Politics and society | 10.30.2026 | 5 mins

Transforming Major Social Systems: Local Governments

Few would dispute that the major systems shaping the everyday well-being of Hungarian society — pensions, healthcare and education — need to be modernised. Yet reforming them is difficult. It costs money, challenges established interests and often produces political risks...
Politics and society | 10.20.2026 | 4 mins

The Glue That Holds Society Together – Gábor Iványi Turns 75

We rarely write about daily events or anniversaries. This article is an exception. The reason will soon become clear. In our previous article, we wrote about how changes in our society and growing loneliness may create long-term, potentially irreversible problems....
Politics and society | 02.19.2024 | 6 mins

Anatomy of a Scandal in Hungary

The recent political scandal in Hungary forced the resignation of the president, a retired former minister, and the leader of the second largest church in the country. The scandal revealed many interesting details about the specificities of the Hungarian political system.

Politics and society | 10.05.2026 | 5 mins

The Nobel Dilemma – Technology and Society

The Nobel Dilemma is not a scientifically defined concept. In this article, I use the term to describe a broader problem: how technological development affects the healthy fabric of society. G. R. Thompson's 2016 study, The Nobel Dilemma: To Reward...