Andrea Szabó, our Institute's Senior Research Fellow, and András Déri's study titled "Be Real! Age Effects on the Interpretations of Political Participation" has been published in the journal YOUNG (Q1).

Bendegúz Plesz and András Körösényi's study titled "The opportunities and constraints of successful heresthetical strategies: attitudes, identities, and the framing of the Russian-Ukrainian war in Hungary" has been published in the East European Politics journal (D1).

Gábor Illés and Tamás László's study titled "Crowds and plebiscitary representation: Rituals of presence in the Orbán regime" has been published in The British Journal of Politics and International Relations.

Gabriella Szabó (HUN-REN TK PTI) and Lenka Vochocová (Charles University, Prague) are organising a panel discussion for the upcoming ECREA conference titled “Cringe Culture in Politics: Exploring Humour, Vulnerability, and Ridicule in the Digital Age.” The organisers are accepting applications for the panel discussion until March 14, 2025.

Cornel Ban, Gergő Medve-Bálint and Clara Volintiru's study titled "The Politics of Developmental Alliances and Municipal Industrial Policy in Central and Eastern European Cities" has been published in the journal Competition & Change (D1).

Our Institute's research fellow presented about the good practices for tackling transport poverty in Hungary together with Lea Kőszeghy (CSS Institute for Sociology) on the 11th of December.

Research fellow Ana Stojilovska and project assistant Sára Szabó represented our Institute in the WISE Pan-European Conference which took place on the 6th of December 2024 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

New journal article by Eszter Bartha and Tibor Valuch ’Making or Faking Capitalism? Socialist Dreams and Postsocialist Experiences in East-Central Europe’ has been published in the Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe (Q1).

Marianna Kopasz and her co-authors Tamás Bartus and Ildikó Husz have published their study “The role of the family’s ethnicity and correlates in social workers’ risk perceptions: Evidence from a vignette study in Hungary” in Children and Youth Services Review (Q1; IF: 2.4).

New journal article by Attila Bartha and Zsolt Boda ’Tax Compliance Motivations During Corruption Scandals in a Fragile Democracy: A Before-and-After Study’ has been published in Europe-Asia Studies (D1: History, Q1: Sociology and Political Science, IF: 1.2).