{"id":4408,"date":"2024-01-15T12:29:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T11:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/?p=4408"},"modified":"2025-09-02T09:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:40:34","slug":"unveiling-human-behavior-a-recap-of-the-alumnilive-seminar-with-vojtech-bartos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/?p=4408","title":{"rendered":"Unveiling Human Behavior: A Recap of the #AlumniLive Seminar with Vojt\u011bch Barto\u0161"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The #AlumniLive seminar held in December 2023 featured <a href=\"https:\/\/vojtechbartos.net\/\">Vojt\u011bch Barto\u0161<\/a>, a CERGE-EI alumnus and <strong>Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods (DEMM) at the University of Milan<\/strong>. The event was organized as part of the CERGE-EI #AlumniLive series, a networking initiative for CERGE-EI students and alumni, aiming to foster connections and provide insights into successful career paths. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-12-01-15.49.38-cropped.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4412 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-12-01-15.49.38-cropped.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"363\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-12-01-15.49.38-cropped.png 363w, https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-12-01-15.49.38-cropped-276x300.png 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vojt\u011bch&#8217;s research is marked by a commitment to understanding the behavioral intricacies of decision-making, especially within marginalized populations across both developed and developing countries. His involvement in diverse field experiments and internet-based studies in various countries adds a global dimension to his contributions.<\/p>\n<p>In the first part of the seminar, Vojt\u011bch delved into his personal career journey, sharing insights into the decisions and experiences that shaped his academic trajectory. This section provided guidance for students interested in pursuing careers in academia, with an emphasis on the challenges and rewards of a career in economics. Then, Vojt\u011bch highlighted some of the most intriguing projects he has been involved in throughout his career, which led to being published in such academic journals as <strong>American Economic Review<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/articles?id=10.1257\/aer.20140571\"><em>Attention discrimination: Theory and field experiments with monitoring information acquisition<\/em><\/a>), or <strong>Nature<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-022-04805-y\"><em>Communicating doctors\u2019 consensus persistently increases COVID-19 vaccinations<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-12-01-15.48.29-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4413\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-12-01-15.48.29-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-12-01-16.29.57-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4414\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-12-01-16.29.57-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-12-01-16.28.44-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4415\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-12-01-16.28.44-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The seminar also offered a unique networking opportunity for CERGE-EI students to network.\u00a0 We believe that building bridges between students and alumni leads to new opportunities and professional growth.<\/p>\n<p>#AlumniLive is a series of networking events for CERGE-EI students &amp; alumni. We bring inspiring alumni to hold #AlumniLive Seminar or to informally network with alumni at #AlumniLive Coffee.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AlumniLive_typo_A-resized.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4252 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AlumniLive_typo_A-resized-300x172.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AlumniLive_typo_A-resized-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AlumniLive_typo_A-resized.png 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch the recording of the seminar on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1JYVl4UFY2Y\">CERGE-EI YouTube<\/a> channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The #AlumniLive seminar held in December 2023 featured Vojt\u011bch Barto\u0161, a CERGE-EI alumnus and Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods (DEMM) at the University of Milan. The event was organized as part of the CERGE-EI #AlumniLive series, a networking initiative for CERGE-EI students and alumni, aiming to foster connections &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/?p=4408\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Unveiling Human Behavior: A Recap of the #AlumniLive Seminar with Vojt\u011bch Barto\u0161<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239,149,1,11,143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumnilive","category-alumni","category-uncategorized","category-phd","category-special-events"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4416,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408\/revisions\/4416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}