The Ranking Systems Research (RSR) Group is supported by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office under Grant FK 145838.
An interview with the leader of the research group, László Csató, appeared in the Hungarian radio program Trend-idők on 31 December 2025 (in Hungarian).
A paper co-authored by two members of the research group entitled Ranking matters: Does the new format select the best teams for the knockout phase in the UEFA Champions League? appeared in International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching on 30 December 2025.
We will organise the 4th Fairness in Sports workshop on 12 June 2026 at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary.
Ranking is a fundamental issue in many fields of science: rankings are used to represent both individual and collective preferences, allocate financial and other resources, or support potentially life-changing decisions.
We are focusing on two specific fields where rankings play a prominent role: pairwise comparison matrices and sports tournaments.
The goal of the project is to demonstrate that the axiomatic analysis of ranking systems can offer new and important insight into both decision-making methods and sports rules.