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Written by: Tereza Kůstková

Category: Unilife

• rector
• Albertov Campus

• Tereza Kůstková, Martin Rychlík
• Hynek Glos, Petr Jan Juračka, Vladimír Šigut & Jiří Jakub Zévl
• Zpráva dne: Ne

“One of my long-term priorities is the construction of the Albertov Campus and resolving the entire situation regarding the loan,” says new Charles University Rector.

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Written by: Lenka Miklánková

Category: Unilife

• CERGE-EI
• Zpráva dne: Ne

Most research on retirement asks a simple question: when do people choose to stop working, and why? CERGE-EI job market candidate Sona Badalyan takes a different angle: she looks at raised retirement age as something that also happens to firms and coworkers, and follows its ripples through promotions, hiring, and peer effects.

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Written by: CERGE-EI Blog

Category: Unilife

• CERGEEI

• CERGE-EI Blog
• CERGE-EI
• Zpráva dne: Ne

Using game theory, a recent study shows how the pope gets elected, why this system can last indefinitely, and how economists model such elections to understand what kinds of winners the rules tend to produce.

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Written by: Helena Zdráhalová

Category: Unilife

• CU SOC
• virtual reality

• Vladimír Šigut
• Zpráva dne: Ne

He considers virtual reality to be a powerful mode of immersing oneself in another person’s experiences, allowing one to empathize more deeply with their situation. Ondřej′s work touches on deeply personal topics such as depression, anxiety, and life during times of war.

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Written by: Tereza Kůstková

Category: Unilife

• women of CU
• rector
• Charles University
• Women in Science

• Archive of CU
• Zpráva dne: Ne

After four years in office as the first woman to lead Charles University, Milena Králíčková is stepping down as rector. “Being a rector is a service that involves seeking paths and connecting worlds. I'm sure we succeeded in some cases, but four years isn't enough time to do everything, ” she says, looking back on her time in office.

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Written by: Jitka Jiřičková

Category: Unilife

• programming
• artificial intelligence
• Microsoft
• MathPhys

• Vladimír Šigut
• Zpráva dne: Ne

Ondřej Václavek and Filip Zavoral developed a seminar on cloud technologies at CU MATHPHYS which bridges academia and the corporate world.

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Written by: Lenka Miklánková

Category: Unilife

• CERGEEI
• Talking Economics Podcast

• CERGE-EI
• Zpráva dne: Ne

Why does discrimination persist even when it’s costly for firms and societies? Vojtěch Bartoš explains how behavioral economics helps uncover the mechanisms behind bias – and how we can reduce it.

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Written by: Martin Rychlík

Category: Unilife

• Fulbright
• USA
• CU SOC

• Vladimír Šigut, Shutterstock
• Zpráva dne: Ne

American studies scholar Jana Sehnálková, alumna and lecturer at CU’s Faculty of Social Sciences, heads the Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic. She explains how to succeed with trips to American universities.

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Written by: Jan Borek

Category: Unilife

• cotutelle
• Joint degree

• Veronika Vachule Nehasilová
• Zpráva dne: Ne

During her studies, Rose Smith travelled around the world. She now shares her experience with a joint degree programme at CU and the University of Groningen, Netherlands.

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Written by: Jitka Jiřičková

Category: Unilife

• AI
• artificial intelligence
• MathPhys

• Jitka Jiřičková
• Vladimír Šigut

They first developed an AI that became the first in the world to beat top professional poker players. Then Google bought their project DeepStack – and the team behind it. Now, the CEO of EquiLibre’s wants to run the best trading firm from Prague.

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Written by: Lenka Miklánková

Category: Unilife

• CERGEEI
• Audio
• labour markets
• Talking Economics Podcast
• employment
• inequality

• Lenka Miklánková
• CERGE-EI
• Zpráva dne: Ne

In our latest Talking Economics episode, we spoke with Luca Mazzone, Assistant Professor at CERGE-EI and Economist at the International Monetary Fund, about the hidden dynamics behind wage inequality, employment policy, and how households shape labour market outcomes.

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Written by: Lenka Miklánková

Category: Unilife

• CERGEEI
• Audio
• Talking Economics Podcast
• investment
• savings
• financial literacy

• Lenka Miklánková
• CERGE-EI, Shutterstock

What determines the financial decisions we make throughout our lives, like choosing a mortgage, saving for retirement, or deciding whether to invest? In the latest episode of Talking Economics, we explore these questions with Marta Cota, a CERGE-EI PhD alumna and Assistant Professor of Finance at Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon.

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Written by: Tereza Kůstková

Category: Unilife

• education
• Ladislav Krištoufek
• PhD reform
• phd students
• PhD

• Vladimír Šigut

On 1 March 2025, an amendment to the Higher Education Act, adjusting the conditions for doctoral studies, came into force. “The reform is a step in the right direction, even if it hasn’t been handled so well in terms of process,” says Ladislav Krištoufek, CU’s Vice-Rector for Research.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Unilife

• research
• support
• Fulbright
• travel
• scholarship

• Djurdja Padejski, Jan Velinger
• Vladimír Šigut, Padejski personal archive

The Czech-American Fulbright Commission plays a key role in fostering academic exchange, bringing international scholars to Czech institutions, and contributing to cross-cultural dialogue. Scholar Djurdja Padejski spent the last year at Charles University.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Unilife

• history
• art
• art history
• painting
• Olga Kotková

• Helena Zdráhalová
• Veronika Vachule Nehasilová

For over 30 years, Olga Kotková has lived among the Old Masters. Now, a major exhibition she curated — Women Artists 1300–1900 — is one of the most important events of the season at the National Gallery’s Waldstein Riding School in Prague.