Environmental and Energy Studies

Paroma Wagle has just received her degree of Ph.D. in Planning, Policy, and Design from the Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy of UCI (University of California), Irvine.

She was also awarded the Don Owen Water Science and Technology Award from the University for her work in the field of water in both India and Southern California.

Please see a detailed interview with her here.

ISEPEI (In-Service ICT Training for Environmental Professionals) started as a joint project of UNEP's Global Universities Partnership on Environment and Sustainability (GUPES) and CEU with seed financing from UNEP and AGEDI, and has been conducting a series of environmental professional education events since 2014. The associated workshops are run under the organizational framework of the CEU Summer University.

Dr. Mariann Sz. Molnár defended her dissertation titled "What is the right thing to do? Perspectives on the 'moral imperative' and the 'ultimate goal' of farm animal welfare in Hungary" at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy in 2018 under the supervision of Dr. Alexios Antypas.

From Canada to Europe to Sri Lanka to southern Africa, MESPOM alumna (2018) Anita Lazurko talks about her journey studying climate adaptation and transformations to sustainability in multiple cultural contexts. She is currently back in Canada for a PhD at the University of Waterloo and was a recent recipient of the prestigious Trudeau Scholarship Award. We are very proud! 

by Barbora Stankova, Kollie Tokpah, and Anam Riaz

So, you have found yourself stuck in quarantine with nothing to do but watch Tiger King and reluctantly do your readings? If your days are slowly becoming one long, never ending Tuesday,and leaving for your state-mandated walk seems like a chore by now, learning a new hobby might be the answer to getting your morale up, just like everyone constantly recommends.

by Nidia Alyeriz Arauz, Vanbasten De Araujo and Devisha Poddar

With the current pandemic of the COVID-19 changing our lifestyles and requiring us to isolate, to protect ourselves and our community, planting something at home can be the perfect opportunity for you to explore new things and be environmentally conscious. In a time where a lot of us are facing difficulties with the isolation, planting can be an alternative to put your mind at ease and give you an extra activity to plan and execute in the comfort and safety of your home.

Each year CEU students and community members have the opportunity to participate in the Agroecology and Organic Gardening Systems (AOGS) course offered at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy. The course provides participants with a theoretical and practical introduction to agroecology and to organic farming techniques.

The Ecolaboratory: Environmental Governance and Economic Development in Costa Rica (University of Arizona Press, 2020) explores how Costa Rica, renowned for its exceptionalism within Central America, has balanced the contradictory demands of conservation and development, and what this reveals about current and future trends for environmental governance and sustainable development.

Dr. Aleksandra Novikova
& Marina Olshanskaya

Balsa Lubarda, our PhD candidate has just published two more works based on his research.

Lubarda, B. (2019), ‘Homeland farming’ or ‘rural emancipation’? The discursive overlap between populist and green parties in Hungary. Sociologia Ruralis. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi:10.1111/soru.12289