Szilágyi Botond (born 1997) joins the tranzit. ro/Cluj team from March 2024 as program coordinator. He is a PhD student at UBB, Doctoral School of Philosophy. He obtained his BA degree in Philosophy from the „Department of Philosophy of the Hungarian Line, Faculty of History and Philosophy at UBB, and his MA degree in Critical Theory and Multicultural Studies, Faculty of History and Philosophy at UBB. Currently working on his doctoral thesis, Botond is engaged in research in the field of history and critical theory, and is mainly interested in the changing forms of being and the historical specificity of capitalist forms. He takes part in organizational and editorial work around the Hungarian Institute of Philosophy. He strongly believes that theory and the arts play a vital role in positive social, cultural and historical change.