“The rigidity of the Hungarian education system can be a very strong barrier to migration motivation,” our Research Fellow Vera Messing said to Qubit. It is based on "nerdification, uniformization," our Research Fellow Zsuzsanna Arendas added.

DI in the Press
Researchers of the CEU Democracy Institute are often interviewed by the press. Find their quotes below.
Our Senior Program Officer and Researcher Eva Bognar was interviewed on Klubradio's evening news program about the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2022.
Gender studies scholars have long warned that an attack on their subject is just the beginning of a broader attack on democracy,” our Research Affiliate Andrea Peto said in an interview with Green European Journal.
“Putin's and Orban's regimes are almost identical, both are post-communist mafia states,” our Senior Research Fellow Balint Magyar said in an interview with ARD.
Television is still the main source of political information for Hungarians, our Research Affiliate Zsolt Enyedi and Andrea Szabo write in their fifth article on Telex.hu, analyzing the results of a survey commissioned by the CEU Democracy Institute.
This year's Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides evidence that much of the public is turning away from important stories such as the pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the cost-of-living crisis. Eva Bognar, Senior Program Officer and Researcher of our Center for Media, Data and Society wrote the chapter on Hungary.
In their fourth article on Telex.hu our Research Affiliate Zsolt Enyedi and Andrea Szabo analyzed the ideological environment of the Hungarian elections, based on a survey by Zavecz Research commissioned by the CEU Democracy Institute.
“Granting the Polish government more leeway and time over this process is an unnecessary concession,” our Research Affiliate Anna Wojcik said to The Guardian.
Wartime rape is about making victims and their husbands, fathers and siblings feel the shame of powerlessness, our Research Affiliate Andrea Peto said in an interview with 444.hu.
Systemic issues remain unaddressed, our Senior Research Fellow Laurent Pech said to New York Times. “The situation of [Polish] judges remains very difficult,” our Research Affiliate Anna Wojcik added.