Events at CERGE-EI
Thursday, 28 May, 2026 | 11:00 | Room the Great Hall of the historic Carolinum building | Special Event
Honorary Doctorate for Philippe Aghion from Charles University
Charles University will award the honorary degree of Doctor of Economic Sciences, honoris causa, to Professor Philippe Mario Aghion, PhD, a Nobel Prize laureate in Economic Sciences whose scholarly work has had a profound impact on the study of economic growth, innovation, competition, institutions, and long-term technological development.
Philippe Aghion is Professor of Economics at the Collège de France, INSEAD, and the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also a member of the Executive and Supervisory Committee at CERGE-EI, a joint workplace of Charles University and the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Together with Peter Howitt, Aghion is especially associated with the development of Schumpeterian growth theory, which places innovation and creative destruction at the heart of economic progress.
The ceremony will take place on Thursday, 28 May 2026, at 11:00 AM in the Great Hall of the historic Carolinum building.
Those who would like to attend the ceremony in person are advised to reserve their place using the registration form.
