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Talking Economics Emerging Scholars: Sona Badalyan

18 February, 2026

The Talking Economics: Emerging Scholars podcast series highlights the research and career journeys of CERGE-EI PhD in Economics candidates and recent graduates. In this episode, we speak with Sona Badalyan, one of our current job market candidates.

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Inside the Conclave Through Game Theory

17 February, 2026

The papal conclave is often portrayed as a closed, ritualized event. But behind the secrecy lies a voting procedure with clear strategic logic, explains in a new CERGE-EI Blog interview, Jan Zápal (CERGE-EI.

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Meet Our Alumni: Viliam Druska

17 February, 2026

In our new blog interview, CERGE-EI PhD alumnus Viliam Druska, now Senior Director of Regulatory Economics at Ooredoo in Doha, Qatar, shares what it means to work at the intersection of telecom networks, regulation, and strategy—helping create frameworks that support innovation, protect consumers, and encourage long-term investment.

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From Prague to Chicago to Princeton, via the New York Fed

10 February, 2026

What starts as a single email can turn into a research-shaping journey. For Gayane Baghumyan, a PhD student and aspiring experimental economist at CERGE-EI, that journey unfolded in these steps.

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