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ISET and the Norwegian School of Economics to Host an Anti-Corruption Workshop

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We are excited to announce that this week ISET will be hosting a large delegation representing the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen. A four-day program is planned starting on April 6, which includes anti-corruption seminars, public discussions, and site visits to relevant public institutions and businesses.

The main goal of these events is for Georgian and Norwegian students to better understand of political and socio-economic context of Georgia’s anti-corruption reforms, what worked and what did not work. Georgia is internationally recognized for its successes in reforming the public sector, improving the quality of public services, and eliminating corruption. Georgia’s experience – both positive and negative – carries lessons both for its current policymakers and development practitioners around the world.

An ISET Graduate Accepted to Duke University’s Economics PhD program

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We are proud to announce that Aram Grigorian (ISET class 2015) was accepted with full university funding to the prestigious Economics PhD program at Duke University. Aram received generous admission offers from other top schools, such as Johns Hopkins and Ohio State, which he had to decline. He also had to decline (at least for the time being) the possibility of a professional career as a rock guitarist.

Aram’s main interests in economics are Mechanism Design and Game Theory. He first studied these subjects with professors Motty Perry and Avner Shaked. Upon graduating from ISET's MA program, Aram continued to explore them with guidance by Alex Gershkov (Hebrew University in Jerusalem) and Daniel Levy (Bar Iran University, Israel), who supervised his research and supported his applications as part of ISET’s “third year program”. (This program provides a framework for aspiring graduates to get ready for studies in top European and North American departments).

In his e-mail to us, Aram wrote: “Support by ISET’s visiting and resident faculty is the main reason I have been accepted to top Ph.D. program in Economics. Thank you, ISET.”

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