The Hungarian Academy of Sciences in defense of fundamental research

The news website on the main page of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences provides an overview about fundamental research and innovation in the network of its research institutes:
http://mta.hu/mta_hirei/alapkutatas-es-innovacio-az-akademian-amit-magyarorszag-legnagyobb-kutatohalozatarol-feltetlenul-tudni-kell-108996

and brings the EVILTONGUE research supported by the European Research Council as an outstanding example.

On the new website eviltongue.tk.mta.hu, you will find all relevant information about the EVILTONGUE project (PI: Károly Takács) founded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no 648693).

RECENS is a research group that operates solely on funding that is acquired in highly competitive calls. Our funding has been awarded based on quality and innovativeness of the proposals and scientific excellence of the researchers involved. Scientific excellence of our researchers has been judged by our previous research output, mainly by our international scientific publications. We do not receive any part of the head quota that is distributed to the host Research Institute. As such, we are an independent research unit that pursues fundamental research. We carry out our work without any political aim, not driven by any political interest. In this position, we can clearly express that we do not tolerate and we condemn any political attempt that tries to intervene in research activities or tries to determine research directions and results.

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: October 2018 - December 2018

Working hours 6-8 hours/week

Candidates are welcome to send their application no later than September 21th by e-mail to: Rado.Marta@tk.mta.hu. Please mention „RECENS internship” in the subject of your email.

DETAILS AND APPLICATION TERMS

The article titled "Bullying and victimization among majority and minority students: The role of peers’ ethnic perceptions" is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2018.08.006

All content related to the EVILTONGUE project founded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no 648693) will appear on a new webpage soon. Thank you very much for your patience.

The article titled Discounting of Evolutionary Explanations in Sociology Textbooks and Curricula by Károly Takács has been published by Frontiers in Sociology and is freely available online at
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2018.00024/full

Kisfalusi, D., Janky, B., and Takács, K. 2018. Double Standards or Social Identity? The Role of Gender and Ethnicity in Ability Perceptions in the Classroom. Journal of Early Adolescence, https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431618791278. 

The article titled Social Closure and the Evolution of Cooperation via Indirect Reciprocity by Simone Righi and Károly Takács has been published by Nature Scientific Reports and is freely available online at the link below:

Please click here to the article
 

Hungarian scientists awarded the „international scientific Olympic golden medal” declare that a decision changing the conditions of the funding and managing of a national institution with an almost 200-year-old history can only be successful if it is built on coordinated and meaningful prior consultations.