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The new 2019/2020 academic year started at CERGE-EI today for the MA in Applied Economics program, with the PhD in Economics and MA in Economic Research programs joining in two weeks, on September 23.

Read more: The MAE Program Opens the New Academic Year at CERGE-EI 

With the new academic year approaching, we are excited to welcome several new CERGE faculty members and Economics Institute researchers. Earlier this year, the hiring committee of the joint workplace (CERGE-EI) reviewed almost 400 applications from the international job market, and we are happy to announce one new tenure-track assistant professor, another one in due course, and one new postdoctoral fellow joining our international community.

Read more: New Faculty Members and Researchers at CERGE-EI

Participants of the 2019 Teaching Fellows Course had an unexpected opportunity to meet with 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics Laureate Finn E. Kydland who was in Prague to work with CERGE-EI's faculty member Marek Kapicka and Carlos Zarazaga (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas).

Read more: Teaching Fellows Course Participants Treated to Surprise Nobel Laureate Visit

CERGE-EI Assistant Professor Christian Ochsner and his colleague Felix Roesel from the ifo Institute in Dresden have been awarded a prize by the Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim (ZEW) for their study on populism. 

Read more: Christian Ochsner Awarded for His Study on Populism

On Thursday 25th of July the Graduation Ceremony of the Masters in Applied Economics (MAE) program took place.

Read more: MAE Class of 2019 Successfully Completed Their Studies