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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Stefkovics, Ádám – Sik, Endre (2022) What Drives Happiness? The Interviewer’s Happiness. Journal of Happiness Studies (IF: 3.852)
European societies in times of turmoil. Snapshots from the European Social Survey
Call for Papers: The Challenges of Artificial Intelligence for Law in Europe: Values, Rights and Regulation in the European Legal Space
Zakariás, Ildikó: Kinship Idioms and Care-Control Dynamics in Hungarian Co-ethnic Philanthropy. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations (IF: 2,46). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-022-00460-z
Ibolya Czibere – Imre Kovách – Piotr Szukalski – Pawel Starosta (2021): Depopulation and Public Policies in Rural Central Europe. The Hungarian and Polish Cases. Ager: Revista de Estudios sobre Despoblacion y Desarrollo Rural, 33, 57-82. (Q3)
Sára Hungler – Zsuzsa Árendás (2021) The level playing field of Hungarian social partners before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Intersections East European Journal of Society and Politics. 7(3) (Q2)
Ákos Huszár – Katalin Füzér (2021) Improving Living Conditions, Deepening Class Divisions: Hungarian Class Structure in International Comparison, 2002–2018. East European Politics and Societies. (IF: 1.430)
Máté Zombory – Claire Drevon (2021) 9. Documentation historique pendant la guerre froide: L’histoire du livre de Jenő Lévai, Eichmann en Hongrie (1961). Revue d’Histoire de la Shoah, 214, 231-255.
The Centre for Social Sciences (CSS) launches a call for applications for inviting internationally acclaimed foreign researchers for a period of 1–8 months to conduct research in Hungary.
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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
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.
