Alumni Careers
Currently, CERGE-EI alumni are employed in more than 32 countries worldwide.
They are successful in finding placements on both the international academic market and in the private sector. Many also join policy oriented institutions, such as think tanks, ministries, central banks and international organizations, such as European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund, OECD, or World Bank.
Selected Alumni Carreers
PhD in Economics, Master in Economics
Academia
Mykola Babiak (PhD in Economics 2019), Assistant Professor in Finance at Lancaster University Management School Blog Interview
Vojtěch Bartoš (PhD in Economics 2016), Assistant Professor at the University of Munich Blog Interview
Liyousew Borga (PhD in Economics 2018), Research Associate at the Institute for Research on Socio-Economic Inequality at the University of Luxembourg
Jaroslav Borovička (Master in Economics 2006), Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, New York University
Jana Cahlíková (PhD in Economics 2016), Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute, Munich Blog Interview
Dagmara Celik Katreniak (PhD in Economics 2016), Lecturer at City, University of London
Maxim Goryunov (PhD in Economics 2016) Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Nazarbayev University, Astana
Vahagn Jerbashian (PhD in Economics 2013), Assistant Professor, University of Barcelona
Dejan Kovač (PhD in Economics 2018), Research Associate at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
Andrei Matveenko (PhD in Economics 2019), Research Assistant at Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen
Ludmila Matysková (PhD in Economics 2018), Post-doctoral Researcher in Microeconomic Theory at the University of Bonn
Ján Palguta (PhD in Economics 2016), Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Blog interview
Jakub Steiner (PhD in Economics 2006), Associate Professor with Tenure, CERGE-EI Prague and University of Zurich
International Organizations, Central Banks, Governments
Martin Čihák (PhD in Economics 2002), Advisor and Unit Chief, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, D.C.
Pavel Dvořák (PhD in Economics 2008), Principal, Venture Capital & Private Equity Funds, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London Blog Interview
Michaela Erbenová (PhD in Economics 1997), Assistant Director, Resource & Information Management Division at the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. Blog Interview
Kamil Galuščák (PhD in Economics 2002), Executive Director, Economic Research Department, Czech National Bank, Prague
Martin Kuncl (PhD in Economics 2014), Senior Analyst, Bank of Canada, Ottawa
Anita Taçi (PhD in Economics 2000), Deputy Director, Strategy Coordination & Results Management, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London
Private Sector
Ilkin Aliyev (PhD in Economics 2013), Senior Economist, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran
Katarzyna Rzentarzewska (PhD in Economics 2011), Chief CEE Macro Analyst, Erste Group Bank AG, Vienna
Olga Haislip (Master in Economics 2004), VP of Quantitative Modeling, Bank of the West, San Francisco, California
Master in Applied Economics
International Organizations, Central Banks, Governments
Zuzana Čarnogurská (Master in Applied Economics 2017), Analyst, Value for Money, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovakia
Ivana Draženović (Master in Applied Economics 2019), Analyst, Croatian National Bank Blog Interview
Karel Musil (Master in Applied Economics 2014), Head of Macroeconomic Forecasting Division, Czech National Bank, Prague
Sevinj Gahramanova (Master in Applied Economics 2012), Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Private Sector
Enis Hasimi (Master in Applied Economics 2014), Specialist, Real Estate Transaction Structuring at DekaBank, Frankfurt
Filip Kunčar (Master in Applied Economics 2015), Data Analyst and Engineering Team Lead, Mall.cz, Prague
Andrew Pribram (Master in Applied Economics 2013), Senior Manager, Renewal Sales and Subscriptions at Avast, Prague
Masood Sadat (Master in Applied Economics 2017), Economist, Moody's, Prague
Jiří Sýkora (Master in Applied Economics 2014), Investment Manager, PPF Group, Prague
Elizaveta Zaskukhina (Master in Applied Economics 2018), Data Scientist, MSD, Prague
