On 17 November 2025 the Hungarian European Society hosted an event in the framework of the DIACOMET project in cooperation with the SCIENCE+ regional project entitled Dialogue, Debate, Hatred.
On 10 November 2025 at the joint event organised by the Hungarian European Society int the framework of the DIACOMET project and Mérték Media Monitor, Bea Bodrogi, Éva Bognár and Pál Dániel Rényi participated in a panel discussion moderated by Erik Uszkiewicz at the public space of Magyar Hang.
„Etika a határon?” – sajtóetikai dilemmák egy foglyul ejtett médiarendszerben
– a Mérték Médiaelemző Műhely és a Magyarországi Európa Társaság DIACOMET projektjének közös rendezvénye –
Időpont: 2025. november 10. (hétfő), 17:00 – 18:30 (érkezés 16:45-től)
Helyszín: a Magyar Hang közösségi tere, 1096 Budapest, Thaly Kálmán utca 22-24. (bejárat közvetlenül az utcafrontról)
A beszélgetés résztvevői: Bodrogi Bea, ügyvéd; Bognár Éva, médiakutató, a Médiafórum Egyesület koordinációs igazgatója; Rényi Pál Dániel, újságíró, a 444 munkatársa
Moderátor: Uszkiewicz Erik, a Magyarországi Európa Társaság alelnöke, a DIACOMET projekt kutatója
The Hungarian European Society, together with its partners within the DIACOMET consortium, organised a panel discussion for a second time at the Forum 2000 conference in Prague on 14 October 2025.
The DIACOMET international research group organized a total of 87 focus group discussions in eight countries – Austria, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Slovenia – with more than 500 participants to learn about their views on ethical issues in public communication and the media environment in their countries. The country reports summarizing the results of the empirical research are available here.
The team of the DIACOMET EU project held its fourth consortium meeting in Vienna at the Austrian Academy of Sciences between 1-4 September 2025. The participants discussed the status of the various work packages, with a focus on the development of the online game as well as the strengthening of the NGO network before the closing conference to be held in Brussels in April 2026.
Representing the Hungarian European Society and the DIACOMET project, Erik Uszkiewicz participated at the World Journalism Education Congress, which took place in San Francisco between 8-10 August 2025. He made a joint presentation with Tobias Eberwein, researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the DIACOMET project, entitled "Tomorrow never knows: On the role of ethical codes and guidelines in journalism’s uncertain future". The two authors presented the results of a content analysis of altogether 429 media regulatory documents from eight European countries.
Erik Uszkiewicz participated at the summer school organised by the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence for journalists and media professionals between 23 and 27 June 2025. Participants focused primarily on the impact of artificial intelligence, tech giants and online platforms on journalism. On the last day of the event the Media Pluralism Monitor 2025 report was presented.
On 17 June 2025 the DIACOMET NGO network held its subsequent online event. The participants discussed and tested the FORUM concept and its platform for analysing media ethics dilemmas as well as learned about the freshly developed GAME methodology. The international network will continue its work with a third online meeting in September 2025.
The Hungarian Europe Society presented the DIACOMET project at the public camp of POLIP Association on 26 April 2025. Fanni Bársony and Erik Uszkiewicz demonstrated the newly developed interactive dilemma game. Almost thirty young participants played it immediately on the spot.
The DIACOMET consortium held its first online NGO meeting organised by the Hungarian Europe Society and Praxis from Estonia on 23 April 2025. The key objective of the network is to coordinate the work of civil society organisations active on the field of media accountability, media literacy and education, self-regulation and communication ethics.
As a representative of the DIACOMET project Erik Uszkiewicz participated at the international conference entitled "Regulation and Accountability in a Hybrid Media System: Content Creators, Algorithmic Plurality and Online Platforms" held at Charles University in Prague, 10-11 February 2025.
István Hegedűs held a presentation entitled "Strongman and Illiberalism - Pushing Back Against the Enemies of Liberal Democracy in Hungary" at the Annual Conference of the Austrian Political Science Association entitled "Pushing Back Against the Enemies of Democracy" at the Central European University in Vienna on 29 November 2024.
István Hegedűs and Erik Uszkiewicz participated at the annual festival of NECE (Networking European Civic Education) in Tirana between 14 and 17 November 2024. During a session of the event that was held in the cultural center Pyramid, Erik Uszkiewicz presented the activities and potential future outcomes of the DIACOMET project.
Communication Distortions and the Possibility of Democratic Dialogue in the 21st Century
– in-person international conference organised by the Hungarian Europe Society under the auspices of DIACOMET project in cooperation with the SCIENCE+ regional network –
Date: 12 November 2024, Tuesday 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Venue: Central European University, Budapest Campus, 15 Nádor utca, Budapest, H-1051, Room 106
The Hungarian Europe Society, together with its partners in the DIACOMET project, organised a panel discussion on the 28th Forum 2000 Conference on 15 October 2024 in Prague.
As a preparation for the task of designing the Principles of Good Communication Conduct, the DIACOMET project has completed a systematic collection of existing codes of ethics and guidelines for public communication. They are presented to the public in the form of a searchable online database that is integrated in the DIACOMET project website. It is now available online.
Erik Uszkiewicz gave a presentation entitled "How Ukraine and Russia have been portrayed in the Hungarian public sphere since February 2022" at the Warsaw East European Conference at the University of Warsaw on 3 July 2024. The theme of the twentieth academic meeting in a row was "How to Deter Russia: Resilience of Ukraine and the Western Community".
The Hungarian Europe Society organised an in-person and on-line workshop under the auspices of the DIACOMET project in cooperation with the SCIENCE+ regional project entitled "Scientific disinformation and populism" on 25 April 2024.
Scientific disinformation and populism
INVITATION to an in-person and on-line workshop organised by the Hungarian Europe Society under the auspices of DIACOMET project
in cooperation with the SCIENCE+ regional project
Date: 25 April 2024, Thursday 6:00 – 8:30 PM
Venue: Hungarian Europe Society, H-1052 Budapest, Gerlóczy utca 11.
RSVP: via e-mail (uszerik[at]gmail.com) by 19 April 2024
The DIACOMET consortium gathered on a project meeting in Budapest, Hungary, organised by Hungarian Europe Society on between 10 and 12 April 2024.
As the project is approaching its first year, the consortium meeting was a great opportunity to review the project activities so far and make plans for the future. The meeting began with a workshop on Dilemmas of Democratic Dialogue, organised under the auspices of DIACOMET.
Dilemmas of Democratic Dialogue – workshop organised by the Hungarian Europe Society under the auspices of DIACOMET project
Date: 10 April 2024, Wednesday 9:00 AM. – 12:30 PM.
Venue: ibis Styles Budapest Center (Budapest, Rákóczi út 58., H-1074)
Fake news, disinformation and conspiracy theories in the Hungarian public sphere was the title of the in-person and on-line workshop organised by HES under the auspices of DIACOMET project on 21 February 2024 at its seat.
Fake news, disinformation and conspiracy theories in the Hungarian public sphere
in-person and on-line workshop organised by the Hungarian Europe Society under the auspices of DIACOMET project
Date: 21 February 2024, Wednesday 6:00 – 8:30 PM
Venue: Hungarian Europe Society, H-1052 Budapest, Gerlóczy utca 11.
"New EU Ideas and Legislation to Strengthen Media Freedom" was the title of the workshop organised by the Hungarian Europe Society under the auspices of DIACOMET project at its seat in Budapest on 28 November 2023.
New EU ideas and legislation to strengthen media freedom
EMFA, DSA, DMA: what do the acronyms mean?
– workshop organised by the Hungarian Europe Society under the auspices of DIACOMET project –
Date: 28 November 2023, Tuesday 6:00 – 8:30 PM
Venue: Hungarian Europe Society, H-1052 Budapest, Gerlóczy utca 11.
István Hegedűs and Erik Uszkiewicz travelled for the kick-off meeting of the EU-funded DIACOMET project held on 13-14 June 2023 in Kaunas, Lithuania.
DIACOMET: Fostering capacity building for civic resilience and participation: Dialogic communication ethics and accountability
Funded by the European Union (grant agreement ID: 101094816).
Funded by the European Union (grant agreement ID: 101094816). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
