Katalin Nemeth (MPA '16) has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for the 2016-17 academic year. She will pursue a research project at the Penn State College of Education under Professor Kai A. Schafft.
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April 7, 2016
"Capacity development is a vague concept that is used to justify specific reforms that have real ramifications at the international, and also at the project level," explained doctoral student Stefan Roch. He went on to explain that the World Bank and other donor organizations define capacity development in a very particular way – one that encompasses a number of contradictory aims. "They insist, for example, that capacity development be ongoing, and yet there must be defined outcomes," he said.
April 4, 2016
China's engagement with peace and security issues in Africa has become more prominent in recent years. This can be seen, for example, in its more active role in peacekeeping, peacebuilding, and conflict mediation efforts, and in the decisions that were taken to enhance security cooperation at the 6th Forum for China-Africa Cooperation summit in December 2015. The School of Public Policy at Central European University organized a half-day conference on March 29th to explore some of these issues.
March 25, 2016
"Gandhi is part of the personal and political history for Indians of my generation," said Aruna Roy, an Indian social and political activist. "He was a great beacon of light for those of us looking for space to struggle for political rights outside electoral politics." Roy took inspiration from Gandhi (civil disobedience, collective struggle, concern for public ethics) and other Indian social leaders in her own work.
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