🗣️ AUTHLIB has explored the discourse of illiberal actors and the role of emotions in political communication. 📄 Carsten Q. Schneider @cqschneider.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social discussed if and how political leaders’ public speech can act as an early warning signal of democratic decline.

🙏 And it's a wrap! We have concluded our final academic conference with a keynote speech by Michael Ignatieff @weareceu.bsky.social 🔥 What's the role of liberalism in an illiberal age? Michael Ignatieff argued that democratic leadership & European unity serve as hope for the survival of democracy.

CEU has published its 2024–2025 Annual Report, reflecting a year of resilience, academic excellence and progress. From reaccreditation milestones to strong research and teaching outcomes, the report shows a university moving forward with confidence. Read the full report: www.ceu.edu/news/2025-12...

2026 is a milestone year for Central European University as we mark our 35th anniversary. What began as the idea of an independent university has grown into a global community advancing open and democratic societies. Join us throughout the year and watch the video: www.ceu.edu/35years

Reproductive Agency vs. Authoritarian Demographics discussed in new episode of Democracy in Question Listen to the full episode here: www.graduateinstitute.ch/communications/news/reproductive-agency-vs-authoritarian-demographics-discussed-new-episode @weareceu.bsky.social  @gvagrad.bsky.social

CEU DNDS is looking for a new Assistant Professor to join us in #Vienna! If you work in #NetworkScience or #ComputationalSocialScience, we’d love to hear from you. 👉 bit.ly/44lfXb4

⚡ AUTHLIB Publication ⚡ A new article by Dorottya Szikra (HUN-REN) & Lauritz Autischer @weareceu.bsky.social explores how illiberal parties in Austria, Hungary, Italy & Poland use social policy to build loyal constituenies. 📚 Open access: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

We are proud to share that CEU Emeritus Professor Tibor Varady has been awarded the 2025 Serbian Academy of Sciences and Art (SASA) Medal in social sciences and humanities for his outstanding work in law, language, and international commercial arbitration. 🙌 📖 Read more: www.ceu.edu/news/2025-11...

🩸 Last call to sign up for the CEU Blood Drive! Austria’s blood reserves remain at critically low levels, and every donation helps hospitals save lives. Join us at CEU campus on Oct 21 and be someone’s hero. ❤️ Learn more and book your appointment here: events.ceu.edu/2025-10-21/b...

Yesterday, CEU's Budapest site served as the venue for the Hungarian launch of Angela Merkel's memoir Freedom. After the event, Julius Horvath (CEU's Executive Director for Budapest) had the honor of welcoming the former German Chancellor to CEU's historic campus. Thank you for the opoortunity! 👏

🥗 Rethinking Campus Food: Should CEU Go 100% Plant-Based? We invite you to the 2nd debate of our Topical Debate Series. Join us for a discussion on the benefits and risks of a fully plant-based campus. 📅 September 30 💻 events.ceu.edu/2025-09-30/r...

🔎 Why do we sustain misbeliefs, even against the evidence? On Sept 29 (17:00–20:00) join us at CEU Vienna for a roundtable with Ingrid Brodnig, CEU scholars & more. The event launches our new Center for Belief Updating & Debiasing. RSVP required 👉 events.ceu.edu/2025-09-29/w...

🚨 1 DAY TO GO! 🚨 Join CEU’s Virtual Open Day for Master’s & PhD programs — explore admissions, departments & student life in Vienna, all from the comfort of your home. Don't miss this opportunity to get to know your future better! 📅 Sept 18 | Register at www.ceu.edu/admissions/c...

Capitalism: Can We Fix Its Growth Dependencies? Join our first Topical Debate of the year on Sept 15. (Room D-002 & Zoom). With Diana Ürge-Vorsatz @dianaurge.bsky.social & Marc Kaufmann kicking things off, we’ll dive into capitalism, growth, and the environment. 🔗 events.ceu.edu/2025-09-15/c...

CEU Virtual #OpenDays are here! 🎓 📅 Master’s & PhD: Sept 18, 10:00–16:00 📅 Bachelor’s: Sept 24, 15:00–17:00 Discover our programs, learn about applications, funding, and meet our lovely community. Register now at: www.ceu.edu/admissions/c...

Earlier this year, Michael Mann gave the Gellner Lecture at our annual conference at @weareceu.bsky.social in Budapest on "Explaining the Industrial Revolution: From Agraria to Industria", now #openaccess at onlinelibrary.wiley.... (and you can see the lecture at www.youtube.com/watc...#openaccess

And we're off! Our conference Ryle on Knowledge, Sense, and Method at @weareceu.bsky.social starts today. Here's @timcrane.bsky.social with the conference opener 👇

🎉 Congratulations to CEU’s Robyn Dora Radway (CEU Department of Historical Studies @historicalstudies.bsky.social) for winning the 2025 Center for Austrian Studies Book Prize for her monograph Portraits of Empires! 📚 Read more: cla.umn.edu/austrian/new...

Today, we celebrate #WorldHumanitarianDay - a day dedicated to honoring the power of compassion and empathy. Being a humanitarian isn’t only about grand gestures; it’s about the cumulative impact of small, consistent actions. Let’s make compassion part of our everyday lives 🌍💙 #CEU

Watch the workshop “Art, Agency, and Testimony in the Work of Ceija Stojka” featuring insights from Paul Bernard-Nouraud, Lorely French, and Stefan Benedik. 📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7Ui... #roma #romani #minority #minorityrights #porajmos #art #stojka #ceijastojka #AcademicSky #academia #artist

👏🏆 Congratulations to Vojtech Pojar for receiving one of CEU’s Best Dissertation Awards! His research explores the history of eugenics in Habsburg and post-imperial East Central Europe, bridging eugenics studies and Habsburg history in a unique way. 📖: www.ceu.edu/news/2025-08...

🎮 Are you a game developer? Join us in Vienna for the Truth, Lies & Democracy Game Jam! Work with others to create a game that helps people spot fake news and disinformation. 📅 Sept 26–28, 2025 📝 Apply by Aug 15 More info: events.ceu.edu/2025-09-26/c... @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social

Such an amazing and insipiring 2 weeks of @methodsnet.bsky.social Summer School at CEU. It was a blast having you all here on campus! 💛 #SeeUatCEU

🎶 On July 9, 120+ CEU alumni & Summer University participants gathered in Budapest for an evening of music, summer drinks & reconnection, featuring a live performance by kora player Lamine Siskora, introduced by faculty member Balázs Weyer. Thanks to all who joined us! 💛 #CEUalumni #LifeAtCEU

🎉 Congrats to Adriana Manna (PhD at CEU Dept. Network & Data Science) for winning a CEU's Best Dissertation Award! Her research shows how social inequalities impact epidemic spread using network science and modeling. 📖 Read our interview with her: www.ceu.edu/news/2025-07...

We’re excited to share that a new publication by Matt Dougherty (@weareceu.bsky.social), titled “Hyman, Ryle, and the Unity of Knowledge,” has just been published in the European Journal of Philosophy. You can read the paper here: buff.ly/AgKF2aq

We recently welcomed @civica.bsky.social master’s students to CEU for an intensive seminar on EU Anti-Discrimination Law and Policy, led by Mathias Möschel and Marie-Pierre Granger. A dynamic week of learning, debate, and cross-campus collaboration. Thank you to everyone who joined us! 👏

excited to return to my alma mater @weareceu.bsky.social for the @methodsnet.bsky.social summer school to teach Intro to R! 👨🏻‍💻📊

Having an amazing first two days of the #MethodsNET Summer School in Vienna! 😍 Welcomed our participants from all around the world 🌍 at CEU @weareceu.bsky.social, the atmosphere has been full of energy, curiosity, and meaningful exchange! Method fun begins! 🥳 Can’t wait for the rest of the week! 👀

What are some recent developments regarding opposing dynamics of economic globalization and the political sovereignty of the nation state? 🧐 Tune in to the latest Democracy in Question episode with Shalini Randeria and CEU Prof. Michael Ignatieff 🎧 tinyurl.com/diq-ignatieff @gvagrad.bsky.social

🌐 @weareceu.bsky.social plays a key role in @express2project.eu by coordinating #Intersections. 🧩 #CEU examines how #insecurity, #populism, #climatechange & more #disruptiveelements combine to threaten #Europe’s #socialcontract, guiding integrated #solutions. 🔗Details: https://www.ceu.edu/

Congratulations to our exceptional BA, MA, and PhD graduates, as well as our outstanding faculty and staff, who were honored at the 2025 CEU Excellence and Academic Awards on June 17! 👏🏆 Read more about it: www.ceu.edu/article/2025...

Trump Following Orbán’s Playbook, Says President of Ousted European Institution @weareceu.bsky.social president Shalini Randeria believes universities must improve public outreach to fend off the rising impact of populism. Read the latest from @timeshighered.bsky.social ➡️ #HigherEd bit.ly/4jJWvtn

We're proud to share that CEU President and Rector Shalini Randeria was quoted in Time Magazine on the UN World Population Report 2025. In the article, she reflects on the shifting global conversation around population decline with the importance of social policy: time.com/7294161/fert...

What’s happening to universities as spaces of open debate? In the latest Democracy in Question episode, Shalini Randeria and Luiza Bialasiewicz discuss the EU’s rearmament and its impact on academic freedom. Tune in! 🎧 www.ceu.edu/article/2025... @gvagrad.bsky.social

We’re proud to see CEU featured in the @nytimes.com article. The piece reflects on CEU’s journey from Budapest to Vienna and its continued role as a global advocate for academic freedom and democratic values. 📰 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/u...

This week we are at the Estoril Political Forum with a group of amazing students from @weareceu.bsky.social, @gvagrad.bsky.social, @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social, @upf.edu and St Andrews. Hear what St Andrews PhD student, Winifred has to say about what she has learnt so far about debating.

Last spots available, register now! 👇

@martonkarsai.bsky.social (Professor and Head of Department at DNDS @weareceu.bsky.social) presented as a keynote speaker at #NetSci2025

What if participation isn’t enough to protect democracy?🎙️ In the latest Democracy in Question episode, Shalini Randeria and Samuel Bagg unpack how participation can sometimes serve elite interests and what’s really needed to strengthen democratic systems. 🔗 tinyurl.com/diq-bagg @gvagrad.bsky.social

📢 The Data Stories poster gallery is out! 📢 Come explore 16 eye-catching visualizations that turn data into stories — spanning science, the arts, and sports. 👉 bit.ly/43xT8zH #DataStories #DataViz #ScienceCommunication #NetworkandDataScience #SeeUatCEU

Congratulations to Prof. Martin Kahanec, who has been appointed Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission. 👏 As part of the Scientific Advice Mechanism, he will help shape EU policymaking with insights over the next three years. Read more: www.ceu.edu/article/2025... #CEU #publicpolicy

Is Russian dominance fading? Join Dr. Stefan Meister tomorrow, May 27 at CEU, for a talk on shifting power in Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus & Central Asia. Registration & more details: events.ceu.edu/2025-05-27/e...

It was lovely and lively! to have @rjuhasz.bsky.social over for a talk on industrial policies. Cheers Réka. @weareceu.bsky.social

Still full of impressions from #reforc2025 at @weareceu.bsky.social , which the video shows. A huge word of thanks to everyone who contributed to the organization, scholarly contributions, reflections, and the warm and fruitful personal contacts! youtu.be/-7da4_n1BmQ?...

🎓 It’s still not too late to start your international studies this September at CEU! Choose one of our bachelor's or master's programs with a worldwide academic reputation and join us. ⏳ Apply by July 1, 2025. Only for EU and US citizens. More details at www.ceu.edu/seeyouatceu

A big thank you to all participants of the 3rd International Late Antique & Byzantine Studies Graduate Conference @univie.ac.at & @weareceu.bsky.social for your contributions, and to our audience for their vivid participation. Your insights & enthusiasm made this a truly inspiring experience!

Three days to go! ⏰ We can't wait seeing all the #earlymodernchristianity scholars at @weareceu.bsky.social in Vienna on May 22, 2025. Have a good trip!

Tonight at the Pint of Science Festival in Vienna, @weareceu.bsky.social postdoc, Phyllis Pearson, will give a talk on "Gaslighting and Epistemic Agency", exploring how gaslighting undermines a person's epistemic agency. More here:

New study by Elisa Omodei @elisaomodei.bsky.social & @isifoundation.bsky.social co-authors finds that only 4–6.5% of links in Reddit climate discussions cite scientific sources, raising questions about the role of science in online climate discourse. 🔎 Read more: journals.plos.org/climate/arti...