Environmental and Energy Studies

Sylvia Abonyi (University of Saskatchewan, MESPOM scholar), Brandon Anthony (CEU, Associate Professor), and Soultana Stylianidou (MESPOM alumna) recently published their findings in the International Journal of Circumpolar Health from an ongoing study of the social determinants of community health in Canada's north, particularly as it relates to the environment.

Professor Laszlo Pinter provided input to the development of the UNEP Post-2015 Discussion Paper 1 "Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals".

Naira Harutyunyan, PhD Candidate conducted a seminar entitled  “Water reforms and privatization impacts in Armenia” at the Caucasus Research Resource Center in Yerevan, Armenia (June 25, 2013). She presented the preliminary findings of her PhD research, examining the process of water sector reforms and transition from pubic to private provision of water services in Armenia and formulating measures for improving water resource management and policy making (for more details, please visit www.crrc.am ).

New York author and environmental activist Colin Beavan will speak in the CEU Auditorium, Nador Utca 9, 1051, Budapest, on Tuesday, May 14th, at 5 pm. This event is open to the public.

Tamara Steger joined a team of researchers to conduct a participatory rural appraisal of efforts to enhance infrastructure in predominantly Romani communities in Eastern Slovakia. While work to improve social housing, water access, and waste management shows some results, Roma and rural struggles for a better life are rife with complexity and lack of opportunity.

Prof. Alan Watt, head of department and Andrea Farsang, PhD student are co-authors of the article “Environmental values in post-socialist Hungary: Is it useful to distinguish egoistic, altruistic and biospheric values?” published in a special issue on “Environmental Values in Central and Eastern Europe: Perspectives from East and West” of the Czech Sociological Review.

De Groot, J.I.M., Steg, L., Farsang, A., Keizer, M. and Watt, A., 2012.

The Environmental Sciences and Policy Department of CEU and the CRISP (CReating Innovative Sustainability Pathways, www.crisp-futures.com) team proudly present three visions on sustainable lifestyles in 2030. The three distinctive visions have been developed by youngsters in the age of 15-19, from six European countries (UK, Norway, the Netherlands, Greece, Lithuania and Hungary) by sharing their ideas about sustainable lifestyles and a sustainable society in 2030.