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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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.
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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.
