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Charles University will award the honorary degree of Doctor of Economic Sciences, honoris causa, to Professor Philippe Mario Aghion, PhD, a Nobel Prize laureate in Economic Sciences, whose scholarly work has made a profound contribution to modern economics, particularly in the fields of economic growth, innovation, competition, institutions, and long-term technological development.

Read more …Philippe Aghion to Receive an Honorary Doctorate from Charles University

As part of our Places You’ll Go series, CERGE-EI PhD student Margarita Pavlova reflects on her research stay at Yale University. The experience helped her advance her job market paper, engage with leading scholars in labor economics, and gain confidence in her own academic voice.

Read more …Research, Feedback, and Confidence: A Stay at Yale

How do migrants integrate into host societies, and why do those trajectories differ so substantially across groups and institutional settings? What happens when public policy stigmatizes minority communities?

Read more …New CERGE-EI faculty member Teresa Freitas-Monteiro explores how migration policy shapes integration

As part of the Places You’ll Go series, CERGE-EI PhD student Vladimir Shchukin talked about his research stay at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, one of the leading centers for political economy.

Read more …Political Economy, Research, and Conversations at the University of Chicago

CERGE-EI is pleased to invite you to a seminar featuring Hippolyte Weneyam Balima from the IMF’s World Economic Outlook team in Washington, DC, who will present two analytical chapters from the Spring 2026 World Economic Outlook at our premises on Monday, May 4, from 4 PM.

Read more …The Spring 2026 World Economic Outlook: Defense Spending, Conflict, and Recovery