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Erzsebet Strausz awarded CLASP Fellowship

September 18, 2023

Erzsebet Strausz awarded CLASP Fellowship

 

Assistant Professor Erzsebet Strausz has been selected to be a member of the Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences Pedagogy (CLASP) Fellows Cohort ’25.

Contrasting green impact evaluations - a brief exploration

August 25, 2023

In this short paper, Dora Piroska and Vlad Surdea-Hernea explore top-down and bottom-up green finance evaluation practices through the example of the EBRD and civil society actors.

Dóra Piroska on academic freedom in Hungary

August 11, 2023

A recent article in Chemistry World, a monthly chemistry news magazine published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, paints a bleak picture of academic freedom in Hungary today.

As Dóra Piroska says, ‘Every change that undermines democracy is passed as a law or a decree by parliament, where government has two-thirds majority’ .

IR faculty's course for CEU's Invisible University for Ukraine

June 29, 2023
IR faculty members Xymena Kurowska and Thomas Fetzer co-directed a course on 'Re-Interpreting European Security' for CEU's Invisible University for Ukraine (IUFU) in the winter and spring terms 2023.

Xymena Kurowska receives 2023 CEU Teaching Excellence Award

Xymena Kurowska has been awarded the 2023 Teaching Excellence Award. A researcher noted for the breadth and depth of her work in the field of international relations theory and interpretative analysis; she has an equally strong record of generosity of support and mentoring that she provides to younger scholars. Her students and colleagues consistently highlight the way in which she combines analytical precision with attentiveness to student needs. This combination makes her mentorship, research supervision, and support highly sought after.