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Latest news
5 January, 2026 - Dr. Rafiazka Millanida Hilman joined the MTA–TK Lendület “Momentum” Digital Social Science Research Group for Social Stratification led by Julia Koltai
10 October, 2025 – Presentation by Zoltán Kmetty at the Data Donation Symposium
2 August, 2025 – CSS-RECENS at the IC2S2 Conference (July 21–24, 2025, Norrköping, Sweden)
2 August, 2025 – CSS-RECENS at the ESRA Conference (July 14–18, 2025, Utrecht, the Netherlands)
Zoltán Kmetty spoke to Research Professional News about big platforms
Science Journalist Amy McDermott comments the article of Szabolcs Számadó on PNAS online
The article „Honesty in signalling games is maintained by trade-offs rather than costs” by Szabolcs Számadó, István Zachar, Dániel Czégel and Dustin J. Penn has been published in BMC Biology. Science Journalist Amy McDermott recommend it online on the website of PNAS.
Available here: https://www.pnas.org/post/journal-club/peacock-s-tail-and-other-flashy-ornaments-don-t-have-come-cost
Szabolcs Szabolcs Számadó wins IgNobel award in the Peace prize
Momentum (Lendület) and ERC grantees protest against interference in expert decision in scientific funding
Momentum (Lendület) and Hungarian ERC grantees protest against the decision of NKFIH that altered the ranking of proposals set up by scientific expert bodies for OTKA (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund) fundamental research proposals. This interference has been carried out by NKFIH officials without consulting the expert bodies. The full text of the open statement can be found on the website of Lendület grantees: https://www.lendulet2019.info/
Call for papers :: Social dynamics. Inequalities, integration, mobility and migration
Social dynamics. Inequalities, integration, mobility and migration
Conference at the Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest :: 16–17 November, 2020
The EVILTONGUE project moves to The Institute for Analytical Sociology
Recent papers and publications
26 August, 2026 - New publication by Zoltán Kmetty, Ádám Stefkovics, Emese Bata, Bendegúz Váradi and Petra Parragi
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On 26 August, 2026, a new article has been published by Zoltán Kmetty, Ádám Stefkovics, Emese Bata, Bendegúz Váradi and Petra Parragi in Frontiers in Political Science. The title of the article is “Polarization of news diets over time: longitudinal evidence from a data-donation study”.
25 August, 2026 - New publication by Zoltán Kmetty and Ádám Stefkovics
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On 25 August, 2026, a new article has been published by Zoltán Kmetty and Ádám Stefkovics in Information, Communication & Society. The title of the article is “The accuracy of survey measures on political activity on Facebook. Evidence from a data donation study”.
24 July, 2026 - New publication by Eliza Bodor-Eranus, Zsuzsanna Szvetelszky, Nóra Méhes and Beáta Lázár
On 24 July, 2026, a new article has been published by Eliza Bodor-Eranus, Zsuzsanna Szvetelszky, Nóra Méhes and Beáta Lázár in Business Ethics and Leadership. The title of the article is “ Ethical Leadership and Sensemaking in Volunteer-Based Transient Organizations: A Cross-Level Projective Case Study”.
28 May, 2026 - New publication by Eszter Vit and Isabel J. Raabe
On 28 May, 2026, a new article has been published by Eszter Vit and Isabel J. Raabe in Social Networks. The title of the article is “Rigid boundaries, selective salience: How classroom gender composition shapes adolescent friendships”.
14 May, 2026 - New publication from the V*NET project
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On 14 May, 2026, a new article has been published by Eszter Vit, Eliza Bodor-Eranus, Béla Janky, Zsuzsanna Szvetelszky, Beáta Lázár and Károly Takács in Rationality and Society. The title of the article is “Social networks and the emergence of informal norms and metanorms in transient working groups”.
9 May, 2026 - New publication by Bence Ságvári and Ádám Stefkovics
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On 9 May, 2026, a new article has been published by Bence Ságvári and Ádám Stefkovics in International Journal of Social Research Methodology. The title of the article is “How do people answer web surveys? The consequences of distractions, multitasking, and completion context”.
22 April, 2026 - New publication by Ádám Stefkovics
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On 22 April, 2026, a new article has been published by Ádám Stefkovics in Public Opinion Quarterly. The title of the article is “Gender-of-Interviewer Effects in the Measurement of Gender Attitudes: Lessons from 18 Countries of the European Social Survey”.
10 April, 2026 - New publication by Blanka Szeitl, Bence Ságvári and Vera Messing
19 March, 2026 - New publication by Ádám Stefkovics and Vera Messing
On 19 March, 2026, a new article has been published by Ádám Stefkovics and Vera Messing in Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology. The title of the article is “He Said, She Said: Gender-of-Interviewer Effects and the Role of the Interviewers’ Gender Attitudes in the Hungarian ESS Round 11”.
23 February, 2026 - New publication by Ádám Stefkovics and Dömötör Gere
On 23 February, 2026, a new article has been published by Ádám Stefkovics and Dömötör Gere in PNAS Nexus. The title of the article is “Beliefs and sharing intentions of human- and AI-generated fake news: Evidence from 27 European countries”.
10 February, 2026 - New publication by Ádám Stefkovics, Anna Sára Ligeti and Júlia Koltai
On 10 February, 2026, a new article has been published by Ádám Stefkovics, Anna Sára Ligeti and Júlia Koltai in Vaccine. The tiltle of the article is "Willingness to vaccinate in a future pandemic. Evidence from a vignette experiment".