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
Featured news
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
9 July, 2025
Szikra, D., & Autischer, L. (2025). Illiberal Social Policy in Europe: When Policy Implementation Meets Welfare Ideas. Politics and Governance, 13, Article 9707. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.9707
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
