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Study Visit of Georgian and Abkhaz Scholars

September 19, 2013

A ten-day study visit to the School of Public Policy at CEU by Georgian and Abkhaz scholars was held in September.

Organized by the Executive Education program at SPP, the study visit brought together young academics and professionals from Sukhumi and Tbilisi associated with the local higher education institutions as well as civil society leaders, for a course entitled ‘State of the Art in European Studies and Other Multidisciplinary Fields’.

Meeting Modern-Day Slaveholders

September 17, 2013

The overwhelming majority of NGOs that deal with human trafficking are interested in liberating victims of sex trafficking or helping sex workers.

Dean of SPP Lectures at Young Leaders Forum

September 16, 2013

Dean of SPP, Wolfgang Reinicke, spoke at the German-Japanese Young Leaders Forum in Tokyo, Japan in September. Organized by the Robert Bosch Stiftung in cooperation with the Japanese-German center Berlin (JDZVB), the Young Leaders Forum aims to inform prospective leaders from Germany and Japan about socially and politically relevant issues and viewpoints.

SPP Launches Skills For Impact Curriculum

September 12, 2013

MPA students experienced the first module of SPP’s signature SFI curriculum on September 9 and 10.

Roundtable Discussion Marks Opening of SPP

September 12, 2013

The School of Public Policy at CEU marked the opening of its inaugural academic year with a public roundtable discussion on Public Policy Education and Careers for the Public Good on September 12. In his welcoming address, John Shattuck, President and Rector of Central European University, spoke of how “we don’t to need look any further than the front pages of the newspapers to see the chaos which global public policy is currently in,” but he welcomed the hope which SPP’s new students have brought with them to the beginning of their public policy education.