Inclusion	Luigi Piper, Benvenuto Marco, José M. Alonso, Carmela E. Schillaci, Alexandru Avram
B	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Thakore	Nisarg	Pandit Deendayal Energy University, India	Intervention of AI among BRICS countries – a case based approach
C	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Gal	Fabian	Sciences Po Rennes	Policy Ambiguity as a Key to Understanding Administrative Burden in EU Cohesion Policy	Sébastien Bourdin
C	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Kvale	Heidi Elise Heitun	University of South-Eastern Norway	Navigating budgeting p aradoxes: p ath d ependency, s ustainability p ressures, and the p otential r ole of f oresight t echnologies in l ocal governance
C	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Dong	Xihan	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Dynamic Analysis of Platform Worker Protection Policies in China: An Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) Framework Approach
11.15 -12.45
D	Seminar Room 1	Collaboration and Value Co-Creation	Dunajeva	Jekatyerina	Corvinus University of Budapest	Belonging at the Margins: A Bottom-Up View of PSI in an Illiberal Context
D	Seminar Room 1	Collaboration and Value Co-Creation	Farina	Isabel	Politecnico di Milano	Understanding Outreach to NEET Youth: Organizational Practices and Barriers in Milan	Masella Cristina, Sangiorgi Daniela, Giuliana Costa
D	Seminar Room 1	Collaboration and Value Co-Creation	Ila-Horváth	Gergely	Corvinus University of Budapest	Thick vs. Thin Collaboration: Why Similar CSOs Produce Different PSI in Budapest
E	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Benvenuto	Marco	University of Salento	Bias mitigation in Algorithmic Governance:Implications for Public Service Innovation	Federico Mertoli, Carmela E. Schillaci, Alexandru Avram, José M. Alonso, Luigi Piper
E	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Tan	Jianxiang	City University of Hong Kong	Public Blame in Algorithmic Welfare Services: Citizens’ Allocation of Responsibility Across the Network of Actors	Guanru Zhang, Helen Bao, Yanto Chandra
E	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Stenvall	Jari	University of Tampere	Artificial intelligence agents as problem solvers in public services	Sanni Pontinen, Tony Knder
F	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Gomes	Ricardo	FGV EAESP	MAPPING RESEARCH ON INNOVATION IN PUBLIC SERVICES: A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY AND TOPIC MODELLING ANALYSIS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AREA	Talita Mariane Cristino
F	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Røste	Rannveig	USN School of Business	What is innovation in the public sector in a time of challenges	Lars Fuglsang
F	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Walker	Richard	Lingnan University	Topics in innovation in public services: Reviewing three decades of research in public administration	Peiyi Wu
14.30-16.00
G	Seminar Room 1	Collaboration and Value Co-Creation	Andermatt	Kevin	Zurich University of Applied Sciences	The Emergence of Shared Problem Understanding in Collaborative Governance
G	Seminar Room 1	Collaboration and Value Co-Creation	Jalonen	Harri	University of Vaasa	Value Co-Creation through the Service Ecosystem Lens
G	Seminar Room 1	Collaboration and Value Co-Creation	Rossi	Paula	University of Edinburgh	Turning the Focus on Conflicts in PAM Research and Practice: Conceptual Explorations and Future Research Directions	Jim Brosch Skarli
H	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Hout	Mirte van	Utrecht University	Safeguarding Public Values amid Platformization: The Case of Dutch Higher Education	Toon Meelen, Koen Frenken
H	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Yang	Wenhui	Peking University	How Digital Platforms Nudge Public Engagement	Jiaxuan Wu
H	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Yu	Lizhi	The University of Tokyo	Turning Pressure into Openness: The Moderating Role of Digital Platforms in Responsible Open Data Governance in China	Jiahuan Qian, Zhongyi Peng, Hiromi M. Yokoyama
I	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Kovács	Éva	Corvinus University of Budapest	Migration, Integration, and Service Models in Switzerland
I	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Lember	Veiko	Tallin University of Technoology	Governance challenges in the European renovation wave: A study of collective decision-making in Estonian multi-apartment buildings	Peeter Vihma et al
I	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Gui-ying	Liu	Peking University	Tea Room as Public Service Innovation: Constructing Public Value through Spatial Performance in Rural China	Peng Pei-wen, Yang Hao-da
16.30-18.00
J	Seminar Room 1	Collaboration and Value Co-Creation	Forslund	Lina	UiT The Arctic University of Norway	Value creation in the case of public rehabilitation services: The multi-level social systems constraining an innovative healthcare practice	Cathrine Arntzen, Morten Nikolaisen, Astrid Gramstad, Marianne Eliassen
J	Seminar Room 1	Collaboration and Value Co-Creation	Hosszú	Erzsébet	MoME, Budapest	Empowering Spaces: Spatial Awareness and Co-Creation in Trauma-Informed Social Care
J	Seminar Room 1	Collaboration and Value Co-Creation	Krane	Martin S.	Arctic University of Norway	Collaboration or Camouflage? Unmasking Elements of Symbolic Politics of Norwegian Healthcare Collaboratives
K	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Lee	Miri	Loughborough University	The Value Paradox of Public Service Innovation: Digital Transformation in Healthcare
K	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Røhnebæk	Maria	University of Inland Norway	Digital transformation of welfare-to-work services	Inge Hermanrud et al
K	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Motta	Bernardo	Uiniversity of Lisbon	Does Impartial and Professional Bureaucracy Matter for E-Government? Evidence from Cross-National Data	Thiago Felipe Ramos de Abreu
L	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Hurme	Petra	University of Tampere	Destruction of Customer Value in Public Healthcare: Exploring the Dark Side of Public Service Innovation
L	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Kim	Soonhee	KDI School of Public Policy and Management	Public Service Ecosystems and Public Service Innovation in Local Government: The Co-creation Process in Korea
L	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Russo	Salvatore	Ca’ Foscari University Venice	Reframing Healthcare through the Public Service Ecosystem Lens: Towards a Healthcare Public Service Ecosystem (HPSE)	Valentina Montecchio, Stefania Simoni
L	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Kovács	Szilárd	University of Montpelier	Building Resilience in Healthcare: A Literature Review on tools developed to support the resilience workforce	Lopez Juan et al

DAY 2, TUESDAY

9.00-10.30
M	Seminar Room 1	Collaboration and Value Co-Creation	LI	Jiawen	Chongqing University	Interwoven Networks: Mapping the Dynamic Evolution of Smart City Public-Private Partnership Collaborative Governance	Guangdong Wu
M	Seminar Room 1	Collaboration and Value Co-Creation	Sokol	Dmitriy	Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica (Slovakia)	Co-Design in Public Service Innovation: Europe vs Belarus
M	Seminar Room 1	Collaboration and Value Co-Creation	Zha	Yanlu	Chongqing University	Beyond the network border: the global cross-organizational collaboration network towards climate actions	Guangdong Wu
N	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Liu	Helen K.	National Taiwan University	Hybrid Intelligence for Public Service Innovation: Integrating Crowdsourcing and Artificial Intelligence for Enhanced Governance
N	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Zhang	Guanru	City University of Hong Kong	Innovative Housing Public Service: Unpacking AI Adoption and Fairness Perception in Citizen Appeals	Jianxiang TAN, Helen BAO, Ning LIU
N	Seminar Room 2	Public Services and Public Policy	Surubaru	Cristian	Edinburgh Napier University	Capacity-building for the Green Transition: What do local public servants need and how are they being prepared? Insights from the implementation of Net-Zero and climate change related policies across Scotland
O	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Gallai	Sándor	Corvinus University of Budapest	INNOVATION, POLICY RATIONAL OR POLITICAL NECESSITY? Analysing the driving factors of Hungary’s higher education model change
O	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Jandt	Marcus	AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH	Public sector organisations on the move – experimenting with and scaling of public sector innovation for green and democratic transition	Matthias Weber, Gudrun Haindlmaier, Lasse Bundgaard, Marta Strumińska-Kutra
O	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Esposito	Paolo	University of Naples	Accountability as a driver of Innovation in Public Service: Evidence from Italian PPP	Massimiliamo Tufo

11.00-12.30
P	Seminar Room 1	Other - Democratic Innovation	Dulabic	Vedran	University of Zagreb	Evaluation of Democratic Innovations: Lessons and Experiences from Citizens’ Councils in Croatia
P	Seminar Room 1	Other - Democratic Innovation	Ganz	Frederico	Hertie School Berlin	Linking Public Sector Innovation and Democratic Anchorage: insights from a novel large-n European dataset	Svenja Bauer
P	Seminar Room 1	Other - Democratic Innovation	Loodin	Henrik	Lund University	Culture as Catalyst: Citizen Dialogue and the Role of Cultural Institutions in Shaping a Sustainable Public Sphere	Cecilia Fredriksson
R	Seminar Room 2	Public Services and Public Policy	Nemec	Yuraj	Masaryk University Brno	Green Public Procurement in Slovakia: Innovative potential but critical administrative barriers
R	Seminar Room 2	Public Services and Public Policy	Beeri	Itai	University of Haifa	Measuring Biocentric–Anthropocentric Orientations as a Public Service Innovation for Sustainable Environmental Governance
S	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Hajnal	György	Corvinus University	Trust and robust governance: The relationship between trust and innovativeness in local-level crisis responses	Áron Hajnal, Tina Øllgaard Bentzen
S	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Nesti	Georgia	University of Padova	Urban Living Labs as Experimental Governance Tools: Innovation, Public Value, and Accountability in Urban Policy Transformation
S	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Stirbu	Diana	London Metropolitan University	Participatory Systems Mapping as Sense Making and Emancipation of Youth Voice in Policy Making: Exploring Youth Social Action Participation in London	Justin Webb, Dr. Julius Elster, Dr. Ama Agyeman

13.30-15.00
T	Seminar Room 1	Other -Human Resources	Daléus	Pär	Swedish Defence University	Leadership in a System that Rejects it: The Coexistence of Leadership and Collaboration in Swedish Total Defense	Helena Hermansson
T	Seminar Room 1	Other -Human Resources	Hovland Honerud	Jon	USN School of Business	From Capacity to Practice: Creativity as Practice in Public Administration	Hilde Hovland Honerud
T	Seminar Room 1	Other -Human Resources	Ioanucci	Leonardo	University of L’Aquila	THE CO- BETWEEN PRESENCE AND ABSENCE IN PUBLIC SERVICES: RESHAPING CO-PRODUCTION AND COMPETENCES THROUGH SMART WORKING	Pasquale Ruggiero, Saporito Gaetano
U	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Angius	Virginia	University of Cagliari	Cognitive Infrastructures In Public Administration: A Framework For Institutional Sensemaking Under Technological Disruption
U	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Sienkiewicz-Malyjurek	Katarzyna	Silezian University of Technology, Poland	The dark side of technological innovations in creating social resilience
U	Seminar Room 2	Digitalization and AI	Krone	Oliver	Independent researcher	Conundrum of GenAI as Public Service Innovation
V	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Zhang	Nan	Tsinghua University	Measurement of policy intensity and identification of differentiated policy impacts: An Empirical Study Based on China's Multi-level Integrated Circuit Industry Policies (2013-2023)	ZHU Zhe, ZHANG Ziqi
V	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Nyberg	Tor Erik	University of South-Eastern Norway	Increasing Employer Engagement through Multistakeholder Initiatives	Jens B. Grøgaard
V	Seminar Room 3	Public Services and Public Policy	Zou	Jiaqi	Corvinus University of Budapest	When Integration Policy Stops at the Classroom: Evidence of a Policy–Practice Gap in Central Europe’s Housing Market	Hammad Shaikh, Cornel M. Nesseler

Getting to Gellért Campus from the Airport:

Take Bus 100E from Budapest Airport to Kálvin tér.

At Kálvin tér, take Tram 47 or 49 toward Kelenföld.

Get off at Gárdonyi tér. Walk up on Mészöly street and turn left.

Entrance is from 9 Mányoki Street!

You will reach the Gellért Campus of Corvinus University.

Google maps route: https://maps.app.goo.gl/iuBAZ43VQ4Y1mxwBA

About

PUBSIC 2026 Conference

Innovation is often posed as a panacea for contemporary social and economic problems. However, existing models of innovation have often drawn from private sector experience in an undifferentiated way that conflates the manufacturing of products with the delivery of services and does not account for the characteristics of public rather than private services.

Whilst public services can always learn from the private sector, their distinctive characteristics mean that you cannot simply transfer lessons from one sector to another. The PUBSIC Conference is therefore dedicated to developing robust approaches to public service innovation (PSI) that address the need for a distinctive ‘public service’ approach to PSI.

The theme of the 8^th PUBSIC Conference is how PSI can contribute to the creation of value for citizens and society. Public administration and management theory and practice are increasingly adapting models of value creation from the service management literature to public service contexts. This is a deliberate move away from dyadic models of interaction between public services and citizens and towards ecosystem approaches that capture the complex and dynamic nature of public service delivery. This conference will explore what such public value might comprise and how PSI can foster it.

The 8^th PUBSIC Conference will take place at Corvinus University in Budapest, from 9-10 February 2026, with a Welcome Reception on 8 February, evening. Abstracts are now invited for papers to be presented at the Conference. Papers can be from senior academics or early career researchers and doctoral students. They must address an identified issue for PSI and can be empirical, conceptual and/or theoretical papers. Systematic literature reviews are acceptable but only if they advance PSI theory, not simply describe the state of the field or present a research agenda.

Local Organising Committee

The Local Organisers of the PUBSIC 2026 Conference are recent and former colleagues of the Department of Public Policy of Corvinus University.

Chair of Local Organising Committee

Hajnal György

gyorgy.hajnal@uni-corvinus.hu

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Egyetemi Tanár / Professor

Rektori Szervezet / Társadalom- és Politikatudományi Intézet / Közpolitika Tanszék

Academic Content

Schnell Sabina

sabina.schnell@uni-corvinus.hu

+36 70 492 0009

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Adjunktus / Assistant Professor

Rektori Szervezet / Társadalom- és Politikatudományi Intézet / Közgazdálkodás és Közpolitika Tanszék

Event Manager

Petrovics Nándor

nandor.petrovics@uni-corvinus.hu

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Egyetemi tanársegéd / Assistant Lecturer

Rektori Szervezet / Kutatási és akadémiai közösségért felelős rh.

Communication

Waffenschmidt Edit

edit.waffenschmidt@uni-corvinus.hu

+36 1 482 7000 • Ext: 7000

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Intézeti titkárságvezető /Head of Secretariat of Institute

Rektori Szervezet / Társadalom- és Politikatudományi Intézet

Permanent Scientific Committee

Stephen Osborne, University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) – Honorary Chairperson

Salvatore Russo, Ca’ Foscari University Venice (Italy) – Chairperson

Tie Cui, University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

Marie Leandre Gomez, ESSEC(France)

Ricardo Gomes, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (Brazil)

György Hajnal, Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary)

Ian Hodgkinson, Loughborough University (United Kindgom)

Albert Meijer, University of Utrecht (Netherlands)

Greta Nasi, Bocconi University (Italy)

Maria Rohnebak, University of Inland (Norway )

Paula Rossi, University of Tampere (Finland)

Jari Stenvall, University of Tampere (Finland)

Call for Papers

The International Scientific Committee invites 500 words (maximum) abstract submissions to the Conference. Inter alia, papers may address one of the following themes, but other relevant papers are welcome.

The co-creation of value, co-production and PSI
Ecosystemic approaches to PSI
Co-design and the role of citizens/service users in PSI
Behavioural public administration and PSI
The third and non-profit sector and PSI
PSI and ICT/digital technology (including the use of Big Data)
Collaboration and open innovation
Innovative responses to climate change and environmental challenges
Social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, and PSI
Managing and evaluating PSI
Political dimensions of PSI
PSI for sustainable development
Innovation in public policy and in public policy processes
The ‘dark side’ of PSI
Public – private partnerships and PSI
The governance of risk in PSI

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PROCESS

Abstracts (max 500 words) should be submitted by email to pubsic2026@uni-corvinus.hu by 24^th October 2025. They will be reviewed by the Permanent Scientific Committee and decisions notified to authors by 10^th November 2025.

Important Deadlines

10 November 2025 -Extended deadline for Abstract Submission
26 November 2025 – Start of the registration
8 December 2025 – Deadline of reduced registration fee – Early Bird
10 January 2025 – Deadline of conference registration at full fee
1 February 2026 – Programme publication
9-10 February 2026 – Conference – 8 February evening: Reception

Submission and presentation requirements

If you send your full paper by 15 January in email, we will make them available to participants through a cloud service, but this is not mandatory.

Presentation in the Conference:

please prepare for a roughly 15 minute presentation

please bring your ppt with you on a USB stick

Registration – closes on 10 January 2026!

For accounting reasons, registration fee payments must be made in Hungarian Forints (HUF) and will be accepted only in HUF as follows:

Early Bird Registration (Until 8 December) – 97500 HUF
Full Fee Registration – (9 December – 10 January) – 117000 HUF

For more information please contact us at pubsic2026@uni-corvinus.hu

Submission and Presentation Requirements

If you send your full paper by 15 January in email to pubsic2026@uni-corvinus.hu, we will make them available to participants through a cloud service, but this is not mandatory.

Presentation in the Conference:

please prepare for a roughly 15 minute presentation

please bring your ppt with you on a USB stick

Program outline will be published here after the registration closes.

Local Information

Conference Location

Location: Gellért Campus of Corvinus University.

Address: Budapest, Ménesi út 5, 1118

Travelling to Budapest

Getting to Budapest by Plane
Budapest is served by Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD), located about 16 km southeast of the city center. The airport offers direct flights from many major European cities and international hubs.

Getting to the City Center
From the airport, the city center is easily accessible:

Bus 100E: Direct service to downtown (Deák Ferenc tér), approx. 35–40 minutes. Tickets available at airport vending machines or via the BudapestGO app.
Taxi: Official taxis (Főtaxi) are available outside the terminal. A ride to the city center costs around €25–30 and takes about 30 minutes.
Airport Shuttle: Shared minivan services can be booked at the airport or in advance online.

Getting to Gellért Campus from the Airport:

Take Bus 100E from Budapest Airport to Kálvin tér.

At Kálvin tér, take Tram 47 or 49 toward Kelenföld.

Get off at Gárdonyi tér.

Walk uphill on Ménesi út for about 5–7 minutes.

You will reach the Gellért Campus of Corvinus University.

Google maps route:

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Budapest+Airport/Corvinus+University+of+Budapest+Gell%C3%A9rt+Campus

Accomodation

Hotels near Gellért Campus – Google Map

Featured hotels

Budapest Marriot Hotel*****

250 USD/night

3 km from Venue

The Budapest Marriott Hotel offers breathtaking views that capture the essence of the city’s beauty. From the hotel’s rooms and suites, guests can enjoy stunning panoramas of the Danube River, the majestic Buda Castle, the iconic Chain Bridge, and the picturesque Gellért Hill.

Intercontinental Budapest *****

250 USD/night

3 km

Located on the Danube Promenade with stunning views of the Danube River and the castle district — one of Budapest’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites — InterContinental Budapest provides an elegant setting to explore the history, vibrant gastro scene, and cultural destinations the capital city.

Danubius Hotel Astoria City Center****

3 km

120 USD/night

A hotel with classic styling and a rich history right at the heart of Budapest – the legendary Danubius Hotel Astoria City Center opened in 1914 as one of the city’s most elegant hotels, and – over a century later – it stays true to that original character. Sublime fin-de-siècle architecture and comfortable rooms, in the center of Budapest, 10-minute walk from prime attractions like the Hungarian National Museum, the Great Synagogue (the largest in Europe), the Danube promenade and the famous Váci Street.

Airport-shuttle buses, metro and tram lines just in front of the building.

La Prima Fashion Hotel Budapest ****

130 USD/night

3 km

Perfect location on Váci Street
Real city center feel: step out of the hotel and right into the heart of the city
Just a few minutes from the capital’s main tourist attractions
80 fashionable rooms, fitness suite

The hotel is just a few minutes away from the Danube, so after your conference day you can take a walk at the Danube-Corso and get lost in the magnificent view of the city lights.

Mercure Budapest Korona Hotel ****

120 USD/night

2,5 km

The hotel is located in the center of Budapest: Váci Street and Great Market Hall are in a walking distance, National Museum is just in front of the hotel building.

Airport shuttle bus and Kálvin tér metro station are just on the other side of the street.

It’s just a 10-minute walk to Corvinus along a vibrant street lined with shops and restaurants.

Hotel Ibis Centrum Budapest

2,6 km

120 USD/ night

ibis Budapest Centrum is the best choice if you look for a hotel with excellent location. Discover Budapest with public transport – metro station is just 50 meters from the hotel. The Market Hall, Liberty bridge and the famous Váci street are near by. The Ibis Budapest Centrum is only 44 meters from a Metro Station. The Great Market Hall and Corvinus University are just 600 meters away, accessible by a pleasant walk through quiet, hidden streets with great architecture— that’s why we usually accommodate our guests here.

Meininger Budapest Great Market Hall ***

2 km

100 USD/ night

This very recently built and unique hostel-hotel combination is located right next to Great Market Hall. It offers a wide range of accommodation options from more sustainable & community-minded to the more premium rooms.

Contact

pubsic2026@uni-corvinus.hu