Gerő, Márton – Sik, Endre (2020): The Moral Panic Button: construction and consequences
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Routledge. London. p. 39-58.
Centre for Social Sciences in H2020 and Horizon Europe
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.
Learn more about our EU funded projects:
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.
Featured news
Koltai, Júlia – Sik, Endre – Simonovits, Bori (2020) Network capital and migration potential
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International Journal of Sociology
The New Alliance of Church and State in Hungarian Education Policy
Institute for Minority Studies
Dorottya Szikra (2019) Ideology or Pragmatism? Interpreting Social Policy Change under the System of National Cooperation
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In Kovács, J. M. and B. Trencsényi (Eds.) Brave New Hungary: Mapping the System of National Cooperation; Rowman and Littlefield, Lexington Books, 225-241.
Labour relations and employment policies in times of volatility
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The special issue of socio.hu has been published
Call for a Visiting Researcher Fellowship
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The Institute for Political Science at the Centre for Social Sciences calls for applications for a three-month visiting researcher fellowship in “Public policy in the digital age”. The successful candidate will be affiliated with the Department of Government and Public Policy.
China and Eastern Europe: New Presences
Centre for Social Sciences
A Century of Minority Rights - Lessons from the Post-Versailles System
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Expert seminar organized by the International Centre for Ethnic And Linguistic Diversity Studies and the Department of Russian and East European Studies, Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University.
Our colleagues, Balázs DOBOS and Balázs VIZI participate in the panel discussion entitled The new challenges and new dividing lines between the ‘West’ and the ‘East’ and the future of the European minority rights regime.
The event takes place at the House of National Minorities, Prague on 6 December 2019.
Publication: Rudolf Metz's and Dániel Oross's new article
Institute for Political Science
Rudolf Metz and Dániel Oross have recently published an article entilted „Strong Personalities’ Impact on Hungarian Party Politics: Viktor Orbán and Gábor Vona” in "Party Leaders in Eastern Europe” edited by Sergiu Gherghina.
Household debt on the peripheries of Europe: new constellations since 2008
Institute for Minority Studies
Workshop organized by Periféria Policy and Research Center.
Our colleague, Judit DURST attends and presents her paper entitled Spiralling debts of low-income households: the case of homemaking
grant (CSOK) in rural Hungary.
The event takes place at the Gólya Cooperative, on 22-23 November, 2019.
Our results
Illiberal Social Policy in Europe. New paper by Dorottya Szikra
9 July, 2025
Szikra, D., & Autischer, L. (2025). Illiberal Social Policy in Europe: When Policy Implementation Meets Welfare Ideas. Politics and Governance, 13, Article 9707. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.9707
Urban Planning in the Context of Democratic Backsliding
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)
New book: The Challenges of Artificial Intelligence for Law in Europe
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.
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