Alex Kejval

PhD Student at Masaryk University

I’m Alex, a PhD student, Instructor, and Senator of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Economics and Administration at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia. My research lies at the intersection of health economics, crime economics, and drug policy, with a particular focus on how the regulation of illicit drug markets affects economic outcomes, public health, and crime.

Currently, I investigate the effects of methamphetamine lab raids on communities, focusing on shifts in local crime, prescription drug dispensing, and wastewater indicators of drug consumption. Beyond drug markets, I have also explored housing markets.

I teach statistics, econometrics, and macroeconomics, and I supervise undergraduate students. I particularly enjoy helping students develop critical thinking and the ability to connect economic theory with real-world problems. I am also involved in the Experti do škol project, organized by the Czech Economic Society (Česká společnost ekonomická), which introduces Czech high school students to current economic issues through the perspectives of leading Czech economists. In addition, I serve as a member of the jury for the final round of the Czech Economic Olympiad, where I help evaluate the country's top ten high school students.

Research Interest

Health Economics & Crime Economics, with a Focus on Substance Use and Drug Policy
Dissertation — Evaluating Narcotics Legalization through Economic Models: Economic and Public Health Impacts in Theory and Practice

Ongoing research projects

Ageing of the population and related challenges for health and social systems (AGEING-CZ)
Policy Evaluation of Regional Variation in Impacts of Targeted Interventions on Narcotics (PERVITIN)

Work in progress

Assessing the Impact of Methamphetamine Lab Raids (working title)
Disrupting the Cure: Buprenorphine Wholesale Network Structure and the 2014 Hydrocodone Rescheduling (working title)

Institutional Reclassification, Not Scope of Practice: A Within-Class Staggered Reform of Buprenorphine in Czechia (working title)

Teaching experience

Masaryk University, Brno
- Winter 2025, 2026 (Bachelor level): Introduction to Econometrics
- Spring 2025, 2026 (Bachelor level): Macroeconomics I
- Winter 2024 (Bachelor level): Statistics for economists

Conferences & Workshops

The EuHEA Conference 2026 in Rotterdam, Netherlands; 13th EuHEA PhD & Supervisor Conference 2026 in Nuremberg, Germany
European Drugs Summer School 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal

Contact

Masaryk University

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Lipová 507/41a

602 00 Brno, Czech Republic (CZ)

Email: Alex.Kejval@econ.muni.cz

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