Annual Report 2013-14

This Center grew significantly this year. First, we moved the Center into the new School of Public Policy. This involved several physical moves of office spaces and of course the complex task of migrating our digital presence. Second, we expanded the faculty leadership of the Center. There are now five full time professors actively engaged in Center life, researching and teaching directly relevant domains, including Drs. Choi-Fitzpatrick, Irion, Neff, Parmar and myself. We welcomed some new CMCS Fellows, and we are grateful that Anya Schiffrin agreed to join the Advisory Board. Finally, we initiated a year-long conversation about our Center name and domains of inquiry. This process of consulting with our community resolved in a name change, and we re-launch in 2014-15 as the Center for Media, Data and Society. Our research program on journalism, telecommunications policy, and communication trends will continue. But this new name represents our additional expertise in technology policy, drones, big data, and the internet of things.  I joined the Center as Director in July 2013 and am very grateful that Center colleagues also helped me transition into the new role.

This annual report details all the events we organize, research we undertake, and courses we teach. As a Center, we are able to do policy relevant research in real-time by matching the experience and energy of faculty with that of students. Our impact within CEU, around Hungary and internationally is something we strive to raise, and we did just that in 2013-14.