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Uwe Puetter from CEUR/DPP comments on the LSE's EUROPP blog

October 31, 2012
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Uwe Puetter from CEUR/DPP comments on the LSE's EUROPP blog

Martin Kahanec (Public Policy) speaks at a European Commission conference on the European Single Market

October 23, 2012
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On October 22, 2012, Martin Kahanec spoke in the panel on Mobility – barriers, slacks, effects at the conference on „EU Single Market: Together towards New Growth?“ organized by the European Commission in Bratislava. Kahanec highlighted the positive experience of the EU with post-enlargement mobility in the receiving as well as sending countries, noting that the full potential of free mobility, especially for the sending countries, will be realized if effective brain circulation and brain gain ensue.

Martin Kahanec (Public Policy) coorganizes the 5th IZA/CEUR workshop on EU Enlargement and the Labor Markets

October 23, 2012
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What is the role of post-enlargement mobility for European Union’s (EU) ability to absorb asymmetric economic shocks during the current economic crisis?  Has post-enlargement migration affected the European welfare systems; and has it contributed to the sustainability of the Eurozone? Can brain circulation act as a vehicle of improved allocative efficiency of EU labor markets? These are some of the key questions currently addressed within program sub-area “EU Enlargement and the Labor Markets” co-ordinated by Martin Kahanec and Klaus F.

DPP Faculty Member Agnes Batory publishes article on anti-corruption agencies in Governance

October 11, 2012
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The current issue of Governance, a leading public policy journal, features an article by Agnes Batory on "Political cycles and organisational life cycles: Delegation to anti-corruption agencies in Central Europe". The article explores the politics of anti-corruption reforms in three 'new' EU member states, Latvia, Poland and Slovenia.

To read the article click here.

Andreea Nastase defended her dissertation: summa cum laude

October 10, 2012
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Andreea Nastase successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on 5 October as the first student to complete the Public Policy track of the PhD in Political Science, and received a summa cum laude. Andreea's research dealt with ethics management in the European Commission. The examiners were Prof. Michelle Cini from Bristol University and Agnes Batory (supervisor) and Uwe Puetter from the DPP. Congratulations to Andreea!