Date: Tuesday, 24 November 2026, 16:30–18:00 (CET) 

Venue: Corvinus University of Budapest, Building C, Room C.5.510 

Language: English 

The defence is held in English in hybrid format; you can also join online. 

You are cordially invited to the thesis proposal defence of Haruming Saraswati entitled “Resource Integration and Liminal Public Value Co-creation in the Development of the New Capital City of Indonesia”. 

Supervisors: Tamara Keszey, Prof. Hab., PhD; Moreno Frau, PhD 

Opponents: Tamás Viktor Csordás, PhD (Corvinus University of Budapest); Ludovica Moi, PhD (University of Cagliari) 

Chair: Erzsébet Malota, Prof. Hab., PhD 

Large-scale urban transitions, such as the relocation of a national capital, generate profound uncertainty by disrupting established institutional arrangements and social routines. While previous research has investigated resource integration and value co-creation primarily in stable service contexts, little is known about how those processes unfold under conditions of liminality. This study investigates how liminality shapes resource integration and value co-creation during the establishment of Indonesia’s new capital city, Nusantara. 

The study applies an inductive, theory-building case study design, based on semi-structured in-depth interviews with government officials, industry practitioners and relocated residents, complemented by an analysis of policy documents. The findings show that liminality functions as a generative condition that disrupts existing institutional logics, heightens interdependence among actors and enables new forms of collaboration. The study develops the Liminality-Induced Resource Integration and Co-Creation (LIRIC) model. 

All interested colleagues and doctoral students are welcome.