Authors of the best publications of our institutes are acknowledged each year. On 5 March, 2025, Zsolt Boda, General Director, handed out the awards at the annual meeting of the Centre for Social Sciences, followed by brief presentations of the research findings.
We inform our partners that due to a government decision, our research centre was integrated into ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. As of 1 August 2025, our legal name is ELTE Centre for Social Sciences
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Institute for Minority Studies
Between 16 and 18 June 2026, the Council for European Studies will hold its 32nd International Conference at University College Dublin. Csilla Zsigmond and Margit Feischmidt will participate in the event with their presentation entitled “Hope, Solidarity – Activism? Some Characteristics of the Public Engagement of the Tisza Islands from the Perspective of Transformative Solidarity.”
Institute for Minority Studies
Institute for Minority Studies
Institute for Minority Studies
The Association for the Study of Nationalities will hold its 30th Annual World Congress at Columbia University in New York from May 28–30, 2026, with Balázs Dobos and Balázs Vizi among the participants.
Institute for Minority Studies
Institute for Political Science
The Hungarian Psychodrama Association received the Nets4Dem Emerging Innovation Award in Brussels for the work carried out within the framework of the INSPIRE research project
Institute for Political Science
As part of the WISE (Women in Solidarity for Energy) and LIGHT (Local Initiatives for Green Housing Transitions) projects, Lili Szücs, Sára Szabó, and Ana Stojilovska, from the Institute for Political Science, organized the “Energy Solidarity Days”.
Institute for Political Science
A new publication by Andrea Szabó, András Bozóki, and Zoltán Gábor Szűcs has been published Democracy Seminar , in which the researchers characterize the 2026 parliamentary elections using the concept of an “electoral revolution.”
Institute for Minority Studies
Institute for Minority Studies
On the occasion of Europe Day, an international forum titled “Dialogues on Europe” was held in Uzhhorod, where Csilla Fedinec also took part.
Our results
June 2026
Katona, N., & Gábriel, D. (2026). The quiet collapse: Authoritarian neoliberalism and the crisis of care of older people in Hungary. Economy and Society, 55(2), 301–323. https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2026.2632445
March 2026
Benedek István (2026): Polarizing transition? Opposition strategies and the rise of Péter Magyar and the Respect and Freedom Party (TISZA) in Hungary. Comparative European Politics.
