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
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- 29 September, 2023Data analyst & Project Researcher VacanciesV-Shift · poltextlab_adminPoltextLAB is hiring a DATA ANALYST and a PROJECT RESEARCHER. If you are interested in joining a research lab that works with state-of-the-art AI methods to tackle the most relevant issues of social science, please follow the links: Data Analyst –> Project Res…
- 29 September 2023New dataset on the revolutionary legislation of 1848-1849 in HungaryV-Shift · poltextlab_adminFor the 175th anniversary of the Battle of Pákozd (the First Battle of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-1849) the CAP Hungary project release the extension of CAP Laws and decree laws database by data on the revolutionary legislation between 1848 and 1849.
- 28 September, 2023New publication by Ákos Máté, Miklós Sebők, Lukasz Wordliczek, Dariusz Stolicki and Ádám FeldmannV-Shift · poltextlab_adminThe journal article by Ákos Máté, Miklós Sebők, Lukasz Wordliczek, Dariusz Stolicki and Ádám Feldmann has been published in Computational Communication Research on September 28, 2023, entitled “Machine Translation as an Underrated Ingredient? – Solving Classif…
- 26 September, 2023Miklós Sebők receives grant award at Hungarian Academy of SciencesV-Shift · poltextlab_adminOn September 26, Miklós Sebők received the grant award of the new Lendület (“Momentum”) research group at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The President of the Academy decided on 31 May 2023 on the ranking of excellence and the amounts of funding to be award…
- 12 September, 2023Call for Papers: Studying Central-Eastern European Politics in the Age of AI – A Workshop on Data and MethodsV-Shift · poltextlab_adminWe are happy to announce that we are organizing a workshop on 23-24 November 2023 at the Centre for Social Sciences, in Budapest. The workshop’s aim is to bring together scholars and hold data and method-related presentations with a focus on the legislature an…
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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ELTE Centre for Social Sciences — poltextLAB AI Laboratory
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