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SPP Faculty Explore Case Teaching and Design

January 12, 2016

Assistant Professors Evelyne Hübscher and Anand Murugesan, Associate Professor Michael Dorsch, and Visiting Professor Sara Svensson have been awarded a Teaching Development Grant to incorporate case-study teaching into core courses on public and economic policy at the School of Public Policy (SPP). "We were motivated to apply for the grant in part," explained Hübscher, "by our participation in an intensive two-day workshop this past fall.

Sitter Comments on the State of Hungarian and Polish Right-Wing Parties

January 11, 2016

Professor of Public Policy Nick Sitter spoke with NRK TV on January 7 about the state of Hungarian right-wing parties. Read excerpts from his interview below. You can also watch it here starting at 15:40 (in Norwegian).

What are the common aspects of PiS and Fidesz?

Legal Empowerment is a Social Economic Right, Not Just a Service Delivered, Urges Sooka

January 5, 2016

During a Global Policy Academy course on legal empowerment, Yasmin Sooka, George Soros Visiting Chair and executive director of the Foundation for Human Rights, made a presentation about community-based dispute resolution in South Africa with her colleagues Bricks Mkholo and Hamadziripi Tamukamoyo.

Szudoczky Makes the Case for a More Effective and Equitable Tax System

January 4, 2016

"Taxation of profits should take place where the economic activities generating those profits are carried out, and where value is created," said Vienna University of Economics and Business Assistant Professor Rita Szudoczky. She explained that this is the language used to explain the primary purpose of the G20/OECD project on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS).

EU Foreign Policy is Focused on “Milieu Shaping,” Argues Thaler, SPP’s First Public Policy Track PhD Graduate

December 15, 2015

On December 4, SPP celebrated the successful defense of Philipp Thaler, who is the first PhD student within the public policy track at CEU's Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations to graduate since SPP became part of the Doctoral School earlier this summer. SPP faculty contributes to teaching and student supervision within the Doctoral School. "Undertaking a PhD at CEU has been an overwhelming experience," Thaler commented. "These past five years have helped me rethink some of my world views.