Research Groups
Our students and faculty are involved in following Research Groups and Centers at CEU:
The Conflict & Security Research Group (ConSec) is a multi-disciplinary forum of academic exchange for students and faculty whose academic interests lie within the broad field of conflict and security studies. The topics covered by the research group include, but are not restricted to, ethnic and ideological civil wars, political violence, peace-building, third party intervention, conflict management, ethnic politics, Diasporas and migration, nationalism, identity and foreign policy. The group welcomes new members who are working in any of these or other areas that fall into the broad scope of conflict & security. The ConSec convenes regularly to discuss the ongoing research of its members with a view toward enhancing research productivity and high-profile publications; the group is also open to other forms of academic exchange, including invited talks by guest speakers, discussion of new books and articles, screening of documentaries, or public debates on ongoing developments in the field of conflict and security, and so on. The ultimate aim of these meetings is to help its members improve the quality of their work and to promote collaborative research projects among students across disciplinary boundaries.
Contact: consec@ceu.hu
The mission of PERG is to foster collaborative research among the CEU faculty and students working in the area of political economy in general and in the field of varieties of transnational capitalisms in particular.
PERG began with regular informal meetings of faculty and PhD students in 2006. Since January 2007 it has been formalized with a statute as an official student-faculty research group whose membership runs across several CEU departments.
Contact person: Vera Scepanovic
The Political Behavior Research Group (POLBERG) is a research-facilitating and learning environment for the study of political behavior and political communication. It organizes regular seminars with paper presentations, replication seminars, and more informal talks on research methods and emerging research agendas. The events are open to students and faculty from any CEU department as well as interested scholars at other academic institutions, and offer them the opportunity to discuss their own research with a specialist audience.
Contact person: Paul Weith and Oana Lup
HERG's primary aim is to bring together CEU faculty, students and staff members to foster collaborative research among those working in the field of higher education policy and management. The Group regularly organizes research seminars for its members; runs public seminars and lectures on topics related to the HERG´s work with international experts; issues a series of 'Research Notes' on topics of interests of its members; networks and cooperates with similar groups at other universities and with similarly focused academic societies.
The membership is open to academics and professionals interested in higher education research from inside and outside of CEU including PhD as well as MA students, faculty, researchers and staff members.
Contact Person: Elene Jibladze @ herg@ceu.hu
The Global South Research Group (GSRG) brings together students, researchers, and faculty interested in the Global South, independent of their departmental affiliation. The group aims to create a network focusing on matters of development, North/South relations, and regions such as Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific. We hold regular meetings during which the work of students and faculty can be debated and relevant literature can be discussed. In addition, the group intends to organize events at CEU in order to increase the visibility of the Global South focus across our academic community.
The Global South Research Group reflects the increasingly global composition and interests of the CEU student body and faculty. We aim to promote inter-disciplinary exchange of ideas on research topics with a geographic or thematic focus related to the Global South.
Anybody interested in attending our meetings or in getting involved with the group is very welcome - join us!
Contact: gsrg@ceu.hu
The Equality and Social Justice Research group is an interdisciplinary research platform that aims to discuss equality understood as a political, legal and social concept, particularly as these aspects gain relevance in the making of policies addressing inequalities and social injustice. The group organizes monthly meetings discussing relevant work done in the topic within the CEU community, and brought to the CEU by relevant visitors.
Responsible: Andrea Krizsan, Center for Policy Studies, Coordinator: Joanna Kostka, PhD candidate Department of Public Policy
- International Relations Research Group (IRRG)
The IR RG is a biweekly informal seminar with the participation of PhD students and faculty from the departments of International Relations and European Studies, and Political Science. Beyond functioning as a reading seminar that targets the most recent IR and political theory literature, it provides a cozy forum for discussing more general (epistemological and/or methodological) issues of the discipline and, on occasion, work in progress of its members.
Contact person: Anna Selmeczi
The center for the Study of Imperfections in Democracies (DISC) promotes research on the quality of democratic governance in old and new democracies. Comparative empirical studies on different aspects of democratic quality are in the core of DISC's activity alongside with organizing regular research seminars, conferences and guest lectures and publishing working papers. More information on DISC can be found here.
Contact: http://disc.ceu.hu/disc-contact-form
The Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) of Central European University is a University-wide platform for energy policy research. EPRG hosts regular seminars and an Energy Policy Lecture Series. EPRG welcomes PhD students and faculty from all CEU departments. If you like to learn more about EPRG and are interested in joining, please contact Andreas Goldthau or Jessica Jewell
Whether because signs of a bounce-back from the global financial crisis are beginning to be seen in East Asia; because nuclear proliferation, in the sub-continent or on the Korean peninsula, continues to pose a threat to international security; because we do not know enough of the impact of economic growth on the environment in India and China; because some parts of the post-Soviet space, and beyond, are home to a rather diverse range of non-democratic polities, thus far little studied and understood, Asia calls for greater and rigorous theoretical and empirical enquiry.
The CEU Asia Research Initiative (ARI) was established in 2009 to conduct research, generate and disseminate knowledge in order to raise the profile of scholarly work on Asia at CEU. ARI takes a multi- and inter-disciplinary approach to studying social, political, economic and cultural dynamics in Asia in partnership with academic institutions, governmental and intergovernmental organizations, and civil society.
Contact: Stela Garaz
The Center for Policy Studies (CPS) works for better government and administration in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union through public policy teaching and research. Based at the Central European University, CPS carries out research projects, develops materials for teaching and training and in conjunction with the Open Society Institute, sponsors policy research in transition and emerging democracies. The Center is committed to the development of indigenous policy capacities and offers an on-line library of policy research papers from the region. An active member of several policy networks, CPS organizes conferences, workshops and public events to encourage interaction between academics, policy institutes and policy makers and to promote exchange of expertise and best practice. The Center's activities are inter-disciplinary, comparative and geared towards policy recommendations and practical outcomes.
Contact: cps@ceu.hu
The CMCS is a research center of the Central European University in Budapest dedicated to advancing media and communication scholarship and policy throughout the region and beyond.
The CMCS produces scholarly and practice-oriented research addressing academic, policy and civil society needs. CMCS research and activities address media and communication policy and the democratic potential of the media, civil society and participation, fundamental communication and informational rights, and the complexities of media and communication in transition.
Contact: cmcs@ceu.hu
The CENTER FOR EUROPEAN ENLARGEMENT STUDIES (CENS), an independent Center of the Central European University, was founded in 2005 as an institution of advanced research into the EU enlargement process. Our overall goal is to promote a dialogue between member states and partners in Eastern- and Southern-Europe, academics and decision makers in the EU and in national governments so that they may have a more informed understanding of factors that influence Europe’s common future. Research carried out encompasses not only the enlargement process, but also a wider range of political, economic and social influences of European integration.
Contact: cens@ceu.hu
CEUR promotes academic research and discussion in the field of European Union (EU) studies. It provides a common platform for research collaboration and debate. The center organises conferences, workshops and hosts a series of guest lectures throughout the academic year with speakers from across Europe and beyond.
Contact person: Uwe Puetter
The purpose of the Reading Group in Legal, Moral and Political Theory is to constitute a forum of scientific discussion in the recent developments in political, moral and legal philosophy.
Contact person: Andres Moles