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DPP Associate Professor Kirsten Roberts Lyer publishes co-authored book on the decline of university autonomy

December 1, 2022
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DPP Associate Professor, Kirsten Roberts Lyer, has just published a co-authored book on the decline of university autonomy.

CEU's Department of Public Policy Awarded BRRIDGE Horizon Project

November 19, 2022
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The Department of Public Policy (DPP), Central European University (CEU), is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a three-year HORIZON Europe WIDERA grant „Building Capacities for Excellent Research and Innovation in Democracy and Policy through Networking, Knowledge and Experience Transfer“ (BRRIDGE) in a consortium with Matej Bel University (UMB, Slovakia), European University Institute (EUI, Italy), and University of Galway (UG, Ireland).

Second Year Funding Approved for a DPP Policy Lab Project

November 18, 2022
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The Department of Public Policy (DPP) is happy to announce that Open Society University Network (OSUN) has approved funding for the second year of the DPP Policy Lab project – Learning by Doing: Policy Labs and Civic Engagement.  With over 230,000 USD, the funding will support the continuing partnership between students and faculty at CEU, the University of Central Asia and the Geneva Graduate Institute.

DPP Professor Kahanec speaks at the European Employment & Social Rights Forum 2022

November 18, 2022
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DPP Professor and Head Martin Kahanec spoke in the panel on "Young people in the post COVID-19 labour market: scarring effects, learning losses and emerging opportunities (ESDE 22)" at the European Employment & Social Rights Forum 2022 in Brussels on November 17, 2022. The high-level event featured EC President Ursula von der Leyen, Commissioner Nicolas Schmit, former EC PResident Jean-Claude Juncker, and several MEPs, ministers, academics, and practitioners.

Former George Soros Visiting Chair Simon Reich publishes paper in Global Policy on lessons from the pandemic and the Ukraine War

November 10, 2022
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Simon Reich (Ruthers University), former George Soros Visiting Chair at DPP, has recently published a paper in Global Policy titled ‘The age of fuzzy bifurcation: Lessons from the pandemic and the Ukraine War’  together with Ricard Higgott (Brussels School of Governance).