Doctoral program in Economics and Finance
- covers the modelling and analysis in economics and finance
- facilitates advanced training in microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics and finance
- the program trains experts for academia, industry, financial sector, and international organizations
- the program gives a plenty of mobility options, especially to partner institutions within the GEOCEP
- duties primarily consists of research activities, where research papers form the dissertation
- students are expected to serve as teaching assistants
- students are also expected to actively devote themselves to research through grant proposals and participation at conferences and seminars
- a selected number of Ph.D. candidates can participate in the organization of the doctoral program as members of the Center for Doctoral Studies (CDS) and thus become junior researchers with additional financial support
- research articles as well as dissertations written by Ph.D. students regularly receive prestigious local as well as international awards (Global Development Network Award, Olga Radzyner Award, Ministry of Education Award, Česká hlava, Award of the Czech Economic Society and others, see the Graduates section)
- Ph.D. candidates from our program regularly publish in highly ranked journals (European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of International Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Review of World Economics, World Bank Economic Review); recently, we even had Ph.D. candidates who published in the American Economic Review
Placement examples
Academia
- Michal Bauer, alumni 2009
Job upon graduation: Assistant Professor, CERGE-EI and IES FSV UK
Current job: Associate Professor, CERGE-EI and IES FSV UK - Martina Jašová, alumni 2017
Job upon graduation: Assistant Professor, Barnard College, Columbia University
Central banks
- Adam Geršl, alumni 2006
Job upon graduation: Expert, European Central Bank
Current job: Senior Economist, Joint Vienna Institute and IES FSV UK - Tomáš Holub, alumni 2001
Job upon graduation: Advisor to Vice-Governor, Czech National Bank
Current job: Czech National Bank Board member - Michal Slavík, alumni 2007
Job upon graduation: Principal Economist, Directorate General Economics, European Central Bank
Current job: Senior Economist, Directorate General Economics, European Central Bank - Vladimír Tomšík, alumni 2001
Job upon graduation: Economist, Newton Holding
Current job: Vice-governor, Czech National Bank
Finance
- Krenar Avdulaj, alumni 2016
Job upon graduation: Assistant Director – Economist, Moody´s Analytics
Current job: Software Developer, Deutsche Börse - Vít Bubák, alumni 2010,co-tutorial with Université Panthéon Sorbonne
Job upon graduation: Associate Director, Global Product R&D, Fitch Solutions, New York
Current job: Research Economist and Graduate Program Coordinator, Instituto Desarrollo, Paraguay - Petr Gapko, alumni 2014
Job upon graduation: Risk Manager and Chief Economist, Moneta Money Bank
Current job: Senior Risk Manager and Chief Economist, Moneta Money Bank - Petr Kadeřábek, alumni 2009
Job upon graduation: Scoring Analyst, Česká spořitelna
Current job: Manager of EG Credit Risk Models, Česká spořitelna - Jakub Seidler, alumni 2012
Job upon graduation: Head of Macroprudential Policy Unit, Financial Stability Department, Czech National Bank
Current job: Chief Economist, ING Bank
International organizations
- Petr Jakubík, alumni 2012
Job upon graduation: International Economist, European Central Bank
Current job: Financial Stability Team Leader, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority - Martina von Terzi, alumni 2011
Job upon graduation: Economist, European Commission, DG-ECFIN
Current job: Economist, UniCredit - Diana Žigraiová, alumni 2018
Job upon graduation: Postdoctoral Trainee at Economic and Market Analysis Division, ESM - European Stability Mechanism
Industry
- Patrik Bauer, alumni 2004
Job upon graduation: Senior Associate, The Boston Consulting Group
Current job: New Ways of Working Program Manager, innogy Czech Republic - Tomáš Křehlík, alumni 2017
Job upon graduation: Senior Data Scientist, SpaceKnow, Inc. - David Marek, alumni 2007
Job upon graduation: Chief Economist, Patria Finance
Current job: Chief Economist and Director, Deloitte - Jan Průša, alumni 2013
Job upon graduation: Analyst, Raiffeisen Investment
Current job: Business Development, Jablotron Alarms a.s. - Goran Serdarevic, alumni 2017
Job upon graduation: Manager, Frontier Economics, London
Complete list of PhD alumni
- A list of PhD alumni placement here.
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