Career Integration Fellowships

CERGE-EI Career Integration Fellowships (CIFs) are available for Western-educated economists returning to Central and Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union to take full-time academic posts.

The deadline for submitting applications for CIFs beginning in Autumn 2014 was Friday, May 23, 2014. We expect that the next application round will begin in early 2015 and have a similar deadline in the late spring of 2015.

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Countries where Career Integration Fellows teach:

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Uzbekistan

The CERGE-EI Foundation provides fellowships for economists who obtained their PhD in North America, Australia/New Zealand or Western Europe and who are assuming a full-time academic position in any country in Central and Eastern Europe or the countries of the former Soviet Union. The purpose of the fellowship is to make academic careers in the post-communist countries more attractive for such graduates by providing supplemental income that should bridge the gap between academic and private sector salaries. The fellowship also provides a set of services designed to improve the academic environment for the fellow including remote access to CERGE-EI Library resources and the opportunity to organize research stays at CERGE-EI.

The fellowship carries an award of $7200 per year and is guaranteed to be provided for 3 years. If the program receives sufficient funding in the future, fellowships may be renewed. The fellowship is over and above the salary paid by the university where the fellow will teach.

Current CERGE-EI Career Integration Fellows

2014 Awardees (2014-2017)

Vardan Baghdasharian (PhD Catholic University of Milan, Italy, 2014)
American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

Anna Bogomolova (PhD CERGE-EI, 2014)
Novosibirsk State University, Russia

Lukáš Lafférs (PhD Norwegian School of Economics, 2014)
Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Hyrije Abazi-Alili (PhD Staffordshire University, 2013)
South East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia

Petra Baji (PhD University of Maastricht, 2013)
Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary

Ismail Baydur (PhD University of Virginia, 2014)
ADA University, Baku, Azerbaijan

Paola Bertoli (PhD European Doctorate [Universities of Bologna, Hamburg and Erasmus-Rotterdam], 2010)
Prague Economics University (VŠE), Prague, Czech Republic

Daniel Horn (PhD Central European University, 2010)
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Pavla (Nikolovová) Vozárová (PhD CERGE-EI, 2014)
Czech Technical University (ČVUT) in Prague, Czech Republic

Mira Nurmakhanova (PhD Iowa State University, 2008)
KIMEP, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Yessengali Oskenbayev (PhD ZEF Bonn, expected 2014)
Suleyman Demirel University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Esmeralda Shehaj (PhD Shaffordshire University, 2013)
University of Tirana, Albania

Petar Stankov (PhD CERGE-EI, 2014)
University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria

Aleksandar Vasilev (PhD University of Glasgow, 2013)
American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

Dmitriy Vorobyev (PhD CERGE-EI, 2013)
Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia

2013 Awardees (2013-2016)

Ruslan Aliyev (PhD CERGE-EI, expected 2014)
ADA University, Baku, Azerbaijan

Aleksandr Grigoryan (PhD University of Turin, 2009)
College of Business and Economics, American University of Armenia (AUA), Yerevan, Armenia

Dmitri Kolyuzhnov (PhD CERGE-EI, 2008)
Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

Katarzyna Maciejowska (PhD European University Institute, 2010)
Institute of Organization and Management/Economics Department, Wrocław University of Technology, Poland

Natasha Trajkova (PhD Staffordshire University, 2013)
University St. Kliment Ohridski (UKLO), Bitola, Macedonia

Urmatbek Tynaliev (PhD University of Minnesota, 2009)
International Ataturk Alatoo University, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

2012 Awardees (2012-2015)

Anna Lovász (PhD University of Washington, 2008)
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Dept. of Economics, Budapest, Hungary

Elena Mielcová (PhD CERGE-EI, 2002)
Faculty of Business Administration, Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic

Nermin Oruč (PhD Staffordshire University, 2011)
International University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Economics Business Administration, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Marjan Petreski (PhD Staffordshire University, 2011)
University American College Skopje, School of Business Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Skopje, Macedonia

Zsolt Sándor (PhD University of Groningen, 2001)
Sapientia University, Faculty of Economic and Human Sciences, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania

Nurmukhammad Yusupov (PhD University of Nantes, 2011)
Urgench State University, Dept of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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