Prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. is the Vice-Rector for External Relations and Lifelong Learning and works at the Department of Economics at FEA MU. He completed the procedure for appointment as a professor in the field of Economic Policy and gave a lecture for the professional public on Defining the Relevant Market in Railway Transport – Specifics of the Case. The successful lecture before the Faculty's Scientific Council on 24 February 2020 was on the topic "Big data" and "small data" – possibilities and limits of use in economic policy. The MU Scientific Council then agreed with the proposal for appointment and submitted the proposal to the Minister.
Prof. Kvizda's scientific and research activity is focused on competition issues, which he mainly deals with in the context of research on transport policy in the field of railway transport. Prof. Kvizda translates the results of his research in this area into practical applications, both in the form of grants (TA ČR projects) and in the form of expert activities for the Office for the Protection of Competition or the creation of methodologies. In 2015, prof. Kvizda founded the Institute for Transport Economics, Geography and Policy at FEA MU, and has been its director ever since.
Prof. Mgr. Jiří Špalek, Ph.D. is the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administration of MU and works at the Department of Public Economics, which he also previously headed. He completed the procedure for appointment as a professor in the field of Public Economics and gave a lecture for the professional public on the topic of Behavioral Public Policy: opportunities and limits. The successful lecture before the Faculty's Scientific Council on 14 September 2020 was entitled Evidence-Based Policy. The MU Scientific Council then agreed with the proposal for appointment and submitted the proposal to the Minister.
Prof. Špalek's scientific activity is mainly focused on two areas - experimental public economics and empirical analysis of public policy. He is a researcher, co-investigator or team member of a number of domestic and international projects (GAČR, OP VVV). In 2016, he founded the Masaryk University Experimental Economics Laboratory (MUEEL) research institute and is its director until now.
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Experts from companies at the ECON MUNI Partner Day encouraged learners to be curious and proactive. They also shared their tips and recommendations for getting an internship or your first dream job.
Since the beginning of the year, the researchers involved in the In-Touch project are trying to improve the lives of people with dementia and of those who take care of them. Health economists from ECON MUNI are also part of the international team. Jakub Hlávka, head of the Health Economics, Policy, and Innovation Institute (HEPII), says that palliative care should take the emotional, spiritual, and cultural needs of patients into account.
