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 41–45
- 2 October 2025Miklós Sebők’s commentary on political interest at ELTE CSSV-Shift · poltextlab_adminOn 2 October 2025, Miklós Sebők participated in a book launch and academic discussion at the ELTE Centre for Social Sciences, where sociologist and political scientist Andrea Szabó presented her new book, titled “Pattern Following and/or Independent Opinion – …
- 26 September 2025Miklós Sebők on using AI for metadata management at Café de la donnée at Sciences Po, ParisV-Shift · poltextlab_adminOn 25 September 2025, the Centre for Socio-Political Data (CSDP) hosted a discussion titled Café de la donnée on the topic of AI and social science metadata. Short presentations were delivered by researchers from several institutions – including Inserm, INSEE,…
- 27 September 2025Generative AI Workshop at the Látkép (Panorama) Art History FestivalV-Shift · poltextlab_adminFrom 25 to 27 September 2025, the Látkép (Panorama) – Art History Festival was held for the second time in Budapest, this year focusing on digitalisation and technological innovation. As part of the festival, on 27 September, poltextLAB organised a Generative …
- 24 September 2025WORKSHOP on NLP and AI at the University of Namur, HELD BY mIKLÓS SEBŐKV-Shift · poltextlab_adminOn 24 September 2025, Miklós Sebők, Research Professor at the ELTE Centre for Social Sciences, delivered a workshop titled Using advanced AI solutions for text-based social and economic research at the University of Namur. The event introduced participants to …
- 23 September 2025Miklós Sebők’s presentation on AI-supported classification in social research at the University of NamurV-Shift · poltextlab_adminOn 23 September 2025, Miklós Sebők delivered a lecture at the University of Namur as part of the “Methods Seminar” series. His talk, titled Solving classification problems for social and economic research with the Babel Machine, introduced how natural language…
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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