Recognized as the largest conference for keeping up to date with the latest in economics research and development, the American Economics Association’s Annual Meeting is a prestigious affair, gathering famous economists for a long weekend in late January. The three frenetic days are closely followed by economists around the globe as the crème de la crème of economics papers are showcased, with over 520 scholarly sessions held in 2017 and more than 13 thousand participants registered. Continue reading Securing a professional future at the Economist’s Largest Job-Matching Program
FIELD EXPERIMENTS? AN ADVENTURE THAT SOMETIMES LEADS TO USEFUL OUTCOMES: AN INTERVIEW WITH JULIE CHYTILOVÁ
Julie Chytilová, CERGE-EI Researcher and Institute of Economic Studies FSV UK faculty member, has won the 2016 Czech Minister of Education’s Award for Excellence in Research, Experimental Development, and Innovation. In addition, she is last year’s laureate of the Kateřina Šmídková Award, which recognizes Czech female economists for their outstanding research achievements. Continue reading FIELD EXPERIMENTS? AN ADVENTURE THAT SOMETIMES LEADS TO USEFUL OUTCOMES: AN INTERVIEW WITH JULIE CHYTILOVÁ
FEELS LIKE HOMECOMING: a short interview with Dragana Stanišić
Following the election of Dragana Stanišić to the (US) CERGE-EI Foundation Board in December 2016, we bring you a short interview with her: Continue reading FEELS LIKE HOMECOMING: a short interview with Dragana Stanišić
Should Taxis Be Regulated? Report on the first discussion of the iEkonomie.cz meeting
The first discussion of the iEkonomie.cz meeting concerning the regulation of taxi services took place on 6 February 2017 at CERGE-EI with Ondřej Krátký of Liftago. The discussion was packed with interesting insights and was attended by numerous members from academia, students, and interested parties. This was the first of a new series of discussions in which academia interacts with business to generate inspiring ideas and solutions that benefit from creating a bridge between these two worlds. We bring you an overview of the topic discussed. Continue reading Should Taxis Be Regulated? Report on the first discussion of the iEkonomie.cz meeting
Data-Driven Changemakers Datathon – looking back at the event
“Exciting, interesting, challenging….I’m in for the next event!”, said Louise Nebelsztein, Datathon participant, and thus summed up the feelings of the majority of participants after the event. The weekend of 11-13 November was full of data analysis, hard work, late nights and interesting insights. Continue reading Data-Driven Changemakers Datathon – looking back at the event
Projects in Applied Economics for Talented Students: How high school students succeeded in conducting research in economics
On Monday 12th December 2016 we saw the Economics Projects for High School Students come to an end after students spent 12 weeks learning the basics of Economics and undertaking research using real life data, with support from their allocated supervisors. The project received 60 applicants which were filtered down to 24 participants who came from 11 different schools; 8 in Prague and 3 from other regions in the country. Continue reading Projects in Applied Economics for Talented Students: How high school students succeeded in conducting research in economics
TRIBUTE TO PROF. JAN KMENTA
On November 19th, 2016, the CERGE-EI community paid tribute to one of the most influential economists and researchers of Czech origin, Professor Jan Kmenta, who passed away on July 24th, 2016, in Prague. Among his many titles and honors, Prof. Kmenta was Professor Emeritus of Economics and Statistics at the University of Michigan, a CERGE-EI Visiting Professor, and a member of the CERGE-EI Executive and Supervisory Committee.
THE NOMAD RESEARCHING MIGRATION: AN INTERVIEW WITH NEW FACULTY MEMBER MARIOLA PYTLIKOVÁ
Mariola Pytliková is another new member of the CERGE-EI faculty, joining us as both Assistant Professor and Researcher. In addition to CERGE-EI, she is also active at the VSB Technical University in Ostrava, which is close to the Beskydy mountains, where she currently lives.
FROM HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY TO THE BANGLADESHI TEXTILE INDUSTRY: AN INTERVIEW WITH NEW CERGE-EI FACULTY MEMBER ANDREAS MENZEL
This year, CERGE-EI welcomed five new faculty members, which ranks among the most important hiring successes in CERGE-EI’s history for faculty expansion. One of them is Andreas Menzel, whose arrival marks an enrichment of the existing circle of CERGE-EI microeconomists.
ON WOMEN IN ECONOMY AND THE FASCINATION FOR OIL INDUSTRY: AN INTERVIEW WITH NEW FACULTY MEMBER VERONIKA SELEZNEVA
This year, CERGE-EI welcomed five new faculty members, which ranks among the most important hiring successes in CERGE-EI’s history for faculty expansion.
Two of them – Stanislav Anatolyev (see the Blog entry) and Veronika Selezneva — are linked with Moscow´s New Economic School (NES). At CERGE-EI this academic year, Veronika will be teaching macroeconomics.