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DPP Visiting Faculty Ljubica Nedelkoska wins 2023 DRUID Best Paper Award

June 30, 2023
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DPP visiting professor Ljubica Nedelkoska has won the 2023 DRUID Best Paper Award with the paper titled "Eight Decades of Changes in Occupational Tasks, Computerization and the Gender Pay Gap", co-authored with Shreyas Gadgin Matha, James McNerney, Andre Assumpcao, Dario Diodato, and Frank Neffke. Organized by the Copenhagen Business School, DRUID

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DPP Associate Professor Kirsten-Roberts Lyer appointed to the EU Fundamental Rights Agency's (FRA) Scientific Committee

June 7, 2023
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DPP Associate Professor Kirsten Robers Lyer has been appointed to the Scientific Committee of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA). The FRA is an independent centre of reference and excellence for the promotion and protection of human rights in the EU.

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DPP Visiting Professor Rainer Münz publishes report on Climate change, displacement and migration

June 2, 2023
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DPP Visiting Professor Rainer Münz has published a report on Climate change, displacement and migration which was launched in Stockholm. According to the report, while climate change impacts migration, it is not easy to isolate the drivers, as such, projections of the future of migration due to climate change are difficult to make.

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DPP Associate Professor Kirsten Roberts Lyer publishes paper in the Journal of Human Rights Practice

May 2, 2023
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Independent state-based institutions like National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and ombudspersons play a crucial role in upholding human rights and democracy. But what happens when their leadership ends, either within or outside the term of office? DPP Associate Professor Kirsten Roberts Lyer’s new article in the Journal of Human Rights Practice emphasises the importance of transitional leadership provisions to protect independent institutions.

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DPP faculty Evelyne Hübscher publishes paper in the British Journal of Political Science

April 19, 2023
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DPP faculty member Evelyne Hübscher has published a co-authored paper in the British Journal of Political Science titled Does Austerity Cause Polarization? The paper, published with  with Thomas Sattler (University of Geneva) and Markus Wagner (University of Vienna) shows that austerity pushed voters away from mainstream politics resulting in an increase in the support of more extremist parties at the edges of the political spectrum. This process contributed to an increase in political polarization in many Western democracies.

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