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Preparing for a career in the EU’s civil service at the Natolin campus of the College of Europe

November 7, 2018
Laszlo Pinter HoD with Marek Tabor, Director of Development Service

On October 25 Prof. Pinter visited the Natolin campus of the College of Europe, outside of Warsaw, where he met with Dr. Marek Tabor, the Director of the College’s Development Service.

The College offers an advanced postgraduate degree, preparing professionals for a career in the EU’s civil service.

See attached details about the College and their Master’s program, with applications due on January 16. 

Student representatives 2018/2019

October 29, 2018

Welcome to our new student representatives of the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy For the academic year 2018/2019! 

Why is Mauritius killing its bats? Department faculty member Prof. Brandon P. Anthony leads study to understand government culling of last endemic mammal on island of Mauritius

September 4, 2018
Mauritian Fruit Bat Photo: Jacques de Speville, https://www.iucn.org/content/position-statement-culling-mauritius-fruit-bat-pteropus-niger

In collaboration with the Mauritius Wildlife Foundation, Prof. Anthony has co-authored a publication which conceptually maps the interaction of stakeholders concerning government culls to address predation on fruit trees by Mauritius’ last known endemic mammal, the IUCN Endangered Mauritius Fruit Bat, and to develop mitigation strategies to resolve this conflict. The paper has been recently published in the Journal of Threatened Taxa.

Tunde Szabolcs joins administrative team

August 2, 2018

Welcome to Tünde Szabolcs, who joined the Department’s administrative team on August 1, 2018.