Alarmed by research that reveals Hungary as having one of the lowest reporting rates in
cases of sexual violence in Europe, this article provides an overview of the research that …

This study employs the synthetic control method to assess the effects of Romania's 2016
research reforms on the nation's research output. Prior reforms were unstable and led to …

This article develops a country case study on the Polish higher education (HE) system
governance regime by using the governance equalizer model to analyse how each reform …

This article analyses the recent political repression of academia in Hungary and Turkey
within the critical scholarship on globalisation and neoliberalisation of higher education. We …

In this article, we explore civil society mobilisation and the impact of organised interests on
the energy policies of two post-communist countries—Hungary and Czechia—and …

This article familiarizes readers with the international research project 'The Missing Link:
Exploring Organized Interests in Post-Communist Policy-Making'(OrgIntCEE). The project …

This article presents an analysis of the formation of organized interest groups in the post-
communist context and organizational populations over time. We test two theories that shed …

While there has been a veritable boom in literature on organized interests, their lobbying
strategies, relationships with decision-makers, and their impact on policymaking, only a few …

The transformation of higher education provision by neoliberal values has been well
documented. However, recent criticisms and even attacks upon higher education indicate a …

This paper contributes to our understanding of interest intermediation structures in Central
and Eastern Europe (CEE) and, specifically, whether, which, how and to what extent …