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 16–20
- 10 December 2025Barbara Babolcsay’s Presentation on AI-Driven Data Exploration at the Data-SHS Week in ParisV-Shift · poltextlab_adminAs part of the Data-SHS Week 2025 Paris Île-de-France, researchers and engineers gathered to discuss the growing role of data and methods in the humanities and social sciences. The week featured conferences, workshops, and training sessions organized locally b…
- 9 December 2025Nathalie Neptune’s second workshop on geospatial and policy data at poltextLABV-Shift · poltextlab_admin
- 2 December 2025Barbara Babolcsay on NLP Methods in Social Sciences at the 17th EDDI ConferenceV-Shift · poltextlab_adminOn 2 December 2025, Barbara Babolcsay delivered a presentation at the 17th European DDI Users Conference as part of the panel “Challenges of Interoperability”. In her presentation, titled Using NLP Methods in Social Sciences – Experience and Opportunities, she…
- 2 December 2025Miklós Sebők served as panel chair for the session on metadata pipelines at the 17th European DDI Users ConferenceV-Shift · poltextlab_adminOn 2 December 2025, Miklós Sebők served as panel chair of a session at the 17th European DDI Users Conference. The main theme of the panel was about the METACURATE-ML project within the “ESRC Future Data Services Programme”. Further details of the event can be…
- 24 November 2025poltextLAB serves as a host for Momentum MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme – Applications are welcome!V-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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