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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
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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Recent papers and publications
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".
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".
23 January, 2026 - New publication by Béla Janky, Dorottya Kisfalusi and Anna Réz
On 23 January, 2026, a new article has been published by Béla Janky, Dorottya Kisfalusi and Anna Réz in the Journal of Family and Economic Issues. The title of the article is "Household Chores: Egalitarian Norms and Unequal Outcomes".
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".
5 January, 2026 - New publication by Dorottya Kisfalusi, Károly Takács et al.
On 5 January, 2026, a new article has been published by Márta K. Radó, Dorottya Kisfalusi, Anthony A. Laverty, Frank J. van Lenthe, Jasper V. Been and Károly Takács in the European Journal of Public Health. The title of the article is “Social network mechanisms of ethnic inequalities in smoking among adolescents”.
18 December, 2025 - New publication by Tamás Keller
On 18 December, 2025, a new article has been published by Tamás in the British Journal of Sociology of Education. The title of the article is “Track recommendations moderate socioeconomic differences during the transition from primary to secondary education”.
2 December, 2025 - New publication by Szabolcs Számadó et al.
On 2 December, 2025, a new article has been published by Szabolcs Számadó, István Zachar and Dustin J. Penn in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology. The title of the article is “A general signalling theory: why honest signals are explained by trade-offs rather than costs or handicaps”.
19 November, 2025 - New publication by Eliza Bodor-Eranus, Eszter Vit and Ákos Bocskor
On 19 November, 2025, a new article has been published by Eliza Bodor-Eranus, Eszter Vit and Ákos Bocskor in the International Journal of Event and Festival Management. The title of the article is “Motivation matters: distinct clusters of music festival volunteers and their implications for event management”.
9 November, 2025 - New publication by Júlia Galántai, Flóra Samu and Károly Takács
On 9 November, 2025, a new article has been published by Júlia Galántai, Flóra Samu and Károly Takács in Discourse & Society. The title of the article is “Gender norms and couples’ conversations on childbearing intentions: A spontaneous speech corpus-based text analysis”.
20 October, 2025 - New publication by Eliza Bodor-Eranus et al.
A new article has been published by László Letenyei, Eliza Bodor-Eranus and Gergely Horzsa in SocioEconomic Challenges. The title of the article is “Intensity-Based Location Sampling Method For Investigating Socio-Economic Challenges: Ensuring External Validity In Surveys of Unknown Populations”.
20 October, 2025 - A special issue of the Journal of Early Adolescence has been published
A special issue of the Journal of Early Adolescence, titled Social Networks in Early Adolescence, has been published, guest-edited by Dorottya Kisfalusi and Károly Takács.
