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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty". 

Read more: Economics Nobel Prize for Work on Easing Poverty

A new series of inter-disciplinary lectures by prominent Czech scientists will be launched at CERGE-EI on 25 October. The CCC Lecture Series co-organized by CERGE-EI and the Center for Theoretical Study (CTS) seeks to enhance cooperation among researchers from related fields as well as to be a platform for inspiring discussions.

Read more: Excellent Czech Scientist to Present at CERGE-EI

With the beginning of the 2019/2020 Academic year, CERGE-EI’s Economics Discovery Hub (EDH) launches its new season. As always, the EDH will offer free courses and workshops focused on Soft Skills, Applied Data Science and Economics.

Read more: Discovery Hub Opens Its Fourth Season

We are pleased to announce that Christian Ochsner was awarded this year's Jan Švejnar and Katherine Terrell Teaching Prize. The award is based on the students' course instruction in CERGE-EI's core and field graduate courses.

Read more: Students Chose Christian Ochsner for Švejnar-Terrell Teaching Prize

The Orientation Week for the new PhD in Economics and Master in Economic Research (MAER) students started today. We are proud to welcome 21 students in both study programs.

Read more: PhD and MAER Orientation Week Starts, MAE Students Finish First Project