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The recipient of this year's DSPS Outstanding Dissertation Award is Dániel Kovarek. The award is a recognition to dissertations from the PhD in Political Science that stand out because of their originality and academic rigor.

Dániel's dissertation is titled "Distributive Politics as Behavioral Localism: Local Ties as Heuristics for Public Goods Allocation and Bureaucratic Oversight". The three papers in the dissertation show creative and innovative work, one of them has already been published in the journal Research & Politics.

The 2022 QS World University Rankings by subject are out.

CEU rose from 25 to 24 in Politics and International Studies, positioning itself in the top 25 universities worldwide in this subject.

Rector Randeria added: "These improved rankings underscore the commitment by our faculty towards ensuring that CEU is one of the finest universities in the world."