Hanna Edit Konya

• PhD
• PostDoc Position at Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Las teorías de contacto sugieren, que vivir en un entorno étnicamente mixto conduce a una mayor tolerancia hacia las minorías, mientras que las teorías de amenazas étnicas muestran la menor amenaza, en entornos con solo un pequeño índice de minorías. Los adolescentes se segregan por muchas características, les gustan algunos y les desagradan por su...

The heterogenous self-identifications of the group members, the multitude of interactions, the mix of personal and community interests and the parted opinion about the role of migrant members of the community create a social setting urging for a research methodology specifically developed for this fieldwork. Current article presents a mixed methodo...

This article focuses on those aspects that are closely related to the food choices mothers make on daily basis. Everyday food choices, such as what we eat, how much we eat, what quality our food has, or where our food comes from, are highly influencing our life quality. For a better understanding of food-related behaviour, we have collected data th...

The paper discusses the collaboration network of local governments through their tendering activity. Although many tenders in the Hungarian tendering system have given special attention to those joint actions that targeted cross developments of multiple localities, collaboration between local governments in the tendering activity cannot be consider...

While the subject of networks has been an issue in the social sciences for decades, it can still be regarded as one of the concepts significant enough to excite the imagination of both theorists and empirical researchers. Because of this interest, many different types of approaches to networks have been developed. In many cases these theoretical an...

While the question of networks have appeared in social sciences since decades, they can be still regarded as one of the significant concepts which grasps the imagination of both theorists and empirical researchers. Because of this interest many different forms of network approaches have been developed. In many cases these theoretical and analytical...

La emergencia de una red de cooperación entre los miembros de una elite transnacional: los Csangos de Moldavia 1 " If one is looking for Amazonian elites, one could do worse than look outside Amazonia. " (Nugent, 2002:68) 2 Hanna Edit Kónya-Hungarian Academy of Sciences 3 Resumen El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar cuáles son las característ...

Aiming to perform the first sociological survey of Hungarian twins, our main question was whether being a twin has positive consequences on one's life. Adult twins completed our questionnaire at three Hungarian summer twin festivals, in hospitals during medical twin studies, and on some websites online. Data represent 140 twin pairs (mean age: 38.2...

The main question this article addresses is what characteristics should actors have to be recognized as prominent fiigures by the Csángó minority in the collaborating network of "Csángó matter". To answer the question, we have analyzed the relations between actors - individuals and organizations - of this ethnic minority. The results show that a sm...