Research Interests

Judit Takács is a Research Professor at the Centre for Social Sciences, and an editor of the Socio.hu Social Science Review Hungarian journal. Her main research interests cover family practices, childlessness, the social history of homosexuality, homophobia and genderphobia. She has university degrees in History (ELTE) and Social Sciences (UvA), holds a Ph.D. in Sociology (BKÁE), a Diploma Habilitationis (ELTE), and the Doctor of Science title (awarded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2019). She was the Hungarian research lead in several international and national research projects, including the Families and Societies (FP7), the RECWOWE: Reconciling Work and Welfare in Europe (FP6) and the HIV Prevention within High-Risk Social Networks I-II. projects. Since 2021 she is a member of the Momentum Reproductive Sociology Research Group. She has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals, including AIDS; AIDS Education and Prevention; Archives of Sexual Behavior; BMC Public Health; Critical Social Policy; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; European Review of History; Families, Relationships, and Societies; Journal of Community Health; Journal of Homosexuality; Gender, Place & Culture; Politics and Governance; Sexualities; Sexuality Research and Social Policy; Social Inclusion; Social Politics; and Vaccine. Her most recent edited volume came out in 2022 at Routledge.

Selected Publications

Takács J. (2025) Compromising Priests and Nuns under State Socialism: Encountering Homosexuality in Hungarian State Security Records. Journal of Homosexuality, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2534547

Szalma, I., & Takács, J. (2025) The impact of political-demographic considerations on European attitudes towards parenting and adoption by same-sex couples. European Journal of Politics and Gender.1-27. https://doi.org/10.1332/25151088Y2024D000000072

Kopasz, M., Bartha, A., & Takács, J. (2025) Pandemic policymaking in European populist and liberal democracies: a comparison between Hungary and Portugal. Political Research Exchange, 7(1) 2483915. https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2025.2483915

Möser, C.; Ramme, J.; Takács J. eds. (2022) Paradoxical Right-Wing Sexual Politics in Europe. (Global Queer Politics) Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81341-3

Szalma I. – Takács J. (2022) Családszociológiai mozaik. Debreceni Egyetemi Kiadó.

Research Projects

2021 – 2026 "Reproduction related decisions from macro-micro perspectives in European comparison in the (post-)pandemic era" (Momentum Program of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, participating researcher, principal investigator: Ivett Szalma)

2024-2026 INNOWELFARE: INNOWELFARE: Innovations in welfare policy research in Central and Eastern Europe (NKFIH K_147515) – participating researcher, principal investigator: Attila Bartha (TK PTI)