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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- 18 January 2022A new dataset of parliamentary speeches between 1998 and 2020 has been publishedV-Shift · poltextlab_adminA new dataset of parliamentary speeches between 1998 and 2020 has been published. You can find a new dataset on our website about the speeches presented in the National Assembly between 1998 and 2020. The source of the data is the official website of the …
- 5 January 2022New CAP datasets and codebooks on parliamentary parties, committees and government membersV-Shift · poltextlab_adminNew CAP databases and codebooks are available on parliamentary parties from 1861 to 2021, parliamentary committees from 1861 to 2021, and government members from 1848 to 2021.
- 20 December 2021Just published: The new version of the online textbook on text mining and AI in RV-Shift · poltextlab_adminThe new version of the online textbook entitled Text Mining and Artificial Intelligence in R has been published, which contains many innovations and improvements compared to the first volume published in print in 2021. The publication introduces those …
- 20 December 2021The new book by the Hungarian CAP Team has been launchedV-Shift · poltextlab_adminHungarian Comparative Agendas Project's new book entitled Policy Agendas in Autocracy, and Hybrid Regimes. The Case of Hungary (eds. Miklós Sebők and Zsolt Boda), published by Palgrave Macmillan had a hybrid book launch on December 9, 2021. The book is …
- 20 December 2021The website of napirendek.hu has been launchedV-Shift · poltextlab_adminThe new website can be used to display data in three types of figures using databases on the public policy agenda collected by researchers at the Hungarian Comparative Agendas Project (CAP).
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
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poltextLAB
ELTE Centre for Social Sciences — poltextLAB AI Laboratory
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