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DPP's professor Fazekas and PhD student Brenner publish on the impact of impact assessment in a leading journal

November 24, 2021
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DSPS PhD student Dominik Brenner and DPP assistant professor Mihály Fazekas have published a new article in the prestigious academic journal Governance on the impact of impact assessments, that is a structured accounting of the costs and benefits of proposed new legislation, taking into account a diversity of stakeholder views.

DPP Visiting Professor Rainer Münz Participates at Conference on the Future of Europe

November 17, 2021
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The Conference on the Future of Europe is a joint flagship project of the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament. It is based on open consultations among randomly selected European citizens from all EU countries. Citizens assemblies with 200 participants each are organized along thematic issues. Over a period of six month the same 200 participants, of which one third is below age 26, organize themselves in smaller working groups and meet online to discuss the thematic issue which was allocated to them.

Four George Soros Visiting Chairs join DPP for Academic Year 2021-22

October 29, 2021
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The flagship George Soros Visiting Chair program has brought some of the most eminent academics and practitioners to join the Department of Public Policy over the past few years. This year again, the program boasts an impressive lineup of four chairs, who will join the department in the Winter and Spring terms of this academic year.

We will be thrilled to welcome Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia and Simon Reich in the Winter term.

Academia Europaea Appoints Martin Kahanec Chair of Its Economics, Business and Management Sciences Section

October 15, 2021
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Professor Martin Kahanec, the Head of the Department of Public Policy (DPP), has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Economics, Business, and Management Sciences section of Academia Europaea as of September 1, 2021. 

DPP Head Martin Kahanec Speaks at the CASE 30th Anniversary Conference in Warsaw

October 4, 2021
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DPP Head professor Martin Kahanec spoke at the 30th anniversary conference of the Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) "Looking Back to Look Forward: The Future of the EU Economy" in Warsaw on September 23-24, 2021.