Hungary’s Science and Cultural Policy
Hungary’s Science and Cultural Policy

Author(s): Veronika Jóźwiak
Subject(s): Governance, Politics and society, Culture and social structure , Higher Education , State/Government and Education, Social development, Fiscal Politics / Budgeting
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Hungary; science policy; cultural policy; science financing; funding for scientific researches; social development;
Summary/Abstract: After the last parliamentary elections in April, the Hungarian government began to reform science financing in the country. The changes consist of limiting the budgetary autonomy of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) and determining the research areas considered priority. Funding for basic research is to be reduced, which in the long term might negatively affect the quality of science and the Hungarian economy’s competitiveness. At the same time, ideological homogenisation is taking place in the cultural sphere. This may lead to limiting social development.

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