The study titled "Regeneration of Military Brownfield Sites: A Possible Tool for Mitigating Urban Sprawl?" by Tamás Kovalcsik, our Institute's Research Fellow, has been published in the journal "Land" (Q1) (other authors: Bence Szabó and Zoltán Kovács).

The book chapter titled "Parental involvement and school choice in Hungarian primary schools" by Gabriella Pusztai, Hajnalka Fényes and Péter Róbert, our Institute's Research Professor, has been published in the book "School Choice in Europe" (Routledge).

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!

The Directorate of our Institute has announced the “Researcher of the Year” and the “Young Researcher of the Year” awards, recognizing the outstanding scientific achievements of two of our colleagues in 2024.

The study titled "International Organisations Legitimation in the Media in Eurasian Post-Socialist Countries" by Krzysztof Rybinski and Orsolya Ring, our Institute's Research Fellow, has been published in the journal "Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics".

A co-authored study by István Benedek, a Research Fellow at our Institute, titled “Return to Power: The Illiberal Playbook from Hungary, Poland, and the United States”, has been published in the journal Politics in Central Europe.

Miklós Sebők, Csaba Molnár and Anna Takács's study titled "Levelling up quantitative legislative studies on Central-Eastern Europe:: Introducing the ParlText CEE Database of Speeches, Bills, and Laws" has been published in the journal "Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics".

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.