This study investigates the intricate relationship between cognitive sociology and sustainable eating practices, specifically focusing on organic food purchase behaviours. We aim to uncover the complex social drivers influencing these behaviours by bridging social practice theory with...

The proportion of elderly people is growing steadily in many countries, and this trend is expected to continue. As a result, ageism - negative discrimination often tied to perceptions of the elderly -becomes especially harmful. Ageism prevents older generations from being fully accepted by...

Az internet az élet minden területén jelen van, és jelentősége egyre inkább növekszik. A digitális tér a fogyasztói lét fontos színtere mind a fiatalabbak, mind az idősebbek számára. Ez alátámasztja az online vásárlással kapcsolatos különféle fogyasztói szegmenseket...

A globalizálódott sportpiac egyik fő mozgatórugója a klubtól elkülönülő piacokon élő, de klub iránt rajongó ún. ”szatellit szurkoló”. Jelen cikk célja, hogy a társas identitás elméleti kereteit felhasználva megértse, hogy miként válnak magyar sportfogyasztók egy...

This study investigates attitudes towards the adoption rights and parenting skills of same-sex couples in 25 European countries using data from the European Social Survey and the European Values Study. The aim is to explore how political-demographic processes and various types of pronatalism...

Many non‐migrant politicians, journalists, and scholars in migrant‐ destination societies often represent migrants with self‐interested objectives and in specific instrumental ways based on stereotypes. Yet research on symbolic interaction reveals migrants are not passive victims. They...

Digital collaborative platforms have become crucial venues of career advancement and individual success in many creative fields, from engineering to the arts. Gender discrimination related to behavioral choices of users is a key component to gendered disadvantage on platforms. Such platforms...

Citizenship Utopias in the Global South is an edited collection of empirical research that explores emergent forms of activism in Africa, Asia, and Latin America in times of multiple crises. At the intersection of hope and disillusionment, the diverse and thought-provoking chapters investigate...

Az önkéntes egyszerűség olyan mozgalom, amely alternatív életmódot ajánl a válságokkal telített fogyasztói társadalomban. Az önkéntes egyszerűsítők tudatos és személyes döntés eredményeképpen váltanak életstílust, amelyben spirituális, társadalmi igazságossági és...

Involvement of the Roma population in informal waste collection in the CEE (Central and Eastern Europe) region has barely been researched with collectors as research subjects themselves. This article focuses on collection of bulky municipal waste by predominantly Roma informal waste collectors....

Objective: This study aims to investigate the impact of socio-demographic factors on childbirth satisfaction in Hungary, with a particular focus on the role of informal payments. While previous research has extensively examined maternal satisfaction, the specific influence of socio-demographic...

A politikai vezetői szerepeket olyan hagyományosan maszkulin jellemzőkkel társítják, mint az asszertivitás és a versenyszellem, így a férfi politikusokhoz viszonyítva a politikusnők önreprezentációja kiemelt területnek számít a politikai kommunikációkutatásban. A női...

The objective of this paper is to argue the fundamental significance of education in addressing notable gaps in the constitutive, performance and evaluation criteria for corporate social responsibility (CSR) and endeavours to showcase the complementarity between education, human security,...

The world stands at a crossroads. The next decade will determine whether we avoid climate, biodiversity, and economic catastrophe – or unlock a new era of sustainable, resilient, and inclusive growth. The Growth Story of the 21st Century challenges the outdated idea that we must choose between...

This article documents the historical evolution of economic expertise at the Banque de France (BdF), from the late-nineteenth to early-twenty-first centuries. Criticizing presentism and conceptual reductionism in the notion of scientization, I characterize the evolution of economic expertise at...

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to investigate the position of religion for the three constitutions of Egypt. Design/methodology/approach - In this study, by tracing religious identity-related studies and seeing whether their existence is attributed to the ruling elites' attitudes, it...

Transitions toward a circular economy require a nuanced understanding of how change plays out in households in relation to the role of consumers and daily consumption practices. However, little policy and research attention has been paid to the complexities of achieving necessary transformations...

This paper studies a model of network formation in which agents create links following a simple heuristic - they invest their limited resources proportionally more in neighbours who have fewer links. This decision rule captures the notion that when considering social value more connected agents...

This article explores the experiences of Syrian refugee women in Spain after the 2011 conflict, focusing on their acculturation strategies and shifts in gender roles. Through semi-structured interviews with ten participants, analyzed using thematic analysis, the study identifies how factors such...

This study investigates how the publication practices of Hungarian researchers in the field of chemistry align with the global benchmarks set by award-winning scientists in 2022. Prestigious awards enhance already notable visibility and serve as quality measures of research output. Our analysis...

This study aims to describe how different social classes in Turkey perceive inequality through their values regarding economic issues. The study evaluates the agreement of members of different social classes with neoliberal values related to income equality, livelihood, competition, and success...

In an era characterized by technological advancement, globalization, and evolving workplace dynamics, soft skills have emerged as a critical component of personal and professional success. This paper provides a comprehensive exploration of soft skills, encompassing their definition, relevance,...

In this paper, Budapest’s Szoborpark is analyzed as an archive from a discursive perspective considering concepts like ideology, society, history, discursive formations, subject, and meaning. For this reason, besides theoretical presuppositions, essential historical information is given in...

Workers in the informal sector constitute a disadvantaged group of employees in Vietnam. Though they contribute significantly to national GDP, they do not have a chance to benefit from social security policies. In 2020, the proportion of workers in the informal sector increased rapidly and then...

Violence against women (VAW) is a widespread human rights abuse, and it is persevering despite the efforts of various government ministries, non-governmental organizations, civic societies, communities, and individuals to combat it. In this article, I explore the patterns of narratives of people...

Women with disabilities face unique challenges in employment due to their intersectional identities, a claim supported by intersectionality theory (Crenshaw 1989). Research has consistently shown that these women encounter greater barriers and disadvantages in securing employment than their...

The current advancements in information technology enable us to build the global digital platform economy. Szerb et al. (2022) propose the Digital Platform Economy (DPE) Index, which includes four sub-indices and twelve pillars (each with two variables) to estimate the scale of the digital...

This article critically examines the perpetuation of gender regimes within postsocialist Europe by analyzing how organizational recognition is performed as part of the corporate celebration of Christmas. A critical ethnography was conducted at a male-dominated company in postsocialist Hungary....

Many European societies follow pronatalist family policies; nevertheless, in all countries, the total fertility rate is below replacement level and the rate of childless people is growing. Meanwhile, among demographers and policymakers, immigration is discussed as a way to increase the labor...

A várható élettartam növekedése a magas jövedelmű országok körében jelentősen ellaposodott az elmúlt évtizedekben. Az életmódból fakadó nem-fertőző krónikus betegségek egyre nagyobb tömegeket érintenek a fejlett országokban, ami hosszú távon megakaszthatja a várható...

A tanulmány célja a jóllét alapú értékelési módszer alkalmazásával egy életminőséggel korrigált életév (QALY) pénzben kifejezett értékének a kiszámítása. Ehhez először keresztmetszeti, online felmérését végeztünk a magyar felnőtt lakosság körében, összesen...