Zsuzsa Ferge

Zsuzsa Ferge (25 April 1931 – 4 April 2024) was a Hungarian sociologist and statistician who is particularly known for her work on poverty reduction. She was a professor emerita in the Department of Policy, Economics, and Law at Eötvös Loránd University, where she helped to establish a department of social policy studies.

In 1998, Ferge was made a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In 1993, she was elected to the Academia Europaea.

In 2002, Ferge was awarded the Middle Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary. In 2011, Ferge won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hungarian Sociological Society.

Ferge died on 4 April 2024, at the age of 92.

Selected awards Middle Cross, Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2002) Imre Nagy Order of Merit (2007) Twenty Years of the Republic Award (2009) European Citizens' Prize (2010) Lifetime Achievement Award, Hungarian Sociological Society (2011) Honorary doctorate, University of Edinburgh