Research

RESEARCH OVERVIEW (2015-2021) 

A summary of our main research activities conducted in the period 2015-2021 is available in the following report. Below you may find a more detailed list of journal articles published by our colleagues and additional relevant information.

News

  • Milan Ščasný published an article in the prestigious journal Nature Communications

    The prestigious journal Nature Communications published an article Views of EU citizens on economic growth and implications for climate policy co-authored by our colleague Milan Ščasný.
  • Project from Institute of Economic Studies succeeds in the Primus competition

    A project from Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, succeeded in the Primus university competition. The successful applicant is German economist Jakob Miethe, currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU). Thanks to the Primus grant, he will join us at IES FSV UK, where he will lead the project about International Ownership Structures. Congratulations!
  • Czech Journal of Economics and Finance Enters a New Era with a New Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Team, and Website

    Our scientific journal, the Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (formerly Finance a úvěr), is moving to its new chapter. Simona Malovaná has been appointed the new Managing Editor. She is affiliated with the Institute of Economic Studies at Charles University’s Faculty of Social Sciences and also serves as the Director of Research and Statistics Department at the Czech National Bank. She will be joined by Jiří Kukačka from the Institute of Economic Studies and Martin Hodula from the Czech National Bank as co-editors.
  • IES researchers publish in the prestigious journal Nature

    Researchers from the Institute of Economic Studies of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University – Prof. Zuzana Havránková, Prof. Tomáš Havránek and Dr. Jaromír Baxa – participated in a study published in the prestigious journal Nature. They are building on the success from 2022, when FSV UK economists published in this journal for the first time.
  • Science at FSV UK: How do central bank decisions affect everyday life? Economist Simona Malovaná seeks answers

    Central bank decisions often seem like a distant world of data and economic models. But according to economist Simona Malovaná, they significantly affect people's everyday lives. The researcher from FSV UK and director of the Research and Statistics Department at the Czech National Bank focuses on how monetary policy, financial regulation and climate risks affect different groups in society. The combination of analytical thinking and creativity led her to study economics.
  • 4 new grants (GA UK) for our doctoral students

    Our doctoral students have been awarded the opportunity to solve the 4 projects in the current call of the Charles University Grant Agency (GA UK).