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CERGE-EI, a joint workplace of Charles University’s Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, which includes the Institute for Democracy and Economic Analysis (IDEA), rejects the attack by the Czech Association of Pension Companies on the study Pension Fund Clients Trapped by Low Returns and High Fees, which examines the third pillar of the pension system.

Read more …CERGE-EI Statement on the Attack against IDEA’s Independent Study on Pension Funds

CERGE-EI is delighted to share the news that PhD student Maksim Smirnov has won this year’s Best Conference Paper award at the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2026.

Read more …Best Conference Paper Award at RES2026 Goes to Maksim Smirnov

Congratulations to our newly graduated Master´s students at CERGE-EI. Their thesis projects show the breadth of questions explored in the Master in Economic Research program and the variety of methods and topics our students bring to economic research.

Read more …Congratulations to Our New Master's Graduates

On June 24, CERGE-EI hosted a welcoming and networking event for newly admitted students of the PhD in Economics, Master in Economic Research, and Bachelor program Economics of Markets and Organizations. 

Read more …Newly Admitted Students Day 2026

We are pleased to share that, thanks to the proceeds from the 2025 Alumni Give Back Campaign, which ran from December 2025 through March 2026, CERGE-EI will once again award up to three first-year Excellence Fellowships. 

Read more …Alumni Give Back Campaign Supports First-Year Excellence Fellows