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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- 10 June, 2021Policy Agendas in Autocracy, and Hybrid Regimes (Eds. Miklós Sebők, Zsolt Boda) book is publishedV-Shift · poltextlab_admin10 June, 2021 – Policy Agendas in Autocracy, and Hybrid Regimes (Eds. Miklós Sebők, Zsolt Boda) book is published Information about the upcoming book launch will be published later, please follow our website. The published book is available here.
- 9 June, 2021’Can it be read from a distance? Perspectives for Text Mining in Sociological Research’ workshopV-Shift · poltextlab_admin9 June, 2021 – ’Can it be read from a distance? Perspectives for Text Mining in Sociological Research’ workshop Orsolya Ring (Senior Researcher at poltextLAB, Centre for Social Sciences) was among the participants of the workshop entitled ’Can it be read from …
- 29 April, 2021Speech by Orsolya Ring at conference organised by MILAB and the Digital Wellbeing ProgramV-Shift · poltextlab_admin29 April, 2021 – Speech by Orsolya Ring at conference organised by MILAB and the Digital Wellbeing Program Orsolya Ring gave a talk entitled ‘Measuring Customer Satisfaction through the Evaluation of Texts’ at the online conference jointly organised by MILAB a…
- 14 April, 2021New publication: Article by Miklós Sebők, Kristin Makszin and Jasper Simons in East European PoliticsV-Shift · poltextlab_admin14 April, 2021 – New publication: Article by Miklós Sebők, Kristin Makszin and Jasper Simons in East European Politics Miklós Sebők, Kristin Makszin and Jasper Simons’ new article entitled ’Mission adapted: the hidden role of governors in shaping central bank …
- 14 April, 2021The CLARIN project ends with fruitful resultsV-Shift · poltextlab_admin14 April, 2021 – The CLARIN project ends with fruitful results poltextLAB’s CLARIN project came to a successful end. The annotated corpus consisting of 3086 parliamentary speeches can be accessed through the following link and on poltextLAB’s GitHub page.
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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