Academic Excellence
International Character
Western Standards
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Center for Economic Research
and Graduate Education
and
Economics Institute
(CERGE-EI)
www.cerge-ei.cz
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The Joint Workplace
A joint academic workplace of
Charles University, and
Academy of Sciences of CR
Founded in 1991, part of Charles University
(1348)
Internationally-minded institution with
academic staff from all over the world
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International Recognition
 #1 Econ department in CEE
(REPEC rankings)
 “Center of Excellence in Economics
Education and Research”
(USAID)
 Awards degrees in Economics
MA (US only)
PhD (US and EU)
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Founding
 CERGE
 Educating the instructors of future generations of
business leaders and voters in CEE
 CEU
 Helping the process of transition from dictatorship to
democracy in Central and Eastern Europe and Central
Asia
 CERGE-EI
 To stimulate and support academic and policyoriented economic research
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People: Truly International
EU
 Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania,
Estonia, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Germany,
Belgium, UK
Non-EU
 China, ex-Yu, ex-SU, all –stan’s
 Mongolia, Vietnam, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya
 Venezuela, Colombia, Turkey, Bolivia
 Israel, Canada, Japan, USA, Korea
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People: Joint Workplace
 Students
 (Post-Docs)
 Permanent Faculty
 Visiting Professors
 ESC
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People: Bringing in
 Research Seminars at CERGE-EI
 Guests from other universities present their latest
research
 Micro, Macro, and Applied Research
 Conferences hosted by CERGE-EI
 SED, ELA, GDN and the like
 Joint CEA/CERGE-EI Seminars
 Health series
 Joint CNB/CERGE-EI Seminars
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Nobel visitors to CERGE-EI
(last 5 years)
Vernon Smith
Edward Prescott
James Heckman
Joseph Stiglitz
Finn Kydland
Robert Engle
James Mirrlees
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People: Sending out
 Conference presentations
 Publications
 Visiting Lectures
 Sabbatical Leaves
 Organised Workshops
 Student “Mobility”
 (Others’ publications)
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Student “Mobility”
 Most advanced-level students have
research stays at foreign universities
(mostly USA or W. Europe)
 Harvard, Chicago, UC Berkeley, Princeton, Minnesota,
Cambridge, Pompeu Fabra, UPenn, and the like.
 Graduate Teaching Fellowship
 From Bonn to Samarqand
 Conference and workshop participation,
publications, but not Summer Schools
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Alumni
 Western Universities
 London School of Economics, Arizona State, Tilburg,
Copenhagen Business School, Zurich, Grenoble,
St Andrews of Scotland, Tokyo GRIPS, British Columbia
 International Organizations
 IMF, EBRD, World Bank, ILO
 Consulting
 McKinsey, BCG, Deloitte…
 Central banks
 Canada, Finland, Czech, ECB…
 Private financial institutions
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CERGE-EI and Czech Republic
 Library
 Largest collection of economics literature in CEE
 Official depository of the WB
 Historical Building
 Schebek Palace
 Státní tiskárna cenin
 Sport and Social activities
 The “Invisible Hands” softball team
 Beer parties & wine tasting
 Czech Politics
 Jan Svejnar and Presidency
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
Jozef Zeleniec
CERGE-EI and the Region
 Czech vs Regional Institution
 Largest collection of economics literature in CEE
 CERGE-EI vs
 AUBG
 CEU
 CERGE-EI and
 New School of Economics in Moscow
 International School of Economics at Tbilisi
 Kyiv School of Economics
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Funding CERGE-EI
 Local funding
 Universitas Carolina Pragensis
 Akademie věd České republiky
 Grants
 Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
 Grant Agency of the Charles University
 Various EU grants
 The Foundation
 The CERGE-EI Foundation USA
 Nadace CERGE-EI
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Funding CERGE-EI
 Founders
($500,000 and above)
 Anonymous
 Ford Foundation
 World Bank, and the like
 Patrons
($100,000 to $499,999)
 Alan Brown
 Siemens, and the like
 Donors
($30,000 to $99,999)
 Michael C. Markovitz
 Deutsche Bank, and the like
 Contributors
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CERGE-EI and GDN
 Global Development Network
 The GDN is an open, worldwide network of policy and
research institutes whose aim is to support the
generation and sharing of knowledge for economic
development, and to promote its policy application.
 Grants and Conferences
 Development on Move
 The Cities
 CERGE-EI and GDN
 CERGE-EI is the GDN Regional Network Partner for the
CEE region
 Armenia and GDN
 EERC Kyiv covers Armenia
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What Distinguishes CERGE-EI?
Top-rate PhD program
accredited both in the USA and in the EU
International community
Full commitment by faculty and students
High academic standards
Cheating and plagiarism are not tolerated
Quality and quantity of research output
Excellent placement record
Support for Economics development in CEE
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Thank You
Questions & Comments
Address:
CERGE-EI
P.O. Box 882
Politickych veznu 7
111 21 Praha 1
Czech Republic
tel.:
(+420) 224 005 187
web: home.cerge-ei.cz/gurgen
e-mail: [email protected]
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