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Science and research news from the Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University (📍Brno, CZ). We post in Czech and English. #EconSky #ECONMUNI
Women in Economics👩‍🎓
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February 11, 2026 at 10:19 AM
11 February, we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science👩‍🔬
Celebrating women’s achievements in research and calling for equal opportunities in science. Women make up half of the world’s population, yet remain underrepresented and face invisible barriers.
February 11, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Longitudinal research suggests that conspiracy beliefs may increase feelings of precarity, rather than result from them. Distrust in institutions and conspiracy beliefs reinforce each other, but effects may reflect stable differences between people. 📊

doi.org/10.1111/bjso...
February 10, 2026 at 9:33 AM
📢 #MUES research seminar

This Thursday, Pallavi Prabhakar from @nhhnor.bsky.social
will discuss "Bottom up accountability? Information, Expectations and Civic Action in India". 💡

Join the seminar!

mues.econ.muni.cz/research-sem...
February 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
📢 #MUES research seminar

This Thursday, Ádám Csápai from @eubask.bsky.social
will discuss "Forecast combination using machine learning: the case of Slovakian commercial banks". 💡

Join the seminar!
mues.econ.muni.cz/research-sem...
February 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Projekt Erasmus+ MICRO4ASIA spojil v listopadu partnery ze 6 zemí na Univerzitě v Dubrovníku 🌍
Proběhl workshop a výroční setkání se zaměřením na vývoj, kvalitu a uznávání mikrocertifikátů ve Vietnamu a Laosu.

www.muni.cz/pro-media/ti...
January 14, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Dnes jsme mohli vidět docenta Dušana Mladenoviće z ECON MUNI ve vysílání ČT. Mluvil o mikrocertifikátech v ČR a jak fungují u nás i v Evropě.
Celý vstup můžete shlédnout v části: České univerzity nabízí mikrocertifikáty (1:51:45). 👨‍🎓
www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/10969...
(Zdroj: ČT)
December 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
📢 #MUES research seminar

This Thursday, Lyla Zhang from Macquarie University will discuss "When Peers Buy In or Stay Out: Evidence on Social Learning and Utility in Parental Investment Decisions from a Field Experiment in China".

mues.econ.muni.cz/research-sem...
December 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
📢 #MUES research seminar

This Thursday, Julie Chytilová from
@unikarlova.cuni.cz a will discuss "Hitting Rock Bottom: Economic Hardship and Cheating".

Join the session!🤩

⏩More info here: mues.econ.muni.cz/research-sem...
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
📢 #MUES research seminar

This Thursday, Jakub Lonsky from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, IZA and GLO will discuss "Breaking the Early Bell: Lessons from the First Statewide Mandate on School Start Times".

Join the session!🤩

⏩More info here: mues.econ.muni.cz/research-sem...
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
📢 #MUES research seminar

Today, @stefaniaparedesf.bsky.social from The National Bank of Slovakia and University of Southampton will discuss "The Economics Pipeline: Entry, Leakages, and Outcomes".

Join the session!🤩

More info here: mues.econ.muni.cz/research-sem...
December 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
📢 #MUES research seminar

This Thursday, Keyu Wu from University of Zurich will discuss "Recovering true economic preferences in the presence of behavioral attenuation bias".

Join the session!😍

More info here: mues.econ.muni.cz/research-sem...
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🗣️Using oral history, this research shows how entrepreneurs & bankers navigated loans in early Czechoslovak transition. Key factors: gov’t pressure, socialist debts, social capital & corruption.👥

Read the full study⏩
doi.org/10.1080/0007...
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
📢 #MUES research seminar

This Thursday, Matej Lorko from University of Economics in Bratislava will discuss "Five experiments on the effect of prebunking vs. debunking on disinformation discernment".

Join the session! 🤩
More info here:⏩ mues.econ.muni.cz/research-sem...
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Cybersecurity is also about people — not just technology, says Sylva Talpová 💻👥
That’s why ECON MUNI has joined the unique Czech Cybersecurity Seminars project supported by Google.org.

Read the full interview ⏩ www.econ.muni.cz/en/news/cybe...
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🍇Projekt From Grapes to Stories pomůže vinařům z Česka, Slovenska a Maďarska využít storytelling k budování udržitelných značek vín. #VisegradFund #Visegrad #V4
Financováno z VisegradFund.

📲 fb: bit.ly/3JBkNKi ig: bit.ly/3XosVRs
www.muni.cz/pro-media/ti...
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Kyberbezpečnost je i o lidech. Nejen o technologiích, říká Sylva Talpová💻👥
Proto se ECON MUNI zapojila do unikátního projektu Czech Cybersecurity Seminars podpořeného Google.org

Přečtěte si celý rozhovor⏩ www.econ.muni.cz/aktuality/ky...
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
📉 Czech public administration education: declining students, lagging research, limited policy impact. Slowly catching up to Western standards, but historical and funding hurdles remain.
#PublicAdministration #CzechRepublic #Policy

Read the full study⏩ doi.org/10.1111/puar...
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📢 #MUES research seminar

This Thursday, Liliana Harding from @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social will discuss "Transit Countries Become Refugee Destinations: Insights from Central and Eastern European countries".

Join the session! 🤩

More info here:
mues.econ.muni.cz/research-sem...
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
📢 #MUES research seminar

Next Thursday, Wieland Müller from @uvienna-econ.bsky.social & @tilburg-university.bsky.social
will discuss "Distinguishing Non-Stationarity from Inconsistency in Intertemporal Choice".

Join the session!🤩

More info here:
mues.econ.muni.cz/research-sem...
October 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
📢 #MUES research seminar

This Thursday, @ereuben.bsky.social from New York University Abu Dhabi will discuss "Gender biases in job referrals".

Join the session! 🤩

More info⏩ mues.econ.muni.cz/research-sem...
October 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
📢 #MUES research seminar

This Thursday, Marc Kaufmann from Central European University will discuss "The Dynamics of Chosen Beliefs".

Join the session!

More info ⏩ mues.econ.muni.cz/research-sem...
October 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
💉💶 Slovakia offered €200–€300 to people 60+ to boost COVID-19 vaccinations. A new study finds the program raised uptake—but the costs may have outweighed the benefits.
#COVID19 #vaccination #publichealth #Slovakia

Read the full study⏩ doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
October 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🔍 Ve čtvrtek 18. 9. jsme na fakultě hostili praktický workshop pro hodnotitele projektů #HorizontEvropa!

Účastníci se ponořili do procesu hodnocení, požadavků na experty i tipů, jak zaujmout v databázi EK. 💡💼 #výzkum #granty #HorizonEU
September 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Vědci a vědkyně z ECON MUNI převzali Ceny děkana.🏆
Ceny získali:
Daniel Stašek za vynikající disertační práci.🥇
Vlastimil Reichel za vynikající pedagogickou činnost a inovace ve výuce.🥇
Eva Hýblová za dlouhodobý přínos ve vzdělávání.🥇 (1/4)🧵
September 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM