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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
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.
Momentum (Lendület) Program awardees' open letter to prime minister Viktor Orbán
An open letter was written by the awardees of the Momentum (Lendület) Program to prime minister Viktor Orbán. We are hereby publishing the letter verbatim.
Hungarian Academy Staff Forum (HASF)
The Hungarian government to suppress the independence of the Academy of Sciences
This is an English summary page of the Hungarian ADF website.
The ADF (HASF in English) is a civil initiative of the researchers from the research institute network at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS). The Hungarian government is introducing a new system of research financing, in a way which in itself contradicts the appropriate manners of policy making, and which, after implementation, will have disastrous effects on the autonomy of scientific research and scholarship in the entire country as well as our work and life altogether. Given that our voice has not been heard either in public or during the negotiations between the HAS and the government, this initiative is meant to express our opinions about the situation and the whole process.
Recent papers and publications
New publication by Zoltán Kmetty and Ádám Stefkovics
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On 18 March, 2025, a new article has been published by Zoltán Kmetty and Ádám Stefkovics in Scientific Reports. The title of the article is “Validating a willingness to share measure of a vignette experiment using real-world behavioral data”.
New publication by Zsófia Rakovics and Márton Rakovics
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On 17 February, 2025, a new article has been published by Zsófia Rakovics and Márton Rakovics in the Text as Data special issue of Intersections. The title of the article is “Exploring the potential and limitations of large language models as virtual respondents for social science research”.
New publication by Zsófia Rakovics and Ildikó Barna
On 17 February, 2025, a new article has been published by Zsófia Rakovics and Ildikó Barna in the Text as Data special issue of Intersections. The title of the article is “Jobbik’s journey from radicalism to mainstream politics: Analyzing the parliamentary speeches of Jobbik and the dynamic network of its politicians between 2010 and 2020”.
New publication by Bulcsú Bognár and Zoltán Kmetty
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On 31 January, 2025, a new article has been published by Bulcsú Bognár and Zoltán Kmetty in Religions. The title of the article is “Changing Identities of Religious People: The Role of Religiosity and the Public Discourse in Evaluating Gay People in Central and Eastern Europe”.
New publication by Tamás Keller and Hubert János Kiss
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On 21 February, 2025, a new article has been published by Tamás Keller and Hubert János Kiss in Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences. The title of the article is “How Socioeconomic Status Differences Observable in Students' Delay of Gratification Evolved Over the Period of COVID-19-induced Online Education”.
New publication by Tamás Keller in Acta Sociologica
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On 31 January, 2025, a new article has been published by Tamás Keller in Acta Sociologica. The title of the article is “ The effect of positive feedback on primary school students’ academic self-concept: Gender heterogeneity in a light-touch randomized intervention”.
New publication by Eszter Vit and Co-Authors in Social Development
On 6 January, 2025, a new article has been published by Eszter Vit, Sven Lenkewitz and Robert Krause in Social Development. The title of the article is “Peer Influence and Educational Preferences: Direct Influence or Access to Friends’ Educational Resources?”.
New publication by Zoltán Kmetty, Bence Kollányi and Krisztián Boros in SN Computer Sciences
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On December 19, 2024, a new article has been published by Zoltán Kmetty, Bence Kollányi and Krisztián Boros in SN Computer Sciences. The title of the article is “Boosting Classification Reliability of NLP Transformer Models in the Long Run—Challenges of Time in Opinion Prediction Regarding COVID-19 Vaccine”.
New article of Dorottya Kisfalusi, Zoltán Hermann and Tamás Keller has been published in European Sociological Review
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The article „Discrimination in track recommendation but not in grading: experimental evidence among primary school teachers in Hungary” has been published in European Sociological Review.
New article about RECENS longitudinal social network study between 2010-2013 has been published in Connections
The article „Studying school communities as multiplex dynamic networks: The “RECENS Wired into Each Other” Dataset, 2010–2013" has been published in Connections.
New article of Eszter Vit, Károly Takács and co-authors has been published in The Journal of Early Adolescence
The article „Friends Can Help to Aim High: Peer Influence and Selection Effects on Academic Ambitions and Achievement" has been published in The Journal of Early Adolescence.