Head of research: Margit Feischmidt
Participants: Márton Gerő (CSS Institute from Sociology), Violetta Zentai (CEU), Ildikó Zakariás, Eszter Neumann, Csilla Zsigmond, Zsuzsanna Sütő, András Morauszki, Nóra Kovács, András Kováts, Attila Papp Z., Zsanna Nyírő
Partner: CEU Democrary Institute
Research is part of international research network Forum (Forced Migrants from Ukraine in Transnational Europe)
Period: 2022-
Research questions and objectives:
The refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine have evoked sympathy and solidarity from a large part of Hungarian society. Similarly to our previous studies in crisis situations, from spring 2022 onwards we will investigate the forms, organisational frameworks and individual motivations for helping Ukrainian refugees, the environmental factors that explain the emergence (or lack thereof, including rejection) of solidarity, and the effects of community action on social discourses of responsibility, deservingness, identity and otherness.
Research methods:
The research uses a mixed methodology:
- representative survey
- qualitative expert interviews
- case studies, offline and online field research
- media research
Research history:
Humanitarian assistance to refugees in Hungary
Solidarity as an answer to the crisis caused by the pandemic: actions and discourses
Recent results:
Solidarity with the displaced people from Ukraine: Instant replies and the effects of the long-term crisis in Hungary. Presentation of research results and roundtable discussion (25th October 2022) – a recording of the event (in Hungarian) can be viewed here
SUMMARY OF THE RESEARCH REPORT CAN BE READ HERE.
Perplexities of solidarity: host society relations to displaced people from Ukraine in Czech Republic, Germany Hungary, and Poland. International workshop (15th December 2022)
FIRST RESULTS AND CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE QUALITATIVE INQUIRY CAN BE READ HERE