Boglarka Nyul

About Boglarka Nyul

As a social psychologist and gender researcher, Boglarka Nyul seeks to understand and challenge gender inequality and gender-based violence.

She obtained her PhD at ELTE University in 2021. Since then, she has worked as an assistant professor and postdoctoral researcher at ELTE University on anti-gypsyism; as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Trento (2022–2023) on preventing gender-based violence and addressing harmful masculinities; and as an Azrieli Postdoctoral Fellow at Tel Aviv University (2023–2025), where she studied perceptions of non-consensual sex. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Örebro University, working on an MSCA-PF research grant.

Research

Boglarka´s research focuses on sexual violence, non-consensual sex, and sexual consent. She investigates their social aspects—specifically, how people perceive and react to them. This includes questions such as:

• When do people acknowledge non-consensual sex as rape?
• When do they blame the victim or let the offender off the hook?
• How do they understand sexual consent?
• How do they conceptualise gender and gender roles?

She conducts this research both in the general population and within online spaces often referred to as the “manosphere,” including incels and pickup-artist communities.

Boglarka has also examined how child sexual abuse is perceived within the Catholic Church. On a practical level, she helped establish Anti-Harassment Committees in four Hungarian schools, creating reporting pathways for survivors and training teachers to respond appropriately to disclosures.

Collaboration and assignments

In the corporate context, she has carried out applied research on gender equality and workplace diversity. This work has involved both empirical research and the development of actionable strategies for organisations aiming to create more inclusive environments.

If you would like to collaborate, feel free to contact her.