Research Interests

local politics, local government, municipalities, migration and social change, Local Organization of Social Services (LOSS), election and local democracy

Selected Publications

Bódi, Ferenc (2024) The Evolution of the Hungarian Railway Network and Its Impact on Hungary’s Development in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries. In Stefano Maggi (ed.) La rotaia e il treno - Due secoli di sviluppo, Pisa, Pacini Editore, pp. 65–86. ISBN 979-12-5486-319-0

Bódi, Ferenc ; Toldi, Andrea (2024) The emergence of minority municipalities in local politics in Hungary. CENTRAL EUROPEAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW 25 : 95 pp. 129-140,12 p. 

Bódi, Ferenc – Bódi, Mátyás (2023) Where are the voters? Three decades into a silent democracy (Electoral geographical approach). In Csugó, B. – Mathieu, N. – Megyesi, B. Rural Society, Power and Social Integration. Budapest, Debrecen, Paris: Centre for Social Sciences, Debrecen University Press, Social Dynamics and Recomposition of Spaces Laboratory, 121–141.

Bódi, Ferenc – Ragusa, Andrea – Savova, Ralitsa (2020): Courage in Politics. Pisa, Pacini Editore, 200 p.

Research Projects

Municipality election 1990 – 2024 in Hungary and East Central Europe countries