MCC Bulletin 2024 - eng
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RESEARCH INSTITUTES<br />
There are certain issues that will decisively determine the fate of Europe and are of national strategic<br />
importance for the future of Hungary. These include topics such as youth, education, climate change,<br />
migration, national cohesion, and the relations between Germany and Hungary. The question of how<br />
we Hungarians view ourselves and what unites us in a turbulent sea of nations and interests is equally<br />
essential. To explore these major issues, <strong>MCC</strong> has set up distinct institutes which operate as thinktanks.<br />
These institutes contribute to academic life, policy-making, and public debate through education,<br />
public lectures, conferences, research, publishing, social action, international networking, public<br />
appearances, and consultancy. Their activities are not performed in isolation, but in a coordinated fashion<br />
under the auspices of <strong>MCC</strong>.<br />
Migration Research Institute<br />
The Migration Research Institute, established in 2015, is the oldest institute<br />
of Mathias Corvinus Collegium. Over the past eight years, the MRI<br />
has become a respected and professional forum for interpreting today’s<br />
global migration phenomena, with a special focus on the trends shaping<br />
European migration policies. Their staff include experts on Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, and Islam,<br />
as well as lawyers and security policy analysts. Many of them hold teaching positions at Hungary’s most<br />
prestigious universities (ELU, BCU, UPS, and PPCU). MRI’s researchers regularly appear in mainstream<br />
media in Hungary to present their research findings or provide accessible expert analysis of current<br />
developments related to migration. At the same time, the institute has built up strong partnerships<br />
such as the International Network for Immigration Research (INIR), which was established in Budapest<br />
in 2023 in collaboration with two American, one French, and one Israeli think tanks.<br />
The director general of the Institute is Dr. Tamás Dezső, Assyriologist, and its operational director is<br />
Dr. Viktor Marsai, historian and security policy expert.<br />
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