Career Integration Fellowships

Apply for a Career Integration Fellowship

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 term for accepting applications for CIF fellowships beginning in the 2015-16 academic year has closed. We expect to begin accepting applications for fellowships beginning in the 2016-17 academic term in early 2016. Details will be posted on this website. Feel free to write us to learn more.

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Throughout the post-communist world, societies desperately need better understanding of fundamental economic principles. CERGE-EI Teaching Fellows’ Career Integration Fellowships enable talented young people with Western PhDs to return to their home countries and assume full-time university positions. Back in their home country, these passionate teachers play a key role in creating support for both free minds and free markets. 

Career Integration Fellowships provide crucial salary supplements, modern pedagogical training, access to electronic literature and data, and a support network of like-minded scholars.The fellowship also provides 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 provided over and above the salary paid by the university where the fellow will teach.

Countries where Career Integration Fellows are currently teaching:

Map showing countries where Career Integration Fellows teach
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Uzbekistan

 

Current CERGE-EI Career Integration Fellows


2015 Awardees (2015-2018)

Nargiza Alimukhamedova (PhD CERGE-EI, 2014)
Banking and Finance Academy (Tashkent University of Economics, Tashkent State Technical University) (Pending)

Natalia Davidson (PhD University of Science and Technology of Lille, France, 2013)
Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Adnan Efendić (PhD Staffordshire University, UK, 2010)
School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Rezart Hoxhaj (PhD University of Bari, Italy, 2015)
University of Vlora, Albania

Drini Imami (PhD University of Bologna, Italy, 2011) *
Agriculture University of Tirana, Albania

Huseyn Ismayilov (PhD Tilburg University, Netherlands, 2015)
ADA Univeristy, Baku, Azerbaijan

Murat Issabayev (PhD George Washington University, USA, 2015) *
International School of Economics at Kazakh-British Technical University, Kazakhstan

Karin Jõeveer (PhD CERGE-EI, Prague 2007)
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Klára Kalíšková (PhD CERGE-EI, Prague, 2015)
Prague Economics University (VŠE), Prague, Czech Republic

Jakhongir Kakhkharov (PhD Griffith University, Australia, 2015)
National University of Uzbekistan

Elvina Merkaj (PhD Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy, 2015)
Agriculture University of Tirana, Albania

Bakhrom Mirkasimov (PhD Humboldt University Berlin, 2015) *
Westminster International University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Slađana Pavlinović (PhD University of Sienna, Italy, 2011)
University of Split, Croatia

Sanja Peković (PhD University of Paris-EST, 2010)
University of Montenegro

Fisnik Reçica (PhD Staffordshire University, UK, 2016 [expected]) *
Riinvest College, Prishtina, Kosovo

Mijalce Santa (PhD Université Panthéon Sorbonne - Paris I, 2014)
Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Economics - Skopje, Macedonia

Nurgul Ukueva (PhD Duke University, 2010)
American University of Central Asia (AUCA), Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Muharrem Yeşilırmak (PhD, University of Iowa, 2013) *
ADA Univeristy, Baku, Azerbaijan

Edvin Zhllima (PhD University of Bologna, Italy, 2011)
Agriculture University of Tirana, Albania

Alban Zogaj (PhD Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy, 2015)
Riinvest College, Prishtina, Kosovo

Merita Zulfiu Alili (PhD Staffordshire University, UK, 2014)
South East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia

* Denotes Fellows Sponsored by Global Philanthropic Trust

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

Lara Lebedinski (PhD Bocconi University, 2012)
University American College Skopje, Macedonia

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

Yessengali Oskenbayev (PhD ZEF Bonn, 2015)
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

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

2013 Awardees (2013-2016)

Ruslan Aliyev (PhD CERGE-EI, 2015)
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


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