Category Archives: Alumni

Meet Our Alumni: At CERGE-EI, I Learned There Are Always Multiple Opportunities to Pursue, says Olga Popova

Olga Popova, a CERGE-EI PhD in Economics alumna and a senior researcher at IOS (Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies)’s Economics Department, Regensburg, Germany, and a research fellow at IZA-Institute of Labor Economics shares her research interests, which encompass a wide range of topics, including environmental performance, health, inequality, and labor market decisions. With her impressive achievements,  ranked in the top 9% of female economists globally according to RePEc (based on publications in the last ten years), Olga tells us about her research experience and implications of her recent paper. The interview was done by our PhD student Mari Mtchedlishvili. Continue reading Meet Our Alumni: At CERGE-EI, I Learned There Are Always Multiple Opportunities to Pursue, says Olga Popova

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Meet Our Alumni: Robust Education from CERGE-EI Has Been Valuable Throughout My Career, says Emil Stavrev.

Emil Stavrev, a CERGE-EI PhD graduate from 1999, shares his inspiring journey from engineering to economics in the new alumni interview, done by our current PhD student Mari Mtchedlishvili. As the Deputy Division Chief at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Emil discusses the valuable influence of his studies at CERGE-EI on his career trajectory. He also sheds light on some economic challenges that the IMF has been addressing in the post-COVID period.* Continue reading Meet Our Alumni: Robust Education from CERGE-EI Has Been Valuable Throughout My Career, says Emil Stavrev.

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Meet Our Alumni: I Like the Excitement of Trying to Figure out an Answer to a Question I am Personally Curious About, says Ivo Bakota

Ivo Bakota, our 2020 PhD in Economics graduate, is a Postdoctoral Researcher and the Head of Unit at the Munich Center for Economics of Aging, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy. What does he like about his work and what projects is he currently working on? Continue reading Meet Our Alumni: I Like the Excitement of Trying to Figure out an Answer to a Question I am Personally Curious About, says Ivo Bakota

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Meet Our Alumni: It’s Hard to Imagine What My Work Would Look Like If I Hadn’t Studied at CERGE-EI, says Kamil Kovář

Kamil Kovář, our 2022 PhD in Economics graduate, works as Associate Director at Moody’s Analytics Prague. In his work, he focuses on Euro zone macroeconomic outlook. What are the biggest challenges the Euro zone faces in these turbulent times? And what does he like about his work? Continue reading Meet Our Alumni: It’s Hard to Imagine What My Work Would Look Like If I Hadn’t Studied at CERGE-EI, says Kamil Kovář

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