Join us at CERGE-EI for a special seminar with Hippolyte Weneyam Balima from the IMF’s World Economic Outlook team, Washington, DC, presenting two analytical chapters from the Spring 2026 World Economic Outlook: “Defense Spending, Conflict, and Recovery.”
www.cerge-ei.cz/news/the-spr...
How do migrants integrate, and what happens when policy does not just regulate, but stigmatizes?
CERGE-EI’s new faculty member Teresa Freitas-Monteiro on her current research at www.blog.cerge-ei.cz.
#CERGEEI #Migration #Economics #Ghetto #Research
🎓 Congratulations to our recent PhD graduate, Michal Hakala ✨
Michal successfully defended his dissertation “Modeling Conditional Distribution of Intraday Returns" in March 2026. He is Senior Data Scientist at MSD, Prague.
We wish him continued success in his journey! 🌍
The new episode of Talking Economics brings a timely discussion with Kamil Kovář, Director at Moody’s Analytics and our alumnus, on how today’s overlapping shocks are reshaping the global economy.
🎧Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube
There’s still time to apply.
CERGE-EI’s second intake is open for students looking for rigorous economics training, real research exposure, and strong international career prospects.
#CERGEEI #Admissions #Economics
In our Talking Economics Emerging Scholars episode, CERGE-EI PhD candidate Margarita Pavlova explains why economic conditions when students enroll and what happens after graduation can change the conclusions we draw about long-run “scarring effects.”
blog.cerge-ei.cz?p=5097
As part of our Places You’ll Go series, we spoke with a CERGE-EI student Vladimir Shchukin about his research stay at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy.
Read the full interview here: blog.cerge-ei.cz/?p=5092
Join our next #AlumniLive Talk: From Crisis to Recovery with Magdalena Morgese Borys, CERGE-EI alumna and Head of Unit at the European Commission responsible for managing Recovery and Resilience support for Italy.
www.cerge-ei.cz/special-even...
Applications for the second intake of the Economics of Markets and Organizations Bachelor’s program are open until 📅30 April.
👉 Learn more & apply ➡️ www.cerge-ei.cz/students/bac...
The John Bates Clark Medal Talks with Oleg Itskhoki (Harvard University): “The Optimal Macro Tariff”
Focusing on the United States, Itskhoki will explain why the real effects of #tariffs are often very different from what political debate suggests.
🗓️ 11 May 2026 | 15:00
🎓 Application deadline day is always a significant moment at CERGE-EI ✨
We look forward to meeting the applicants who may soon join the CERGE-EI community. 🌍
Meet Margarita Pavlova, one of CERGE-EI's job market candidates and our next guest on the Talking Economics: Emerging Scholars series.🎙️
✨ Tune in to hear more about Margarita’s journey, and her #research!
🎧 Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube
Those who knew him will remember not only his brilliance, but also his humanity. In Filip Matějka’s words, “Above all, Chris was an exceptional human being — kind, fair, generous, and quietly inspiring to everyone around him.”
Filip Matějka, CERGE-EI Faculty, who earned his PhD at Princeton University under Sims’s guidance, added: “Chris was a dear friend who inspired and helped generations of economists grow.”
“Chris Sims was a towering figure in macroeconomics, whose work fundamentally reshaped how empirical research is done in the field. At CERGE-EI, we will miss him dearly,” CERGE-EI Director Marek Kapička said.
For CERGE-EI, Christopher A. Sims (1942–2026) was far more than one of the defining economists of his generation. Prof. Sims served as a member of CERGE-EI’s Executive and Supervisory Committee and contributed to the institution’s success and development.
How do crises change public trust? At its upcoming Research Brief Breakfast, CERGE-EI will present Trust Under Pressure, a one-pager summarizing research by Christian Ochsner and Lukas Schmid on how major crises affect trust in public institutions.
🎓Congratulations to our recent PhD graduate, Artem Razumovskii🎓
We wish him continued success in his academic journey! 🌍
#cergeei #phd #economics #defense #graduates #alumni #proudofouralumni
CERGE-EI Project Snapshot 2026 Throwback
Project Snapshot features 8-minute presentations by CERGE-EI #faculty, #students, and #alumni. Its purpose is to help participants become familiar with one another’s work, encourage the exchange of ideas and experience, and connect people across fields.
From seminars and feedback to a boost in confidence, Margarita shares what she learned about economics, academic culture, and herself along the way.
Read the interview about her PhD research stay at Yale.
blog.cerge-ei.cz?p=5087
What does “strategy” mean in a real bank? For CERGE-EI alumna Mária Valachyová, it means connecting analysis to decisions that affect clients every day—while still thinking long-term about what success should look like.
🔗 Full interview: blog.cerge-ei.cz?p=5073
Curious how advanced math powers modern #economic theory?
Join Advanced Math in Economics: Three mini #lectures from CERGE-EI at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University.
📅Wednesday 18 March, 15:40-17:00
📍Lecture hall K1, Sokolovská 49/83, Prague 8–Karlín
Project Snapshot (March 12): 8-minute research/project talks from CERGE-EI faculty, students, and alumni, followed by refreshments and informal discussion.
📍 Digital Media Center, Room 402
🕔 17:15–18:15
🎥 Streamed
Register here: www.cerge-ei.cz/for-study-ap...
What happens inside a firm when retirement is delayed?
Read our new blog post on the latest Talking Economics Emerging Scholars episode with Sona Badalyan.
👉 blog.cerge-ei.cz?p=5060
What does it take to integrate quickly, stay productive, and make the most of short windows in top research environments? CERGE-EI PhD student Ilisa Goenka spent spring 2025 at the University of Copenhagen and fall 2025 at the University of Chicago.
blog.cerge-ei.cz?p=5046
Meet our PhD #alumnus Viliam Druska, Senior Director of Regulatory Economics at Ooredoo Group in Doha, Qatar.
Read the full #interview with Viliam Druska on the CERGE-EI Blog 👉 blog.cerge-ei.cz?p=5028
How do you pick a pope strategically? 🗳️⛪️
This is explained in the study Electing the Pope: Elections by Repeated Ballots, co-authored by CERGE-EI faculty member Jan Zapal and Clara Ponsatí.
Read the full interview on the CERGE-EI Blog 👇https://blog.cerge-ei.cz/?p=5023
Where would you go to sharpen a job market paper and spend an intellectually stimulating spring?
CERGE-EI PhD student Maksim Smirnov chose MIT and found more than world-class econometrics.
Read more here: blog.cerge-ei.cz?p=5035
#CERGEEI #PhDLife #Econometrics #StudyStay #MIT
