Research Interests
Zoltán Brys is a junior research fellow at the Centre for Social Sciences and a PhD candidate at Semmelweis University, Doctoral School of Mental Health Sciences. His research focuses on health sociology, particularly on the clustering of smoking and other health-damaging behaviours in society. He is also interested in sustainability and environmental sociology. He earned his MA degree in 2021 at Károli Gáspár University and was a member of the Eötvös Loránd University – UNESCO Agenda 2030 human ecology research group. He serves as an editor for Lege Artis Medicinae and European Journal of Mental Health. In 2021, he received the Kolossváry Róbert Memorial Award. His methodological approach includes frequentist methods alongside machine learning and network analysis. His Erdős number is 3, and he is a member of the LINK group led by Péter Csermely at Semmelweis University.
Selected Publications
Brys, Z., Pénzes, M., Békés, V., Albert, F. (2025). Gendered educational disparities and in-home smoking and use of electronic tobacco/nicotine devices among cohabiting couples: findings from a Hungarian cross-sectional survey. Tobacco Control.
Brys, Z., Tóth, G., Urbán, R., Vitrai, J., Magyar, G., Bakacs, M., Berezvai, Z. (2022). The epidemiology of smoking and e-cigarette use in the Hungarian adult population in 2018. Orvosi Hetilap, 163(1), 31–38.
Joó, T., Foley, K., Brys, Z., et al. (2025). Impact of regulatory tightening of the Hungarian tobacco retail market on availability, access and cigarette smoking prevalence of adolescents. Tobacco Control, 34(4), 430–435.
Zbíral, D., Riccardo, K., Hampejs, T., Brys, Z. (2025). Gender, kinship, and other social predictors of incrimination in the inquisition register of Bologna (1291–1310). PLoS One, 20(2), e0315467.
Acsády, J., & Brys, Z. (2024). [Correlations of Ethics of Care, Environmental Responsibility and Gender Norms. Szociológiai Szemle, 34(4), 44–60.
