Established in 2012, the Centre for Social Sciences (CSS), a Centre of Excellence of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, is currently a partner in nine EU-funded projects within the frameworks of both Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. This amounts to over €1.3 million in funding for excellent and innovative research.
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CSS is part of the Eötvös Loránd Research Network, an independent public institution managed by a 13-member Governing Board and accountable to the Hungarian Parliament. CSS is classified as a public budgetary institution, making it eligible not only to submit proposals to any EU funding programme but also to participate in EU-funded projects as a coordinator, partner, or sole beneficiary.
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CALL FOR PAPERS - International conference on “Legal discourses on international and EU migration/refugee law in Central and Eastern Europe: emerging new narratives or business as usual?”
Albert Fruzsina, Brys Zoltán, Gerdán Mercédesz, Herke Boglárka (2023). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on important relationships in Hungary. In: István, Grajczjár; Laki, Ildikó (szerk.) Epidemic and society, trends, consequences, coping strategies. Budapest, Magyarország : Milton Friedman University. 163 p. pp. 7-34. , 28 p.
Stefkovics, Á. (2023). The association between the interviewers’ and the respondents’ political attitudes in a telephone survey. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2023.2292500 Q1, IF: 3.3
The plaque was given by the President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for our colleague's outstanding scientific performance.
Our research professor has been appointed as Chair of the Board of European Association for Public Administration Accreditation (EAPAA).
The Director General of the Centre for Social Sciences (CSS) is currently seeking candidates for the position of Administrative and Communications Officer for the MORES project.
Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics (IEEJSP) invites original research papers for its thematic issue Privatized Childhoods: the decreasing role of the state in childcare services.
New paper by Ana Stojilovska 'Fostering a democratic and socially just energy transition: How do Ombudspersons in Europe frame energy poverty?' has been published in the journal Energy Research & Social Science.
Gerő, Márton, Zsanett Pokornyi, Endre Sik, and Ráchel Surányi. 2023. “The impact of narratives on policy-making at the national level. The case of Hungary” BRIDGES Working Papers 22. https://www.bridges-migration.eu/publications/the-impact-of-narratives-on-policy-making-at-the-national-level-the-case-of-hungary/
A new €9.75m project funded by the European Commission will bring together outputs from key social science research infrastructures to inform the NextGenerationEU recovery plan and European Union youth policy.
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Recently published (17.06.2025):
Kőszeghy Lea, Hilbert Bálint, & Csizmady Adrienne (2025). Urban Planning in the Context of Democratic Backsliding: The Case of Hungary. Urban Planning, Vol 10 (2025): The Role of Planning in ’Anti-Democratic’ Times. Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press. 0.592 (Q1), IF 1.7 (2024)
13 May, 2025
The book The Challenges of Artificial Intelligence for Law in Europe published recently by Springer was edited by Márton Varju and Kitti Mezei, as part of the book series Data Science, Machine Intelligence, and Law.
20 March, 2025
New publication:
Szalma I, Heers M, Tanturri ML (2025) Measuring attitudes towards voluntary childlessness: Indicators in European comparative surveys. PLOS ONE 20(3): e0319081. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319081
New publication: Ágnes Győri, Éva Perpék, Szilvia Ádám: Mental health risk in human services work across Europe: the predictive role of employment in various sectors. Frontiers in Public Health-ben (Q1, IF: 3)
30 January, 2025
4 November, 2024
Expert workshop on 9 October, 2024
Manna, A., Koltai, J. & Karsai, M. Importance of social inequalities to contact patterns, vaccine uptake, and epidemic dynamics. Nature Communication 15, 4137 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48332-y
Ivett Szalma & Marieke Heers (2024) Attitudes Toward Immigration in Europe. Understanding the Links Between Pronatalism and Voluntary Childlessness, International Journal of Sociology, DOI: 10.1080/00207659.2024.2319420
