Martin Srholec

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Last update on 16/04/25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I have Ph.D. degrees in Economics (2003) from the Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic and in Science, technology and innovation studies (2005) from the University of Oslo, Norway. From 2002 until 2010 I survived eight long Norwegian winters doing research at the TIK Centre, University of Oslo. Since 2011 to 2017 I held the chair of Associate Professor in CIRCLE, Lund University (on a part-time basis at reduced capacity). Since 2010 I am based at CERGE‑EI in Prague, initially running projects as a senior researcher, serving as the Deputy Director for Research from 2018 to 2023, and since then enjoying myself as a senior researcher back again.

 

In less academic part of my professional life, I am involved in activities of IDEA think-tank at CERGE-EI. I was a member (and a vice-chairman and chairman) of the Evaluation panel on Business, Management, Administration and Finance of the Czech Science Foundation.(2013-2017 and 2021-2025), a member of the evaluation panel for EK - Economics of the Grant Agency of Charles University (2019-2025) and a member of the Evaluation panel of the OMEGA programme of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic.(2014-2017). I advised the Czech government as a member of the Commission for Evaluation of Results of Research Organizations and Programmes at the Council for Research, Development and Innovation (2015-2021). I was the Research and Innovation Observatory (formerly known as ERAWATCH) correspondent of the European Commission for the Czech Republic (2012-2018). I also did consultancy work for flagship publications by UNIDO, UNCTAD and UNECE (back in the 2000s). Read my blog about innovation policy and related topics.

In 2021, my paper on predatory publishing was retracted without a credible justification by Scientometrics, following pressures (and probably legal threats) by business interests in the areas of scientific publishing, on the toes of which the paper stepped. It was the most disappointing, frustrating and disheartening moment of my research career so far. If you ever wonder how this could have happened and how comes that it has not been rectified, read my article “What if your paper were retracted for no credible reason?“ in Research Evaluation about imperfections in the regulatory framework of retractions and how to fix them. It is truly not a nice read but life happens.