2016
Possibilities and Limits of Cross-Country Administrative Cooperation at Europe’s Fringes: A Process Perspective on EU Twinning in Moldova and Lebanon
Dissertation Committee:
Marie-Pierre Granger (supervisor, CEU)
Uwe Puetter (CEU)
Hannes Tretter (external member, University of Vienna)
Xymena Kurowska (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: November 11, 2016
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SERVING THE PUBLIC, FIGHTING AGAINST THE STATE LABOR UNREST IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR ACROSS THE EU
Dissertation Committee:
Bela Greskovits (supervisor, CEU)
Achim Kemmerling (CEU)
Niamh Hardiman (external member, UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy)
Carsten Schneider (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: October 21, 2016
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The GNN Effect: Global News Networks as Intelligence Gathering and Diplomatic Institutions
Dissertation Committee:
Matteo Fumagalli (supervisor, CEU)
Erin Jenne (CEU)
Philip N. Howard (external member, University of Washington)
Alexander Astrov (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: June 23, 2016
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The Power of the NPT: International Norms and Nuclear Disarmament of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, 1990-1994
Dissertation Committee:
Alexander Astrov (supervisor, CEU)
Xymena Kurowska (CEU)
David Holloway (external member, Stanford University)
Lea Sgier (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: June 22, 2016
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COUNTERBALANCING MARKETIZATION INFORMALLY: INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS AND INFORMAL ECONOMIC PRACTICES IN GEORGIA (2003-2012)
Dissertation Committee:
Bela Greskovits (supervisor, CEU)
Lea Sgier (CEU)
John Round (external member, University of Birmingham)
Matteo Fumagalli (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: June 20, 2016
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The Politics of Post-war reintegration
Dissertation Committee:
Erin Jenne (supervisor, CEU)
Matteo Fumagalli (CEU)
I. William Zartman (external member, Johns Hopkins University)
Elissa Helms (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: June 9, 2016
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Diversification of higher education in Europe.
A policy narrative that legitimizes resource concentration
Dissertation Committee:
Liviu Matei (supervisor, CEU)
Marvin Lazerson (CEU)
Ellen Hazelkorn (external member, Dublin Institute of Technology)
Nick Sitter (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: June 9, 2016
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THE INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE EU’S AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE: ROLES, BEHAVIORS, AND THE LOGIC OF JUSTIFICATION
Dissertation Committee:
Uwe Puetter (supervisor, CEU)
Agnes Batory (CEU)
Christian Kaunert (external member, University of Dundee)
Marie-Pierre Granger (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: June 8, 2016
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Halted Diffusion: Epistemic Communities and the Non-Adoption of Health Technology Assesment Agencies in Central and Eastern Europe
Dissertation Committee:
Nick Sitter (supervisor, CEU)
Marie-Pierre Granger (CEU)
Piotr Ozieranski (external member, University of Bath)
Werner Brouwer (external member, Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Martin Kahanec (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: May 24, 2016
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WAR AS A SYSTEM - A LUHMANNIAN APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF WAR RECURRENCE ON THE EXAMPLES OF CONGO (1998-2003), LIBERIA (1999-2003), KOSOVO (1999), AND CHECHNYA (1999-2009)
Dissertation Committee:
Youngmi Kim (supervisor, CEU)
Matteo Fumagalli (CEU)
Mathias Albert (external member, University of Bielefeld)
Alexander Astrov (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: May 18, 2016
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Transition legacies, rules of appropriateness and ‘modernization agenda’ transition in higher education governance in Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia
Dissertation Committee:
Liviu Matei (supervisor, CEU)
Marvin Lazerson (CEU)
Peter Maassen (external member, University of Oslo)
Julius Horvath (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: May 9, 2016
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THE SOCIAL SOURCES OF AUSTERITY - THE POLITICS OF FISCAL CONSOLIDATIONS IN THE UK AND FRANCE, 1978-2014
Dissertation Committee:
Achim Kemmerling (supervisor, CEU)
Evelyne Huebscher (CEU)
Mark Hallerberg (external member, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin)
Dorothee Bohle (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: April 18, 2016
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INFORMATION EFFECTS ACROSS THE GLOBE: DOES POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE MATTER, AND HOW DO WE KNOW IT?
Dissertation Committee:
Gabor Toka (supervisor, CEU)
Levente Littvay (CEU)
Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson (external member, Swedish National Election Studies Program (SNES), SOM Institute and Political Science Department, University of Gothenburg)
Zsolt Enyedi (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: April 4, 2016
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The Politics of Informality: External State-building in Post-Dayton BOSNIA
by Karla Koutkova
Dissertation Committee:
Matteo Fumagalli (supervisor, CEU)
Elissa Helms (co-supervisor, CEU)
Jessica Pisano (external member, New School for Social Research, NY)
Viola Zentai (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: February 29, 2016
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SUSPENDED development: Institutional Transformation and Lack of improvement in the higher education system of post-revolution georgia
by Elene Jibladze
Dissertation Committee:
Liviu Matei (supervisor, CEU)
Marvin Lazerson (CEU)
Pavel Zgaga (external member, University of Ljubljana)
Agnes Batory (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: February 26, 2016
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GENETICS, JUSTICE AND FUTURE GENERATIONS
by Ioana Petre
Dissertation Committee:
Zoltan Miklosi (supervisor, CEU)
Judit Sandor (CEU)
John Harris (external member, University of Manchester)
Janos Kis (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: January 19, 2016
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The Political consequences of low youth participation in contemporary democracies
by Daniela Sirinic
Dissertation Committee:
Gabor Toka (supervisor, CEU)
Zsolt Enyedi (CEU)
Eva Anduiza (external member, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
Carsten Schneider (chair, CEU)
Date of Defense: January 15, 2016