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Experts from the IDEA think tank at CERGE-EI provided expert input for a proposed reform of the third pension pillar. The case represents an exceptional example of how data-driven economic research can contribute to effective public policymaking.

Read more …IDEA Study Has Breakthrough Impact on Pension Policy

Professor Filip Matějka of CERGE-EI has been awarded the Karel Engliš Honorary Medal for Merit in the Social and Economic Sciences by the Czech Academy of Sciences. The medal, established by the Academic Council of the Czech Academy of Sciences in 1995, recognizes outstanding contributions by Czech and international scholars in the social and economic sciences.

Read more …Filip Matějka Awarded the Karel Engliš Honorary Medal

CERGE-EI marked its 35th anniversary with a special anniversary week celebrating academic excellence, public debate, and the community that has shaped the institution over three and a half decades. Under the theme “35 Years of Ideas That Matter,” the week brought together distinguished guests, faculty, students, alumni, partners, and friends of CERGE-EI.

Read more …CERGE-EI Celebrated 35 Years of Ideas That Matter

CERGE-EI welcomed Nobel laureate Philippe Aghion as part of its Distinguished Speakers Series and on the occasion of the institution’s 35th anniversary. His public lecture, titled The Power of Creative Destruction: Rethinking Capitalism, took place on Thursday, 28 May 2026, in Room 7 at CERGE-EI.

Read more …Philippe Aghion Discussed Creative Destruction and the Future of Capitalism at CERGE-EI

Charles University awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Economic Sciences, honoris causa, to Professor Philippe Mario Aghion, PhD, a Nobel Prize laureate in Economic Sciences whose scholarly work has made a profound contribution to modern economics, particularly in the fields of economic growth, innovation, competition, institutions, and long-term technological development.

Read more …Philippe Aghion Received an Honorary Doctorate from Charles University