Borbála is a design, art and engineering manager working as a Junior Research Fellow and pursuing a PhD in Sociology, focusing on children’s rights in Hungary. Her work centres on social and environmental sustainability through practice-based design research with children and communities in urban and segregated rural contexts. Supporting children’s participation is central to her practice. Alongside her research, she is involved in volunteer initiatives and collaborative projects with national and international partners. Her work emphasises community empowerment, collective action and social design, promoting sustainable change through participatory processes that rethink shared spaces, strengthen social connections and foreground participation from an early age.