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UNDERSTANDING THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: A GUIDE erature; textology. The Institute is also engaged in editing reference books and bibliographies, in publishing reviews, critical editions and source studies in Hungarian literature. INSTITUTE FOR MUSICOLOGY Address: H-l 014 Budapest, Táncsics Mihály u. 7 Mail: H-1250 Budapest, PO.Box 28 Phone: (36-1) 356-6858 Fax: (36-1) 375-9282 Internet: www.zti.hu E-mail: director@zti.hu Director: TLBOR TALLIÁN, C.SC. Main fields of research include all areas of Hungarian music history, and various areas of general music history; ethnomusicology and ethnochoreology (Hungarian and European folk music and folk dance). Its other responsibilities include the maintenance and enlargement of primary collections hosted by the Institute such as the Hungarian Folk Music and Folk Dance Archives, the Bartók Archives, and the Museum of Music History. INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY Address: H-l 054 Budapest, Szemere u. 10 Mail: H-1398 Budapest, PO.Box 594 Phone/Fax: (36-1) 312-0243 Internet: www.phil-inst.hu E-mail: office@phil-inst.hu, nyiri@elender.hu Director: JÁNOS KRISTÓF N Y ÍRI , O.M. Main fields of research: Information society, social philosophy, history of philosophy, philosophy of religion. Researches are also going on under the following special projects: the changing function of European universities, screen pedagogy, trends in global networking and controlling the NET. The Institute also serves as a scientific background for UNIWORLD, a virtual university, based on studies in the history of universities and on the achievements of the Institute's studies on information society. INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL SCIENCES Address: H-l 014 Budapest, Országház u. 30 Mail: H-1399. EO. Box 694/115 Phone: (36-1) 375-9011, 224-6700 Fax: (36-1) 224-6725 Internet: www.mtapti.hu E-mail: bayer@mtapti.hu Director: JÓZSEF BAYER, D.SC. Main fields of research: Political theory; political institutions; research in the field of security and defence policies; parties, party systems and the articulation of Hungarian society; elections — electoral behaviour; interrelationships of political and societal group formation; political culture; ethnic and regional structure. INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY Address: H-l 132 Budapest, Victor Hugo u. 18/22 Mail: H-1394 Budapest, PO.Box 398 Phone: (36-1) 350-0555 Fax: (36-1) 239-6727 Internet: www.mtapi.hu E-mail: czigler@cogpsyphy.hu Director: ISTVÁN CziGLER, D.Sc. Main fields of research: The study of elementary information processing; analysis of the development of cognitive processes and brain mechanisms underlying the cognitive processes in human and animal experiments; determinants of mental development in the early stages of the socialisation process; the role of psychological processes in effective education; processes underlying the decision processes; cognitive constructs in the control of social behaviour, text comprehension and communication; psychological mediation and representation of social processes. INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY Address: H-1014 Budapest, Úri u. 49 Mail: H-1250 Budapest, PO.Box 20 Phone: (36-1) 224-6740 Fax: (36-1) 224-6741 E-mail: h8756tam@ella.hu Director: PÁL TAMÁS, C.SC. Main fields of research: Research into the reproduction processes of poverty and deprivation; integration of Roma (Gypsy) groups into Hungarian society; operation of the non-profit sector; reconstruction of the 66
