Research Interests

Governance and policy studies; populism research; trust and emotions in politics

Selected Publications

• Bartha, Attila – Boda, Zsolt: “Tax compliance motivations during corruption scandals in a fragile democracy: Results from a natural quasi-experiment”, Europe-Asia Studies, forthcoming.
• Bene, Márton – Boda, Zsolt: “A safety net against populism? An investigation of the interaction effect of political efficacy and democratic capacities on populist attitudes”, Political Research Exchange, 2023, On-line, https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2023.2220385 .
• Boda, Zsolt: “Shrinking space: the changing political opportunities of advocacy groups in illiberal governance”, European Politics and Society, 2023, On-line First, https://doi.org/10.1080/23745118.2023.2287245 .
• Sebők, Miklós – Boda, Zsolt, eds.: Policy Agendas in Autocracy, and Hybrid Regimes: The Case of Hungary (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).
• Bartha, Attila – Boda, Zsolt – Szikra, Dorottya: “When populists govern. Conceptualizing populism in policy making”, Governance and Politics, 2020, 8(3), 71-81. IF: 1.6
• Boda, Zsolt - V. Patkós: “Driven by politics: agenda setting and policy making in Hungary, 2010-2014”, Policy Studies, 2018, 39(4), 402-421. IF: 0.714.
• Boda Zsolt – Medve-Bálint Gergő: “How perceptions and personal contact matter: The individual level determinants of trust in police in Hungary”, Policing and Society, 27(7) (2017), 732-749. IF: 1,61
• Medve-Bálint Gergő – Boda Zsolt: “The Poorer You Are, the More You Trust? The Effect of Inequality and Income on Institutional Trust in East-Central Europe.“ Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014 vol. 50 (3): 419-454. IF: 0,563

Research Projects

• MORES – Moral emotions in politics: how they unie, how they divide, Horizon Europe RIA project, 2024-2026. Position: Principal Investigator, coordinator
• 'DEMOS - Democratic efficacy and the varieties of populism in Europe', H2020 RIA project, 2018-2020. Position: Principal Investigator, coordinator.
• ’Populism in policy and law-making’ National Research Fund, 2018-2021. Position: Principal Investigator.
• ’The dynamics of trust in Europe’, EUROFOUND project, 2017-2018. Position: expert.
• ’Policy dynamics in Hungary’. National Research Fund, 2013-2016. Position: Principal Investigator.
• ’New European Crimes and Trust-based Policy (FIDUCIA)’ EU project, 2012-2014. Position: leader of the Hungarian team, Work Package leader.
• ’Institutional trust and policy effectiveness in Hungary’ National Research Fund, 2012-2014. Position: Principal Investigator.
• ’Confidence in Justice (EUJUSTIS)’ EU FP7 project, 2009-2011. Position: leader of the Hungarian team.
• ’Global environmental regimes and Hungarian policy making’, National Research Fund, 2004-2007. Position: Principal Investigator.
• “Social policy, regulation and private sector water supply”, UNRISD project, 2005-2006. Position: researcher.

Work in Progress

Bodó, Balázs – Bene, Márton – Boda, Zsolt: Standing naked in the storm– European citizens’ trust in social media, users, information. Under review.

Barczikay, Tamás – Boda, Zsolt: Do the media set the parliamentary agenda in the newer democracies of East-Central Europe? The case of Hungary. Under review.