I am a native Hungarian with an undergraduate in economics from University College for Modern Business Studies in Hungary, concurrently studying a Masters in Natural Resource Economics at Copenhagen University in Denmark and the MESPOM program at CEU.
Currently working for 3CSEP as a junior researcher on a project estimating employement benefits originating from a large scale deep retrofit program in Hungary.
Fuel poverty is an important issue for Hungary from several perspectives – it is estimated that this problem causes approximately 1500-2500 deaths in Hungary – but the topic was not widely researched in the past. On the initiative of the Center for Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Policy (3CSEP) of Central European University (CEU), and the Hungarian NGO Védegylet (Protect the Future), in cooperation with the Environmental Justice Working Group of Védegylet (Védegylet Környezeti Igazságosság Munkacsoport) some noteworthy research results have now been released.
"Common Goals – Different Approaches?" is a two-year research and dialogue program jointly implemented by the Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin and the Brookings Institution.
The project will focus on the role of markets and institutions in fostering global energy security. Rather than adopting a traditional security lens to studying energy security, this project will assess ways in which global energy governance can be strengthened by creating and deepening markets, and adapting the "rules of the game". The project combines policy research with constructive and forward-looking transatlantic dialogue among researchers, industry experts and policymakers.
This project reviews the history of OPEC, from its nascent in Bagdad in 1960 to today. The objective of the project is to understand and explain OPEC's history, as well as to develop an understanding of its role and potential in the 21st century. In particular, the project will analyze to what extent OPEC has been able to effectively function as a cartel in its 50 years of existence, and what level of influence it will yield in the years ahead.
Aleh Cherp has worked in CEU from 2000. His research interests include environmental assessment, strategic environmental assessment, sustainable development strategies, sustainability and transition to market economies, energy and environmental security. He is the Rapporteur of the Advisory Working Group on the Environment (including Climate Change) of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Commission and a Coordinating Lead Analyst (Energy Security) in the Global Energy Assessment.
The department is participating in an EU-wide research project under the management of Diana Urge-Vorsatz. The project is supported by the European Commission’s Altener program, with some matching funding provided by Central European Univeristy.
Jessica Jewell is a PhD student at CEU interested in national energy security strategies, risk and uncertainty analysis of future energy systems, and mitigating risk in energy system transitions. In addition to her studies, she is a contributing author to the Global Energy Assessment. Prior to coming to CEU she completed the Erasmus Mundus program Masters program in Environmental Sciences Policy and Management during which time she studied at CEU, Lund University, and University of the Aegean. Before her current work in Energy and the Environment, she studied graduate from Brown University with a degree in Geology and worked as a geologist at a consulting engineering firm.
