VŠE Awarded Honorary Doctorate to Prof. Jean Tirole

On June 22, 2022, Professor Jean Tirole received an honorary doctorate from the University of Economics in Prague, with the  Event Center being the main organizer of this event.

Professor Jean Tirole is a world-renowned expert in industrial organization theory, game theory, regulation, finance, macroeconomics, banking and, last but not least, behavioral economics. In 2014, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for research focused on analyzes of market power and regulation of large companies. Professor Jean Tirole is also the Honorary President of the JJ Laffont-Toulouse Foundation at the School of Economics (TSE) and the Scientific Director of the TSE-Partnership Research Institute. He is a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Professor Jean Tirole has published more than two hundred articles in top international journals and is the author of twelve monographs. His latest book, Economics for the Common Good, was published in English in 2017. This professional publication is for sale and has been translated into many languages. Prof. Jean Tirole has won a number of international awards, including the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) gold medal.

The Prague University of Economics and Business is awarding an honorary doctorate to particularly important representatives of Czech and world science and practice, especially economics. The Scientific Board of the Prague University of Economics and Business (VŠE) decided to award the honorary title “Doctor Oeconomiae Honoris Causa” to Professor Tirole, on the proposal of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of International Relations.