PhD Program News

PhD candidate, Natalia Pervushina, teaching at the University of Yangon

December 12, 2017

Natalia Pervushina, a PhD candidate and CEU Global Teaching Fellow, will be teaching at the University of Yangon in Myanmar from December 2017 until March 2018. Natalia is the second CEU Global Teaching Fellow of the Environmental Sciences Department.

PhD graduate, Noemi Gonda'16 (Hungary), publishes book chapter

May 22, 2017

PhD graduate Noemi Gonda' 16 (Hungary) has her book chapter entitled Understanding Climate Change through Gender Relations published in a book Revealing the patriarchal sides of climate change adaptation through intersectionality: a case study from Nicaragua

Anna Varfolomeeva's reflections on the Doctoral Program (2019)

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I graduated from the Department of Nationalism Studies at CEU in 2012, and after that worked as a visiting researcher at Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies in Sweden with a project on state policies towards indigenous peoples in Sweden and Russia. While in Sweden, I witnessed Sami protests against the iron ore mine in the north of the country, and this experience sparked my interest in indigenous relations with mining industry.

PhD candidates receive CEU Doctoral Awards

March 3, 2017

We are pleased to announce that PhD candidate Andrea Gagyi-Palffy received CEU Academic Achievement Awards for First-Year Doctoral Students meant to reward outstanding coursework and performance during the comprehensive exam.

We are are also pleased to announce that PhD candidates Anna Varfolomeeva and Vadim Vinichenko received CEU Awards for Advanced Doctoral Students which rewards outstanding student research.

Department faculty and alumnus team up to publish review in inaugural issue of International Journal of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves

January 30, 2017

Dr. Diane Matar and Prof. Brandon P. Anthony have published a review of the management effectiveness evaluation of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in the inaugural issue of the International Journal of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves.