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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/

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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Source: Website of Hungarian Academy of Science...

Recent papers and publications

20 October, 2025 - New publication by Eliza Bodor-Eranus et al.

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”.

9 September, 2025 - New publication by Ádám Stefkovics, Anna Sára Ligeti et al.

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”.

13 August, 2025 - New publication by Zoltán Kmetty et al.

13 August, 2025 - New publication by Zoltán Kmetty et al.

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”.