One of the international highlights of this fall at the Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies was a three-day study trip that brought twenty students from the Hochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung und Finanzen Ludwigsburg to the Department of Cybersecurity and E-Government at Ludovika. Held between October 16 and 18, 2025, the program explored current issues in cybersecurity, data protection, and e-government, while also deepening the long-standing professional partnership between the two institutions.
The event kicked off on October 16 at the university’s Education Center, where Tamás Szádeczky, head of the departement and Robert Müller-Török welcomed the participants at the ceremonial opening. The morning continued with a guest lecture by Václav Stupka from Masaryk University in Brno, followed in the afternoon by a presentation from Tamás Szádeczky, both offering valuable insights into the legal and management dimensions of cybersecurity.
On the second day, the group visited the National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, where Attila Kiss, head of department, introduced students to the key principles of EU data protection regulations and their application in Hungarian practice.
The program concluded on October 18 with a session on Hungarian e-government practices, led by Balázs Kőnig, LLM, a former distinguished lecturer at our faculty, who shared his experience in the field and engaged students in lively discussion.
The guest delegation was led by Robert Müller-Török, a renowned German scholar in e-government and vice dean of the Digital Public Administration Management program in Ludwigsburg. Professor Müller-Török plays an active role in digital public administration development in both Austria and Germany, and our university has enjoyed a long-standing professional collaboration with the university and the professor.
The main goal of the study trip was to provide students with meaningful intercultural experiences, direct exposure to key areas of Hungarian cybersecurity, e-government, and data protection, and to foster lasting institutional cooperation between Ludwigsburg and Ludovika.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the National Media and Communications Authority for its generous support in facilitating the guest lecturer’s visit to Hungary.
Text and photo: FPGIS International Department