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

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

News

  • IES Students and Alumni Were Awarded the CES Awards

    The Czech Economic Society (CES) awards the Young Economist of the Year Award to members of the Czech economics community under 30 years of age every year, who register for the competition by submitting their original, professional papers.  Furthermore, the CES can also decide to award the Karl Engliš Prize to the paper best dealing with Czech economic policy.  We are happy to see our students and alumni among the laureates regularly. Těší nás, že v obou kategoriích pravidelně vídáme oceněné práce našich studentů a absolventů.  V letošním roce uspěli tři studenti doktorského programu na IES - Marek Šedivý,  Dominika Ehrenbergerová a Josef Bajzík. Hlavní cenu Mladý ekonom získal absolvent bakalářského programu na IES Bruno Baránek. 
    Announcement 6. 12. 2020 - Barbora Holková

  • Our students received Roger Noll Prize

    Our student Jan Liehman has received the 2019 Roger Noll Prize for his undergraduate thesis in sports economics. The purpose of the Noll Prize is to recognize and encourage empirical undergraduate scholarship in sports economics. The winning thesis Do National Hockey League Players Perform Better During Their Contract Years? was supervised by our colleague Matěj Opatrný. In 2018, the winner of the prize was our student Jakub Linhart. His thesis US Collegiate Football Analysis: Team’s Success as an Indicator of Academic Performance was completed under supervision of dr. Radek Janhuba.
    Theses 29. 3. 2020 - Barbora Holková

  • Interview with the winning team of CFA Research Challenge – Local Round

    On Tuesday, February 6th, the Charles University team, formed by the students of the Institute of Economic Studies FSV UK, won the Local Round of the prestigious CFA Research Challenge, an annual global student competition organized by the CFA Institute. The winning team - Tadeáš Krejčí, Michal Petrouš, Jakub Říha, Ira Saktor and Norbert Skákala – won in the competition among ten other teams from the Czech Republic and Slovakia and will represent these countries in the Regional Final in Dublin on April 4th – 5th. The Global Final will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 27th 2018.
    Announcement 22. 2. 2018 - Lenka Sojková