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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The Director General of the Centre for Social Sciences (CSS) is currently seeking candidates for the position of Administrative and Communications Officer for the MORES project.
Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics (IEEJSP) invites original research papers for its thematic issue Privatized Childhoods: the decreasing role of the state in childcare services.
New paper by Ana Stojilovska 'Fostering a democratic and socially just energy transition: How do Ombudspersons in Europe frame energy poverty?' has been published in the journal Energy Research & Social Science.
Gerő, Márton, Zsanett Pokornyi, Endre Sik, and Ráchel Surányi. 2023. “The impact of narratives on policy-making at the national level. The case of Hungary” BRIDGES Working Papers 22. https://www.bridges-migration.eu/publications/the-impact-of-narratives-on-policy-making-at-the-national-level-the-case-of-hungary/
A new €9.75m project funded by the European Commission will bring together outputs from key social science research infrastructures to inform the NextGenerationEU recovery plan and European Union youth policy.
New journal article by András Bíró-Nagy and Áron Szászi ’Perceptions of the European Union’s Policy Impact: Europeanisation of Public Attitudes in Hungary’ has been published in East European Politics and Societies.
Stefkovics, Á., Zenovitz, L. Global warming vs. climate change frames: revisiting framing effects based on new experimental evidence collected in 30 European countries. Climatic Change 176, 159 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-023-03633-x Q1, IF: 5.3
Rudolf Metz's article with Veronika Kövesdi on political sectarianism is published in Politics, Religion & Ideology.
New paper by Zsolt Boda “Shrinking space: the changing political opportunities of advocacy groups in illiberal governance” has been published in the journal European Politics and Society.
New paper by Áron Buzogány “EU Renewable Energy Governance and the Ukraine War: Moving Ahead Through Strategic Flexibility?” has been published in the journal Politics and Governance.
Our results
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.
