David Karacsonyi

David Karacsonyi serves as Casual Research Staff and Adjunct Research Fellow at the Northern Institute within the Faculty of Arts and Society at Charles Darwin University. His academic profile shows active engagement in research related to geography of remote, peripheral and rural areas with a focus on sparsely populated regions.

His research interests include:

• Geography of remote, peripheral and rural areas
• Quantitative spatial analysis of demographic patterns
• Human-geography nexus in sparsely populated regions like the Australian 'Outback'
• Socio-economic and political frameworks affecting sparse regions
• Post-Soviet rural studies
• Urban sprawl impacts in China

His recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on demographic patterns in remote regions, combining quantitative analysis with social and cultural context assessment. His work spans Australian Northern Territory, post-Soviet countries, and international comparative studies of sparsely populated areas.

David has been actively involved in multiple research projects including:

• HEPPP Indigenous Cross-Cultural Higher Education Engagement (2022-2024)
• A Multicultural Northern Territory - 2021 update (2023)
• Barkly Region jobs profile & workforce plan (2020-2021)
• Evaluation of Darwin and Alice Springs Visitor Parks (2023)
• Healing from Country for Country through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art (2025-2026)
• Northern Territory Gender Equity Research (2024-2026)

He completed his PhD thesis titled 'Sparsely populated remote edges through a regional geography perspective' in 2023 under supervisors Taylor A. and Dyrting S.