Mid-term strategic plan of the Institute for Political Science (summary)
Leading the way in domestic political science: the Institute for Political Science has achieved outstanding publication performance in international journals between 2019 and 2022
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As part of the WISE (Women in Solidarity for Energy), LIGHT (Local Initiatives for Green Housing Transitions), and OTKA - Hungary in the Energy Crisis projects, Sára Szabó, Ana Stojilovska, and Lili Szücs from the Institute for Political Science organized on 12 May 2026 the conference “The Female Faces of Poverty – Challenges, Services, Vulnerable Groups” at the MTA Humanities Research House in Budapest.
As part of the WISE (Women in Solidarity for Energy) and LIGHT (Local Initiatives for Green Housing Transitions) projects, Sára Szabó, Lili Szücs, and Ana Stojilovska from the Institute for Political Science organized a “storytelling workshop” with single mothers on the 18th of April 2026 in Budapest.
Researchers from the Institute for Political Science and the Institute of Sociology participated in the international workshop called “Workshop on Sustainability Conflicts in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans“ in Vienna on 20–21 May 2026.
The Hungarian Psychodrama Association received the Nets4Dem Emerging Innovation Award in Brussels for the work carried out within the framework of the INSPIRE research project
As part of the WISE (Women in Solidarity for Energy) and LIGHT (Local Initiatives for Green Housing Transitions) projects, Lili Szücs, Sára Szabó, and Ana Stojilovska, from the Institute for Political Science, organized the “Energy Solidarity Days”.
A new publication by Andrea Szabó, András Bozóki, and Zoltán Gábor Szűcs has been published Democracy Seminar , in which the researchers characterize the 2026 parliamentary elections using the concept of an “electoral revolution.”
Valuch Tibor, a member of our institute, published a chapter in De Gruyter Handbook of Eastern European Politics, Society and Culture called Deindustrialization to Reindustrialization: Social and Economic Impact of Postcommunist Industrial Transformation.
As part of the WISE (Women in Solidarity for Energy) and LIGHT (Local Initiatives for Green Housing Transitions) projects, 5 online workshops were held throughout November 2025 and February 2026, co-organized with Utcajogász Association and Menedék Association, and moderated by Ana Stojilovska, Sára Szabó, and Lili Szücs from the Institute for Political Science.
An article by Dániel Mikecz and Eszter Farkas has been published in the journal Problems of Post-Communism (Impact Factor: 2.0), in which they analyzed the voter behavior in the 2021 opposition primary elections.
A new study by Andrea Szabó, Senior Research Fellow, and Annamária Sebestyén, Research Fellow, at the Institute for Political Science has been published in the international journal ranking D1, called Post-Soviet Affairs (Taylor & Francis).
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In the fifth pti memo blog post, we report on a lecture by Boglárka Koller, in which she presented her project titled "Cultivating Our European Resilience and Evolution" (CORE) and its significance. Boglárka Koller is the Head of the Department of European Studies at the University of Public Service, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies (KRTK), and Jean Monnet Chair. The lecture was hosted by the HUN-REN CSS Institute for Political Science on May 22, 2025, as part of its Speaker Series.
The latest post of the pti memo blog series offers insights from a thought-provoking lecture by Murat Somer, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Özyeğin University Istanbul and Research Affiliate at the Democracy Institute of the Central European University. Titled "Quo Vadis in Turkey and Implications for Democracy in the World", the lecture explored current political developments in Turkey and their broader implications on combating democratic backsliding. The event took place on May 8, 2025, as part of the HUN-REN CSS Institute for Political Science’s Speaker Series.
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.
