Additionally, Neada holds a Certificate of Excellence in Teaching in Higher Education from the Yehuda Elkana Center at Central European University and recently completed a two-year fellowship in writing-based teaching and learning methods with the Institute for Writing and Thinking at Bard College, New York.

She is the author of the Albanian Monograph on Corporations and Partnerships, part of the International Encyclopedia of Laws series published by Kluwer Law International as well as The Influence of Supreme Court Decisions in Shaping Commercial and Human Rights Law in Albania.

Before transitioning to academia, Neada worked as a legal advisor for governmental institutions and private corporations. Her most recent role was as legal advisor to the U.S. Modernization Team attached to the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Albania.

At AAU, she teaches International Business Law and Transactions, Business Law, and Legal English.

Her research interests are mainly in environmental economics and political economics, with a focus on developing countries. She is also eager to conduct research in the fields of development economics and financial economics.

Hieu has some experience working in both academia and various industries, having taught statistics and microeconomics at RMIT University and worked as a financial analyst in a securities company in Vietnam. During her time in Czechia, she also worked as a teaching assistant on several economics courses at CERGE-EI and the Institute of Economic Studies.

Publications

The company’s flagship product, IRIIIS, stands as a testament to Jeff’s commitment to innovation. IRIIIS is a cutting-edge software platform designed for seamless collaboration and content creation. It was born out of a consulting engagement that brought together Jeff and his business partner Keith Adams with scientists across Europe, addressing their pressing need for efficient digital management and accelerated discovery processes. 

Beyond his corporate endeavors, Jeff is a respected educator. He has served as a business lecturer at prestigious institutions such as NYU Prague, the Anglo-American University, University of New York Prague, and the CEACAPA Study Abroad Program. His diverse curriculum spans entrepreneurship, public relations, eCommerce, digital and social media marketing, and cross-cultural awareness. In 2023, the Anglo-American University team under his mentorship clinched victory in the Junior Achievement Start-Up Competition for the Czech Republic. They represented the nation at the European Finals in Istanbul, where two of Jeff’s students achieved recognition in the EY Young Women Leadership Award finals. Jeff’s commitment to knowledge dissemination extends to executive MBA students from the United States, whom he guides in “Doing Business in Europe” seminars. These sessions equip aspiring entrepreneurs with the insights required to navigate European markets successfully. 

Jeff’s mission is to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs by blending his extensive business experience with his passion for teaching. He envisions fostering a foundation of knowledge and confidence that will enable his students to thrive in their unique pursuits.

Outside of his professional endeavors, Jeff shares his life in Prague with his life partner, their cherished daughter, and two canine companions.

Economics and Ethics, Philosophy and History of Political Economy

At AAU, he teaches the globalization and the International Political Economy course. 

Dr. Havránková maintains the website meta-analysis.cz, which provides data and codes for meta-research; a paper forthcoming in JPE Micro is built entirely on this resource. She is Associate Editor for meta-analysis at the Journal of Economic Surveys and has been active in international networks such as the Meta-Analysis of Economics Research Network, collaborating with researchers at institutions including the University of California, Berkeley, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, and Stanford. Her academic achievements have been recognized with numerous awards, including the Katerina Smidkova Award from the Czech Economic Society (for the top Czech female economist), Editor’s Prize for best paper in Experimental Economics in 2024, and prizes from the Czech National Bank, National Bank of Slovakia, Czech Ministry of Education, and Global Development Network. According to RePEc, she ranks among the top 150 female economists worldwide and is currently the most cited Czech female economist.

Her research interests span several fields, including:

2025 Spurious Precision in Meta-Analysis of Observational Research, Nature Communications, forthcoming (with Bom, Havranek, and Rachinger)

2025 Publication Bias and Model Uncertainty in Measuring the Effect of Class Size on Achievement, Journal of Labor Economics, forthcoming (with Opatrny, Havranek, and Scasny)

2024 Publication and Attenuation Biases in Measuring Skill Substitution, Review of Economics and Statistics 106(5), pp. 1187-1200 (with Laslopova, Havranek, and Zeynalova).

2023 Intertemporal Elasticity in Labor Supply: A Meta-Analysis, Review of Economic Dynamics 51, pp. 1095-1111 (with Elminejad, Horvath, and Havranek)

2022 Measuring Capital-Labor Substitution: The Importance of Method Choices and Publication Bias, Review of Economic Dynamics 45, pp. 55-82 (with Gechert, Havranek, and Kolcunova).

2022 Individual Discount Rates: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Evidence, Experimental Economics 25(1), pp. 318-358 (with Matousek and Havranek).

His research focuses on international economics, finance, monetary policy, and institutional economics. He has published in internationally recognized journals such as the Journal of International Economics and the Review of World Economics. According to the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) ranking, he is among the top 50 Czech economists in terms of publications over the past decade.

From 2023 to 2025, Jiří served as principal investigator of the grant project Survey of Short-Term and Long-Term Inflation Expectations of Czech Households (TQ01000396), funded by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, with Charles University and the Czech National Bank as co-investigators. He is also a co-investigator on two Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) projects: Disentangling p-hacking from publication bias in finance research (24-11583S, with Charles University as principal investigator) and Understanding Household Responses to Inflation: Insights from Randomized Controlled Trials after High Inflation (25-17769S, with the Czech Academy of Sciences as principal investigator).

Outside of his professional work, Jiří is a father of two young children. In rare quiet moments, he enjoys reading fantasy literature and playing video games.

Selected publications:

He started his career with Procter & Gamble in marketing in Germany. Later, being bilingual with German and Czech, he was one of P&G’s first managers in Prague after the iron curtain collapsed.  He then switched to cosmetic giant COTY and became General Manager for Czech & Slovak republics, thereafter for The Netherlands, and ultimately for the whole German speaking DACH region. After Coty, he joined German C.O.P. East Consult as Managing Partner and built up their interim management practice, with Polish Telekom ERA and German Tchibo being his key stages. The Czech Republic lured him back again as CEO for Vitana, one of the country’s biggest food corporations. Thereafter, he started his own business as contract manager, coach & mentor, and helped, amongst others, to set up Prague’s Musée Grévin, Jansen Display and GS Pharmaceuticals.

In parallel, Heinrich has been lecturing for many years at various business universities and mentoring very successfully student companies with the Junior Achievement organization. Last not least, he served and serves on various Advisory Boards.

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