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Upcoming events
Deliberative Constitution-making and Local Participatory Processes in Poland and Hungary
Research seminar on Hoffman István's paper (HU)
Featured news
New publication: Youth Study Hungary 2021 - Discontent, Polarisation, Pro-Europeanism
„Youth Study Hungary 2021 - Discontent, Polarisation, Pro-Europeanism”, the new book by András Bíró-Nagy and Andrea Szabó on Hungarian youth has been published
New publication: Does cohort size matter? Assessing the effect of youth cohort size and peer influence on young people’s electoral participation
The article titled "Does cohort size matter? Assessing the effect of youth cohort size and peer influence on young people’s electoral participation", written by Godfred Bonnah Nksansah and Zsófia Papp is now available in the Journal of Youth Studies.
New publication: Environmental attitudes, environmental problems and party choice. A large-N comparative study
The new publication of Zsófia Papp titled "Environmental attitudes, environmental problems and party choice. A large-N comparative study" is now available in the Political Geography journal.
New publication: "Do electoral reforms tend to favour the incumbents? A quantitative analysis"
The new article by Veronika Patkós and Árpád Stump titled "Do electoral reforms tend to favour the incumbents? A quantitative analysis" is now available in the Acta Politica journal.
New publication: "Measuring partisan polarization with partisan differences in satisfaction with the government: the introduction of a new comparative approach"
Veronika Patkós' new article titled "Measuring partisan polarization with partisan differences in satisfaction with the government: the introduction of a new comparative approach" is now available in the Quality & Quantity journal.
Call for papers: Hungarian Journal of Legal Studies – Acta Juridica Hungarica
Hungarian Journal of Legal Studies invites submissions for its thematic issue on ‘Challenges of children’s rights’, guest edited by Ágnes Lux (Centre for Social Sciences)
Call for Applications for a Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship in Law (Budapest)
Call for Application for a Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship in Law: Centre for Social Sciences Institute for Legal Studies and the Pázmány Péter Catholic University Faculty of Law and Political Sciences have established a joint fellowship programme. This programme aims to enhance international competitiveness in research and education by involving a postdoctoral foreign researcher in Hungarian academic work. The programme is termed for a period of 10 months.
New publication: Investigating the Effects of Self-centered Social Media Communication Style on User Engagement
A new article has been published in the Political Communication journal, entitled "Keep Them Engaged! Investigating the Effects of Self-centered Social Media Communication Style on User Engagement in 12 European Countries". It has been written by Márton Bene, Andrea Ceron, Vicente Fenoll, Jörg Haßler, Simon Kruschinski, Anders Olof Larsson, Melanie Magin, Katharina Schlosser and Anna-Katharina Wurst
New publication: Comparing visual political communication of populist and non-populist parties
A new article entitled "Strikingly similar: Comparing visual political communication of populist and non-populist parties across 28 countries" is now available in the European Journal of Communication. It was authored by Xénia Farkas, Daniel Jackson, Paweł Baranowski, Márton Bene, Uta Russmann, and Anastasia Veneti.
Our results
Civic education works as a vaccine against populism
March 2022
Public attitudes to coronavirus in highly polarised Hungary
Paradoxical Right-Wing Sexual Politics in Europe
12 January, 2022
(eds. Cornelia Möser, Jennifer Ramme, Judit Takács). Published by Palgrave Macmillan
When Spatial Dimension Matters: Comparing Personal Network Characteristics in Different Segregated Areas
15 December, 2021
By Éva Huszti, Fruzsina Albert, Adrienne Csizmady, Ilona Nagy, Beáta Dávid
Social inclusion, Vol 9, No 4 (2021): In Good Company? Personal Relationships, Network Embeddedness, and Social Inclusion
Work conditions and burnout. New publication
Preferred leadership style, managerial and entrepreneurial inclination among Hungarian students
11 November, 2021
The new special issue of Philosophical Transactions edited by CSS-RECENS researchers is now out: The language of cooperation: reputation and honest signalling
4 October, 2021
Proximity can induce diverse friendships: A large randomized classroom experiment
August 2021
Tamás Keller's new publication in PlosOne
Guidelines on how to include the gender perspective in the analysis of migration narratives
Just published: Policy Agendas in Autocracy, and Hybrid Regimes. The Case of Hungary
Editors: Sebők, Miklós, Boda, Zsolt
Palgrave Macmillan