Department of Research on Theory and Methodology

The Department of Research on Theory and Methodology aims to provide an overview – and eventually even a toolkit – of the theories and methods applied by the international and Hungarian practitioners of sociology and interdisciplinary social sciences, in order to continue Hungarian social science research traditions with new and renewed research tools as well as to make previously under-represented yet socially relevant issues in Hungarian sociology more accessible. A characteristic feature of the working style of the department is the application of a critical approach to the researchers’ own positions, recognising the importance of doing research not only about the researched social groups but also doing research for them and together with them. The work of the department is characterised by mostly interpretivism (epistemologically) and social constructionism (ontologically) both in the fields of inductive and deductive empirical studies, applying qualitative and quantitative methods.

Head of Research Department: Takács, Judit