On March 15, 2025, Dr. István Stumpf was awarded the Széchenyi Prize. On behalf of the entire Institute, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to our retired Senior Research Fellow!
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The primary objective of the Institute for Political Science of the Centre for Social Sciences (CSS) 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 research professor presented on 'The Secular-Islamist Dimension of Spatial Voting: Underrepresentation in Tunisia'.
The Institute for Political Science (Ana Stojilovska) as part of a consortium led by EnAct, France won a 2-year project Women for Solidarity in Energy (WISE) under the CERV-2023-CITIZENS-CIV call worth 365,225 EUR.
Gergő Medve-Bálint and his co-author, Jakub Szabó has recently published an article entitled The "EU-Leash": Growth Model Resilience and Change in the EU's Eastern Periphery in Politics and Governance.
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New paper by Ervin Csizmadia 'The Logic of Hungarian Political Development (1990-2022): Historical Political Perspectives' has been published by Lexington Books.
New paper by Gergő Medve-Bálint and Andrea Éltető 'Economic nationalists, regional investment aid, and the stability of FDI-led growth in East Central Europe' has been published in the Journal of European Public Policy.
The plaque was given by the President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for our colleague's outstanding scientific performance.
Our research professor has been appointed as Chair of the Board of European Association for Public Administration Accreditation (EAPAA).
New paper by Ana Stojilovska 'Fostering a democratic and socially just energy transition: How do Ombudspersons in Europe frame energy poverty?' has been published in the journal Energy Research & Social Science.
New journal article by András Bíró-Nagy and Áron Szászi ’Perceptions of the European Union’s Policy Impact: Europeanisation of Public Attitudes in Hungary’ has been published in East European Politics and Societies.
Rudolf Metz's article with Veronika Kövesdi on political sectarianism is published in Politics, Religion & Ideology.
Latest posts
The third blog post of the pti memo series summarises the lecture of Dr. Matthew Edward Bergman, Assistant Professor at Corvinus University of Budapest, titled “Ideological Conflict, Logrolling, and Policy Reform: An Analysis of Government Declarations in Western Europe.” The event was organised as part of the HUN-REN Institute for Political Science’s Speaker Series on April 10, 2025. This research, conducted jointly with Hanna Bäck (Lund University) and Wolfgang C. Müller (Universität Wien), investigates why some governments commit to more reform measures in their government declarations.
The second pti memo post summarises the lecture by Bálint Magyar and Bálint Madlovics, researchers at the CEU Democracy Institute, titled “The Russia-Ukraine War and Its Structural Consequences.” The event was organised as part of the HUN-REN Institute for Political Science’s Speaker Series on February 6, 2025.
Hungary is often portrayed as a problem case for European integration due to frequent clashes between Viktor Orbán’s government and the EU’s institutions. Yet, as András Bíró-Nagy and Gergő Medve-Bálint explain in their post on the LSE EUROPP blog, the country’s 20 years in the EU have also seen a relatively high level of compliance with EU policies and strong support for membership among the public.
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In the first pti memo post, we summarise Christian Baden’s (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) thought-provoking lecture titled “Propaganda as a Social Process.” The lecture was hosted by the HUN-REN Institute for Political Science as part of its Speaker Series event series on January 23, 2025.
