Our Research Professor Levente Littvay received Giovanni Sartori Prize
The prize was given at the annual meeting of the Italian Society of Political Science (SISP).
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Leading the way in domestic political science: the Institute for Political Science has achieved outstanding publication performance in international journals between 2019 and 2022
DEMOS Leader Zsolt Boda Says "Populism Challenges Institutions of Liberal Democracies"
Populism is a complex term usually carrying a negative connotation, often associated with leaders who criticize the elite—be it political, academic or scientific—that their citizens view, and react to, with skepticism. Scholars have tried to define the term and label parties and politicians as such, but the H2020 Research and Innovation Action project DEMOS seeks to go beyond that, taking into account both the individual level, psychological roots of populist attitudes and describing the features and consequences of populist governance. In an interview for the Hungarian radio channel Civil Rádió on March 6, Zsolt Boda, the leader of DEMOS, spoke about the goals of the project. One of them is to cover populism through multiple manifestations across Europe and beyond, shedding light on its varieties, how populism relates to specific cultural contexts, and how different social actors react to the challenges of populism.
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The primary objective of the Institute for Political Science of MTA Centre for Social Sciences is to conduct basic research in political science. Researchers at the Institute conduct both theoretical and empirical research, and the results are disseminated to both the academic and general public at scientific and professional forums.
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Our Institute's Horizon Europe Project PLEDGE Got Funded by the European Union
PLEDGE - POLITICS OF GRIEVANCE AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE is a research and innovation project studying grievances and their impacts on democracy.
New Palgrave book co-edited by András Bíró-Nagy: The Social Democratic Parties in the Visegrád Countries
This book, edited by András Bíró-Nagy and Ania Skrzypek, and published by Palgrave Macmillan, analyses three decades of political developments within the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia.
Our Senior Research Fellow, David Wineroither Published Two Op-eds in Major Daily Newspapers
The articles appeared in Neue Zürcher Zeitung and in Der Standard.
Miklós Sebők receives major new grant to apply artificial intelligence to the study of Central European policy agendas
The five-year project, funded with over EUR 560 000, is entitled: "The changing global relations of the Visegrad countries in times of war - An artificial intelligence-assisted comparative analysis".
New Publication: Energy spaces: bridging scales and standpoints of just energy transitions
New paper by Ana Stojilovska and her colleagues Energy spaces: bridging scales and standpoints of just energy transitions has been published in the Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning.
20 April, 2023 - Successful Application to the International Visegrad Fund Call
The Visegrad Fund approved the funding of the grant proposal 'Identifying News Slant in Crisis Communication Using Artificial Intelligence' of the Centre for Social Sciences.
Our Research Fellow, Zoltán Gábor Szűcs Gave an Interview to RevDem - Review of Democracy
Our Colleague had a discussion about his newest book, Political ethics in illiberal regimes. A realist interpretation
New Publication: Anti-democratic youth? The influence of youth cohort size and quality of democracy on young people’s support for democracy
New paper by Godfred Bonnah Nkansah and Attila Bartha: Anti-democratic youth? The influence of youth cohort size and quality of democracy on young people’s support for democracy has been published in Contemporary Politics.
New Publication: An insatiable hunger for charisma? A follower-centric analysis of populism and charismatic leadership
New paper by Rudolf Metz and Bendegúz Plesz "An insatiable hunger for charisma? A follower-centric analysis of populism and charismatic leadership" has been published in Leadership (D1).
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