In countries experiencing democratic backsliding, opposition MPs must confront not only the crisis of political representation but also structural constraints that limit their influence. Drawing on research in Hungary, Annamária Sebestyén argues that in such circumstances opposition MPs develop innovative strategies to remain politically relevant, but these have clear limits
Research Fellow, Institute for Political Science, ELTE Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest
Annamária obtained her PhD in Political Science summa cum laude from Eötvös Loránd University in 2024, writing her dissertation on political socialisation pathways and party membership among Hungarian youth.
Her research focuses on the political socialisation, political representation, youth participation, populism and democracy in illiberal contexts.
She is an editor of Replika Társadalomtudományi Folyóirat (Replika – Hungarian Journal of Social Sciences), president of the Hungarian Sociological Association's Political Sociology Section, and lead researcher of the Active Youth in Hungary Research Group.
Annamária's work has been published in Political Studies, Media and Communication, Intersections, East European Journal of Society and Politics, East European Politics, and the Czech Journal of Political Science.
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