Martin Potůček

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Martin Potůček
Born (1948-09-02) September 2, 1948 (age 75)
Alma materMasaryk University Charles University

Martin Potůček is Czech academic and journalist.[1]

Education

Potůček studied

Oxford University (1993–1994), the University of Konstanz (1997–2000), the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna (1998) and Central European University in Budapest (1998–2000).[2]

Career

In 1990 Potůček joined the newly established faculty of social sciences at the

Charles University in Prague. He habilitated there in 1992 as associate professor of sociology
. In 1999, he became full professor of public and social policy on the new study program he had co-founded. He served as the director of the Institute of Sociological Studies at the same faculty from 1994 to 2003. He established and has run the Center for Social and Economic Strategies there since 2000.

Potůček was elected chairman of the Masaryk Czech Sociological Association in 1995 (vice-chairman, 1994 and 1996) and member of the steering committee of the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee) in 1997. In 2000-2002, he acted as the elected president of this international

nonprofit association. He served as the first vice-chairman of the Research and Development Council of the Government of the Czech Republic (1999–2004). He acted as permanent guest professor at the University of Konstanz, Germany (2002–2008). He served as an advisor to Ministers of Labour and Social Affairs (1998–2006) and to the prime minister of the Czech Republic (2002–2004). He has been awarded the Sri Chinmoy International Honour "Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart"[3] (2003) and the NISPAcee Alena Brunovska Award[4] (2004) for teaching excellence in public administration. Since 2008 and from 2004 to 2005 he was a member of Committee for Social Sciences and Humanities, Research and Development Council of the Czech Government.[5]

Potůček

presidential primaries and was not nominated.[7]

Bibliography

His work focuses on the

social actors, processes of cultivating and utilising human potential, and factors influencing health and health policy, as well as the processes of public policy formulation and implementation in the Czech Republic. He has published 23 scientific books and three textbooks
.

Books

Textbooks

Edited books

References

  1. ^ "Martin Potůček". Peníze.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  2. ^ "prof. PhDr. Martin Potůček, CSc., M.Sc". Fakulta sociálních věd UK (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  3. ^ "Lifting up the World with a Oneness-Heart". Sri Chinmoy's official site.
  4. ^ "Winner of the ALENA BRUNOVSKA AWARD 2004". NISPAcee Information Portal.
  5. ^ "Research and development in Czech republic".
  6. ^ "Do referenda ČSSD jde nakonec pět kandidátů, mezi nimi i teolog Trojan". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). Economia a.s. 16 October 2002. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Prezidentské referendum ČSSD". Kurzy.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 March 2017.

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