Executive and Supervisory Committee
The Executive and Supervisory Committee (ESC) of CERGE-EI is a consultative body primarily composed of internationally recognized scholars in the field of economics and representatives of Charles University, the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
The ESC meets twice yearly. Its functions include ensuring the introduction and maintenance of the highest academic standards, reviewing institutional finances, supervising the efficient use of available funds, and assisting in developing external funding sources. The ESC is also responsible for certain management functions, including recommending candidates for the directorship of the institution.
The ESC is currently composed of the following members:
Prof. Philippe Aghion, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, Harvard University
Prof. Ing. Jiří Drahoš, DrSc., dr.h.c.
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Prof. Randall Filer, Ph.D.
Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York
Prof. Roger Gordon, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego
Prof. RNDr. Václav Hampl, DrSc. (represented by Prof. PhDr. Stanislav Štech, CSc.)
Charles University Prague
Byeongju Jeong, Ph.D
CERGE-EI
Doc. Štěpán Jurajda, Ph.D. (ex officio)
CERGE-EI
Doc. Ing. Michal Kejak, M.A., CSc.
CERGE-EI
Miriam Klipper, Esq.
Asst. District Attorney, New York County
Prof. Jan Kmenta, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Economics
Department of Economics, University of Michigan
Doc. Lubomír Lízal, Ph.D.
CERGE-EI
Prof. Gérard Roland, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Prof. Avner Shaked, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, University of Bonn
Sergey Slobodyan, Ph.D.
CERGE-EI
Prof. Joseph Stiglitz, Ph.D.
Columbia University, New York City
Nobel Prize in Economics 2001
Prof. John Sutton, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science
Prof. Jan Švejnar, Ph.D. (Chair)
University of Michigan, and CERGE-EI
Prof. Michelle White, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego
Doc. Ing. Josef Zieleniec, CSc.
New York University in Prague
Krešimir Žigić, Ph.D.
CERGE-EI
