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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Attila Bartha and his co-authors Gabriel Asante and György Gajduschek have published their study "A social problem or a sacred promise? Explaining the mechanisms driving fee-free educational policy change in Ghana" in the journal Policy Studies (Q1, IF: 2.2).
Marianna Kopasz and her co-authors Ágnes Győri, Ildikó Husz and Márton Medgyesi published their study "Does attending to extremely poor clients increase the burnout of social workers?" in the European Journal of Social Work.
Christopher R. Jones, Christian Oltra, Alessio Giacometti, Vanja Čok, Janez Povh, Ursa Lamut, Gaston Meskens, Joke Kenens, Robbe Geysmans, Catrinel Turcanu, Zoltan Ferencz, Maria Teresa Orlando, Chiara Bustreo (2024). The clock is ticking: Understanding the ‘mixed feelings’ about fusion energy in Europe. Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 113, 103538, ISSN 2214-6296, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103538. (IF=6.7; Q1)
Boglárka Herke (2024). Large and/or single-parent families: Public attitudes towards pronatalist and anti-poverty family policies in Hungary. International Journal of Social Welfare, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12691 (Q1; IF: 1.2)
Ádám Stefkovics, Fruzsina Albert, Anna Sára Ligeti, Beáta Dávid, Szilvia Rudas & Júlia Koltai (2024): Vaccination homophily in ego contact networks during the COVID‑19 pandemic. Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65986-2
Paksi Veronika – Tardos Katalin (2024). Professional networking in the field of social sciences. Belvedere Meridionale vol. 36. no. 1. pp 43–54. https://doi.org/10.14232/belv.2024.1.3
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Ana Stojilovska and her colleagues have published their articles in the journals Energy Research & Social Science and Energies.
Berezvai, Z., Vitrai, J., Tóth, G., Brys, Z., Bakacs, M., & Joó, T. (2024). Long-term impact of unhealthy food tax on consumption and the drivers behind: a longitudinal study in Hungary. Health Policy, 105098. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105098 (Q1)
Sipos, A., & Bagyura, M. (2024). Fighting for Space Within the Cis‐ and Heteronormative Public Sphere: An Analysis of Budapest Pride. Social Inclusion, 12, Paper 7808. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.7808 (Q2)
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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
