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We congratulate our new graduates and wish them all the best in their future lives! The Graduation Ceremony of the MA in Applied Economics program took place on Thursday, 22 July 2021. Four students received their diplomas.

Read more: Congratulations to Our New MAE Graduates!

In the Talking Economics Podcast, Katarina Stehlíková talks with Eva Hromádková about health economics and its contribution to the current debate on health, healthcare, and healthcare policy.

Read more: Eva Hromádková: May We All Live Again in the Boring Times

"It was an honour to be part of the very first international science assessment on a scale that is unprecedented for the university and possibly also nationally," says Daniel Münich about his team's work on the project in an article published on the author's blog and vedavyzkum.cz.

Read more: Bibliometrics Underpins Charles University Research (Behind the Scenes with Daniel Münich)

Teachers' and politicians' salaries, the government's plan to increase old-age pensions by CZK 300, health insurance, and supply chain problems faced by Czech manufacturing companies were among the topics on which experts from CERGE-EI and the IDEA think-tank commented in June. 

Read more: CERGE-EI Media Highlights for June

Krešimir Žigić, Citigroup Endowment Associate Professor with Tenure at CERGE-EI and a Ph.D. graduate from 1996, studied in the first CERGE-EI cohort. How does he remember the atmosphere of the first years of our institution? Why did he choose a career in academia? We asked Krešo several questions for our blog interview.

Read more: People of CERGE-EI: Meet Our Alumni