As data visualization becomes increasingly pervasive, a fundamental question arises: How can we ensure that experts and non-experts actively participate in the design process of data-driven storytelling? Our research proposal, in collaboration with HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research, seeks to answer this critical question by delving into the design space of data-driven storytelling and developing innovative co-creation tools to enhance science communication.

This research project explores how scientific organizations can use co-design and data storytelling to effectively communicate complex information to non-expert audiences. Addressing a critical gap in science communication, it focuses on developing innovative methods and tools for making data-driven narratives both accessible and engaging, while ensuring accuracy and resonance with diverse stakeholders.

Each year 21 million tons of waste are generated due to still-usable electric products being thrown away. In response to the Right to Repair movement, in this project, we focused on the possibilities of repairable electronic household products from a product design perspective. A system with interactions that makes repair possible for consumers and enables to include outer repair services was designed. To test this framework, a monitor was chosen as the focus of the case study. The process included thorough background research, three sets of user testing, and interviews with consumers and manufacturers. As a result of this research, we could prove that the same electronic household products with the same main components can be repairable with redesigned interactions providing a tool to combat the growing number of waste and loss of resources.

The history of Debrecen was fundamentally shaped by fires, which were frequent and devastating until the middle of the 19th century. The City of Debrecen, together with the Reformed Parish of the High Church, decided to commemorate these fires. Based on the minutes and written documents found in the Debrecen archives, Olga Kocsi was commissioned by MOME to create a data-based installation that showcases the history of the city's fires. Other MOME citizens also participated in the project, including researcher Mihály Minkó.

We work to find solutions to the challenges of protecting freshwater reedbeds. Reedbeds are natural habitats of great importance to aquatic life. However, the destruction and fragmentation of reedbeds has serious consequences for the ecosystem as a whole.

A research group at MOME Innovation Center, at the call of Albert-László Barabási, physicist and network researcher, have developed a joint project, in which a network drawing robot and an augmented reality (AR) application was presented.

This research aims to expand urban placemaking toolkits to species other than humans, combined with methodologies that prompt urban professionals to consider natural elements and ecological systems equal parts or users of the urban space.

Pollino is a more-than-human placemaking initiative intersecting design, ecology, and urban planning. It seeks to explore how to reimagine urban landscapes to better cater to the needs of pollinators and enhance biodiversity and resilience.