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CERGE-EI Media Highlights for October

11 November, 2020

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic remained the most frequent of the various topics commented on by our experts for Czech media. Our researchers explained the mathematical models of the spread of the disease and the urgent need to introduce restrictive anti-pandemic measures. Our colleagues from the IDEA think tank also focused on the debate regarding the government's plan to abolish the super-gross wage. As every year, we also commented on the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Economics.

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People of CERGE-EI: Meet Our Alumni

4 November, 2020

What makes one enroll in the Master in Applied Economics program when he or she already has a prospective career in architecture and urbanism? Read an interview with Lukáš Makovský, our MAE graduate from 2018, now working in Real Estate Advisory at Deloitte Czech Republic and studying economic geography at London School of Economics (LSE).

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Prof. Rudolf Zahradník, Initiator of the Economics Institute, Passed Away

4 November, 2020

Professor Rudolf Zahradník, a leading Czech scientist in the field of quantum chemistry and molecular spectroscopy, former President of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) and co-founder of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic, passed away on October 31 at the age of 92.

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'Economic Decathlon' Part of the Program of The Week of Science Festival

2 November, 2020

The executive director of the IDEA think-tank Daniel Münich will speak about the contribution of the economists in the fight against the covid-19 epidemic at The Week of Science and Technology Festival. His online talk entitled 'Economic Decathlon', takes place on Wednesday, November 4 at 10:00.

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Prof. Dr. Zdeněk Pertold passed away

30 October, 2020

With profound regret, CERGE-EI announces that Zdeněk Pertold, Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Faculty of Science, Charles University, passed away on October 26, 2020, aged nearly 87 years.

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