The Department of Political Science nominates the excellent quality of theses to the Best MA Thesis Award every year. After a thorough review a departmental committee selects the winners of each program.
2020/2021
One-year MA Program in Political Science:
- Anastasiia Soboleva: When Is Power-Sharing Not Enough? Military Inclusion and Coup-Conflict Link
Supervisor: Matthijs Bogaards
Two-year MA Program in Political Science:
- Maria Henriete Pozsar: How Discourse Strengthens Online White Supremacy: Strategic Framing on Stormfront
Supervisor: Levente Littvay
2019/2020
One-year MA Program in Political Science:
- Nikita Khokhlov - Perceptions of Corruption and Firm Performance in Post-Communist Countries: Institutional Perspective
Supervisor: Anil Duman
Two-year MA Program in Political Science:
- Bence Hamrak - Persuasion Or Loyalty: The Effects Of Elite Communication On The Electoral Sanctioning Of Corruption - A Survey Experiment in Hungary
Supervisor: Gabor Simonovits
2018/2019
One-year MA Program in Political Science:
- Ryan Switzer - Unhooding The Alt-Right: Framing and Metapolitics in Far-Right Discourse
Supervisor: Bela Greskovits
Two-year MA Program in Political Science:
- Nils Oellerich - Changing Bank Ownership Patterns in Hungary: Development, Economic Nationalism, and Political Lending
Supervisor: Laszlo Bruszt