Central European University

Mesoscale structures in signed networks

Mesoscale structures in signed networks have been studied under the limiting assumption of the validity of social balance theory, which predicts positive connections within groups and negative connections between groups. Here, we propose and apply a methodology that overcomes thi...

CEDAW, Digital Violence and State Due Diligence: Assessing India’s Response within a Global Framework

Abstract Online gender-based violence (OGBV) is escalating worldwide. This article argues that the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), read together with its General Recommendations, provides an operationalizable due diligence frame...

From hope to health: improving sexual and reproductive health knowledge among adolescent orphan girls through the ‘HopeBox’ intervention in Bangladesh

Background: Orphaned adolescent girls face critical barriers to accessing accurate sexual and reproductive health (SRH) knowledge, which predisposes them to risky sexual behaviours and their consequences. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the 'HopeBox' intervention in imp...

Christian Democracy under Autocracy: How Catholics Reinvented Anti-totalitarianism and Human Rights in Late Cold War Czechoslovakia

This article examines the conditions of the emergence of Christian democracy in late Cold War Czechoslovakia. Rather than treating Christian democracy as a postwar party-political project exhausted by its accommodation with liberal democracy in Western Europe, it is approached as...

From formation to identity: understanding the dynamics of entrepreneurial teams in incubation programs

Purpose This study aims to examine how entrepreneurial team formation and the development of entrepreneurial team identity unfold within incubated startups. It investigates whether incubation programs serve merely as external support or actively shape internal processes such as a...

Neural network-assisted refinement of traditional schemes for one-dimensional scalar conservation laws

Abstract A clear link is established between conventional numerical methods and neural network approximations for solving one-dimensional scalar conservation laws. The focus is on the construction of an appropriate flux term in the case of convex flux functions for improving the...

Can AI Read Coptic Ostraca?: Formula, Fragment, and the Reconstruction of Meaning in O.Frangé 1–27

Presentation slides for “Can AI Read Coptic Ostraca? Formula, Fragment, and the Reconstruction of Meaning in O.Frangé 1–27,” presented at the online mini-conference AI for Ancient Studies (AI4AS), held as part of DH2026 (27–31 July 2026, Daejeon, South Korea). This study examines...

Can AI Read Coptic Ostraca?: Formula, Fragment, and the Reconstruction of Meaning in O.Frangé 1–27

Presentation slides for “Can AI Read Coptic Ostraca? Formula, Fragment, and the Reconstruction of Meaning in O.Frangé 1–27,” presented at the online mini-conference AI for Ancient Studies (AI4AS), held as part of DH2026 (27–31 July 2026, Daejeon, South Korea). This study examines...

Mitigating artificial intelligence-related animal welfare risks in animal farming

In animal farming, artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly promoted as a means to enhance productivity, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve animal welfare. However, discussion of the animal welfare risks arising from these technologies, particularly emerging generat...

Multiscale patterns of migration flows in Austria: regionalization, administrative barriers, and urban-rural divides

Abstract Migration is central to various societal problems related to socioeconomic development. While much of the existing research has focused on international migration, migration patterns within a single country remain relatively unexplored. In this work, we study internal mi...

Un/making protection: EU temporary protection and the governance of the Ukrainian displaced in Vienna in a global perspective

This article explores the reception of the Ukrainian displaced in Vienna following Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, and the workings of temporary protection (TP). It analyses how response to the mass influx of displaced persons has been shaped jointly by the legacies of mana...

Genocide and the Bosnian war through a gender lens

This article uses examples from the 1992–1995 Bosnian war and its aftermath to illustrate how a gender lens helps to understand the category of genocide, both in legal and in popular terms. The one event in the Bosnian war that was ruled to be genocide was the sex-selective killi...

Observers exhibit greater caution and faster evidence accumulation when identifying joint versus individual actions

Coordination requires anticipating and adapting to others' actions in real time. While research has shown that observers predict observed solo actions, little is known about how predictive processes change when observing joint actions. We tested whether, for joint actions, observ...

Green Is Less Greedy: Competition, Corruption, and Productivity in Green Public Procurement in Bulgaria

ABSTRACT Green Public Procurement (GPP) is promoted for environmental sustainability, but its economic effects are less studied. This paper examines GPP's impact on firm productivity, competition, and corruption risks in Bulgaria, a challenging context for governance. Using data...

Cooperative and competitive interactions modulate expectations about resource distribution in 13-month-old infants

Cooperation and resource distribution are central properties of human sociality. The long-term stability of cooperative ventures depends on linking obtained benefits to the efforts invested by collaborating partners. Previous studies demonstrated that infants start to both unders...

A tale of ten cities: data bias in human mobility is pervasive and highly location specific

Abstract Large-scale human mobility datasets play increasingly critical roles in many algorithmic systems, business processes, and policy decisions. Unfortunately, there has been little focus on understanding bias and other fundamental shortcomings of these datasets and how they...