Economics Institute of the CERGE-EI in partnership with the CERGE-EI Foundation contextualize course materials and livestream two specialized courses: Finance and Ethics (Fall 2024) and Climate Change Economics (Spring 2025) to five partner institutions in Visegrad and beyond.
This project builds on the established Distance Learning Program and expands it to develop localized course materials. Local instructors at partner institutions will contextualize the course content by providing local examples or case studies while supported by CERGE-EI senior faculty mentors. The localized content will make the course material more relevant, attractive, and understandable for students, fostering their understanding of the course topics, its relevance and its applicability. We work primarily with regional universities serving students outside of the main cities and centers.
Local instructors at the partner institutions collaborate with the main instructors and CERGE-EI mentors to contextualize the course materials and lead the weekly local sessions, featuring tailored course content. Participants will reflect on feedback and finalize course materials for future use at a culminating in-person workshop in Prague in August/September 2025. The developed materials will be published on this website and made available for faculty and students interested in these topics.
The project is co-financed by the governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad+ Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.
