Research Interests

Gábor Hajdu, PhD is a senior research fellow at the Center of Social Sciences, Budapest. He earned his PhD in sociology at the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest in 2015. He holds an MSc in Sociology from the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest and an MSc in Political Science from the same university. He is specialized in data analysis and quantitative methods. His current research interests include the social determinants of subjective well-being, social inequalities, and the health effects of climate change.

Selected Publications

Hajdu, T., Hajdu, G. [2023]: Climate change and the mortality of the unborn. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 118,102771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102771

Hajdu, G., Hajdu, T. [2021]: The long-term impact of restricted access to abortion on children’s socioeconomic outcomes. PLoS ONE, 16(3): e0248638. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248638

Hajdu, T., Hajdu, G. [2021]: Post-conception heat exposure increases clinically unobserved pregnancy losses. Scientific Reports, 11(1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81496-x

Albert, F., Hajdu, G. [2020]: Association between poverty indicators and social relations. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 28(3), 401-423. https://doi.org/10.1332/175982720X15966472176159

Hajdu, G., Hajdu, T. [2018]: Intra-Couple Income Distribution and Subjective Well-Being: The Moderating Effect of Gender Norms. European Sociological Review, 34(2), 138-156. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcy006

Research Projects

Social context, social inequalities, and subjective well-being, NKFIH FK, 2020-2024, PI: Gábor Hajdu

Climate change and human health in Hungary, NKFIH FK, 2020-2024, PI: Tamás Hajdu

The impact of micro and macro income inequalities on subjective well-being, János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2022-2025