Gabor Scheiring, PhD
Political Economist, Public Sociologist
Podcasts & audio
Poliko podcast: The Making of Illiberal Hegemony in Hungary
March 11, 2021: With David Karas and Kristóf Szombati we discuss the ideology and class coalitions sustaining Hungary’s current authoritarian regime.
New Books Network podcast about my book
January 14 , 2021: I discussed my book (The retreat of liberal democracy, Palgrave, 2020) with Tim Jones from the New Books Network.
My experience in politics and academia
June 30, 2020: Larry Liu - Ph.D. researcher at Princeton Sociology - invited me to join him for an open-ended conversation about my research and my political involvement.
G7 podcast Orbán Viktor 10 évéről a könyvem kapcsán
May 10 , 2020: Kasnyik Mártonnal a G7 podcast adásában beszélgettem a könyvem kapcsán az autoriter kapitalizmusról és Orbán Viktor 10 évéről.
Covid-19 in Italy 2.
March 13, 2020: Covid-19 in Italy - A week later.
I joined The Annex podcast to discuss the corona crisis in Italy. The Annex is an academic sociology-themed podcast managed by Joseph Nathan Cohen, Associate Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York, Queens College.
Covid-19 in Italy 1.
March 6, 2020: Covid-19 in Italy. I joined The Annex podcast to discuss the corona crisis in Italy. The Annex is an academic sociology-themed podcast managed by Joseph Nathan Cohen, Associate Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York, Queens College.
Hungary and Poland: Democracy under pressure
22 November 2018: I took part in a panel in Westminster, hosted by The Foreign Policy Centre Westminster, to explore the current political situation in Hungary and Poland. CHAIR: Alex Sobel MP.
The rise of authoritarian capitalism in Hungary
23 August 2018: I talked with The Correction Podcast about the changes Hungary has undergone over the last eight years. We discuss how countries slide towards authoritarianism, the failures of the liberal elite, and what West Virginia has in common with rural Hungary.
Videos (presentations & interviews)
From neoliberal disembedding to nationalist re-embedding in provincial Hungary
April 20, 2022, Invited lecture and panel discussion with Chriss Hann at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
Deaths of Despair in Eastern Europe
July 2, 2021, Presentation at the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Annual Meeting.
The crisis of liberalism & the rise of illiberalism in Hungary: book panel
May 21, 2021. Book panel at the Thirty Years of Capitalist Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe Conference. Chair: Don Kalb (University of Bergen). Panelists: Attila Antal, Gabor Scheiring, Kristof
Szombati, Mary Taylor.
Deindustrialization as Social Death (presentation)
Apr 15, 2021: Presentation at the British Sociological Association's 70th Annual Conference (online).
Panel about my book (The retreat of liberal democracy),
Feb 9, 2021: A panel discussion about my book (The retreat of liberal democracy), organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, featuring Don Kalb, Dorottya Szikra, Krisztina Soreg & Zoltán Pogátsa.
Panel about Sociology's special issue on nationalism
Dec 10, 2020: Video features a discussion of the Sociology special issue 'Nationalism's Futures', published Volume 54 Issue 6, December 2020
Discussion with the Mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karácsony about my book and democracy in Hungary
Nov 10, 2020: Mayor of Budapest Gergely Karacsony joined the discussion about my recent book (The retreat of liberal democracy, Palgrave, 2020), organized by the Foreign Press Association, Milan.
Autoriter államkapitalizmus: Perverz újraelosztás és gazdasági hatalom a NER-ben
Jun 25, 2020: Előadás a Párbeszéd Fenntarthatóság Műhelyének online szemináriumsorozata keretében a könyvemről és az Orbán-rendszer politikai gazdaságtanáról.
Varieties of dependency, varieties of illiberalism: the crisis of democracy in East-Central Europe
June 20, 2020: Varieties of dependency, varieties of illiberalism: the crisis of democracy in East-Central Europe. Presentation at the Critical Political Economy Research Network (CPERN) Mid-Term Workshop, "What’s Next? Critical Political Economy at the End of Neoliberalism?", Limerick, Ireland (online workshop).
"Vannak veszélyei a kormány válságkezelésének" - Partizán Interjú
Mar 22, 2020: A jelenlegi világjárvány könnyen a 2008-as gazdasági világválsághoz hasonló társadalmi összeomlást eredményezhet. Mai adásunkban Scheiring Gábor közgazdásszal arról beszélgettünk, hogy mit kellene tennie a gazdasági és politikai elitnek a katasztrófa megelőzése érdekében.
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AUTHORITARIAN POPULISM: THE CASE OF HUNGARY
May 17, 2019.: “The Political Economy of Authoritarian Populism: The Case of Hungary”, Presentation at Pembroke Colle, Cambridge University Hungarian Society and Pembroke Politics Society, University of Cambridge, UK.
PRESENTATION: THE ROOTS OF ILLIBERALISM IN HUNGARY AND CENTRAL EUROPE
Feb 14, 2018: “Illiberalism in Hungary: The Socioeconomic Roots in Comparative Perspective”, Public Presentation at the International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy, Washington, D.C.
CAPTURED MEDIA, CAPTURED DEMOCRACY
Feb 15, 2018. Panel discussion: Speaking truth to power: Media capture, disinformation, and democracy. Indiana University Bloomington
(Starting at 29:00)
AZ ILLIBERALIZMUS POLITIKAI GAZDASÁGTANA
May 16, 2017. Előadásom a Társadalomelméleti Kollégium szervezésében, Corvinus Egyetem, Budapest.
A NEMZETI BURZSOÁZIA DISZKRÉT BÁJA: A DEMOKRÁCIA HANYATLÁSÁNAK POLITIKAI GAZDASÁGTANA
Nov 26, 2015. A mai magyar valóság az elmúlt negyed század tükrében. A 25 éves Politikatörténeti Alapítvány és a Politikatörténeti Intézet Társadalomelméleti Műhelyének konferenciája, Budapest.
POLÁNYI KÁROLY ÉLETMŰVÉNEK JELENTŐSÉGÉRŐL, AKTUALITÁSÁRÓL
Aug 29, 2011. Ökopolitikai Nyáriegyetem, Horány, 2011.