Recipients of CEU’s 2021 Doctoral Awards Announced

February 11, 2021

The recipients of this year’s Award for Advanced Doctoral Students as well as the Academic Achievement Award for First-Year Doctoral Students have been announced.

The Award for Advanced Doctoral Students is presented in recognition of outstanding student research and includes an 800 EUR prize. To be eligible, recipients must have completed a significant amount of research that serves as the basis for a scholarly presentation of their findings either in a draft chapter or paper, along with a GPA of at least 3.5 or one of the highest placements in their department.

The Academic Achievement Award for First-Year Doctoral Students in turn is presented to students who have completed outstanding coursework and performed exceptionally during the comprehensive exam, all while maintaining a GPA of at least 3.8 or one of the highest placements in their department. This award comes with a 500 EUR prize.

On behalf of the entire CEU community, CEU's Provost Liviu Matei congratulated the award winners, wishing them success in their future academic endeavors. "You are an inspiration for future graduate student cohorts and also for your supervisors and all faculty members of CEU," he said. "I am extremely impressed by the initiative, perseverance and depth of intellectual work you have shown, in particular in these trying times."

Award for Advanced Doctoral Students

Department

Francesca Bonalumi

Cognitive Science

Laura Schlingloff

Cognitive Science

Rebeka O. Szabo

Data and Network Science

Michael Zeller

Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations

Pedro Perfeito da Silva

Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations

Anass Karzazi

Economics and Business

Istvan Boza

Economics and Business

Balsa Lubarda

Environmental Sciences and Policy

Olea Morris

Environmental Sciences and Policy

Lieke Hettinga

Gender Studies

Sarah Werner Boada

Gender Studies

Faruh Kuziev

History

Elsaman Mahmoud

Legal Studies

Matthew DeCloedt

Legal Studies

Andras Meszaros

Mathematics

Nika Salia

Mathematics

Emese Muntan

Medieval Studies

Iliana Kandzha

Medieval Studies

James Cartlidge

Philosophy

Maarten van Doorn

Philosophy

Anamaria Berbec-Chiritoiu

Sociology and Social Anthropology

Astrea Pejovic

Sociology and Social Anthropology

Academic Achievement Award for First-Year Doctoral Students

Department

Dominik Garber

Cognitive Science

Ludovico Napoli

Data and Network Science

Bernadett Sebaly

Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations

Barbora Valikova

Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations

Varvara Aleksic

Environmental Sciences and Policy

Angela Heredia Pineda

Gender Studies

Lucija Balikic

History

Teodora Miljojkovic

Legal Studies

David Rockwell

Medieval Studies

Joshua Jarrott

Philosophy

Fanni Beck

Sociology and Social Anthropology