"Austerity has asymmetrical effects. It is racialized, gendered, and classed – always," said Akwugo Emejulu in a public lecture at CEU's School of Public Policy on November 22. Emejulu, who is senior lecturer and co-director of the Gender Justice Lab at the University of Edinburgh, shared the results of a two-year study that she and Leah Bassel, senior lecturer at the University of Leicester, conducted in 2011-14 to explore the impact that the 2008 economic crisis and resulting austerity measures have had on minority women and the third sector in Scotland, England, and France.
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November 22, 2016
"I'm interested in the topic of climate change and governance, but I don't have a legal background, so it was a big surprise to win a bronze award for my essay," explains second-year MPA student Hanh Nguyen. Successful finalists of the legal essay competition, including Nguyen, were invited to attend CISDL's (the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law) Conference of the Parties (CoP22) in Marrakesh, Morocco on November 11.
November 21, 2016
During a public lecture at the School of Public Policy on November 16, CEU Professor Botond Kőszegi offered a behavioral economist’s perspective on big data and privacy.
November 15, 2016
In his dissertation "Possibilities and Limits of Cross-Country Administrative Cooperation at Europe's Fringes: A Process Perspective on EU Twinning in Moldova and Lebanon," Stefan Roch, who successfully defended on November 11, explored how EU Twinning projects support reform processes within beneficiary organizations. "A lot of research has been done on the impact of Twinning projects," Roch noted, "but not much has been done from a process perspective. I wanted to look at administrative cooperation from this angle to find out if and how these projects succeed."
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