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LEAD Publishes New Report on Leadership in Government, Business, and Society

February 16, 2015
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LEAD, the Mercator Capacity Building Center for Leadership & Advocacy in cooperation with the School of Public Policy at Central European University (SPP), company companions, and the Center for Leadership and Values in Society at the University of St. Gallen have just published the first pilot study in a joint research project entitled "Leadership in Government, Business, and Society - New Challenges, New Networks, New Practices."

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Margetts Shares Findings on How Social Media Is Transforming Politics

February 16, 2015
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During a public lecture hosted by the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) at the School of Public Policy at Central European University on February 9, Professor Helen Margetts explored how social media is transforming collective action.

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New Fellowship Program to Bridge Diverse Global Perspectives on World’s Most Vexing Policy Issues

February 16, 2015
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The School of Public Policy at Central European University (SPP) in partnership with the Central European University Institute for Advanced Study (CEU IAS) in Budapest, and the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin are launching a fellowship program for researchers and public policy practitioners from nine countries (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, and Turkey).

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Activists Explore How Best to Tackle Region’s Compelling Environmental Challenges

February 13, 2015
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The School of Public Policy's (SPP) recently renamed Global Policy Academy hosted 25 environmental activists from Belarus and Moldova for a two-day workshop, February 11-13. The workshop offered a combination of training sessions and discussions on environmental innovation and advocacy.

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Dorsch Presents Alternative Model that Identifies Relationship between Economic Shocks and Mass Protests

February 13, 2015
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Assistant Professor Michael Dorsch recently co-authored an article in Public Choice exploring an alternative explanation for political instability in autocracies. In their model, Dorsch and his colleagues Karl Dunz and Paul Maarek demonstrate that adverse macroeconomic shocks are more likely to lead to mass political protests and revolutionary activity in regimes that impose restrictive regulations on the private sector.

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