Public Lecture by Ed Glaeser

Recorded lecture and photo gallery now available.

The lecture took place on Thursday June 19th from 2 p.m. at CERGE-EI. 

See the picture gallery.

Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1992. He is Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and Director of the Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston.

He regularly teaches microeconomic theory, and occasionally urban and public economics. He has published dozens of papers on cities, economic growth, and law and economics. In particular, his work has focused on the determinants of city growth and the role of cities as centers of idea transmission. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1992.

He wrote a book titled Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier, which talks about how city living can influence our development and psyche in ways deeper than previously imagined. As he proves in this myth-shattering book, cities are actually the healthiest, greenest, and richest (in cultural and economic terms) places to live.

The visit of Prof. Glaeser in Prague was co-organized together with reSITE conference.