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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A new study by our research fellow, István Benedek, has been published in Comparative European Politics (Springer Nature), an international journal ranked D1. The title of the publication is: “Polarizing transition? Opposition strategies and the rise of Péter Magyar and the Respect and Freedom Party (TISZA) in Hungary.”
A new study by Áron Buzogány, Dániel Mikecz, and Piotr Kocyba, published in the journal *Environmental Politics* (D1), examines the sociological background and political attitudes of protesters in the Fridays for Future climate movement, comparing participants in Eastern and Western European countries.
Anna Ujlaki's new book, A Feminist Exploration of Migration – A Critical Cosmopolitan Care Approach, has been published, offering a feminist rethinking of the political theory of migration.
The study by Marianna Kopasz, Zófia Papp, Csilla Zsigmond, and Ildikó Husz examines the determinants of acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine in Hungary, with a particular focus on trust in science.
The INFOPOLDEM project, launched with the participation of the ELTE Centre for Social Sciences, has received funding under the EUI Widening Europe Programme 2026, with Veronika Patkós as one of the lead researchers.
The book "'The Peculiar Four' and Europe. Political Communication in Social Media in the Visegrad Countries before the 2024 European Parliament Elections," co-edited by Márton Bene, has been published by Harrasowitz Verlag.
