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SPP’s Global Policy Academy: a Dynamic Platform

May 4, 2015
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“The course created a platform where dynamic and engaged people from resource-rich countries could exchange and learn from different experiences…  I enthusiastically recommend the course to any actor—policymakers, civil society activists, or private sector executives—who are involved in extractive industries,” said Zeinab Camara from Guinea. Camara was describing the two-week course that she recently completed in Budapest, Hungary.

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Jenkins Studies All-Female Peacekeeping Units to Draw Conclusions on Gender Mainstreaming

May 4, 2015
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In a faculty research seminar on April 23, Margaret Jenkins presented her ongoing research on all-female peacekeeping units. She is currently a research associate at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace & Security at Georgetown University and a research fellow in the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

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Hallerberg Argues Timing is a Key Factor in Realizing Losses in a Financial Crisis

April 29, 2015
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On April 20, the School of Public Policy (SPP), the Department of Public Policy (DPP), and the Political Economy Research Group (PERG) co-hosted a lecture by Professor Mark Hallerberg from the Hertie School of Governance. Discussing the political economy of financial crises, Hallerberg presented research on the importance of the timing of government spending.

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International Youth Conference Sparks Discussion on the Role of Youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Transition

April 29, 2015
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On April 17, the Center for Conflict, Negotiation and Recovery (CCNR), the School of Public Policy (SPP), and the Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS) at Central European University (CEU) hosted a one-day, student-organized international youth conference on the role of youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina's transition 20 years after the signing of the Dayton Agreement.

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CMDS Publishes Report on the State of Internet Freedom in Hungary as Part of Comparative Study of the Visegrad4 Countries

April 28, 2015
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The Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) is pleased to announce publication of a report on the state of internet freedom in Hungary, as part of a study of the Visegrad countries (Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia) led by Transitions and PASOS (Policy Association for an Open Society). The report was produced by Gábor Polyák (Mérték Média Monitor), Kate Coyer (CMDS), and Joost van Beek (CMDS).

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