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Latest news
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
About the planned restructuring of the research network of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The principal investigators engaged in the “Lendület” program wish to contribute the observations summarized in the present report to facilitate the policy preparation process pertaining to the restructuring of both the research financing system and the innovation landscape in our country, as initiated by the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM).
Material compiled by principal investigators in the “Lendület” program for the Ministry for Innovation and Technology and decision-makers
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International concern about the government pressure on the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Nature)
Hungary’s scientists outraged by government budget grab
Innovation ministry’s decision to issue grant call using money meant for Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ operations sparks protests.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00586-z
Call for Interns, 2019 Winter/Spring
The „Lendület” Research Center for Educational and Network Studies (RECENS) at the HAS (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) offers an internship opportunity.
Duration of the internship program: February 2019 - June 2019
Working hours 6-8 hours/week
Candidates are welcome to send their application no later than February 24th by e-mail to: freigang.istvan@tk.mta.hu. Please mention „RECENS internship” in the subject of your email.
Recent papers and publications
9 September, 2025 - New publication by Ádám Stefkovics, Anna Sára Ligeti et al.
On 9 September, 2025, a new article has been published by Ádám Stefkovics, Kinga Batiz, Blanka Zsófia Grubits and Anna Sára Ligeti in Sociological Methods & Research. The title of the article is “What Types of Survey Questions are Prone to Interviewer Effects? Evidence Based on 29,000 Intra-Interviewer Correlations From 28 Countries of the European Social Survey”.
4 September, 2025 - New publication by Károly Takács
On 4 September, 2025, a new article has been published by Károly Takács in Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews. The title of the article is “A Sociology of Humankind: How We Are Formed by Culture, Cooperation, and Conflict”.
29 August, 2025 - New publication by Tamás Keller and Péter Szakál
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On 29 August, 2025, a new article has been published by Tamás Keller és Péter Szakál in Scientific Reports. The title of the article is “The positive effect of moral self-concept on fraudulent behavior and the need for moral cleansing”.
15 August, 2025 - New publication by our members in EPJ Data Science
On 15 August, 2025, a new article has been published by Júlia Koltai, Zsófia Rakovics, Zoltán Kmetty, Borbála Ungvári, Bendegúz Váradi, and Ákos Huszár in EPJ Data Science. The title of the article is “Classifying social position with social media behavioral data”.
13 August, 2025 - New publication by Zoltán Kmetty et al.
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On 13 August, 2025, a new article has been published by Chen Yijing, Zoltán Kmetty, Gerardo Iñiguez and Elisa Omodei in Communication Methods and Measures. The title of the article is “The public that engages invisibly: what visible engagement fails to capture in online political communication”.
2 August, 2025 - New publication by Zoltán Kmetty et al.
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On 2 August, 2025, a new article has been published by László Kökény, Zoltán Kmetty and Olivér Hortay in Sustainable Futures. The title of the article is “Political positioning of Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) discourse – The loss of green objectives”.
31 July, 2025 - New article has been published in Socius
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On 31 July, 2025, a new article has been published by Kata Számel, Ákos Huszár, Michelle Horváth, Szilvia Rudas, Zsófia Rakovics and Júlia Koltai in Socius. The title of the article is “Social Class and Digital Divide: Analyzing Digital Inequalities on Census and Digital Behavioral Data”.
15 July, 2025 - New publication by Dongning Deng and Júlia Koltai
On 15 July, 2025, a new article has been published by Dongning Deng and Júlia Koltai in Scientific Reports. The title of the article is “Associations between micro- and macro level social network properties and individual productivity in virtual collaboration”.
7 July, 2025 - New publication by Júlia Koltai, Károly Takács et al.
On 7 July, 2025, a new article has been published by Júlia Koltai, László Lőrincz, Johannes Wachs and Károly Takács in Applied Network Science. The title of the article is “Do diversity and context collapse kill an online social network?”.
25 June, 2025 - New publication by Flóra Samu, Righi Simone, Károly Takács et al.
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On 25 June, 2025, a new article has been published by Flóra Samu, Simone Piras, Simone Righi, Marco Setti and Károly Takács in PLOS One. The title of the article is “Cooperation is not rewarded by friendship, but generous and selfish students repel each other in social networks”.
9 June, 2025 - New publication by Ádám Stefkovics and Dömötör Gere
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On 9 June, 2025, a new article has been published by Ádám Stefkovics and Dömötör Gere in International Journal of Public Opinion Research. The title of the article is “Trust in Election Polls. The Role of the Source Institution and the Results of the Poll”.