prof. Ing. Mgr. Martin Lukeš, Ph.D. – Vice-Rector for Research and Doctoral Studies

Education

2019 Prof. in Business Economics and Management, FPH VŠE
2014 Doc. in Business Economics and Management, FPH VŠE
2006 PhD. in Business Economics and Management, FPH VŠE
2003 Mgr. in Psychology, FF UK
2001 Ing. in Business Economics and Management, FPH VŠE

Employment

2003 – present Prague University of Economics and Business (VŠE)
since 2018 Head of the Department of Entrepreneurship
2014 – 2022 Vice Dean for Research and Doctoral Studies, FPH VŠE
2015 – 2018 Deputy Head of the Department of Entrepreneurship
2014 Associate Professor at the Department of Managerial Psychology and Sociology
2015 – 2018 Associate Professor at the Department of Entrepreneurship
2014 – 2022 Study Program Supervisor: Doctoral studies in Business Economics and Management
2020 – 2022 Study Program Supervisor: Management and Managerial Economics
2006 – 2014 Assistant Professor at the Department of Management Psychology and Sociology
2006 – 2011 Director of the Development and Counselling Centre at VŠE
2003 – 2006 Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology and Sociology of Management
2010 – present Secondary School, Primary School and Preschool da Vinci
2010 – 2012 Co-founder, director, member of the board of a school legal entity (since 2012)
2002 – 2005 Technische Universität Dresden, Visiting scholar
2003 Siemens, s.r.o., Consultant HR Leadership Development
2001 – 2002 ACE media ventures, Inc., Recruitment Coordinator

International Teaching and Research Stays

2013, 2014 Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, teaching (2 x 1 week)
2007 – 2009 UNED Madrid, Spain, teaching (3 x 1 week)
2006 Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA, Research stay (2 weeks)
2004 Syracuse University, NY, USA, Experiential Classroom V. (1 week)

Research Activity (Selected Projects)

2025 – 2027 EU EIT project “Zero Emissions Entrepreneurship for Universal Sustainability” (ZEEUS), team member
2024 – 2027 EU Horizon project “Enchancing research and innovation synergies for schools of economics and business” (RIS4SEB) – Chair of Advisory Board
2020 – 2023 TAČR project „Precarity as a real experience of the self-employed and micro-enterprises”, team leader
2020 – 2022 GAČR project “Revisiting the impact of open offices on performance and well-being: the case of coworking”, team leader
2014 – 2018 EU FP7 project “Cultural Pathways to Economic Self-Sufficiency and Entrepreneurship: Family Values and Youth Unemployment in Europe” (CUPESSE), team leader in the  Czech Republic
2007 – 2010 EU FP6 Research Project “Cultural and Innovation Dynamics – Explaining the uneven evolution of human knowledge.” (CID), team leader in the Czech Republic
And a number of other scientific and development projects, including 3 other GAČR projects, Erasmus+ project, BMBF project, Forost project, 3 projects for the Ministry of Industry and Trade, a number of internal grants.

Publication Activity

Author and co-author of 22 articles published in Web of Science journals, including top international journals such as Journal of Management Studies, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Small Business Economics, Technovation, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and others. Author and co-author of 7 domestic and international monographs and 21 chapters in monographs or textbooks. Author of 12 other peer-reviewed articles in domestic and international journals. Author and co-author of numerous research reports and conference papers. More than 480 citations on Web of Science, more than 2200 citations on Google Scholar.

Membership in Editorial Boards, Scientific Boards and Related Activities

Member of the editorial board of the journals Czechoslovak Psychology, Central European Business Review.
Ad hoc reviewer for top international journals, such as Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Technovation, Journal of World Business, Journal of Business Research, and many others.
Membership in scientific committees of conferences Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (IMES); Decision Making in SMEs (DEMSME).
Member of the Doctoral study programme board of the FPH VŠE
Membership in the scientific councils of the Faculty of Business Administration VŠE, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Management, Comenius University in Bratislava

Awards (selection)

2025, 2019 Rector’s Prize of the University of Economics for the best scientific article: 1st place
2018 Journal of World Business: Best Reviewer Award
2013 Dean of FPH Award for the best article – 1st place
2016 Dean of FPH Award for the best article – 3st place
2010 Dean of FPH Award for the best conference paper
2008 Dean of FPH Award for the best foreign book
prof. Ing. Mgr. Martin Lukeš, Ph.D. – Vice-Rector for Research and Doctoral Studies