Knowledge base of the Mathias Corvinus Collegium
6/23/26, 6:00 AM
author: Anna Tápai

How can successful mental health support systems in elite sport be adapted to different national contexts?

This question is at the center of the research conducted by Anna Tápai, Student at MCC, during her three-month research stay at the Sport Research Institute of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
6/19/26, 6:00 AM
author: Roland Tardi

The Political Psychology of Anger

Anger has increasingly become a tool for political mobilization, shaping electoral campaigns and public discourse alike. Peter W. Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars (USA) argues in his book Wrath: America Enraged that a culture driven by anger does not usher in a new Golden Age. Instead, it fosters a cycle of resentment and revenge, confronting society with challenges whose resolution often demands enormous sacrifices.
6/9/26, 10:48 AM

Battle of Mohács: When Victory Was No Longer Possible

We tend to view Mohács as a single lost battle, but in reality, it was the disparities in resources and state organization, developing over decades, that ultimately determined Hungary’s fate. By the summer of 1526, the balance of power had shifted so drastically in favor of the Ottoman Empire that defeat had become almost inevitable. Mohács was not a one-time historical accident, but the outcome of long-term economic, military, and logistical processes. In terms of resources, the two sides were following fundamentally different trajectories of development, and it is this divergence that ultimately determined Hungary’s destiny.
6/2/26, 10:06 AM

Did Hungary's ill fate begin at Mohács?

“More was lost at Mohács!”— as the old Hungarian saying goes in times of hardship. But how much was actually lost there? Is Mohács truly the source of all our problems? The search for a primordial catastrophe has been a centuries-old tradition in Hungarian public thought.
5/15/26, 1:50 PM

The Shein Horror Continues: Toxic Clothing and Privacy Risks

Shein encourages overconsumption by offering thousands of new products every day at extremely low prices. However, these low prices come at a heavy cost. In fact, a significant proportion of these products contain potentially toxic and carcinogenic chemicals in concentrations exceeding EU safety limits by many times. Furthermore, the platform’s operations could pose serious data privacy risks as the app could hand over Western customers’ data to Chinese authorities. The company has also been accused of deliberately exploiting regulatory loopholes. In response, the European Union has launched formal proceedings to curb these violations.
4/14/26, 4:51 PM

If Sovereignty Can Be Broken Anywhere, It Can Be Broken Everywhere

A sovereign country was invaded in Europe, and the systems meant to prevent it failed.
3/31/26, 10:00 AM

Is Shein's rampage over? – Shein sex dolls and dangerous practices under investigation by the European Commission

Until now, the fashion giant Shein has relied on “intermediary neutrality” as a shield against responsibility for unethical – and in some cases illegal – products appearing on its platforms. The proceedings launched by the European Commission against Shein in February place the protection of children and young people at the center of the investigation, considering it as a core value that must be safeguarded in relation both to the products sold by the company and to the architecture of the platform itself.
3/12/26, 2:53 PM

Iran as the First Serious Test of American Primacy

The outbreak of the latest Iranian War on February 28 is far more significant and dangerous than the 2025 Twelve-Day War. The stakes have been raised considerably: the United States has been directly involved from the outset, Iran’s head of state has been killed, and there is an explicit attempt to overthrow the regime established by the Islamic Revolution forty-six years ago.
3/6/26, 6:54 PM

Europe no longer believes in Europe

Europe’s current crisis can no longer be explained solely in economic or migratory terms. What began as a pragmatic decision to sustain economic productivity has evolved into a profound demographic, cultural, and spiritual transformation that threatens historical continuity. An aging, secularized, and fragmented continent appears to have lost confidence in itself. Declining birth rates, large-scale immigration from predominantly Muslim-majority societies, and the erosion of Europe’s Judeo-Christian identity are not isolated phenomena but symptoms of a deeper existential crisis.
1/27/26, 4:10 PM

Harmonizing Human Rights Standards – The role of the CRPD in the jurisprudence of the Strasbourg Court

The relationship between the ECHR and the CRPD shows a growing convergence in the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities. While not formally bound by the CRPD the ECtHR in some cases refers to it in its judgements, emphasizing the need for procedural accommodations to comply with the requirements enshrined in Article 6 of the ECHR. Landmark cases, such as Stanev v. Bulgaria (2012) highlight the Court’s emphasis on legal capacity and meaningful participation contributing to a coherent human rights framework in Europe.