The Political Ideology Lab was founded in February, 2010 by 3 enthusiastic young social scientists; with the recent addition of three new assistants it currently has seven members. The lab functions as a part of Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Education and Psychology; under the supervision of Robert Tardos (since September, 2010) and Gyorgy Fabri (since January, 2013). Join us if you want to
learn more about our work, if you are interested in cooperation or in ideologies in general and you want to be a part of/informed about our research! Our research centres on the Left-Right ideology, its meaning and determinants, approached from as many angles as possible. We use methods such as: different kinds of free associations and tools of social network analysis. We currently have three ongoing research projects. The High School Project is aimed at tackling what determines teenagers’ ideological views and positions (on the axes of family, peer influence and psychological factors). The Pensioners Project attempts to figure the ideological views pensioners attach to both wings. And last but not least, our cooperation with our lovely Croatian partners is our first step towards making international comparisons. The Lab operates on some ground principles such as: open communication, critical approach towards our own and others’ work, close and integrative cooperation between members. We highly value interdisciplinarity in research, our researchers and assistants come from the fields of Psychology, Sociology and Political Science.
