Institute of Economic Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Charles University

We are opening a new Master's course, JEM203 Public Economics, with lecturers Petr Janský, Ondřej Schneider and Kamil Galuščák. This course introduces advanced thinking in public economics and public finance for graduate students of economics. The...

In an article " Illicit financial flows are hard to stop ", The Economist quotes a paper by our colleague Petr Janský. The Economist refers to the " Measurement of Illicit Financial Flows " paper, written in 2017 for the United Nations Conference on...

Until 31 March, you can apply for the competition in undergraduate research of the Journal of Undergraduate Research in Finance (JURF). Last year, the IES student Vojtech Jurka made it to the finals in San Diego, which took place within the academic...

On May 27-29, Professor Gonul Colak (Hanken School of Economics) will give a short course on recent developments in the area of financial innovation such as Blockchain, digital currencies, peer-to-peer method of identifying ownership, and smart...

International office announces the opportunity to finance study and research abroad from the Rector's Mobility Fund for bachelor, master and also PhD students. Only future travel plans are funded (from May 2019). The Fund primarily finances...

The list of internship possibilities for our students was updated. Newly to the ECB. Please see the details  here.

During the first meeting on Tuesday, 4 February, the new Board of the Academic Senate of the Faculty for the period 2019-2021 was elected, consisting of the President of the Academic Senate Václav Moravec (IKSŽ), the Vice-President of the Academic Senate...

As of 2019, Professor  Roman Horvath  has been appointed Associate Editor of the  Journal of Financial Stability. The  Journal of Financial Stability  is a leading outlet on global financial stability issues. It provides an international forum for...

This year's first interview with Alumnus of the Month is discussing mainly work and life in China. We have interviewed Jan Říha who works at Home Credit China. His profile and the interview are...

Petr Janský took part in the European Parliament’s TAX3 committee public hearing on "The evaluation of the Tax Gap". The video and other documents are available  here .