English-language panels

Panel 3.2 – International Activity of Local and Regional Governments

KRTK meeting room, Thursday 14:15-15:45

Panel chair: Balázs Brucker (HUN-REN KRTK)

Jean-Michel De Waele (Université Libre de Bruxelles): Sport in Urban diplomacy: the case of Brussels
Ilona Pálné Kovács (HUN-REN KRTK): Is opposition an option? Free cities in Hungary
Fedor Zolotarev (University of Pécs): Are Cities Truly Autonomous? Examining the International Contacts of Russian Cities Post-2022
Balázs Brucker (HUN-REN KRTK): Bypassing the Fidesz led central government? The city diplomacy activities of Budapest in favour of Ukraine

SZI meeting room, Thursday 14:15-15:45

Katalin Dancsi (Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem): How to avoid a refugee crisis in Hungary? A benevolent cooperation between migration industry actors for Ukrainian refugees in 2022
György Gajduschek (HUN-REN TK; BCE), Gábor Tamás Molnár (BCE): The role of trust in achieving voluntary compliance for robust crisis governance. The case of COVID-19 mask mandates in Hungary
Zsanett Pokornyi (HUN-REN TK): Defense or Opportunity? The Prime Minister’s Communication Strategies in Times of Crisis
Sabina Schnell (BCE), Yixin Liu (Northern Arizona University), Tina Nabatchi (Syracuse University): Liberty or science? Public values, ideology, and willingness to comply with COVID vaccine guidance in the US
Márton Zsuráfszky (BCE): The “tragedy of the public services” – An exploratory analysis of the incentives for rulers to provide functioning public services

SZI meeting room, Thursday 16:00-17:30

Zoltán Ádám (HUN-REN TK): Mechanisms of democratic backsliding in Hungarian higher education and beyond: A story of seven institutional procedures
Máté Czene-Joó (ELTE ÁJK): Resilience Scholarship Meets Polycentric Governance: Identifying the Link Between the Concept of Polycentricity and Regional Resilience
Gergely Ila-Horváth (BCE): Between Repression and Collaboration: How CSOs Adapt in Hybrid Regimes
Áron Hajnal (BCE; HUN-REN TK), György Hajnal (BCE; HUN-REN TK): The anatomy of authoritarianism: A conceptual framework and taxonomy of authoritarian government practices (AGPs) with empirical applications from Central and Eastern Europe

SZI meeting room, Friday 9:00-10:30

Attila Bartha (HUN-REN TK; BCE), Gábor Tamás Molnár (BCE), Judit Takács (HUN-REN TK): Still main breadwinners but secondary parents? Parenthood norms and policies shaping attitudes about involved fatherhood in European post-socialist societies
György Gajduschek (HUN-REN TK; BCE): Four major critical arguments about three major policy process theories – a view from the periphery
Marianna Kopasz (HUN-REN TK), Boglárka Herke (HUN-REN TK), Karolina Balogh (HUN-REN TK): The factors influencing school teachers' recognition and reporting of children at risk: Results from a vignette study
Isaiah Nyambariga Ndege (BCE): Cracking the Code: Why Asset Declaration Policies Succeed or Fail in Sub-Saharan Africa – Insights from Kenya and Rwanda

SZI meeting room, Friday 10:45-12:15

Roland Tardi (Mathias Corvinus Collegium; BCE): Deepfake as a new tool for political persuasion: a political psychology perspective
Miklós Sebők (HUN-REN TK), Áron Buzogány (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences), Julia Fleischer (University of Potsdam), Theresa Gessler (European University Viadrina), Anna Takács (HUN-REN TK), Sean M. Theriault (University of Texas at Austin), Ákos Holányi (HUN-REN TK): Crisis-Exploitation or Sticky Narratives? A Research Agenda for the Comparative Study of Policy Crises and Illiberal Policy Frames
Artúr Baranyai (HUN-REN TK; ELTE ÁJK), Attila Gyulai (HUN-REN TK; BCE), István Üveges (HUN-REN TK): Survival or just transition? Realist reasoning in European Green Deal contestation

PTI meeting room, Thursday 12:30-14:00

Emese Dobos (HUN-REN KRTK; BCE): From sunset to creative? Hungarian economic policy towards the domestic garment industry
Turan Abdullazade (Ludovika University of Public Service): Syrian Refugees and Their Impact on Turkey’s Labor Market
Tamás Tibor Csontos (BCE; HUN-REN CERS): The Changing Phase of Capitalism After the 2008 Crisis

PTI meeting room, Thursday 16:00-17:30

Mkrola Chwayita (BCE): Governance and Inclusive Economic Growth: Investigating the effect of the quality of governance on inclusion of women in the economy
Mateusz Sieńko (Lublin Bar Association, Poland): The case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the field of public procurement – equal access or protectionism?
Gergő Medve-Bálint (HUN-REN TK; BCE): The European Green Deal at the EU’s Semi-periphery: Externalising Green Transition in the Visegrad Countries

K13 meeting room, Thursday 14:15-15:45

Panel chair: Krisztina Juhász (SZTE ÁJTK)

Kundyz Mukhangali (BCE), Lilla Petronella Szabó (BCE), András Rácz (BCE): Leaving „Russia’s backyard”? The figurative framing of Central Asia and Russia in Western news media
Mariam Beinashvili (Tbilisi State University): EU and NATO countries from the perspective of the Russia-Ukraine war
Ali Kılıçarslan Topuz (Ludovika University of Public Service): Hungary’s Relations with the Organization of Turkic States from a Small State Perspective

K14 meeting room, Thursday 12:30-14:00

Kálmán Tóth (Ludovika University of Public Service): The question of political representation in an 1846 speech of István Gorove and why it matters today
Tinatin Tchavtchanidze (Tbilisi State University): Stalin as a Cult and a Tyrant: Generational Interpretations in Georgian Politics
Enikő Somogyi (Ludovika University of Public Service): The Administrative Structures of Parliaments

K14 meeting room, Thursday 16:00-17:30

Mariami Saralidze (Tbilisi State University): Affective Political Polarization in Georgia: A Case Study of the 2024 Parliamentary Elections Pre-Election Campaign
Sergio Pérez-Castaños (University of Burgos; Szeged University): Extreme leader: The case of Alvise's communication on Facebook and X
Jean-Michel De Waele (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Anthony Persona (Political Institute of Grenoble; CEVIPOL): Radical right’s environmental stances: From the margins to a new spearhead issue? The case of the French National Rally and the Swiss People’s Party