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June 7, 2016   On the importance of educational achievement for economic prosperity, policies fostering school accountability and autonomy, and the role of vocational education. Key note speaker: Professor Ludger Woessmann, University of Munich

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Read more …Public lecture: The Knowledge Capital of Nations

 Seminar and a panel discussion „Smart specialization: From academic concept to European policy and Czech practice

A video from the seminar is now available in this article.

Read more …Seminar: Smart specialization (RIS3)

This study aims at comparing the research output of Czech institutions on an international level. The authors (Štěpán Jurajda, Stanislav Kozubek, Daniel Münich and Samuel Škoda) have compared the publication output of entire scientific fields in the Czech Republic to the same fields in other countries, basing the comparison on artcles published in the years 2010-2014 and included in the Web of Science (WoS) database.

Read more …Comparison of the Quality of Academic Publication Output

Daniel Münich spoke about the current unemployment level in the Czech Republic durung the interview for the English speaking section of the Czech public radio RADIO PRAGUE.

The latest study of IDEA "Working Beyond Pensionable Age: Institutional Incentives in  the Czech Republic" written by Jiri Satava focuses on the question of identifying the right retirement age of Czech employees? Besides, it analyses existing institutional incentives for elderly people who are able and willing to work after they reach their retirement age. The new study offers an overall analysis of the current situation in the Czech Republic.

Read more …Working Beyond Pensionable Age