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DPP's Professor Kahanec Wins ESET Science Award 2025 for Outstanding Scientist in Slovakia

October 20, 2025

Martin Kahanec, Professor at the Department of Public Policy and Director of the Shattuck Center for Human Rights at CEU, has been awarded the ESET Science Award 2025 in the main category “Outstanding Scientist in Slovakia.”

An international jury chaired by Nobel Laureate Professor Edvard Moser selected Martin Kahanec for his distinguished contributions to labour economics, migration, and public policy.

Professor Kahanec is the first laureate from the social sciences and humanities to receive this prestigious accolade.

Policy Talks: Mega Trends in Global Aid Architecture

March 28, 2025

Policy Talk, March 25, 2025

The Department of Public Policy had the privilege of hosting Akihiko (Aki) Nishio, Vice President for Development Finance at The World Bank, for an insightful Policy Talk on the evolving landscape of international aid.

Policy Talk: Erich Kirchler on the Psychology of Tax Behavior

March 28, 2025

Policy Talk, March 19, 2025

Erich Kirchler on the Psychology of Tax Behavior: Two Decades of Research at the University of Vienna.

As part of the Department of Public Policy’s Policy Talks Series, Professor Erich Kirchler, an expert in economic psychology, presented insights from two decades of research on tax behavior at the University of Vienna. His talk explored the intersection of psychology and taxation, focusing on how trust and power shape tax compliance.

DPP hosted the Academia Europaea-CEU-GLO Labor Symposium

December 2, 2022

The Department of Public Policy at Central European University (DPP) hosted the online Academia Europaea-CEU-GLO Labor Symposium in collaboration with Academia Europaea as part of the GLO Global Conference 2022 on December 2, 2022. The Symposium showcased some of the cutting-edge research in the areas of labor and population economics produced by Academia Europaea members as well as invited guests.