Katalin Fehér

Katalin Feher Ph.D. (born 1974) is a digital trend fitter and a new media researcher. Senior research fellow of digital research at the Research Centre of Budapest Business University, Hungary, co-founder & head of research and innovation at Digital Identity Agency, Hungary & UK, visiting professor at the Masaryk University, Czech Republic. Feher’s research and teaching focuses on emerging technologies, digital trends and strategies, new media theories and best practices, digital and mobile identity, network science, big data, online reputation management, and social media.

Biography

Katalin Feher was born in Dunaujvaros, Hungary. She studied philosophy, communication and media, literature and linguistics at University of Pecs. After spending several years practicing mass and emerging new media she started her international career in digital research and developments. 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 on gamification studies and on social psychology. Feher’s interest extends to both practice and theory in her field while her academic and professional careers are building parallel.

Academic experience

Feher is a senior research fellow of digital research at the Research Centre of Budapest Business University, Hungary and a visiting professor at the Masaryk University, Czech Republic. She was working along 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 (USA)
• 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 Malta, Taylor’s University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Eötvös Lóránd University, Corvinus University of Budapest, and Budapesti Business School University of Applied Sciences.

Professional experience

She is a digital trend fitter and online communication strategy consultant. She focuses on future-oriented companies, projects and best practices. As an expert, Feher worked among others with Shell, Microsoft, T-Mobile, Telenor, Prezi, Cafe Communications, Culture.Crane, Insomnia, and Morpho Communications. She has been working as a professional trainer at Kürt Academy since 2012.

Selected publications and projects

• 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: How do Higher Education Students manage their Digital Footprints before Finding a Job? In: Journal of Education and Vocational Research Vol. 4, No. 12, pp. 354–360, Dec 2013 (ISSN 2221-2590)
• Katalin Feher (2012) The Frameworks of New Media. In: Brian D Loader (ed) The Co-Production of Knowledge: Social Media, STS. University of York.

• "Acta Universitas : An International Scientific Journal of Sapientia University : Communicato" (PDF). Acta.sapientia.ro. Retrieved 2016-10-24. 
• "Applied Psychology : Proceedings of the 2015 Asian Congress of Applied Psychology (ACAP 2015)" (PDF). Worldscientific.com. Retrieved 2016-10-24. 
• "Digital Mobilisation and Identity after Smart Turn: Media and Communication IS&T Book Chapter". IGI Global. Retrieved 2016-10-24. 
• Katalin Fehér. "Consumption of Metapatterns : A CDT Model for the Understanding of Patterns in New Media" (PDF). Journal of Information Architecture. 5. Retrieved 2016-10-24. 
• "Media and the City" (PDF). Cambridgescholars.com. Retrieved 2016-10-24. 
• "How do Higher Education Students manage their Digital Footprints before Finding a Job?" (PDF). Journal of Education and Vocational Research. 4: 354–360. 2013. ISSN 2221-2590. Retrieved 2016-10-24. 
• "The Co-Production of Knowledge" (PDF). York.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-24. 

Publications and projects in online databases

• Publications by Katalin Feher on Academia.edu
• Publications by Katalin Feher on ResearchGate

Awards

• Best paper and presentation on Trends in Multidisciplinary Business and Economics Research Conference, 2015
• BBS CIMB Science Award, 2014

Memberships

• UNESCO Information for All Programme – IFAP, Information Accessibility Working Group
• Association of Internet Researchers
• European Communication Research and Education Association
• European Society for Aesthetics
• Public Body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Hungarian Communication Studies Association
• Insomnia ThinkBank.

• "Information accessibility | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". Unesco.org. Retrieved 2016-10-24.