Public Policy

Build a Better World – Study Public Policy 0
- Interview
- 27/01/2018
The School of Public Policy at Central European University is a global institution committed to creating a community of purpose beyond power through multi-disciplinary study of public policy, innovative teaching and research, as well as meaningful engagement with policy practice. We had the opportunity to talk with the current Acting Head of the institution, Martin Kahanec, who answered our questions about his recent research as well as the graduate programs and scholarships his Budapest-based school has to offer.
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EU Member States struggle in teaching local language to refugees 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 22/02/2016
Many European countries are facing the problems of lacking experience, quality materials and budget for teaching local language to asylum seekers.
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Basic income – Three centuries of discussion 1
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 13/02/2016
Between unemployment, the refugee’s crisis, the rise of the extreme right and a possible Brexit, it is easy to see that the European Union has witnessed better times. Let’s try to look at the sunny side of politics. What if every EU citizens received an unconditional basic income? In other words, what if the EU distributed an income regardless of your social-economic status? This is what Finland, Switzerland and the EU more generally decided to inquire into.
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University responses to refugee crisis in Europe 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 06/02/2016
In recent months, the EU has been extensively criticized for its inability to deal with Europe’s largest humanitarian crisis in the last decades. The Commission as well as the Member states received negative cover because of dedicating financial resources to border protection rather than integration of refugees. This op-ed describes how the Commission and universities across Europe could work together to integrate refugees in the EU’s societies.
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