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Petru Groza's left-wing turn

Institute for Minority Studies

A Romanian-language article by Béni L. Balogh has been published in issue 1-2/2025 of the quarterly journal Arhivele Totalitarismului (Archives of Totalitarianism), published by the National Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism (Institutul Naţional pentru Studiul Totalitarismului) in Bucharest. The title of the article is "Cotitura de stânga al lui Petru Groza la sfârșitul anilor 1920, începutul anilor 1930" ("Petru Groza's left-wing turn at the end of the 1920s and the beginning of the 1930s").

Paksi, Veronika – Tardos, Katalin – Takács, Judit – Suhajda, Ccilla Judit – Mazancová, Jana – Bojnec, Stefan – Kobolák, Julianna (2025) Gender Equality Barriers in Agriculture and Life Sciences in Central European Universities.

Institute for Sociology

Paksi, Veronika – Tardos, Katalin – Takács, Judit – Suhajda, Ccilla Judit – Mazancová, Jana – Bojnec, Stefan – Kobolák, Julianna (2025) Gender Equality Barriers in Agriculture and Life Sciences in Central European Universities. Social Inclusion, 13, Article 10086. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.10086

Sathmarland, du meine Heimat conference

Institute for Minority Studies

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Satu Mare is organizing a conference on August 7-8, 2025 titled "Sathmarland, du meine Heimat" The Swabians of Sathmar from the Settlement to the Present Day. Two of our colleagues will also give presentations at the conference. The title of Ferenc Eiler's presentation is: "Dangerous Friends" The Fundamental Dilemmas of German-Hungarian Cooperation in Romania. The title of Réka Marchut's presentation is: The Swabians of Sathmar and the Catholic Church during the Years of the Second World War (1940-1944). Réka Marchut is also a member of the conference's organizing team.

New research project on energy poverty

Institute for Political Science

Ana Stojilovska, Senior Research Fellow at our Institute, won a new project titled Local Initiatives for Green Housing Transitions (LIGHT) funded by the European Climate Foundation. The project aims to empower trusted local actors to co-create structural solutions for affordable, low-carbon housing through shared learning and practices in Hungary.

New publication – Tibor Valuch: The future of deindustrialization

Institute for Political Science

Tibor Valuch’s study titled "The future of deindustrialization – a social and cultural turn? The future of former industrial landscapes and industrial societies in Central Eastern Europe" has been published in issue 1/2025 of the Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe (Q1, IF: 0.9).

In a web of attachments

Institute for Minority Studies

Csilla Zsigmond's book Kötődések hálójában – A nemzeti identitás mintázatai a kisebbségi magyar fiatalok körében [In a web of attachments: Patterns of national identity among minority Hungarian youth] has been published as part of the Szociológiai Tudástár series of the University of Debrecen.

The publication is available for free.

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