Stress, values, and alcohol use: What the pandemic reveals about coping behaviours in Hungary – by Zoltán Bakucs, Zsófia Benedek, Imre Fertő, József Fogarasi
Stress, values, and alcohol use: What the pandemic reveals about coping behaviours in Hungary Zoltán Bakucs, Zsófia Benedek, Imre Fertő, József Fogarasi How and why did alcohol consumption change in Hungary during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what does this tell us about how societies respond to chronic stress? Drawing on a nationally representative […]
Featured Lendület Researcher: Balázs Lengyel
Featured Lendület Researcher: Balázs Lengyel mta.hu – 5th January 2026 Nowadays, telecommunications providers and IT companies collect vast amounts of electronic data about us. These databases may contain sensitive personal data, which means they also carry risks, but at the same time they can be an incredibly valuable source of information for the social […]
Approximating maximum-size properly colored forests – ne co-authored article by Gergely Csáji in European Journal of Combinatorics
Approximating maximum-size properly colored forests Yuhang Bai, Kristóf Bérczi, Gergely Csáji, Tamás Schwarcz European Journal of Combinatorics – Volume 132, Part B, February 2026 Abstract In the Properly Colored Spanning Tree problem, we are given an edge-colored undirected graph and the goal is to find a properly colored spanning tree, i.e., a spanning tree […]
Remembering past present biases – new research article by Antal Ertl, Hubert János Kiss and Barna Bakó in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Remembering past present biases Barna Bakó – Antal Ertl – Hubert János Kiss Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics – Volume 120, January 2026 Highlights The study explores how present bias influences memory accuracy. Present bias affects memory accuracy, especially in immediate reward scenarios. Motivated memory may cause individuals to recall past decisions […]
Understanding the temporal dynamics of agri-environmental climate scheme adoption – new research study by Imre Fertő and Štefan Bojnec
Understanding the temporal dynamics of agri-environmental climate scheme adoption Imre Fertő & Štefan Bojnec Journal of Environmental Planning and Management – Published online: 9 Dec 2025 Abstract The research explores the intricate dynamics of farmers’ decision-making in the context of the European Union’s agri-environmental-climate schemes (AECS), with a focus on the temporal factors […]
The latest issue of Budapest Management Review has been published – Editorial by Ágnes Szunomár, a new study by Magdolna Sass and Gábor Túry
Vezetéstudomány Budapest Management Review, Vol. 56 No. 12 (2025) – Published: 2025-12-15 Editorial Business collaboration, digitalization, and innovation redefining success in uncertain times – A CEE perspective foreword to the special issue Miklós Stocker, Ágnes Szunomár PDF Three years later – The integration and continuity of digital solutions […]
Impact of Basic Human Values on Alcohol Use as a Coping Strategy During Chronic Stress
Authors: Zoltán Bakucs, Zsófia Benedek, Imre Fertő and József Fogarasi
The Large Core of College Admission Markets: Theory and Evidence – by Péter Biró
The Large Core of College Admission Markets: Theory and Evidence by Péter Biró The Hungarian university admissions are organised in a nationwide, centralised scheme, where the students can apply for most programmes under two different financial terms: with or without scholarship. These potential “contracts” can be listed in an arbitrary preference order when submitting the […]
From fork to farm, locally: social acceptance pathways for human excreta-derived fertilisers across three European regions – new paper by Viktor Varjú
From fork to farm, locally: social acceptance pathways for human excreta-derived fertilisers across three European regions Viktor Varjú Socio-Ecological Practice Research- Published: 9 December 2025 Abstract This research was carried out to better understand the attitudes of everyday people and stakeholders towards the new innovation of bio-based fertilisers made from human excreta. This research […]
Why Farmers Leave Green Schemes Early — and What This Means for EU Climate Policy – by Imre Fertő
Why Farmers Leave Green Schemes Early — and What This Means for EU Climate Policy Imre Fertő Agri-environmental climate schemes (AECS) are one of the European Union’s main tools for encouraging farmers to adopt practices that protect soil, water, biodiversity, and the climate. These schemes are designed with multi-year commitments in mind; […]
