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May 19, 2015
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CEU’s Human RightS Initiative (HRSI) organized a day-long workshop on May 16 on Drug Policy Reform Advocacy. Led by Peter Sarosi, drug policy program director of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU), the workshop “offered a good general introduction to the global drug control system and drug policy reform,” said Zoe Kostitsi-Papastathopoulou (MPA ’16).

May 4, 2015
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“The course created a platform where dynamic and engaged people from resource-rich countries could exchange and learn from different experiences…  I enthusiastically recommend the course to any actor—policymakers, civil society activists, or private sector executives—who are involved in extractive industries,” said Zeinab Camara from Guinea. Camara was describing the two-week course that she recently completed in Budapest, Hungary.

April 29, 2015
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On April 20, the School of Public Policy (SPP), the Department of Public Policy (DPP), and the Political Economy Research Group (PERG) co-hosted a lecture by Professor Mark Hallerberg from the Hertie School of Governance. Discussing the political economy of financial crises, Hallerberg presented research on the importance of the timing of government spending.

April 24, 2015
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Laura Tyson, who is a professor of business administration and economics and director, Institute for Business & Social Impact at the Haas School of Business, addressed a wide range of topics during her conversation with SPP Founding Dean Wolfgang H. Reinicke on April 14.