During his presentation at the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) at the School of Public Policy of CEU on May 14, Nick Anstead explained what prompted his interest in the impact that social media analytics has had on public opinion.
The School of Public Policy (SPP) and the Center for European Union Research (CEUR) at Central European University (CEU), the French Institute of Budapest, and the Embassy of France in Budapest co-organized a series of panel discussions at CEU on May 19 to reflect on freedom, religion, and security in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attack on January 7, 2015.
During a strong and deeply personal Kapuscinski Development Lecture at the School of Public Policy (SPP) at Central European University (CEU) on May 7, Deepa Narayan challenged her audience to “rethink gender inequality.”
“Many people have seen pictures of the devastating accident in Dhaka, Bangladesh in April 2013 when the Rana Plaza building collapsed killing more than a thousand people,” said Daniel Szugyi (MPA ’16). “Although this incident was exceptional, accidents happen all the time in the textile industry.”
CEU’s Human RightS Initiative (HRSI) organized a day-long workshop on May 16 on Drug Policy Reform Advocacy. Led by Peter Sarosi, drug policy program director of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU), the workshop “offered a good general introduction to the global drug control system and drug policy reform,” said Zoe Kostitsi-Papastathopoulou (MPA ’16).
