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November 29, 2016
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NASPAA (The Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration) have selected SPP to be one of the regional sites for the worldwide 2018 NASPAA Batten Student Simulation Competition. “The Selection Committee was very impressed with SPP’s application,” commented NASPAA Executive Director Laurel McFarland. “We’re looking forward to being in Budapest in 2018.”

November 28, 2016
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"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.

November 21, 2016
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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
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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."