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About me g
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2021, my paper on predatory publishing was retracted without a credible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.
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