Environmental and Energy Studies

Central European University (CEU) welcomes applicants for a PhD position in the area of energy security and future energy systems. A successful candidate will work under the supervision of Prof. Aleh Cherp to pursue the Doctor of Philosophy degree at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy. 

CEU's Summer University has announced its course selection for 2013. The summer courses are primarily targeted at graduate students, junior or post-doctoral researchers, university teachers and professionals.

The general application deadline is February 15, 2013 (unless stated otherwise in the announcement of a particular course). Financial aid is available.

Professor Laszlo Pinter finished a discussion paper titled "Measuring Progress Towards Sustainable Development Goals"

Agnes Botos, PhD student, is a co-author of an article " Regulating Industrial Chemicals: Lessons for U.S. Lawmakers From the European Union’s REACH Program" that appears in the November issue of ELR’s News & Analysis.

Michael LaBelle, assistant professor from the CEU Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy and the Business School presented at a special workshop organized in the European Parliament on shale gas.

Ms Khatuna Gogaladze, graduate of the Environmental Sciences and Policy Department (AY 2000), is the new Minister of Environmental Protection in Georgia.

Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan are a vital part of the Mediterranean hotspot for biodiversity, which combined hosts 22,500 unique plant species – more than four times that of the rest of Europe. They also fall in the major flyway of millions of migratory birds. But much of the region’s plant and animal life is under threat, making the effective management of protected areas an urgent issue, according to Brandon Anthony, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, and PhD student Diane Matar.

Naira Harutyunyan, PhD Candidate, authors a research article entitled “The Move to Universal Water Metering and Volumetric Pricing in Armenia” to be presented at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Design and Construction and the ASCE Construction Institute Summit, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, November 7–9, 2012 with the possibility of further publication at the Journal of Sustainable Cities and Societies by Elsevier.