Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)
2022 - 2024 

Head of Research: Imre Kovách (CSS Institute for Sociology)

 

Project Participants: (on behalf of CSS)

ALBERT, Fruzsina	GERŐ, Márton	KŐSZEGHY, Lea
BALOGH, Karolina	GYŐRI, Ágnes	MEGYESI, Boldizsár
BUKOVICS, István	HAJDU, Gábor	PAPP Z., Attila
CSIZMADY, Adrienne	HORZSA, Gergely	SIPOS, Alexandra
CSURGÓ, Bernadett	HUSZÁR, Ákos	SZABÓ, Andrea
DÁVID, Beáta	ILLÉSSY, Miklós	ZSIGMOND, Csilla
DUPCSIk, Csaba	KOVÁCS, ESZTER

 

External participants: BIHARI, Ildikó (University of Debrecen), CZIBERE, Ibolya (University of Debrecen), HUSZTI, Éva (University of Debrecen), NEMES-ZÁMBÓ, Gabriella (University of Debrecen), SZABARI, Veronika (Eötvös Loránd University), SZARKA, Melitta (University of Debrecen)

 

The aim of the research is a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the social phenomena of the “Post-COVID” age. The COVID epidemic had profound social consequences. The adoption of methods of protection, the virus denialism, the anti-vaccination can lead to a new social divide, the causes, and determinants of which we have little well-founded knowledge. With the exception of regional and age data, the distribution of infection and COVID-related diseases and vaccination propensity among the strata of Hungarian society is practically unknown. The success of overcoming the epidemic, the manageability of the consequences, and the responsiveness of society can largely depend on changes in social inequalities, social integration, trust and solidarity, and the current organization of social networks and local societies. Based on three surveys (end of 2015, 2018, 2021) and qualitative research, the research analyzes social trends that probable for the “Post-COVID” period are also likely