Environmental Sciences and Policy
The environmental studies at CEU focus on issues of prime importance in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia while relating them to a critical awareness of global problems and solutions. The department provides an education that combines general academic experience and specialized knowledge in a variety of fields related to environmental policy, management, and science. It emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to solving environmental problems. In order to maintain a proper cultural balance, leading environmental academics from the region, Western Europe, and North America contribute to taught curricula as well as fieldwork. The department focuses on environmental and sustainable development problems that are international or trans-boundary in character. The studies emphasize a multi- and inter-disciplinary approach to environmental topics including legal, economic, political as well as scientific and technological control. The primary areas of research interests in the department are energy, international environmental law and policy, environmental assessment and management, business and environment, and environmental information systems. For more information visit the CEU Environmental Studies Department and its course offerings or download/print Department brochure.
Selected Areas of Research
Research areas for the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy include:) management of ecological9 systems; state of environmental assessment; energy and environment; environmental policy and law in countries-in-transition; environmental management and audit; environmental information systems; climate change; waste management; transport and environment; environmental ethics; environmental philosophy. Click here for a list of department faculty.
Special Projects/Programs
- Climate Change and Energy Policy (CO2 Emissions and Mitigation in
CEE)
- Work for the Inter-Governmental Committee on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Energy Policy for Economies in Transition
- Environmental Impact Assessment Network in Countries in Transition
- State-of-Environment - Collaborating Center for the Global
Environmental Outlook (UNEP)
- Corporate Sustainability Reporting (IFC, Global Reporting Initiative)
- Environmental Policy Integration (European Environment Agency)
- Marie Curie Research Network on Natural Pollutants in Groundwater
(Agua Train)
- Scenarios of Development of European Agriculture SCENAR 2020 (DG Agri)
Environmental Security in Europe (UNEP)
- UN Scientific Experts Group (UNSEG)
For more information visit the
Special
Projects page.
