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ESPI - Economic and Social Policy Institute

ABOUT ESPI INSTITUTE


Short History

ESPI Institute continues the work of the G17 Institute, which was established in 2001 to continue and broaden the academic, educational and research activities of the Group 17. The Group 17, initiated in 1996, gathered 17 distinguished independent economists who, through their project, educational and public activity, aimed at revealing the destructive consequences of the regime during 90's, and at promoting the ideas of market economy, and good and democratic governance.

Associates Of The Institute

Since 2001 to date, besides full-time employed researchers, a great number of associates (around 300), both foreign and domestic, has participated in the implementation of Institute’s projects. Most of them were engaged as lecturers at the Summer Schools of Economic Policy and other courses, trainings and roundtables organized by ESPI. Some of them are:

Aaron Presnall

Aleksa Nenadović

Aleksandar Nikolić

Aleksandra Branković

Aleksandra Jovanović

Aleksandra Nojković

Ana Djorić

Ana Pešikan

Andra Milojić

Anthony O Sullivan

Biljana Simurdić

Bojan Zečević

Boris Begović

Boško Živković

Božidar Djelić

Branko Budimir

Branko Jovanović

Branko Lubarda

Branko Milanović

Branko Radulović

Branko Rakita

Branko Vasiljević

Damjan Tatić

Danica Vasiljević

Dejan Erić

Dejan Gajić

Dragan Stojković

Dragoljub Djurić

Dragor Hiber

Dušan Pavlović

Dušan Vujović

Eric Uslaner

Federico Farina

Galjina Ognjanov

Goran Petković

Gordana Dostanić

Gordana Ilić Gasmi

Gordana Ilić Popov

Gordana Petković

Ilija Vujačić

Iskra Maksimović

Iva Jovanović

Ivan Vejvoda

Ivana Petrović

Jasmina Glišović

Jasmina Kandić

Jasna Matić

Jelena Badža

Jelena Milaković

Jelena Momčilović

Jelena Starčević

Jelena Živković

John Sutherland Earle

Katarina Damnjanović

Katarina Jovičić

Kosovka Ognjenović

Kristian Vukojčić

Lidija Šeškar

Ljubinka Kovačević

Ljubomir Madžar

Marek Dabrowski

Marija Vukotić

Marijan Zović

Mazullo Geofrey

Mihail Arandarenko

Miladin Kovačević

Milan Pajević

Milena Andjelić

Milena Prica

Milica Uvalić

Milko Štimac

Milomir Bešević

Miodrag Arsić

Mirjana Smolčić

Miroljub Labus

Mirosinka Dinkić

Miroslav Zdravković

Mladjan Dinkić

Nada Raduški

Nauro F.Campos

Nenad Bungin

Nikola Petrović

Ognjen Obućina

Oliver Nikolić

Pavle Golicin

Pavle Janković

Predrag Bjelić

Rade Rakočević

Radmila Dragutinović Mitrović

Radovan Jelašić

Rafael Pupovac

Refik Šećibović

Robert Sepi

Ružica Savčić

Sandra Rodić

Sandrina Dimitrijević

Sanja Motika

Saša Vitošević

Simon Commander

Siniša Krneta

Siniša Mali

Slobodan Djurić

Slobodan Samardžić

Snežana Puača

Spomenka Simonić

Srbobran Branković

Srdjan Gligorijević

Sreten Ćuzović

Suzana Grubješić

Šćepan Jojić

Tanja Mišćević

Vasilije Ćetković

Veroljub Dugalić

Veselin Vukotić

Vesna Kostić

Vesna Rakić Vodinalić

Vinka Filipović

Vladimir Vasić

Vladimir Goati

Vojin Rakić

Zoran Jovanović

Zorana Ivanković

Zorica Mladenović

Žarko Paunović

Željko Ivanji

Enrico Colombatto

Eugen Jurzyca

Gabriel Sipos

Vladan Božanić

Slobodan Marković


DEPARTMENTS

Department Of Macroeconomics

Conducts research and provides timely and unbiased analyses and forecasts of macroeconomic trends. The results of these analyses are regularly published in the ESPI Economic Review.

Department Of Social Policy And Human Capital Development

Studies and analyzes the development of human resources (educational system and labour market) and social policy issues (social insurance, social welfare, unemployment and poverty) in Serbia.

Department Of European Studies

Monitors and supports Serbia’s advancement on its path to the EU; conducts capacity building for various target groups (including government officials, members of parliament, journalists, etc) preparing them for integration into the EU; publishes and translates books on EU issues.

Department Of Institutional And Legal Reforms

Studies the comparative institutional reform experiences (particularly of successful transition countries) and reform processes in economic, legal and political institutions that are of critical importance for democracy, market economy and the rule of law in Serbia.

Education Center

Organizes seminars, workshops, schools, round tables and conferences in order to foster an expert debate or ensure better understanding of transition and its major issues. Majority of its activities pertain to the above-mentioned areas of concentration and are done in cooperation with the Institute’s departments.


  
THE 2008 SUMMER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

Vienna and Chicago: Two Schools of Free-Market Economics. July 14th – July 25th 2008. Application Deadline: June 20th 2008.