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 76–80
- 21 February 2025Miklós Sebők participated in the Hungarian Diplomatic Academy’s roundtable discussionV-Shift · poltextlab_adminMiklós Sebők participated in the “Trump’s Inauguration and Changes in the Global Order” English-language roundtable discussion, held on Friday, February 21, 2025, in Budapest. The event took place as part of the Hungarian Diplomatic Academy (MDA) and the Centr…
- 18 February 2025ParlLawSpeech: 3 Million Parliamentary Speeches and Thousands of Laws in poltextLAB’s New DatabaseV-Shift · poltextlab_adminResearchers and data analysts now have access to the ParlLawSpeech dataset, representing a groundbreaking advancement in the analysis of political texts. The collection includes more than 40,000 legislative bills, 28,000 adopted laws, and 3 million parliament…
- 17 February 2025New study by Miklós Sebők, Csaba Molnár and Anna Takács in Intersections on ParlText CEE databaseV-Shift · poltextlab_adminA new study by Miklós Sebők, Csaba Molnár, and Anna Takács, titled “Levelling up quantitative legislative studies on Central-Eastern Europe: Introducing the ParlText CEE Database of Speeches, Bills, and Laws”, has been published in Intersections. East European…
- 14 February 2025Methods Workshop on Large Language Models in PragueV-Shift · poltextlab_admin
- 13 February 2025Rebeka Kiss delivered a presentation at a workshop on flawed legislative proceduresV-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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Funding
Principal Investigator
poltextLAB
ELTE Centre for Social Sciences — poltextLAB AI Laboratory
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