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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 

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/

Recent papers and publications

14 May, 2026 - New publication from the V*NET project

14 May, 2026 - New publication from the V*NET project

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”.

22 April, 2026 - New publication by Ádám Stefkovics

22 April, 2026 - New publication by Ádám Stefkovics

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”.

7 Febuary, 2026 - New publication by Zoltán Kmetty et al.

7 Febuary, 2026 - New publication by Zoltán Kmetty et al.

On 7 February, 2026, a new article has been published by Nils Haneklaus, Michaela Hrabušajová, Oliver Hortay, Zoltán Kmetty and Matúš Mišík in The Extractive Industries and Society. The title of the article is "Greenland on X: U.S. lawmakers’ social media posts on critical minerals and geostrategic relevance of the world’s largest island".

10 January, 2026 - New publication by Béla Janky

10 January, 2026 - New publication by Béla Janky

A new article has been published by Béla Janky in the Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe. The title of the article is "Polarization of social attitudes in Hungary in the 2010s: a survey-experiment on the role of partisan identity".