Awards and prizes
Awards and prizes
Since the very beginning, our school has focused on developing abstract and analytical thinking skills. Our graduates are thus in high demand in business, government and academia, and work with leading companies in the region or even worldwide. The graduates regularly receive awards and prizes for their work.
International Awards
- Roger Noll Prize
2020 - Bc. Jan Liehman
2019 - Bc. Jakub Linhart - Journal of Undergraduate Research in Finance (JURF) Competition
2018 - Vojtěch Jurka - 2nd-3rd place - Exeter Prize
2017 - doc. Michal Bauer, Ph.D., doc. Julie Chytilová, Ph.D. with doc. Vojtěch Bartoš, Ph.D. (LMU) and doc. - The UniCredit & Universities Foundation Award for the best PhD Thesis
2014 - Tomáš Havránek, Ph.D. - The Global Development Network Award
2010 - Tomáš Havránek, Ph.D. - The Irving Fischer Committee Award (Bank for International Settlements, Basel)
2010 - Petr Jakubík, Ph.D. - The EACES Dissertation Award (European Association for Comparative Economic Studies)
2010 - Roman Horváth, Ph.D. - The Financial Risk Management Award (Centre des Professions Financières)
2009 - PhDr. Jakub Seidler - The Olga Radzyner Award (OeNB, Wien)
2009 - PhDr. Tomáš Havránek
2001 - Tomáš Holub, Ph.D. - The Bank for International Settlements, Financial Stability Institute Award
2008 - Petr Jakubík, Ph.D. - The Warsaw International Economics Meeting (WIEM) Best Paper Prize
2009 - PhDr. Lenka Šťastná - 2nd place
National (the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic) Awards
- The Otto Wichterle Award
2014 - Ladislav Krištoufek, Ph.D.
2012 - Jozef Baruník, Ph.D.
2011 - Michal Bauer, Ph.D. - Innovating Minds
2005 - Mgr. Vít Bubák - The Ministry of Education Award
2016 - doc. Julie Chytilová, Ph.D.
2016 - Bc. Jakub Rybák
2013 - PhDr. Zuzana Havránková
2012 - Ladislav Krištoufek, Ph.D.
2011 - Jozef Baruník, Ph.D.
2002 - Tomáš Holub, Ph.D. - The Neuron Award - Karel Janeček Foundation
2011 - Julie Chytilová, Ph.D. - The Young Economist Prize of the Czech Economic Association
2021 - Mgr. Mariia Kosar - 3.místo
2020 - Mgr. Bruno Baránek - 1st place
2020 - Mgr. Marek Šedivý- 3rd place
2018 - Ludmila Matysková, Ph.D. - 1st place
2018 - Mgr. Jan Žáček - 2nd place
2017 - Mgr. Nikoloz Kudashvili - 2nd place
2016 - Mgr. Ing. Adam Kučera - 1st place
2016 - Mgr. Michal Šoltés - 3rd place
2015 - Mgr. Jakub Matějů - 1st place
2015 - Mgr. Ján Palguta - 3rd place
2014 - Mgr. Vojtěch Bartoš - 1st place
2014 - Mgr. Klára Kalíšková - 3rd place
2013 - Mgr. Jakub Matějů - 2nd place
2013 - Mgr. Jana Cahlíková - 3rd place
2012 - PhDr. Tomáš Havránek and Marek Rusnák- 1st place
2011 - PhDr. Tomáš Havránek and PhDr. Zuzana Iršová- 3rd place
2010 - Ing. Aleš Maršál, M.A. - 2nd place
2010 - PhDr. Tomáš Havránek and PhDr. Zuzana Iršová- 3rd place
2008 - PhDr. Jan Zápal, MSc. - 1st place
2008 - PhDr. Lenka Šťastná - 2nd place
2007 - Bc. Filip Rozsypal - 3rd place
2006 - PhDr. Michal Bauer - 1st place
2006 - Roman Horváth, M.A. - 2nd place
2006 - Mgr. Petr Jakubík - 3rd place
2004 - Mgr. Patrik Nový
2004 - Roman Horváth, M.A. - 3rd place
2002 - Bc.Michal Ježek
2002 - Roman Horváth - 3rd place
1996 - Mgr. Martin Sommer - The Karel Engliš Prize of the Czech Economic Association
2020 - Mgr. Dominika Ehrenbergerová
2020 - Mgr. Josef Bajzík
2018 - Mgr. Miroslav Palanský M.A.
2017 - Mgr. Dominika Kolcunová
2016 - Mgr. Jan Žáček
2015 - Mgr. David Svačina
2014 - PhDr. Simona Malovaná
2013 - Petr Janský Ph.D.
2012 - PhDr. Jana Votápková and Bc. Pavlína Žilová
2010 - Ing. Aleš Maršál, M.A.
2009 - PhDr. Tomáš Havránek
2007 - PhDr. Jan Zápal, MSc.
2006 - Roman Horváth, M.A.
2005 - PhDr. Martin Gregor
2004 - Bc. Jan Zápal
1995 - Mgr.Martin Sommer
1998 - Mgr. Marek Kapička - A special prize of the Czech Economic Association
2015 - Bc. Miroslav Palanský
2014 - Dominika Rečková
2013 - Mgr. Tomáš Fiala
2012 - Mgr. Barbora Šútorová
2011 - Bc. Tomáš Klinger
2010 - Mgr. Ján Palguta
2009 - Mgr. Jakub Matějů
2008 - Bc. Zuzana Iršová
2007 - Bc. Tomáš Havránek
2006 - Bc.Jakub Seidler - The Award of Kateřina Šmídková
2020 - Marie Hoerová, Ph.D.
2018 - doc. Zuzana Havránková, Ph.D.
2016 - doc. Julie Chytilová, Ph.D. - The Award of President of Czech Economis Association for students under 25
2021 - Mgr. Klára Kantová
2017 - Bc. Petr Pleticha
2016 - Bc. Matěj Opatrný - The Governor NBS Award
2019 - PhDr. František Čech - 1st place
2018 - PhDr. Marek Rusnák - 1st place
2015 - Zuzana Havránková, Ph.D. - 1st place
2013 - Mgr. František Čech - 2nd place - The Czech Econometrics Society Award
2016 - Bc. Matěj Kouřílek - 1st place (with Michal Outrata from MFF UK)
2012 - Bc. Radovan Parrák - 2nd place
2012 - Bc. Pavel Dvořák - special prize
2012 - Bc. Hana Hejlová - special prize
2010 - PhDr. Jozef Baruník, PhDr. Ladislav Krištoufek - 3rd place
2009 - PhDr. Jakub Seidler - 3rd place - Energy Economics Contest
2017 - Bc. Katarína Líšková
2015 - Bc. Václav Brož and Mgr. Barbora Malinská with Jozef Baruník, Ph.D.
2014 - Bc. Přemysl Horáček and Mgr. Štěpán Krška
2013 - Jozef Baruník, Ph.D. and Mgr. Krenar Avdulaj
2013 - Mgr. Martin Baletka
2012 - Ladislav Krištoufek, Ph.D. and prof. Karel Janda, Ph.D.
2012 - Bc. Štěpán Chrz
2011 - Lukáš Vácha, Ph.D. and Jozef Baruník, Ph.D. - 1st place - Google Award for Talented Data Journalists
2015 - Adam Nedvěd and Tomáš Ducháček - The Josef Hlávka Prize
2018 - Mgr. Miroslav Palanský, M.A.
2016 - PhDr. Jana Votápková
2014 - Jaromír Baxa, Ph.D.
2010 - Mgr. Dalibor Roháč
2006 - PhDr. Jan Zápal, MSc.
2005 - Mgr. Libor Čech
2001 - PhDr. Tomáš Sedláček
1999 - Bc. Ondřej Vychodil
1997 - Mgr. Ing. Daniel Krejčí (special award)
1996 - Mgr. Martin Čihák - The Josef Vavroušek Prize
2022 - Mgr. et Mgr. Alžběta Křížková- 2nd place
2020 - Bc. Jan Zítek - 3rd place
2017 - Bc. Aneta Pinteková - 3rd place
2017 - Bc. Tereza Ranošová - 3rd place
2017 - Bc. Michaela Koščová - (honourable mention)
2017 - Mgr. Martin Špolc - 3rd place
2016 - Bc. Jan Málek - 2nd place
2016 - Mgr. Miroslav Palanský - 3rd place
2015 - Bc. Jan Málek - 2nd place
2014 - Bc. Martin Špolc - 1st place
2014 - Bc. Dominika Rečková - 3rd place
2013 - Bc. Štěpán Chrz - 1st place
2013 - Bc. Pavla Bláhová - 2nd place
2013 - Bc. Marek Fremunt - (honourable mention)
2011 - Bc. Tomáš Křehlík - 1st place
2011 - Bc. Zuzana Řehořová - 2nd place
2011 - Bc. Pavla Břízová (honourable mention)
2009 - Bc. Matěj Bajgar
2008 - Bc. Eva Brabcová
2008 - Bc. Tomáš Brzobohatý
2007 - Bc. Petra Kolouchová
2004 - Bc. Markéta Řízková
2004 - Mgr. Ondřej Makovec
2003 - Bc. Lukáš Posolda
2002 - Mgr. Denisa Kapošváryová
2001 - Mgr. Pavel Körner
1997 - Mgr. Milan Ščasný - The František Vencovský Prize
2013 - Barbara Pertold-Gebicka, Ph.D. - 1st place
2011 - Adam Geršl, Ph.D. a PhDr. Jakub Seidler - 1st place
2011 - Jozef Baruník, Ph.D. - 5th place
2009 - PhDr. Kateřina Pavloková - "a special prize"
2007 - Adam Geršl, Ph.D. - 1st and 2nd place
2007 - Petr Jakubík, Ph.D.
2007 - PhDr. Roman Horváth - The BH Securities Award
2017 - Tereza Hudcová - 1st place - The Laboratory of the European Union: a proceedings of the best Master theses written on the EU
2017 - Vladimír Veselý - 1st place - The SAS Prize
2009 - Petr Jakubík, Ph.D. - 1st place
2009 - Bc. Matěj Bajgar - 2nd place - The Economics Foundation Awards
1997 - Mgr. Martin Netuka
1997 - Mgr. Jan Chmelík
1997 - Mgr. Jan Kubín - New Economic Talent (CERGE-EI)
2016 - Mgr. Michal Šoltés - 2nd place - National bank of Slovakia - Program of support for PhD. studies and research
2016 - Mgr. David Svačina
AWARDS OF THE CHARLES UNIVERSITY
- The Karel Engliš Prize
2018 - Bc. Michal Kotrč
2013 - Bc. Jana Hortová
2012 - Mgr. Petra Valíčková
2011 - Mgr. Marek Rusnák
2009 - PhDr. Tomáš Havránek
2008 - Mgr. Ondřej Strecker
2007 - Mgr. Jan Doubrava
2006 - Mgr. Filip Hájek
2005 - Mgr. Michal Bauer
2003 - Mgr. Eva Kreuzbergová
2002 - Mgr. Ladislav Wintr
2001 - Mgr. Adam Geršl
2000 - Mgr. Tomáš Jaroš
1996 - Mgr. Rostislav Mayer - The Special Award by the Rector of Charles University
2013 - PhDr. Marek Rusnák
2002 - Mgr. Markéta Šlaisová
1997 - Mgr. Vladimír Kreidl - The Bolzano Prize
2007 - Bc. Tomáš Havránek
2006 - Mgr. Petr Jakubík
2004 - Mgr.Martin Hokeš
2003 - Mgr.Filip Žikeš
2002 - PhDr. Martin Gregor
1997 - Mgr. Tomáš Holub
1994 - Bc. Martin Čihák - The Arnošt z Pardubic Prize
2019 - doc. Antonie Doležalová - Donatio Universitatis Carolinae
2019 - prof. Evžen Kočenda
AWARDS OF THE CZECH NATIONAL BANK
- The Czech National Bank Research Award 2015
2015 - Tomáš Havránek, Ph.D., PhDr. Marek Rusnák, doc. Roman Horváth, Ph.D., and Zuzana Iršová, Ph.D.
2014 - Tomáš Havránek, Ph.D. a PhDr. Marek Rusnák
2014 - Michal Franta, Ph.D., Jozef Baruník Ph.D., doc. Roman Horváth, Ph.D., and prof. Kateřina Šmídková, Ph.D.
2010 - Roman Horváth, Ph.D.
2009 - Roman Horváth, Ph.D.
2007 - Roman Horváth, M.A.
TEAM CONTESTS
- CFA Institute Research Challenge
2020 - team of IES students - Anna Umlaufová, Martin Bosák, Tiep Luu Danh and Matěj Sainer - 1st place in national final
2016 - team of IES students - Pavel Růžek, Tomáš Juchelka, Robert Kaplan, Robert Ševinský, Ondřej Sláma - 1st place in national final
2018 - team of IES students - Tadeáš Krejčí, Michal Petrouš, Jakub Říha, Ira Saktor a Norbert Skákala - 1st place in the national final - Rotman European Trading Competition
2016 - team of IES students - Lucie Kraicová, Katarína Líšková, Marek Hausr and Martin Hrnec - 3rd place - Global Management Challenge
2017 - team of IES and MU Brno students - Diana Bosáková, Martin Bosák, Matúš Pravda and Richard Husár z MU Brno - 1st place in national final
2011 - team of IES students - Vyacheslav Lypko, Pavel Průša, Tomáš Olešnaník - 2nd place in national final
2010 - team of IES students - Václav Vislous, Miroslava Mičáková, Zuzana Filková, Petr Doskočil (Technical University) with Michael Němeček (Law Faculty) - 2nd place in national final - GIRC - Global Investment Research Challenge 2011
2011 - team of IES students - 2nd place - Global Student Challenge
2016 - team of IES students - Diana Bosáková, Lucie Holušová, Andrea Hrtková, Eva Parlásková - 1st place in the regional round - Rotman European Trading Competition
2016 - team of IES students - Lucie Kraicová, Katarína Líšková, Marek Hauzr and Martin Hronec. - 3rd place - University Trading Challenge
2018 - team of IES students - Nicolas Fanta, Oskar Gottlieb, Pavel Irinkov and Dominik Vach - 1st place
AWARDS OF THE IES FSV UK
- The CSOB Award
2016 - Markéta Pokorná - 1st place
2016 - Dana Klímová - 2nd place
2016 - Martin Brousil - 3rd place
2015 - Jakub Rybák - 1st place
2015 - Radek Halamka - 2nd place
2015 - Martin Pátek - 3rd place
2014 - Aneta Mohylová - 1st place
2014 - Matěj Kuc - 2nd place
2014 - Jan Mareš - 3rd place
2013 - Tomáš Havlíček - 1st place
2013 - Adam Klečka - 2nd place
2013 - Tomáš Jelínek - 3rd place
2012 - Mgr. Barbora Šútorová - 1st place
2012 - Mgr. Lenka Herrmannová - 2nd place
2012 - Bc. Jan Šiml - 3rd place - The Ceska Sporitelna Award
2013 - Bc. Jan Šedek
2013 - Mgr. Tomáš Klinger
2012 - Bc. Jana Malíčková - 1st place
2012 - Bc. Pavel Dvořák - 2nd place
2012 - Mgr. Blanka Weyskrabová - 1st place
2012 - Mgr. Radek Janhuba - 2nd place - Deloitte Outstanding Thesis Award
2022 - Bc. Natálie Dvořáková: Origin of Current High Inflation in the Czech Economy (2022)
2022 - Bc. Viktorija Pasichnyk: Discrimination of Ukrainian Citizens in the Czech Labor Market: A Field Experiment
2022 - Bc. David Černý: Impact of total transaction fees on the price of Bitcoin and Ethereum
2022 - Bc. Zuzana Odvárková: Effects on Stock Prices of Companies Involved in Leaks of Offshore Documents
2022 - Bc. Lucia Mária Hatalová: The impact of Brexit on the activity of banks: 2013-2021 country by country reporting data
2022 - Mgr. Daniel Bartušek: The impact of oil-related events on volatility spillovers across oil-based commodities
2022 - Mgr. Barbora Jakubová: Efficiency change in inpatient care provision under the DRG-based reimbursement mechanism in the Czech Republic
2022 - Mgr. Martin Řanda: Short-term Electric Load Forecasting Using Czech Data
2022 - Mgr. Jan Sinčák: Machine Learning Methods in Payment Card Fraud Detection
2022 - Mgr. Jan Kubal: Price Dynamics of Automated Market Makers: Simulation-based Approach
2022 - Mgr. Adam Poloček: Spillovers of uncertainty shocks: Evidence from GVAR model
2021 - Bc. Petr Čala: Do Money Rewards Motivate People? A Meta-Analysis
2021 - Bc. Katarína Gömöryová: Payoff of having children - Do elderly parents of more children live in a nursing home less often?
2021 - Mgr. Kateřina Kroupová: The Impact of Student Employment on Educational Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis
2021 - Mgr. Marie Ptáčníková, MSc: Investigation of cross-country differences in student performance in standardized tests: the role of modern and traditional teaching methods
2021 - Mgr. Lukáš Janásek: Acquisition of Costly Information in Data-Driven Decision Making
2020 - Bc. Šimon Appelt: Website Development as a Credence Good: A Field Experiment
2020 - Bc. Sergey Bolshakov: Monetary Policy Under Behavioral Expectations: An Empirical Validation of the Heuristic Switching Model
2020 - Bc.Alex Vinogradov: Stock-Flow Consistent Macroeconomic Modelling
2020 - Bc. Jan Zítek: Capturing the effects of renewable resources on electricity prices: Evidence from the Czech Republic
2020 - Bc. Michal Zítek: A Dynamic Approach to Fuel Hedging with Reference to the 2020 International Maritime Organization Regulations
2020 - Bc. Štěpán Havel: Conditional quantile models for asset returns
2020 - Mgr. Kateřina Havelková: Predicting stock market crises using investor sentiment indicators
2020 - Mgr. Norbert Skákala: Does economic uncertainty spill across countries?
2020 - Mgr. Renáta Wojnarová: The Effect of M&A on Competitors' Performance in China and the US
2020 - Mgr. Anna Kortusová Financing Climate Action: The Pricing of Green Bonds and Its Determinants
2018 - Bc. Mikayel Harutyunyan
2018 - Mgr. Marek Lipán
2018 - Mgr. Adam Nedvěd
2018 - Bc. Karolína Chalupová
2018 - Bc. Jan Vainer - The McKinsey and RWE-Transgas Prize in Economic
2006 - Mgr. Petr Jakubík
2006 - Bc. Kateřina Jelínková - The Renomia Award
2012 - Bc. Michal Svatoň - 1st place
2012 - Mgr. Petra Valíčková - a special prize - The MERO Award
2013 - Mgr. Martin Baletka
2013 - Bc. Pavla Bláhová - Alumni chair Award
2020 - PhDr. František Čech
2019 - doc. Paola Bertoli, PhDr. Jiří Kukačka
2015 - PhDr. Ladislav Krištoufek
2012 - PhDr. Jaromír Baxa,
2011 - dr. Barbara Pertold-Gebická
2010 - dr. Julie Chytilová and dr. Michal Červinka
2009 - dr. Julie Chytilová
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MEZINÁRODNÍ CENY
Roger Noll Prize
2020 - Bc. Jan Liehman
2019 - Bc. Jakub Linhart -
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- Exeter Prize
2017 - doc. Michal Bauer, Ph.D., doc. Julie Chytilová, Ph.D. with doc. Vojtěch Bartoš, Ph.D. (LMU) and doc. - Cena UniCredit & Universities Foundation za nejlepší disertaci
- Exeter Prize
News
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Professor Ladislav Krištoufek received state honour
Professor Ladislav Krištoufek, our colleague and Charles University Vice-Rector for Research, received a Medal of Merit in the Field of Science - from Czech President Petr Pavel at Prague Castle on October 28, 2024. Congratulations! -
Dot Awards 2024
On October 9, 2024, the awards ceremony for the Deloitte Outstanding Thesis Award (DOT Award) took place. This award, designated for exceptionally high-quality and outstanding Bachelor's and Master's theses written by IES students, has been granted since 2018 based on the partnership between IES and Deloitte. Who are this year's winners and which topics caught their eye? -
IES Director presented the Awards for Distinguished Master’s and Bachelor’s Theses
The IES Director's Award for Distinguished Master’s and Bachelor’s Theses has been awarded since the beginning of 2024 at the occasion of each Bachelor's and Master's Final State Exams. You can find the list of September Awardees below. -
IES student Kateřina Švíková Finishes 9th in Windsurfing at Paris Olympic Games
Kateřina Švíková represented Czechia at the Olympic Games in Paris this August. She finished 9th in Windsurfing. During the her time in Paris she talked with UK Forum about the adrenaline rush of flying at high speed over the water. -
Team of IES researchers was awared the Editors' prize for the best paper published in Experimental Economics for the year 2022
Team of researchers from our Institute consisting of Tomáš Havránek, Zuzana Irsova (Havránková) and Jindřich Matoušek was awared the Editors' prize for the best paper published in Experimental Economics for the year 2022. Congratulations! -
IES Director presented the Awards for Distinguished Master’s and Bachelor’s Theses
The IES Director's Award for Distinguished Theses was newly established in 2024. It was awarded for the first time on the occasion of the June 2024 state final exams. You can find the list of the awarded theses below.