Perspective Institute (Nézőpont Intézet) is the union of a for-profit company and a non-profit foundation. Perspective Institute is a market-based closely held polling, analyses and strategic consulting firm.

The firm was founded in the summer of 2006, its constantly growing staff consists of young professionals whose work is supported by respected advisors and researchers. Our works aim at providing an international outlook to understand Hungary's political, economic and social trends in a global and European context. Special attention is paid to foreign governments' successful policies that could be implemented in Hungary and to informing policymakers abroad, interested in Hungary's political issues.
Committed to social responsibility, in 2008, Perspective Institute set up a conservative-liberal foundation, bearing its name, to serve non-profit activities. Our principles are the respect of human dignity, the commitment to the rule of law, free and fair competition, solidarity and competent leadership.

Perspective Institute Foundation regards the strengthening of the culture of long-term strategic thinking in Hungary as a crucial task and has initiated lectures and researches entitled "Hungary in 2025". Separate projects are dedicated to reforming campaign financing and the idea of social market economy and to examining the possibilities of strengthening Hungary's role in the European Union. The head of the board of trustees is Mr János Martonyi, its members are Ms Zsófia Vitézy, Professor András Lánczi, Mr Balázs Ablonczy and Mr Ágoston Sámuel Mráz.



Ágoston Sámuel Mráz, director, is a political scientist. His main field is European politics. He actively researches in church politics.
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Orsolya Szomszéd, analyst, specialized in Hungarian domestic politics. Her research area is the political role of presidents in constitutional democracies.
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Miklós Szánthó, analyst, specialised in radical right-wing movements, with a special interest in the history of American neoconservatism.
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Gábor Takács, analyst, managing editor of Hungarian Political Summary / Ungarische Rundschau. Born in 1974 in Budapest. Received a Master s Degree in International Relations and Economics at Budapest University of Economics in 1998 and an MSc in International Relations at University of Bristol, UK in 2001. Worked as a business journalist and editor since 1998 and participated in a guest journalist programme at Daily Newspaper Tagesspiegel in Berlin, Germany in 2007. Joined Nézőpont Intézet / Perspective Institute in 2010.
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Sára Kuthi, press officer. She has graduated in Media Studies (M.A), specialising on Public Relations and in Aesthetics Studies (M.A) in 2007 and 2008 at Péter Pázmány Catholic University, in the Faculty of Arts. She has finished her professional traineeship at two programms of Hír Television: "Célpont" and "Keresztmetszet" in 2006, Budapest.
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Daniel Schutz, CEO, political scientist. His field of specialty is public opinion analysis and consulting.
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