December 16, 2014
Stefan Roch, Phd student in the Department of Public Policy, spent four weeks in Beirut, Lebanon this May. In his free time, he wandered around the city searching interesting situations, people and places that he found “were meaningful and would capture a certain aspect of Beirut and living and working in it.” His photos are on display in CEU’s Exhibition Hall in Nador 9.
December 2, 2014
The study of public policy at CEU is rooted in the university’s mission to promote open societies as well as a conviction that a combination of different social science methods is required to address the complex challenges of reform and good governance. The decision to offer programs in public policy a decade ago also involved the practical recognition that on the global, national, and local levels of policymaking, there was – and is – an increasing demand for analysts from developing and transition countries.
December 1, 2014
Mundus MAPP student Mihai Popsoi took part in an international debate project called "Visegrad4Moldova! - Debating the European Union: Visegrad 4 Experience." Popsoi’s essay, “Moldova Cannot Own its Future Unless it Breaks with its Past” won the essay competition of the project.
November 18, 2014
CentralEuropeanUniversity will host the 2014 AllianzAlumniAcademy, which brings together around 100 former participants in the AllianzSummerAcademy on Europe. The previous editions were held in Brussels, Berlin and Madrid.
October 6, 2014
In his new book, Uwe Puetter, professor at the Department of Public Policy (DPP) and director of the Center for European Union Research (CEUR), offers one of the most comprehensive accounts of European Council and Council decision-making by covering two decades of European integration from the late 1990s until the years after the entering into force of the Lisbon Treaty.
July 28, 2014
The rapid development of shale gas in the U.S. is prompting other countries to develop their own shale gas resources. From June 2–3, CEU professors Andreas Goldthau and Michael LaBelle presented their research on Bulgaria’s ban on shale gas at the World Bank Institute in Washington D.C. The invited audience assembled for the World Bank Institute Learning Symposium on Governance of Unconventional Gas: Exploring How to Deliver Transparent Benefits in Non-OECD Countries.
July 25, 2014
CEU Visiting Professor of Public Policy Kalman Mizsei was appointed Head of Mission for the EU Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine).
June 16, 2014
Martin Kahanec, associate professor in CEU’s Department of Public Policy, published an article on "Roma integration in European labor markets" in IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor) World of Labor, saying that labor market integration of the Roma is a moral and economic imperative. The pathology of social and economic separation and mistrust affects both Roma and non-Roma populations. Thus, policy intervention must target whole communities, and its scale and scope must be commensurate with the challenge.
June 16, 2014
Associate Professor Martin Kahanec of the Department of Public Policy and labor economists from 10 EU countries signed "Working Without Borders: A Manifesto for Europe's Future" as a counterpoint to the prevailing pessimism about Europe and the growing opposition against free labor mobility within Europe, calling for a future-oriented agenda for a genuine European labor market without borders. For more information, see http://www.iza.org/working_wit
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