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. Wendy Carlin, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, University College London

Prof. Henry Farber, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, Princeton University

Prof. Randall Filer, Ph.D.
Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York

Byeongju Jeong, Ph.D
CERGE-EI

Doc. Štěpán Jurajda, Ph.D.
CERGE-EI

Doc. Ing. Michal Kejak, M.A., CSc.
CERGE-EI

Prof. Jan Kmenta, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Michigan

Doc. Lubomír Lízal, Ph.D.
CERGE-EI

Prof. George J. Mailath, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania

Prof. Kevin M. Murphy, Ph.D.
University of Chicago

Prof. J. Peter Neary, Ph.D.
University of Oxford

Prof. Lucrezia Reichlin, Ph.D.
London Business School

Prof. Gérard Roland, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Larry Samuelson, Ph.D.
Yale University

Prof. Avner Shaked, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, University of Bonn

Prof. Christopher A. Sims, Ph.D.
Princeton University
Nobel Prize in Economics 2011

Sergey Slobodyan, Ph.D.
CERGE-EI

Mgr. Jakub Steiner, Ph.D.
CERGE-EI and Northwestern University

Prof. Joseph Stiglitz, Ph.D.
Columbia University, New York City
Nobel Prize in Economics 2001

Prof. Ing. Zdeněk Strakoš, DrSc.
Institute of Computer Science, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague

Prof. John Sutton, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science

Prof. Jan Švejnar, Ph.D. (Chair)
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, and CERGE-EI

Prof. RNDr. Jan Ámos Víšek, CSc.
Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague

Doc. Ing. Josef Zieleniec, CSc.
New York University in Prague

Doc. Krešimir Žigić, Ph.D.
CERGE-EI