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Invitation to the Machine learning workshop of the POLTEXT project
On November 15th, a workshop will be held on „Machine learning applications” in co-operation between MTA SZTAKI and the POLTEXT project of MTA TK. More information (in Hungarian) is available in the attached invitation.
Publication: Miklós Sebők's new article

Publication: Zoltán Gábor Szűcs's new article

Zoltán Gábor Szűcs recently published a new article entitled "Aristotle's realist regime theory" in European Journal of Political Theory.
Publication: András Körösényi's new article

András Körösényi recently published a new article entitled "The Theory and Practice of Plebiscitary Leadership: Weber and the Orbán regime" in East European Politics and Societies.
Publication: Csaba Békés's new article

Csaba Békés recently published a new article entitled "Hungary 1968: Reform and the challange of the Prague Spring" in "Eastern Europe in 1968. Responses to the Prague Spring and Warsaw Pact invasion" edited by Kevin McDermott és Matthew Stibbe.
Publication: Miklós Sebők's new article

Miklós Sebők and Tamás Berki recently published a new article entitled "Punctuated Equilibrium In Democracy and Autocracy: An Analysis of Hungarian Budgeting Between 1868 and 2013" in European Political Science Review.
Publication: Pál Susánszky's new article

Balázs Majtényi, Ákos Kopper, and Pál Susánszky recently published a new article entitled "Constitutional othering, ambiguity and subjective risks of mobilization in Hungary: examples from the migration crisis" in Democratization.
Publication: Zsófia Papp's new article
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Zsófia Papp recently published a new article entitled "Do Personalised Campaigns Hint at Legislator Activities? The (lacking) relationship between campaigns and legislator behaviour in Hungary" in Parliamentary Affairs.
Publication: Gábor Illés', András Körösényi's and Rudolf Metz's new article
Latest posts
pti memo 05 – BeU and CORE: Reflections on Jean Monnet Chair and Centre of Excellence Project Experiences

In the fifth pti memo blog post, we report on a lecture by Boglárka Koller, in which she presented her project titled "Cultivating Our European Resilience and Evolution" (CORE) and its significance. Boglárka Koller is the Head of the Department of European Studies at the University of Public Service, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies (KRTK), and Jean Monnet Chair. The lecture was hosted by the HUN-REN CSS Institute for Political Science on May 22, 2025, as part of its Speaker Series.
pti memo 04 – Quo Vadis in Turkey and Implications for Democracy in the World

The latest post of the pti memo blog series offers insights from a thought-provoking lecture by Murat Somer, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Özyeğin University Istanbul and Research Affiliate at the Democracy Institute of the Central European University. Titled "Quo Vadis in Turkey and Implications for Democracy in the World", the lecture explored current political developments in Turkey and their broader implications on combating democratic backsliding. The event took place on May 8, 2025, as part of the HUN-REN CSS Institute for Political Science’s Speaker Series.
pti memo 03 – Ideological Conflict, Logrolling, and Policy Reform

The third blog post of the pti memo series summarises the lecture of Dr. Matthew Edward Bergman, Assistant Professor at Corvinus University of Budapest, titled “Ideological Conflict, Logrolling, and Policy Reform: An Analysis of Government Declarations in Western Europe.” The event was organised as part of the HUN-REN Institute for Political Science’s Speaker Series on April 10, 2025. This research, conducted jointly with Hanna Bäck (Lund University) and Wolfgang C. Müller (Universität Wien), investigates why some governments commit to more reform measures in their government declarations.
pti memo 02 – The Russia-Ukraine War and Its Structural Consequences

The second pti memo post summarises the lecture by Bálint Magyar and Bálint Madlovics, researchers at the CEU Democracy Institute, titled “The Russia-Ukraine War and Its Structural Consequences.” The event was organised as part of the HUN-REN Institute for Political Science’s Speaker Series on February 6, 2025.
Mixed economic results and growing political conflict – Hungary’s 20 years of EU membership
Hungary is often portrayed as a problem case for European integration due to frequent clashes between Viktor Orbán’s government and the EU’s institutions. Yet, as András Bíró-Nagy and Gergő Medve-Bálint explain in their post on the LSE EUROPP blog, the country’s 20 years in the EU have also seen a relatively high level of compliance with EU policies and strong support for membership among the public.
pti memo 01 – Propaganda as a Social Process
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In the first pti memo post, we summarise Christian Baden’s (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) thought-provoking lecture titled “Propaganda as a Social Process.” The lecture was hosted by the HUN-REN Institute for Political Science as part of its Speaker Series event series on January 23, 2025.