ABSTRACT Between 2019 and 2022, 21 Hungarian public institutions were placed under
the control of so-called public interest foundations (trust funds) instead of the state. As a …

Ensuring the proper implementation of academic freedom can be difficult both for
policymakers and university authorities. Hence, great emphasis should be given to the …

Political socialization of youth is crucial both in the maintenance of an illiberal regime and in
the resistance by civil society. The present qualitative study provides insight into the …

This paper explores the reemergence of universities as spaces for the contestation of
government policies in an era of illiberalism, rising nationalism and populism. We focus on …

This paper describes a study how higher education teachers conceive of and approach their
teaching and how they connect their conceptions and approaches to critical incidents. This …

Having reviewed several pieces of strategy documents, policy papers, and literature, we
concluded that there is no uniform definition of either institutional autonomy or academic …

The article provides insights into the limitation of academic freedom, the nature of higher
education reform in Hungary and the corresponding dissent. The article is influenced by …

In this chapter the author presents the institutional governance reforms in Hungary which
commenced in 2019. By 2022 75% of public higher education institutions were transformed …

This article explores how democratic backsliding affects the value of expertise provision for
interest groups in influencing policymaking. The analysis is conducted on an original survey …

Considering the fast-changing times and mounting challenges, higher education institutions
(HEIs) became recognized as important change agents in the society but at the same time …