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
98 V-Shift posts · showing 41–45
- 13 May 2025
Miklós Sebők’s presentation on Generative AI in the Social Sciences at the Institute of PhilosophyV-Shift - 13 May 2025
Interview with Miklós Sebők in HVG on the applications of artificial intelligenceV-ShiftA new interview with Miklós Sebők has been published in the weekly magazine HVG. The conversation presents the latest developments of poltextLAB’s flagship project, the Babel machine (babel.poltextlab.com). Dr. Sebők highlighted the tool’s reliability, multili… - 10 May 2025
Political economy course by Miklós Sebők at Milton Friedman UniversityV-ShiftOn May 10, 2025, Miklós Sebők gave a course on political economics at Milton Friedman University’s professional camp. During the course, students learned about the political economy of globalization and post-globalization.
- 8 May 2025
Miklós Sebők participated in a roundtable on digitalization at the Hungarian Academy of SciencesV-ShiftOn 8 May 2025, Miklós Sebők representing the Political Science Committee of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, participated in a roundtable at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) as part of the event Digitalisation – Global Opportunities, Local Challenges, Sci… - 28 March 2025
poltextLAB serves as a host for MTA Momentum-MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme – Applications are welcome!V-ShiftPoltextLAB is a host institution in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ (MTA) newly launched Momentum-MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme (Momentum PPDF), through which we welcome applications for our V-SHIFT project. Co-funded by the European Commission and…
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
9 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
Publications
V-SHIFT outputs are listed with every other publication on the full publication list.
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Funding
This research was supported by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences under the Lendület (Momentum) Programme, grant no. LP2023-16/2023 (V-SHIFT research group), 2023–2028.
Principal Investigator
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poltextLAB AI Laboratory
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