The Institute for Sociology, Centre for Social Sciences is Hungary's leading sociological research institute.
Our mission is to promote social self-awareness, foster change for the common good and establish a more just society through the understanding and interpretation of
social phenomena.
The Institute conducts sociological research on social conditions and processes in line with international professional standards. We are the largest Hungarian sociological research institute dedicated to research and actively contribute to the national, Central European and international scientific dialogue. We share our research results with stakeholders and the wider public.
The Institute for Sociology is devoted to remaining the most influential scholarly hub for sociology nationally while continuing cutting-edge research through international collaboration. We aim to make an impact beyond the academic field, most importantly on
policy-making at the national and local levels and on civil society.
The institute has been working in a structure based on three research departments:
Research Department for Families and Social Relations
Research Department for Social and Public Policy
Research Department for Social Integration and Inequalities
Over two dozens of basic and applied research programmes are going on at the institute (partly financed by outside funders) link a programokhoz
Our colleagues edit and the Institute for Sociology publishes the open-access, peer-reviewed online quarterly socio.hu publishing scientific papers in Hungarian and English.