Environmental and Energy Studies

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

The Paradoxes of Celebrity Advocacy

Type: 
Lecture
Building: 
Nador u. 13
Room: 
307/A
Date: 
May 8, 2017 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm

You are cordially invited to a seminar

hosted by theDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Policy

The Paradoxes of Celebrity Advocacy

by

Dr. Dan Brockington

Location: Nador 13, 307/A

Local, organic, and community food systems in Budapest forum

Type: 
Round Table
Building: 
Oktober 6 u. 7
Room: 
102
Date: 
March 9, 2017 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Are you curious about what types of ecologically and socially conscious food movements are active in Budapest? 

We invite you to take part in a panel discussion on the current status and future opportunities for local, organic, and community food system development in Hungary. Our discussion will explore the role that food producers, local businesses, decision makers, and consumers play in transitioning toward more sustainable local food systems, and what forms of cooperation show the most promise within the current and future food landscape. 

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.

SUSCO Youth - Digital Cities workshop

Type: 
Workshop
Building: 
Nador u. 15
Room: 
Quantum Board room
Date: 
March 1, 2017 - 5:30pm to 8:00pm

Due to rapidly accelerating urbanization, more than 60% of the world's population will live in cities by 2050. The co-existence and the constantly changing socio-economic-environmental conditions pose new challenges in many areas to citizens and municipality leaders as well. The cities of the future have the potential to become the scenes of mutual adaptation, where their well-established info-communication infrastructure will adapt to the needs of the citizens.

Vegetal Mediations: Plant Agency in Contemporary Art and Environmental Humanities

Type: 
Conference
Building: 
Nador u. 15
Room: 
Auditorium B, N15 104 and 106
Date: 
May 5, 2017 - 3:00pm to May 6, 2017 - 6:00pm

This conference seeks to open an interdisciplinary discussion of the manifold role of plants as mediators, both as agents and enablers of intra-human interactions and in terms of non-human communication and exchange. It is organised by the Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative and the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University in collaboration with Translocal Institute.

Environmental Arts and Humanities

Duration: 
September, 2016 to September, 2018
Funding: 
CEU

UNOOSA: Making use of space based data for disaster management and risk reduction

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Type: 
Lecture
Building: 
Nador u. 13
Room: 
416
Date: 
February 10, 2017 - 3:30pm

CEU Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy and

In-Service ICT Training for Environmental Professionals (ISEPEI) project 

cordially invite you to the next talk in

CEU Open Lecture Series on Disaster Management by

Lorant Czaran

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

GEO: Building Disaster Resilience by Harnessing the Data Revolution

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Type: 
Lecture
Building: 
Nador u. 13
Room: 
118
Date: 
February 17, 2017 - 3:30pm

CEU Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy and

In-Service ICT Training for Environmental Professionals (ISEPEI) project 

cordially invite you to the next talk in

CEU Open Lecture Series on Disaster Management by

DR. DOUGLAS CRIPE

GEO Secretariat

ISEPEI Announces Call for Applications for 2017 Summer Workshops

January 30, 2017
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ISEPEI has opened the Call for Applications for its upcoming "Bridging ICTs and Environment" workshops in July 2017. The events aim to improve data-driven decision-making by keeping professionals worldwide up-to-date on the latest advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their potential use in a wide variety of public policy applications.

The workshops, which will be held at Central European University in Budapest, will highlight the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in crucial environmental fields, such as Water and Disasters: