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This is to cordially invite you to the doctoral defense of

Vija Pakalkaite
(Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science)

Building the Single EU Gas Market in Hungary, Lithuania and Romania: Domestic Interests and the Dynamics of Europeanisation

Dissertation Committee:

Nick Sitter (supervisor, Central European University)
Anita Orban (external, Cheniere Energy) 
Marie-Pierre Granger (CEU)
Andrea Krizsan (chair, Central European University)

This is to cordially invite you to the doctoral defense of

Gergo Zavecz
(Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science)

Elite Conflicts and Their Effects on Political Support as a Function of Elite and Mass Polarization

Dissertation Committee:

This is to cordially invite you to the doctoral defense of

Bastian Becker
(Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science)

Opportunity Matters: Economic Inequality and Redistribution across Western Democracies

Dissertation Committee:

This is to cordially invite you to the doctoral defense of

Elena B. Stavrevska
(Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science)

Peace for Whom: Agency and Intersectionality in Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dissertation Committee:

CEU’s Annual Doctoral Conference (ADC) has been organized every year since 2006, providing opportunity to PhD students from CEU and partner institutions to present and discuss their research papers, test their ideas, while gaining valuable feedback from first class discussants. The 2017 ADC  is organized under the theme "Politics in Illiberal Times", and is held on Monday -Tuesday, 3-4 April 2017 in CEU's Nador 15 Building.

Mihály Fazekas
University of Cambridge and Government Transparency Institute

The talk is divided into two parts, the first provides an overview of the ongoing EU funded large-scale research project DIGIWHIST. It collects transaction-level public procurement data in 35 European countries and develops objective corruption proxies to support research and government accountability. Indicators characterise public tenders, bidding firms, as well as individuals in leadership positions.