Social Dynamics in the post-Covid age. Inequalities, integration, migration in regional, urban and rural context
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Zsuzsa Árendás (2022): Under the long shadow of working-class origins. “The Class Ceiling: Why it Pays to be Privileged” by Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison. Policy Press & Bristol University Press, 2020. Book Review
Institute for Sociology
Zsuzsa Árendás (2022): Under the long shadow of working-class origins. “The Class Ceiling: Why it Pays to be Privileged” by Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison. Policy Press & Bristol University Press, 2020. Book Review. Intersections East European Journal of Society and Politics, Volume 8 Issue 2, 197-200. (Q3)
Ákos Huszár – Karolina Balogh – Ágnes Győri (2022): Educational mobility at the top and the bottom of the social structure in Hungary
Institute for Sociology
Ákos Huszár – Karolina Balogh – Ágnes Győri (2022): Educational mobility at the top and the bottom of the social structure in Hungary. Intersections East European Journal of Society and Politics, Volume 8 Issue 2, 138-155. (Q3)
Zsuzsanna Árendás – Vera Messing (2022): ‘I was told the position has already been filled’ Barriers to mobility and coping strategies of highly qualified Roma youth on their way to the business sector in Hungary
Institute for Sociology
Zsuzsanna Árendás – Vera Messing (2022): ‘I was told the position has already been filled’ Barriers to mobility and coping strategies of highly qualified Roma youth on their way to the business sector in Hungary. Intersections East European Journal of Society and Politics, Volume 8 Issue 2, 41-58. (Q3)
Judit Durst – Ákos Huszár (2022): Individual success, collective failure? The process and consequences of social (im)mobility in neo-liberal times
Institute for Sociology
Judit Durst – Ákos Huszár (2022): Individual success, collective failure? The process and consequences of social (im)mobility in neo-liberal times. Intersections East European Journal of Society and Politics, Volume 8 Issue 2, 1-11. (Q3)
Social Mobility. The latest issue of Intersections is out
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New Publication: Science and Vaccine Scepticism in Light of Political Ideologies and Partisanship during the Third COVID-19 Wave in Hungary
Institute for Political Science
The paper "When Ideology Matters More - Science and Vaccine Scepticism in Light of Political Ideologies and Partisanship during the Third COVID-19 Wave in Hungary." by Eszter Farkas, Balázs Böcskei and Andrea Szabó is published in Politics in Central Europe.
Immler, Nicole – Kovács, Éva (2022) Zum politischen Anspruch der Oral History. Über das epistemische Schweigen und die ontologische Taubheit der Mehrheitsgesellschaft
Institute for Sociology
Immler, Nicole – Kovács, Éva (2022) Zum politischen Anspruch der Oral History. Über das epistemische Schweigen und die ontologische Taubheit der Mehrheitsgesellschaft. FQS Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 23(2), Art. 2, (IF: 1.53, Q1)
Social Structure and Inequalities Through the Lens of Digital Data - Júlia Koltai's proposal receiving Lendület (Momentum) grant
Centre for Social Sciences
Bernadett Csurgó, Melanie K. Smith (2022): Cultural Heritage, Sense of Place and Tourism: An Analysis of Cultural Ecosystem Services in Rural Hungary
Institute for Sociology
Bernadett Csurgó, Melanie K. Smith (2022): Cultural Heritage, Sense of Place and Tourism: An Analysis of Cultural Ecosystem Services in Rural Hungary. Sustainability Vol 14, no. 12: 7305. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14127305 (Q1, IF: 3.251)
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Measuring attitudes towards voluntary childlessness: Indicators in European comparative surveys
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
Mental health risk in human services work across Europe: the predictive role of employment in various sectors
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
WISE project and OTKA research: Collective for women for solidarity in energy and the energy crisis in Hungary
4 November, 2024
Transport poverty in Hungary
Expert workshop on 9 October, 2024
Long-term impact of unhealthy food tax on consumption and the drivers behind: A longitudinal study in Hungary
Importance of social inequalities to contact patterns, vaccine uptake, and epidemic dynamics
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
The role of digital status in adult child–parent relationships in European comparative perspective
Attitudes Toward Immigration in Europe. New publication by Ivett Szalma
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
Anti-pluralism, labour market policy and the pandemic: Political uses and social consequences of COVID-19 in Hungary
Gárdos, J., Hungler, S., & Illéssy, M. (2024) Anti-pluralism, Labour Market Policy and the Pandemic: Political Uses and Social Consequences of COVID-19 in Hungary. Social & Legal Studies, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09646639241233939. Online first. Q1.