Gábor DOBOS

Degrees: MA in political science and economics (Corvinus University of Budapest), PhD in political science (Corvinus University of Budapest)

Research interests: local politics, political institutions

Publications: MTMT

Membership: Hungarian Political Science Association

Contact: dobos.gabor[at]uni-nke.hu

Projects: Constitutional Politics and Political Realism

Gábor Dobos is a political scientist and studied at Corvinus University of Budapest. He is senior research fellow at the Research Institute of Politics and Government and research fellow at the HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences. From 2015 to 2024 he was a member of the presidential committee of the Hungarian Political Science Association and from 2021 to 2024 secretary general of the HPSA. He is particularly interested in local politics, election pledges and constitutional adjudication.

Selected publications:

Bene, Márton – Dobos, Gábor (2023): In the Web of the Parties: Local Politicians on Facebook in Hungary. Media and Communication 11(3): pp. 141-152.

Kovarek, Dániel – Dobos, Gábor (2023): Masking the Strangulation of Opposition Parties as Pandemic Response: Austerity Measures Targeting the Local Level in Hungary. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society 16(1): pp. 105-117.

Pócza, Kálmán – Papp, Zsófia – Dobos, Gábor – Gyulai, Attila (2023): Do constitutional courts restrict government policy? The effects of budgetary implications and bloc-politics in the Hungarian Constitutional Court's decisions between 1990 and 2018. East European Politics 39(3): pp. 391-413.

Dobos, Gábor (2021): Municipal splits and hidden amalgamations in Hungary. Miscellanea Geographica 25(1): pp. 37-45.

Pócza Kálmán – Dobos Gábor – Gyulai Attila (2017): How to Measure the Strength of Judicial Decisions: A Methodological Framework. German Law Journal 18(6): pp. 1557-1586.