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On September 20, the Orientation Week for the MA in Economic Research and PhD in Economics programs began, with students coming to CERGE-EI for official registration.

Read more …PhD and MAER Orientation Week

It is a pleasure to announce that the Jan Švejnar and Katherine Terrell Teaching Prize at CERGE-EI for the 2020/2021 academic year was awarded jointly to faculty members Ctirad Slavík (macroeconomics) and Paolo Zacchia (statistics). Congratulations!

Read more …Švejnar-Terrell Teaching Prize for 2020/2021 Goes to Ctirad Slavík and Paolo Zacchia

What information do we need to introduce good economic policies? Have we learned anything from the pandemic? In the Talking Economics Podcast, Katarína Stehlíková talks with Filip Pertold and takes a closer look at data and its role in effective government.

Read more …Filip Pertold: Data Was the Key Over the Past Year

Financial support for students in higher education in the Czech Republic has not received the attention it deserves over the past decade. Not only has the general public lost little sleep over this matter, but academics and politicians have largely ignored it, too, a new study by Daniel Münich and Otakar Kořínek from the the think-tank IDEA at CERGE-EI suggests.

Read more …Financial Support for Students in Higher Education in the Czech Republic: a System Overhaul Is Required

The beginning of the new 2021/2022 academic year is around the corner and the MA in Applied Economics program is preparing their students for it.

Read more …New MA in Applied Economics Cohort Starts their Studies