The Election in Hungary: What Happened? What Next?
Professor Andrew Ryder will give an overview of the recent election in Hungary. The discussion focuses on these questions: Was there illegality, misinformation and gerrymandering in the election? What was the impact of external influences, namely the EU, Russia and USA? What impact could the outcome of the election have on the spread of populism beyond Hungary?
Event details of
The Election in Hungary: What Happened? What Next?
- Date
- 13 May 2026
- Time
- 16:00 -17:30
- Room
- B3.05
The discussion will feed into a book Ryder co-authors on the Hungarian election and current political situation for Palgrave Macmillan.
About the speaker
Professor Ryder is Director of the Institute of Political and International Studies at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary. Prior to this he held academic positions at Corvinus University Budapest and the universities of Bristol and Birmingham. Ryder has a longstanding history of social justice activism and campaigning especially with Roma communities. He recently co-authored: Ryder, A, Majtenyi, B and Zsiga, F (2026) - Palgrave Macmillan ‘Soros and the Roma: praxis, equality and empowerment’.
