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

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. 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

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Memorial Lecture. Franz Cuhel Memorial Prize recipients include: Jörg Guido Hülsmann (2005), Jesús Huerta de Soto (2006), Richard Ebeling (2007), Thomas DiLorenzo (2008), Hans-Hermann Hoppe (2009), Peter Boettke (2011), William White (economist), William White (2015), Benjamin Powell (2016), Jeffrey Tucker (2017), and Randall G. Holcombe (2019). Friedrich von Wieser Memorial Prize recipients include: Robert Higgs (2006), Boudewijn Bouckaert (2007), Bruno Frey (2008), Richard Epstein (2010), Terry L. Anderson (2011), Michael Munger (2014), Mark Pennington (2016), Bruce Caldwell (economist), Bruce Caldwell (2017), Leszek Balcerowicz (2018).

Notable people

;Faculty * Richard Vedder, director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, Emeritus professor of economics at Ohio University, and adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute * Michael Munger, professor of economics at Duke University and adjunct scholar at Cato Institute * David Schmidtz, professor of Philosophy * Benjamin Powell, director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University and senior fellow at the Independent Institute * Peter Boettke, professor of Economics and Philosophy at George Mason University; Director of the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center * Cyril Svoboda, former Czech Republic, Czech deputy prime minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and head of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party * Boudewijn Bouckaert, professor of law, former Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Ghent * Alexandr Vondra, former Czech minister, former Ambassador to the United States, former adviser to President Václav Havel * Magdaléna Vášáryová, former Ambassador of Czechoslovakia in Austria (1990-1993) and ambassador of Slovakia in Poland (2000-2005) * Tara Smith (philosopher), 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, deputy prime minister of Science and Research in the cabinet of the Czech Republic * Vít Jedlička, Czech politician, president self-declared libertarian micronation Liberland

References

External links

CEVRO Institute Website

Association Européenne des Facultés Libres Member Website

CEVRO Website
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