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Andreas Goldthau publishes Wiley Handbook on Global Energy Policy

Andreas Goldthau, faculty member and Head of CEU's Department of Public Policy, published the Wiley Handbook of Global Energy Policy. It is the first handbook to provide a global policy perspective on energy, bringing together a diverse range of international energy issues in one volume. The Handbook

CEU seeks PhD candidates in the area of energy security studies

Central European University (CEU) welcomes applicants for a PhD position in the area of energy security and future energy systems. A successful candidate will work under the supervision of Prof. Aleh Cherp to pursue the Doctor of Philosophy degree at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy

The research agenda will be developed to match the candidate’s interests and capacities and to advance policy-relevant knowledge on present and future national and global energy security challenges including under sustainable energy transitions. It will built on the recently completed Global Energy Assessment, where Professor Cherp led the analysis of energy security. Of particular interests might be such topics as energy security assessments and policies, and the relationship between global energy scenarios and national energy realities. These issues may be studied with respect to entire energy systems or particular energy sectors.

DPP faculty Andreas Goldthau publishes article on globalizing gas markets in Forbes Magazine

DPP faculty member Andreas Goldthau published an article on globalizing gas markets in Forbes Magazine. The piece, co-authored with Matthew Hulbert of European Energy Review, titles 'Why American Natural Gas Can Make Or Break A New Gas World' and features on Forbes' energy column.

To read the article click HERE .

DPP faculty Andreas Goldthau edits special journal section on 'Policy Agendas for the Future of Global Energy'

The special section, published by Global Policy Journal, features a distinguished group of contributors, among other Fatih Birol, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency, Diana Urge-Vorsatz of CEU and the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Shonali Pachauri of the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). Read more.

DPP faculty Andreas Goldthau publishes article on changing energy paradigms

Titled 'From the State to the Market and Back. Policy Implications of Changing Energy Paradigms', Andreas Goldthau's latest piece argues that the market as dominant governance model in energy is increasingly contested. Businesses need to be prepared to adapt to fragmented environments between state dirigisme and market liberalism.

DPP faculty Andreas Goldthau publishes book on Dynamics of Energy Governance in Europe and Russia (Palgrave)

DPP faculty member Andreas Goldthau published a new book with Palgrave Macmillan, coedited with Caroline Kuzemko (Warwick), Andrei Belyi (HSE) and Michael Keating (Richmond).

CEU PhD student produces energy security assessment for the International Energy Agency

Jessica Jewell, MESPOM Alumnus and CEU PhD student, helped the International Energy Agency (IEA) develop a novel MOdel of Short-term Energy Security (MOSES). MOSES is different from most of the existing energy security studies; it combines some 30 quantitative indicators in a transparent and policy-relevant way to describe different configurations of risk factors and resilience capacities.

DPP faculty member Andreas Goldthau publishes article on energy security in International Studies Perspectives

The journal International Studies Perspectives published an article about global energy security by DPP faculty member Andreas Goldthau. The piece is titled A Public Policy Perspective on Global Energy Security. The article argues that the emerging literature on global energy governance has failed so far to provide an extensive intellectual rationale for the concept.

DPP faculty member takes part in global energy strategy simulation in Turkey

On 6 October 2011, DPP faculty member Andreas Goldthau participated in a one-day "Global Energy Strategy Simulation" in Istanbul, organized by the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSIAD) and run by the Texas-based global intelligence company Stratfor.

The event, which drew an audience of roughly 500 people, sought to simulate how major producers, consumers and transit countries would respond to fluctuations in oil prices in the future.

DPP faculty member interviewed by RFI on gas market liberalization

DPP faculty member Andreas Goldthau was recently interviewed on the European Commission's latest action against EU member countries in the context of gas market liberalization. To listen to the interview, given to Radio France Internationale, click here.