The original academic collaborators (the OGs) of the motivated household finance research teams across V4 countries. The OGs are all recognized academic partners in the V4 grant, (# 22430088), entitled Housing market & sustainability issues linked to dominance of housing asset in retirement portfolios.
A diverse team of researchers from Corvinus University of Budapest (CUB) includes Dr. Ágnes Vaskövi, who specializes in aging populations, and Dr. Erzsébet T. Varga, a fiscal policy expert with interests in gender equality and childcare. Additionally, Dr. Zsuzsanna T. Vőneki and Dr. Zsuzsa R. Huszár focus on the financial and sustainability aspects of housing market issues in the CEEC region and beyond. The CUB team is hosting the first V4 Household finance researrch workshop April 14-15, 2025 in Budapest. The objective of the workshop is to start collaboration, organize data sharing and collection on housing market related issues, affordability, housing quality, energy efficiency, and supply.
From University of Economics in Bratislava (EUBA) a teaching-research university in Slovakia, four researchers from the Faculty of Economics and Finance, with strong retirement and household finance expertise joined the V4 household finance initiative. The Slovakian team will host an academic and policy discussion workshop in the fall of 2025 in Bratislava.
Team 1A Erika Neubauerová and Kornélia Beličková are from the Department of Finance; and
Team 1B Eva Pongrácz and Silvia Šipikalová are from Department of Social Development and Labour.
From Tomas Bata University in Zlin, a five member strong housing and ageing research expert team joined the initiative. The team consist of Martina Rosíková, a housing market expert, Dr. Blanka Jarolímová, a tax expert, Dr. Blanka Kameníková a financial markets expert, Dr. Vojtech Sadil a finech advicate and expert and the team leader Prof. Drahomíra Pavelková expert grant project manager (with 12 successful grants) and active researcher focusing on financial literacy and more recently ESG issues.
The Central and Eastern European Center for Household Finance (CEEC-HF), hosted at Corvinus University of Budapest (CUB), is spearheaded by the Macrofinance department researcher team: Dr. Zsuzsa R. Huszár (head), Dr. Erzsébet T. Varga, Dr. Ágnes Vaskövi, and Dr. Zsuzsanna Tamásné Vőneki.