Tárki is a Budapest-based applied social research centre whose expertise and reputation accumulated over its 35 years of operation have resulted in it being seen as one of the major international think tanks as regards social and economic policy. Its research focus ranges from social stratification, social inclusion, labour markets, income distribution, consumption and lifestyle patterns to attitudes in Hungary and Europe. TÁRKI has its own fieldwork apparatus that is capable of carrying out regular Hungarian surveys on social structure and on attitudes, and of managing large-scale international research. The majority of TÁRKI’s staff (and of its broader network of scholars) have PhDs, and many hold professorial appointments at major Hungarian universities (and indeed further afield in Europe). TÁRKI is proud to have a distinguished network of external advisers. TÁRKI has an institutional culture that places great emphasis on excellence in research. Its management has chosen four principles to guide the institute’s staff and activities: independence, highest professional quality, balanced interpretation, and openness and commitment to democracy. These four principles are enshrined in TÁRKI’s Code of Ethics. TÁRKI regularly appears in global rankings of top social policy think tanks, as in the annual Global Go to Think Tank Index reports.
