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Created: 09 May 2016

ISET is proud to welcome visiting professor Vojtěch Bartoš to teach an elective course in Development Economics from May 7 to June 25.
Prof. Bartoš is coming to ISET from CERGE-EI in Prague, where he is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics. After lecturing at ISET, he is going to Ludwig-Maximilans-Universität to join the Department of Economics there. Vojtěch Bartoš holds his M.A. degree in Economic Theory from Charles University in Prague, and has been awarded for having the best paper in Economics of Discrimination by Unicredit and the Universities Foundation. He has also been recognized as the Young Economist of the Year by the Czech Economic Society.

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Created: 04 May 2016

ISET is pleased to welcome its new employee Gigla Mikautadze in the capacity of Deputy Head of the Private Sector Development Research Centre. His responsibilities include leading the centre in studying and formulating effective policy options for strengthening the private sector and promoting market competitiveness. In addition, he will work to promote the engagement of the private sector in policy discussions, as well as assist the research centre in its goal to increase the capacity of the private and the public sector in development.
Mr. Mikautadze is a director and co-founder of the Taxpayers Union of Georgia and a columnist at Forbes Georgia. He is also pursuing his Ph.D. at the Free University of Georgia. He holds a Master’s degree in Economic and Social Studies from University of Trier, Germany (2010), and his most recent post was at the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia, where he was involved as a consultant in several projects of PMCG and TBSC Consulting.