July 12, 2018
An opinion piece in the Irish Times by Paul Gillespie has quoted results of a research conducted by Vera Messing and Bence Sagvari.
“Using survey data from the European Social Survey of 20 countries in 2014-15, they show that trust is the most significant factor explaining attitudes towards migrants.”
Vera Messing is a research fellow at the Center for Policy Studies since 2008 as well as a research associate of the Institute for Sociology at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 2004.
March 2, 2018
The 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report lists the CEU Center for Policy Studies in the top 20 of Central and Eastern European think tanks and as the 25th Best University Affiliated Think Tank.
July 4, 2017
Each year, the U.S. Department of State honors individuals around the world who have devoted their lives to the fight against human trafficking. This year, Hungarian sociologist, human rights activist and former CEU researcher Viktoria Sebhelyi was named one of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report Heroes, receiving the Hero Acting to End Modern Slavery Award.
February 14, 2017
Vera Messing and Zsuzsanna Arendas, research fellows at the Center for Policy Studies, participate in a research project titled “Bridging Young Roma and Business: Intervention for inclusion of Roma youth through employment in the private sector in Bulgaria and Hungary”. The project includes 3 organizations and received a total of EUR1,046,102.62 funding from European Commission’s DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Program, and will run for 36 months.
February 17, 2016
Despite much talk about the need for the international community to do more to include local actors in disaster management, not much has changed, speakers said at a Feb. 11 roundtable on the “World Disasters Report 2015,” an annual independent publication commissioned by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. CEU's Center for Policy Studies contributed to the report.
July 20, 2015
Stopping rape: Towards a comprehensive policy has been hailed as “an exceptional analysis of the research and policies of rape prevention in an international context.” The book, which was published by Policy Press in July 2015, is a revised version of a 2013 study that was commissioned by the European Parliament's Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality.
April 3, 2015
The National Endowment for Democracy (USA) has granted 45,000 USD support for CEU's Center for Policy Studies to implement a program for promoting the engagement of young Romani leaders in public service. The Roma Placement Program supports young Roma MA and PhD graduates to build professional skills and to promote their engagement in public affairs at NGOs in Macedonia and Serbia.
February 10, 2015
Andrew Cartwright, research fellow at the Center for Policy Studies (CPS), has been appointed co-director of the center. He will work alongside existing director Violetta Zentai to expand CPS' involvement in comparative and interdisciplinary policy research, strengthening teaching connections across departments as well as continuing to provide practical research opportunities for doctoral students.
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.




