The main product of the program is the doctoral dissertation. All doctoral dissertations submitted to the Doctoral School must make a significant and original contribution to the knowledge and understanding of their subject.
Dissertations are submitted to the School after a maximum of six years, and are defended in front of a Dissertation Committee, during a public doctoral defense.
After the defense, the doctoral dissertation becomes available at the CEU library. You can browse, read and download them here: Central European University Library (ceu.edu).
Below you'll find recent ones and ones that will be defended soon.
2023
Pathways to Stringent Carbon Pricing: Configurations of Political Economy Conditions and Revenue Recycling Strategies
by Daniel Muth
Defense Committee: TBC
Date of the Defense: TBC
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The Value of Personal Autonomy
by Perica Jovchevski
Defense Committee:
Andres Moles (supervisor, CEU)
Janos Kis (CEU)
John Christman (external member, Pennsylvania State University)
Zoltan Miklosi (chair, CEU)
Date of the Defense: November 14, 2023
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Politics and Political Economy of Elite Defections: Exploring the Sources and Effects of Elite Defections in Autocracies
by Azad Garibov
Defense Committee:
Inna Melnykovska (supervisor, CEU)
Laszlo Bruszt (CEU)
Kristin Makszin (external member, Leiden University)
Alexander Astrov (chair, CEU)
Date of the Defense: September, 2023
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Re-Conceptualizing A Global Challenger: Russia In The International System
by Jacqueline Dufalla
Defense Committee:
Alexander Astrov (supervisor)
Michael Merlingen (CEU)
Petr Kratochvil (external member, Institute of International Relations, Prague)
Thomas Fetzer (chair, CEU)
Date of the Defense: September 7, 2023
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The Sovereignty Conundrum: Between Territory and Authority in Contemporary Global Politics
by Andras Radnoti
Defense Committee:
Janos Kis (supervisor, CEU)
Zoltan Miklosi (CEU)
Peter Wilson (external member, LSE)
Alex Astrov (chair, CEU)
Date of the Defense: September 5, 2023
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The Political Economy of Transfers, Public Opinion and Policy Preferences
by Krisztina Szabó
Defense Committee:
Caitlin Brown (supervisor, University of Manchester)
Cristina Corduneanu-Huci (CEU)
Damien Bol (external member, King's College)
Michael Dorsch (chair, CEU)
Date of the Defense: May 30, 2023
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Beyond The Rent-seeking: The Political Economy of the European Agricultural Policy (Non)Reform in the Twenty-First Century
By Ardi Priks
Defense Committee:
Michael Merlingen (chair, CEU)
Date of the Defense: May 24, 2023
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Democracy under threat: Understanding mass appeal for undemocratic parties and practices
By Nemanja Stankov
Defense Committee:
Levente Littvay (supervisor, CEU)
Robert Sata (CEU)
Bojan Todosijevic (external member, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade)
Erin K. Jenne (chair, CEU)
Date of the Defense: May 3, 2023
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Patterns of Corruption - A Study of Sub-National Units in Romania
By Andrei Cosmin Macsut
Defense Committee:
Zsolt Enyedi (supervisor, CEU)
Cristina Corduneanu-Huci (CEU)
Clara Volintiru (external member, Bucharest University of Economic Studies )
Erin Jenne (chair, CEU)
Date of the Defense: April 19, 2023
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The Receptiveness of Political Parties towards Women: Understanding the Impact of Candidate Selection Procedures
By Burtejin Zorigt
Defense Committee:
Gabor Toka (supervisor, CEU) – voting member
Eva Fodor (CEU) – voting member
Ekaterina Rashkova-Gerbrands (external member, Utrecht University) – voting member
Eszter Kovats (chair, Democracy Institute) – non-voting member
Date of the Defense: March 8, 2023
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Far-Right Demobilisation: Patterns and processes from demonstration campaigns in Germany, England, and Austria
By Michael C. Zeller
Defense Committee:
András Bozóki (supervisor, CEU) – voting member
Carsten Schneider (CEU) – voting member
Swen Hutter (external member, Freie Universität Berlin and Center for Civil Society Research WZB Berlin Social Science Center) – voting member
Dorit Geva (chair, CEU) – non-voting member
Date of the Defense: February 24, 2023
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Post-Neoliberalism and the Politics of Capital Mobility
By Pedro Perfeito Da Silva
Defense Committee:
Evelyne Huebscher (supervisor, CEU) – voting member
Cristina Corduneanu-Huci (CEU) – voting member
Cornel Ban (external member, Copenhagen Business School) – voting member
Anil Duman (chair) – non-voting member
Date of the Defense: February 17, 2023
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Your Assembly is Abolished: Civil-Military Relations and Public Policies in Putin's Russia
By Kirill Shamiev
Defense Committee:
Christopher LaRoche (supervisor, CEU)
Cristina Corduneanu-Huci (CEU)
Risa Brooks (external member, Marquette University)
Carsten Schneider (chair)
Date of the Defense: January 13, 2023
You can see the information on dissertations defended in previous years by clicking in the years below:
2022 / 2021 / 2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009
These dissertations are availabe at CEU's Electronic Theses & Dissertations site, where you can search the catalogue using keywords.
Dissertations submitted before 2009 can be accessed in hard copy in the CEU Library.