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.
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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.
Upcoming events
Hana Porkertová: Doing Knowledge in Blind Assemblages
Featured news
Book launch: Mothers, Families or Children? Family Policy in Poland, Hungary and Romania, 1945-2000 By Tomasz Inglot, Dorottya Szikra and Cristina Rat
Thursday, 27 April 16.45-18.15.
Speakers: Dorottya Szikra, Central European University and Cristina Rat, University of Babes Bolyai
Discussants: Dorothee Bohle, University of Vienna and Imre Szabo, Central European University
Venue: Konferenzraum, Institute für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Wien. Universitätsstrasse 7 (NIG building), 2nd floor
20 April, 2023 - Successful Application to the International Visegrad Fund Call
The Visegrad Fund approved the funding of the grant proposal 'Identifying News Slant in Crisis Communication Using Artificial Intelligence' of the Centre for Social Sciences.
Our Research Fellow, Zoltán Gábor Szűcs Gave an Interview to RevDem - Review of Democracy
Our Colleague had a discussion about his newest book, Political ethics in illiberal regimes. A realist interpretation
New Publication: An insatiable hunger for charisma? A follower-centric analysis of populism and charismatic leadership
New paper by Rudolf Metz and Bendegúz Plesz "An insatiable hunger for charisma? A follower-centric analysis of populism and charismatic leadership" has been published in Leadership (D1).
New Publication: Republicanism and the legitimacy of state border controls
New paper by Szilárd Tóth: Republicanism and the legitimacy of state border controls has been published in Ethics and Global Politics.
CSS Award for Best Publication of the year
23 March, 2023
Zsolt Boda, Director General of the Centre for Social Sciences awarded Best Publication of the Year of each institute at CSS. The papers were introduced to colleagues at the general annual meeting on 23 March, 2023.
Call for Application: Publication Scholarship in the Institute for Political Science 2023
The Institute for Political Science, Centre for Social Sciences is launching a scholarship programme for BA, MA and PhD students to support scientific work in political science.
2020–2023 yearbook of the MILAB research accomplishments has been published
24 February, 2023
The 2020–2023 yearbook of the MILAB project at the Centre for Social Sciences (CSS) has been published. The publication sets on to showcase the various themes and fruition of the most recent research cases conducted within MILAB, Artificial Intelligence National Laboratory.
Zsolt Körtvélyesi has won a new Marie Sklodowska-Curie project
20 February, 2023
Principal Investigator Zsolt Körtvélyesi, host institute: CEU
Our results
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.
New publication: Solidarity with displaced People from Ukraine in Hungary
Shrinking space. The changing political opportunities of advocacy groups in illiberal governance
Zsolt Boda's latest paper
Identification of social scientifically relevant topics in an interview repository: a natural language processing experiment
Judit Gárdos, Julia Egyed-Gergely, Anna Horváth, Balázs Pataki, Roza Vajda, András Micsik
Paper published in the Journal of Documentation, on 13 October 2023
Beyond multidirectional memory: Opening pathways to politics and solidarity
15 June, 2023
Recently published:
Kékesi, Z., & Zombory, M. (2023). Beyond multidirectional memory: Opening pathways to politics and solidarity. Memory Studies, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/17506980231176040
Illés–Körösényi: The touch of the leader. Representation and responsiveness in plebiscitary leader democracy
June 2023
Gábor Illés & András Körösényi (2023) The touch of the leader: representation and responsiveness in plebiscitary leader democracy, Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory, DOI: 10.1080/1600910X.2023.2220086
A safety net against populism? An investigation of the interaction effect of political efficacy and democratic capacities on populist attitudes
June 2023
New publication: Márton Bene & Zsolt Boda (2023) A safety net against populism? An investigation of the interaction effect of political efficacy and democratic capacities on populist attitudes, Political Research
Populist radical-right governments in Central-Eastern Europe and education policy-making: a comparison of Hungary and Poland
June 2023
Recently published:
Eszter Neumann & Paweł Rudnicki (2023) Populist radical-right governments in Central-Eastern Europe and education policy-making: a comparison of Hungary and Poland, Journal of Contemporary European Studies