The CEVRO Institute ( cz, link=no, CEVRO Institut) is a

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, established in 2005 by

CEVRO CEVRO is a think-tank affiliated with the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), a political party in the Czech Republic. It was established in 1999 by Ivan Langer. According to Ivan Langer, the main goal of CEVRO is to improve political culture, educati ...

, a

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affiliated with the Civic Democratic Party (ODS).

History

The CEVRO Institute was established on 15 September 2005 by

, a

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created in 1999 by ODS politician

Ivan Langer Ivan Langer (born 1 January 1967 in Olomouc) is a former Czech politician. He has been a member of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) since 1991. From 1996 to 2010 he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies (in 1996-2006 a vice-chairman), serving ...

. The institute's main goal is to provide cross-disciplinary education in the area of social sciences: law, public administration, economics, business, political science, international relations and security. The university's opening ceremony on 1 November 2006 was attended by Czech Prime Minister

Mirek Topolánek Mirek Topolánek (, born 15 May 1956) is a Czech politician and business manager who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from 2006 to 2009 and the leader of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) from 2002 to 2010. Between 2006 and 2 ...

. The central facility of the CEVRO Institute is a historic building in the centre of Prague. As of 2020, the current president is economist Josef Šíma, and the chairman of the board of directors is

Academics

The school offers 12 academic programs, two of which are in English. Bachelor programs in Czech include: Political Science and International Relations; Public Administration in Practice; Law in Commercial Relations; Security Policy; and Social Services Management. In autumn 2020, the school launched an international B.A. program in Economics, Business, and Politics. Master's programs in Czech include: Political Science; Public Administration; Public Administration/Security Studies; Commercial Law Relations; and Social Services Management in the European Context. In autumn 2016, the school launched a philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) M.A. program taught in English by faculty from Europe and the United States. The university also offers one MBA program, three MPA programs, and three LLM programs, as well as summer programs in cooperation with Florida State University and the

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. The institute publishes ''New Perspectives on Political Economy'', a semi-annual, bilingual, interdisciplinary journal. Its main focus is private property, market, and individual liberty, based mostly on the

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Prague Conference on Political Economy

The Prague Conference on Political Economy (PCPE), an interdisciplinary conference focusing on cross-disciplinary research in the tradition of Philosophy, politics and economics, PPE&L or the

of Economics, has taken place since 2005, with the CEVRO Institute as the main organiser since 2010. The event includes two memorial lectures, the Franz Cuhel Memorial Lecture and

Friedrich von Wieser Friedrich Freiherr von Wieser (; 10 July 1851 – 22 July 1926) was an early (so-called "first generation") economist of the Austrian School of economics. Born in Vienna, the son of Privy Councillor Leopold von Wieser, a high official in the war m ...

Memorial Lecture. Franz Cuhel Memorial Prize recipients include:

Jörg Guido Hülsmann Jörg Guido Hülsmann (born 18 May 1966) is a German-born economist of the Austrian School of economics who studies issues related to money, banking, monetary policy, macroeconomics, and financial markets. Hülsmann is professor of economics at th ...

(2005),

Jesús Huerta de Soto Jesús Huerta de Soto Ballester (born December 23, 1956) is a Spanish economist of the Austrian School. He is a professor in the Department of Applied Economics at King Juan Carlos University of Madrid, Spain and a Senior Fellow at the Mises Inst ...

(2006),

Richard Ebeling __NOTOC__ Richard M. Ebeling (; born January 30, 1950) is an American libertarian author who was the president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) from 2003 to 2008. Ebeling is currently the BB&T Distinguished Professor of Ethics and F ...

(2007),

Thomas DiLorenzo Thomas James DiLorenzo (; born August 8, 1954) identifies as an adherent of the Austrian School of economics. He is a research fellow at The Independent Institute, a senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute,Faculty Directoryan, ''accessed ...

(2008),

Hans-Hermann Hoppe Hans-Hermann Hoppe (; ; born 2 September 1949) is a German-American economist of the Austrian School, philosopher and political theorist. He is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Senior Fellow of ...

(2009),

Peter Boettke Peter Joseph Boettke (; born January 3, 1960) is an American economist of the Austrian School. He is currently a professor of economics and philosophy at George Mason University; the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism, vice president for ...

(2011), William White (2015), Benjamin Powell (2016),

Jeffrey Tucker Jeffrey Albert Tucker (; born December 19, 1963) is an American libertarian writer, publisher, entrepreneur and advocate of anarcho-capitalism and Bitcoin. For many years he worked for Ron Paul, the Mises Institute, and Lew Rockwell. Wit ...

(2017), and

Randall G. Holcombe Randall Gregory Holcombe (born June 4, 1950) is an American economist, and the DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University.Florida State UniversityEconomics Department faculty listing. Retrieved 2011-02-01. He is a Senior Fell ...

(2019). Friedrich von Wieser Memorial Prize recipients include: Robert Higgs (2006), Boudewijn Bouckaert (2007), Bruno Frey (2008),

Richard Epstein Richard Allen Epstein (born April 17, 1943) is an American legal scholar known for his writings on torts, contracts, property rights, law and economics, classical liberalism, and libertarianism. He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at ...

(2010), Terry L. Anderson (2011), Michael Munger (2014), Mark Pennington (2016), Bruce Caldwell (2017),

Leszek Balcerowicz Leszek Henryk Balcerowicz (pronounced ; born 19 January 1947) is a Polish economist, statesman, and Professor at Warsaw School of Economics. He served as Chairman of the National Bank of Poland (2001–2007) and twice as Deputy Prime Minister o ...

(2018).

Notable people

;Faculty * Richard Vedder, director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, Emeritus professor of economics at

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, and adjunct scholar at the

American Enterprise Institute The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, known simply as the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), is a center-right Washington, D.C.–based think tank that researches government, politics, economics, and social welfare. A ...

* Michael Munger, professor of economics at Duke University and adjunct scholar at

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* David Schmidtz, professor of Philosophy * Benjamin Powell, director of the Free Market Institute at

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and senior fellow at the

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, professor of

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and Philosophy at George Mason University; Director of the

F.A. Hayek Friedrich August von Hayek ( , ; 8 May 189923 March 1992), often referred to by his initials F. A. Hayek, was an Austrian–British economist, Jurisprudence, legal theorist and philosopher who is best known for his defense of classical lib ...

Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the

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* Cyril Svoboda, former

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, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and head of the

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* Boudewijn Bouckaert, professor of law, former Dean, Faculty of Law,

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Alexandr Vondra Alexandr Vondra (; born 17 August 1961) is a Czech politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic from 2010 to 2012 under Prime Minister Petr Nečas and has been Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019 ...

, former Czech minister, former Ambassador to the

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, former adviser to President

Václav Havel Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then ...

Magdaléna Vášáryová Magdaléna Vášáryová (; referred also as Magda Vášáryová ; born 26 August 1948) is a Slovak actress and diplomat, prominent for her liberal anti-nationalist stances. In 1971, she completed her studies at Comenius University in Bratislav ...

, former Ambassador of

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(1990-1993) and ambassador of

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

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(2000-2005) * Tara Smith, professor of Philosophy * Michael Žantovský, former Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United Kingdom, as well as to Israel and the United States. ;Alumni *

Pavel Bělobrádek Pavel Bělobrádek (; born 25 December 1976) is a Czech politician who was the leader of the KDU-ČSL from 2010 to 2019. He served as the deputy prime minister and minister of Science and Research in Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet Cabinet of Bohus ...

of Science and Research in the

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Vít Jedlička Vít Jedlička (; born 6 September 1983) is a Czech libertarian politician, publicist and activist. He was the chairman of the Party of Free Citizens in the Hradec Králové Region and currently serves as the founder and chairman of the Czech ...

, Czech politician, president self-declared libertarian micronation

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References

External links

CEVRO Institute Website

Association Européenne des Facultés Libres Member Website

CEVRO Website
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