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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- 22 February 2021New Interns in Comparative Agendas Hungary ProjectV-Shift · poltextlab_adminNine new interns started the work in Comparative Agendas Hungary Project in the spring semester of 2021. New CAP interns: Bence BUKVA Bálint CSERHÁTI Bernát HARMATI Flórián KAMRÁTH Balázs NÉMA Patrik PAPP Maximilián PUZDER Csongor TÓTH Zsombor TÖRÖK
- 3 February, 2021New publication: Article by Ákos Máté, Miklós Sebők and Tamás Barczikay in PLOS ONEV-Shift · poltextlab_admin3 February, 2021 – New publication: Article by Ákos Máté, Miklós Sebők and Tamás Barczikay in PLOS ONE Ákos Máté, Miklós Sebők and Tamás Barczikay recently published an article entitled ‘The effect of central bank communication on sovereign bond yields: The ca…
- 1 February, 2021New Internship Opportunity in the poltextLAB ProjectV-Shift · poltextlab_admin1 February, 2021 – New Internship Opportunity in the poltextLAB Project Application deadline: February 12. 2021. 12:00 PM Start of internship: February 18. 2021 For more information about the internship opportunity click here.
- 18 January, 2021Call for papers: Analysing Democratic Deconsolidation with Big DataV-Shift · poltextlab_admin18 January, 2021 – Call for papers: Analysing Democratic Deconsolidation with Big Data The new Frontiers Research Topic ’Analysing Legislative Backsliding and Democratic Deconsolidation with Big Data’ welcomes papers from a wide variety of methodologies, parti…
- 30 November 2020New dataset on MPs' real estatesV-Shift · poltextlab_adminCollaborating with Dániel Kovarek guest researcher, our Hungarian MPs Database extended by MPs of the 2014-2018 electoral cycle, and their real estate ownerships for the years 2016 and 2017. Datasets are available here.
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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Principal Investigator
poltextLAB
ELTE Centre for Social Sciences — poltextLAB AI Laboratory
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