Hungary is the recent European leader in Chinese investment: but who benefits?

Hungary is the recent European leader in Chinese investment: but who benefits? Article by Magdolna Sass on the Institute of World Economics’ blog Over the past two decades, China’s share of the world economy’s total FDI stock has grown rapidly. While in 2000 the country’s share was negligible, by 2023 it accounted for […]
SVOC Call for Papers – EXTENDED

CALL FOR PAPERS 10TH THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN VARIETIES OF CAPITALISM (SVOC) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ‘The Changing Global Economic and Business Environment: Policy Challenges’ Date: 14–15 November 2024 Venue: HTK, 1097 Budapest, Tóth Kálmán utca 4. Organiser: Institute of World Economics, HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies with the support of […]
Report on the EADI conference

Report on the joint conference of the EADI, HUN-REN CERS – Institute of World Economics, Institute of International Relations Prague, and the University of Ljubljana On the 16th and 17th of May, the conference with the title Views on development from the peripheries of Europe was held at the institute. It was supported by […]
Not always visible, but plenty – hazardous waste in Hungarian battery factories

Not always visible, but plenty – hazardous waste in Hungarian battery factories Article by Andrea Éltető on the Institute of World Economics’ blog Over the past year, battery waste has been in the Hungarian news mostly because of illegally dumped discarded batteries. Iklad, Abasár, Mocsa, Salgótarján, Sárbogárd – in these cities thousands of tons […]
EuroMeSCo roundtable discussion

EuroMeSCo roundtable discussion On May 14th a roundtable was organized in the Institute of World Economics on the results of the EuroMed Survey – The Future of the European Neighbourhood Policy prepared within the EuroMeSCo network. Experts of other Hungarian network members – the Corvinus University and the Migration Research Institute – also participated […]