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.
We are currently accepting applications for fellowships beginning in the 2016-17 academic year. For full details and information about how to apply, please download the application information packet here:
The deadline for applications is 15 April 2016. Email queries should be directed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
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:
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
For more information please write to the teaching fellows administration team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
