Conference of the Scientific Student Circles (TDK) — Fall Edition 2025

2025.09.19.

Any student currently enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s program of ELTE TáTK can register for the Conference of the Scientific Student Circles (TDK) by submitting a 20 to 30 page-long scientific paper written with the guidance of a supervisor.

The paper can also have more than one author, in which case the co-authors participate in the conference together.

PAPER SUBMISSION

Send your paper to tdk@tatk.elte.hu until 20 November 2025 (23:59). In all cases, the TDK secretary will acknowledge by e-mail the receipt of your application. If you do not receive a reply within one working day, please contact the TDK secretary to ensure that your paper does not accidentally get into the spam folder of the mail system.

Please include the information below in the email accompanying your paper:

/This information is requested from us by the National Association for Student Research (OTDT, https://otdk.hu/en/) – if we are unable to provide it, the results of the students concerned will not be official, and they will not be able to proceed to the National Student Research Conference (OTDK)./

-Author(s)

Surname
First name(s)
Educational ID number (can be found in Neptun)
Email address
Name of the institution and program where they study
Type of program (BA/BSc/MA/MSc/undivided)
Type of student status (full-time/evening/correspondence/distance learning)
Year of commencement of studies
Number of active semesters

-Supervisor(s)

Title (Dr/Dr. habil./Dsc/Prof.)
Surname
First name(s)
Educational ID number (if teaches at a higher education institution)
Email address
Name of workplace
Position at workplace

-as well as:

In the case of student(s) with special needs, requests to facilitate participation in the conference.
The section of the TDK conference in which the author(s), in agreement with the supervisor, would like to be included: (1) Data Science and Research Methodology; (2) Minority Policy and Cultural Anthropology, (3) Economics, (4) International Studies, (5) Social Studies, (6) Sociology. In case of uncertainty, more than one section may be indicated.

The titlepage of the paper should NOT contain the name of the author(s) or the name of the supervisor. The titlepage should ONLY include the title of the paper, the program and year of the author(s) (e.g., BA in Sociology, 2nd year) and a code-word to identify the paper (e.g., "Owl").

THE TDK CONFERENCE

Date: 18 December 2025

Venue: Lágymányosi Campus, Faculty of Social Sciences

At the TDK conference, participants are expected to present their research in 15 minutes, and to reflect on the opinion of a reviewer, which they have received beforehand.
Students can qualify for the national TDK conference (OTDK) by participating at this local one.

TDK PAPER: FORMAL REQUIREMENTS

Language: Hungarian or English
Font: Times New Roman 12
Justified; 1,5 line-space
Margin: 2,5 cm
Length: Between 20 and 30 pages (excluding the appendices, if any)
References: Any consistent reference style is accepted, (e.g.: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-2.html)
Titlepage, table of contents, paragraphs, bibliography
Charts and illustrations may appear in the body and in the appendix as well

Further Questions

With your questions, please turn to: Zsuzsanna Bak (Secretary of TDK Council at the Faculty of Social Sciences) or Ottó Gecser (Head of TDK Council at the Faculty of Social Sciences).