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Successful research grant applications

The list of supported research proposals (the so called OTKA) has been published on the National Research, Development and Innovation Office's website. 

The winning research proposals included:

Margit Feischmidt: Work, Values, Hope in Solidarity Spaces: the Possibilities and Constraints of Transformative Solidarity in Hungary and

Ágnes Tóth: The Integration of Hungarian Refugees from Neighbouring Countries in Hungary (1938-1948)

Beáta Kulcsár: Personal stories of emigration and integration: Hungarians in Canada (Linda Dégh's collection of interviews) was among the research projects funded under the postdoctoral excellence programme.

Congratulations to our colleagues!

From Crisis to Crisis - 2023 Conference of the Hungarian Sociological Association

Our colleagues will participate as presenters and section chairs at the Hungarian Sociological Association's 2023 Conference entitled From Crisis to Crisis organized on 17-18 November. The conference programme is available here.

17th November:

Social Consequences of the Crisis Caused by War in Ukraine (chaired by Margit Feischmidt and Violetta Zentai) panel with Ildikó Zakariás, Márton Gerő, András Morauszki and Csilla Zsigmond: Solidarity with Ukrainian refugees in Hungary: acts and attitudes

18th November:

The Benefits of the Crisis in Education I and II. (chaired by Szilvia Németh and Attila Z. Papp, Hungarian language panel) with

- Attila Z. Papp: Resilient institutional responses of a non-resilient school in the shadow of COVID. School case study

- Csilla Zsigmond: The educational challenges of disadvantaged pupils in the COVID-19 crisis - in the light of the literature

Migration and Forced Displacement in the Carpathian Basin 1944-1990 conference

Our colleagues Ágnes Tóth and Réka Marchut will give a presentation at the conference entitled "Migration and Forced Displacement in the Carpathian Basin 1944-1990" organised by the Hungarian National Archives on 14 November 2023. Ágnes Tóth's lecture will be entitled: The situation of ethnic Germans returning from expulsion in Hungary 1946-1950; Réka Marchut's lecture will be entitled: The "repatriation" plans and practices of the Moldavian Csángos during and after the Second World War. The language of the conference is Hungarian.

Roundtable discussion One hundred years in minority

A roundtable discussion titled "One hundred years in minority" was organised at the Faculty of Teacher Training of Selye János University in Komárom/Komárno. The book "A magyar kisebbségek 100 éve" [100 Years of the Hungarian Minorities] (Cluj-Napoca, 2023) was presented. Our Institute was represented by Nándor Bárdi.

Security Policy in the EU - roundtable discussion

Csilla Fedinec  will participate in the roundtable discussion "Security Policy in the EU" organised on 15 November 2023 by the Representation of the European Commission in Hungary.

The debate will cover foreign, security and defence policy issues that have a major impact on Europe's place in the world. How has Europe's security policy map been rearranged since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, what issues and urgent actions has this highlighted? What are the possible ways forward for stabilising security, and how can Member States, including Hungary, move forward? Can Europe defend itself? Is the role of the defence industry in Europe changing?