Institute of Economic Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Charles University

Vladimír Nahodil was an Alumnus of the Month in July. In the interview with Vladimír, you can read about his experience of living in Switzerland, studying at Cambridge, but also about why it is...

Congratulations to our colleagues from IES on extending the funding of their  "Energy Economics and Environmental Policy" project within the  PRIMUS  competition for another 2 years. Of the 28 projects originally supported, only 4 were successful in...

Within the Prague innovation marathon #NakopniPrahu (StartUpPrague) , organized by the Municipality of the capital city Prague, 44 registered teams had six months to develop and prepare a pitch of a project, focused on improving the lives of the...

Our colleague, associate professor Tomáš Havránek , is among the signatories of the text " Economic policy under the pandemic: A European perspective ", published by  VoxEU , a portal which brings out analyses of leading European economists. The main...

Till July 31, 2020, it is possible to provide an electronic evaluation of the summer semester courses.  Were there some seminars you particularly looked forward to attending? Is there something that could have been done better? Let your lecturers...

In June, we chose Jan Stříbný as the Alumnus of the Month. Jan studied and currently lives in Amsterdam. In an interview with him, you will read about his work, automatic trading and life in...

The Institute of Economic Studies of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University (IES) and Deloitte grant the Deloitte Outstanding Thesis Award (DOT Award) for exceptional Bachelor’s or Master’s Theses  defended at IES.  In June 2020,...

We are happy to announce that our colleague Ladislav Krištoufek has been promoted by Charles University to the rank of Professor. The promotion is effective since June 17, 2020. Congratulations!

The International Office announces a release of the "Special" round of Mobility Funding that finances mobilities beginning in July, August, September or October 2020. Information for non-Czech speakers is available upon request, see the information here .

In May, we choose Katarína Spyra as the Alumna of the Month. Katrína lives with her family in Switzerland, where she also works. In an interview with her, you will read about how she manages to...