The shifting global allegiances of the Visegrád countries in a time of war
The MOMENTUM project strives to forge the definitive account of the shifting global allegiances of the Visegrád countries in the post-war period (hence: V-SHIFT) by the most extensive data collection and analysis to date. It will systematically analyse multiple decades worth of textual sources to unearth the changing reception of global powers within domestic politics and media. It applies cutting-edge AI methodology to quantify and evaluate the presence of, and attitudes towards, global powers on the domestic policy agenda in V4 countries. V-SHIFT is a poltextLAB project, supported by MTA Lendület.

News
251 V-Shift posts · showing 1–5
- 4 June 2026Miklós Sebők moderated ‘The New Politics of Information in the Trump Era’ at CEUV-Shift · poltextlab_adminOn 4 June 2026, the CEU Democracy Institute hosted the panel The New Politics of Information in the Trump Era: Perspectives from the United States and Europe, co-sponsored by the SPINE project (ELTE Centre for Social Sciences). Annelise Russell, Sean Theriault and Alexander Bor compared how the US and Europe are confronting a transformed media and information landscape; Miklós Sebők moderated.
- 24 April 2026Anna Takács’s presentation on inequality narratives at COMPTEXTV-Shift · poltextlab_adminOn 24 April, Anna Takács presented at the COMPTEXT conference, delivering a talk titled Mining Inequality Narratives: Parliamentary Framing and Economic Contexts in Central Europe. She shared very early results from joint research within the latest instalment …
- 23 April 2026Miklós Sebők at COMPTEXT2026 Annual Meeting co-organised by poltextLABV-Shift · poltextlab_adminCOMPTEXT2026 was held on 23-25 April at the University of Birmingham with the co-organisation of poltextLAB. Miklós Sebők chaired in the Annual General Meeting, where he joined Fabienne Lind, Zoe Greene, and James Cross in discussions with a very engaged group…
- 21 April 2026Invited Speaker Series: Seth Schindler on Geopolitical Rivalry and Future of GlobalizationV-Shift · poltextlab_admin
- 12 April 2026Miklós Sebők on global investments in Hungary in the election special of PartizánV-Shift · poltextlab_admin
Invited Speaker Series
11 sessions — click to expand
- 2026-06-04Annelise Russell, Sean TheriaultRoundtable on the Politics of Information
- 2026-04-21Seth SchindlerGeopolitical Rivalry and the Future of Globalization
- 2025-12-09Nathalie NeptuneAn Integrated Geospatial–Policy Analysis of Forest Loss in Hungary
- 2025-10-02Nathalie NeptuneIntegrating Geospatial and Legislative Data on Forest Policy and Fire Management in Hungary
- 2025-02-25Gennadii IakovlevAffective Elite Polarization in European Parliamentary Speeches: A Novel Measurement Approach Using Large Language Models
- 2024-11-21Hubert PlisieckiBeyond the Black Box: Addressing Participant Bias in Machine Learning and Lexicon Models for Emotion Prediction from text
- 2024-10-17Jakub StauberThe Narratives of the War in Ukraine in Czech News Media
- 2024-06-18Sean TheriaultThe Policy Agendas of a Global Power: The Case of the Holy See
- 2024-05-21MA and PhD Student Presentations
- 2024-03-14Hajo BoomgaardenThe challenge of measuring disinformation
- 2023-09-28Aron BuzoganyCivil society in rougher neighborhoods
Workshops & conferences
15 events — click to expand
- 2026-04-238th Annual COMPTEXT Conference
- 2026-02-19Bratislava Methods Workshop — LLMs and Generative AI: Applications in Political Science, Public Policy, and Law
- 2025-04-247th Annual COMPTEXT Conference
- 2025-02-27GenAI Training
- 2025-02-14Prague Methods Workshop — LLMs and Generative AI: Advancing Policy Frame and Media Narrative Analysis
- 2024-11-212nd Budapest Methods Workshop — LLMs and Generative AI: Social Science Applications and Legal Aspects
- 2024-11-14Workshops for Ukraine
- 2024-05-02Annual COMPTEXT Conference — Amsterdam
- 2023-11-231st Budapest Methods Workshop — Studying CEE Politics in the Age of AI
- 2023-05-12Annual COMPTEXT Conference — Glasgow
- 2022-06-15Parliamentary Data for Better Democracy — Brussels
- 2022-05-06Annual COMPTEXT Conference — Dublin
- 2020-05-03Annual COMPTEXT Conference — Online
- 2019-09-13Annual COMPTEXT Conference — Tokyo
- 2018-05-09POLTEXT International Workshop — Budapest
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poltextLAB
ELTE Centre for Social Sciences — poltextLAB AI Laboratory
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