Academic Year 2012 -2013: Matthew Braham

October 4, 2013

CEU Honors Professor Matthew Braham, Professor of Philosophy and Chair of Political Philosophy at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, with the European Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities.

This year's winner of the European Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities is Professor Matthew Braham of the University of Bayreuth (Germany). CEU President and Rector John Shattuck presented the award to Braham as part of CEU's 2013-2014 academic year opening ceremony on September 13. In order to promote excellence in teaching across the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and upon the milestone of its 20th year (2011), Central European University established the award, which is the first and only pan-European award for excellence in teaching. Read more.

Matthew Braham is a Professor of Philosophy and holds the Chair of Political Philosophy at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Hamburg and an M.Sc in Economic and Social History (with distinction) from the University of Oxford.

Prof. Braham's research and teaching explore issues in the intersection of political philosophy, welfare economics, and ethics; in particular the conceptual and formal analysis of power, freedom, and responsibility.