A ceremony was held at the Augustinian Abbey on Mendel Square, during which newly habilitated academics from Masaryk University received their appointment decrees. A total of 14 experts from eight MU faculties successfully completed the habilitation (appointment) process.
In September, Daniel Stašek, a graduate of the doctoral program at ECON MUNI, received the Dean's Award for outstanding dissertation work. In his research focused on volatility prediction, he demonstrated that more reliable results can be achieved through a sophisticated combination of hundreds of models. It is also advisable to include market liquidity indicators in predictive models and to consider that underestimating volatility is more costly than overestimating it. The result is more realistic and economically accurate predictions.
MU ranks among the top 100 best-rated world universities in the categories of Good Governance and Knowledge Exchange.
This year´s Open Day offered an expanded programme across all ten faculties of Masaryk University, as well as two workshops. A total of 3,500 prospective students registered.
Support for Ukraine, the situation in Slovakia, the risks associated with social media, questions about Russia and Belarus, the role of the traditional media, and questions about the new government – these were the topics that resonated during Czech President Petr Pavel’s meeting with MU students.
In mid-October, an MU delegation took part in a working trip across Brazil. Over the course of two weeks, they visited a number of universities, research centres, and secondary schools.
On Thursday, November 6, 36 doctoral students and their supervisors or consultants received the Vice-Rector’s Award for Excellent Results in Doctoral Studies at Masaryk University.
ECON MUNI has therefore joined a unique project called Czech Cybersecurity Seminars. Supported by Google.org, the project aims to strengthen digital security in everyday life. A whole network of student ambassadors is emerging to deliver practical knowledge in a comprehensible way to communities, non-profit organizations, schools as well as other organizations that often lack the resources, knowledge or time for such activities.