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PhD Candidates won first prize in essay competition

November 28, 2011
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Sara Svensson and Gergő Medve-Bálint, PhD Candidates at the Department of Public Policy and the Department of International Relations and European Studies, won first prize in an academic essay contest arranged by the Pálfi István Regional Development Foundation and the Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives.

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INDIREG Final report published by European Commission

November 22, 2011
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Faculty member Kristina Irion contributed to this study as key public policy expert

The European Commission has published the final report of the INDIREG project, which identified indicators for the independence and efficient functioning of audiovisual media services regulatory bodies for the purpose of enforcing the rules in the AVMS Directive.

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Faculty member Kristina Irion contributed to report of EU's 'cyber security' agency

November 14, 2011
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The EU's 'cyber security' agency ENISA published a new report on the risks and benefits of emerging life-logging applications and the effects on privacy, economy, and society.

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CMCS Senior Research Fellow speaks at Rafto Symposium

November 14, 2011
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Péter Molnár, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS), was one of the panelists at the 2011 Rafto Symposium on November 4. The Rafto Foundation is a Norwegian non-profit organisation dedicated to the global promotion of human rights. Every year since 1987, it awards the Rafto Prize to advocates of human rights and democracy.  The 2011 Rafto Prize was awarded to Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), represented by Frank Mugisha, Executive Director of SMUG.

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Martin Kahanec (DPP) delivers an invited speech at an OECD workshop

October 26, 2011
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Martin Kahanec (Public Policy) delivered an invited speech “Unemployment Benefits and Immigration: Evidence from the EU” at the workshop “Immigration in OECD countries: fiscal impact and public opinion” organized by the OECD in cooperation with CEPII on October 14, 2011, in Paris. In his speech he argued that welfare magnet hypothesis is an unfounded myth when it comes to the question whether an increase in the share of unemployment benefits spending in GDP in a given country leads to additional inflows of immigrants.

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