Ph.D. summit 2022
Date of Event: 10/02/2022–10/04/2022, Place: Wellness Hotel Říčky
A second year of the course for incoming doctoral students, October 2–4, 2022!
The course is intended for all incoming PhD students (in Czech and English study programs) at UHK both in full-time and combined form.
- The course is conducted completely in English.
- It will provide the basic information for PhD studies at UHK, which will be followed by the work of supervisors and guarantors.
- Part of a course is also an informal program.
Course Schedule
Sunday, October 2
| Time | Activity | Guarantor |
| 16:30–17:00 | Coffee break | |
| 17:00–17:15 | Introduction of the course | |
| 17:15–18:45 | Project preparation + Grant schemes of the Czech Republic/EU/world | Ing. Radka Pittnerová |
| 18:45–19:00 | Introduction of participants | |
| 19:00 | Dinner |
Monday, October 3
| Time | Activity | Guarantor |
| 8:00–9:00 | Breakfast | |
| 9:00–9:45 | Ethics in academia | Filip Vostal, Ph.D. |
| 9:45–10:30 | Preparation of professional publications | Filip Vostal, Ph.D. |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00–12:30 | Selecting journals | doc. Mgr. Karel Kouba, Ph.D., M.A. |
| 12:30–13:15 | Science promotion, networking, ranking | Mgr. Matyáš Strnad |
| 13:15–14:45 | Lunch | |
| 15:00–17:00 | Quiz | |
| 17:00–17:30 | Coffee break | |
| 17:30–19:30 | Technology Transfer – Introduction | prof. Ing. Ondřej Krejcar, Ph.D. |
| 19:30 | Dinner |
Tuesday, October 4
| Time | Activity | Guarantor |
| 8:00–9:00 | Breakfast | |
| 9:00–13:00 | Workshop Academic Career Planning + Evaluation of science in the Czech Republic and standards in the world | Mgr. Kateřina Cidlinská, Ph.D. |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00–16:00 | Types of outputs in the industrial property rights | Ing. Pavla Matulová, Ph.D. et Ph.D. |
Workshop Academic Career Planning
The aim of the workshop is to familiarize early-career researchers with the formal and informal requirements associated with the start of an academic career in order to clarify what and why to pay attention to.
The workshop combines interactive and lecture blocks. It consists of 3 main parts. The first part is dedicated to the formal and informal requirements related to the academic career. The goal here is to clarify the main aspects of the evaluation of researchers that need to be strategically reflected from the beginning of the academic career. In this part, the systems of academic performance assessment will be introduced.
The second part consists of the moderated discussion with the rector and vice-rector on the habilitation criteria and requirements related to the performance and development of an academic career at UHK.
The third part of the workshop focuses on strategic career planning in the context of the current setting of the academic environment. The participants will solve model dilemmas associated with the start of the academic career - what, when, and how to do it.
Ph.D. Summit Lecturers
Mgr. Kateřina Cidlinská, Ph.D.
Katerina is an alumnus of FSV UK and a researcher in the field of sociology, higher education studies, and gender studies. Her research topics are working conditions in academia, academic careers, exits from academic careers, gender inequalities in academia, and professional identities. She founded and coordinated mentoring program for early-career researchers, and presided European network of mentoring programs in academia EUMENT-NET and Czech PhD Students Association ČAD. CV
Ing. Radka Pittnerová
Radka Pittnerova has worked in the area of international research collaboration since 2002. Apart from consulting topics related to project writing, management, and finances, she has focused her professional interest, including doctoral studies, on HR in research. She has been a coordinator or a partner in several projects financed both from national and EU resources. She consults and teaches for several universities across the country.
doc. Mgr. Karel Kouba, Ph.D., M.A.
Karel Kouba is an associate professor of political science at the University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. He graduated from Miami University (M.A.) and Palacký University in Olomouc (Ph.D.). His research focuses on voting behaviour, electoral institutions, comparative politics, and higher education policy of Latin American and European post-communist countries. He served as Vice-Rector for International Affairs at the University of Hradec Králové and as Vice Chair of the review panel of political science grants at the Czech Science Foundation (GA ČR). He is a fan of Ute Lemper and Andreas Scholl. He has published articles in leading political science and education research journals, such as European Political Science Review, Public Choice, Electoral Studies, Higher Education, Environmental Politics, Government and Opposition, Comparative European Politics, or Democratization.
Mgr. Matyáš Strnad
Matyáš is a doctoral student in Political Science – Latin American Studies at the Department of Political Science, FF UHK, and an International Marketing Specialist at the UHK Publicity and Communication Department. He is a specialist in electoral participation, its determinants, and differences at particular levels (direct democracy institutions, elections to representative bodies at the national/local level, etc.) and Latin American countries. He is currently researching the impact of urbanization on political participation in the largest Latin American cities. Thanks to his employment at UHK, he also gained expertise in promoting the outputs of scientific and creative activities, especially concerning external audiences through social networks and traditional media. Recently, he participated in the international conference EUPRIO with the subtitle "Science Communication: how to engage nowadays".
Mgr. Otomar Sláma, MBA, MPA
He graduated in public policy in research, development, and innovation, as well as international relations and European studies, and holds an MBA with a specialization in business. As the second Czech, it received the prestigious RTTP (Registered Technology Transfer Professional) certification from the world alliance ATTP. He has been lecturing on the beginnings of a business, the creation of business plans, and the establishment of spin-off companies in the Czech Republic and abroad for several years. He also gained experience in the private sector, where he founded and ran business companies.
Filip Vostal, Ph.D.
Filip Vostal works as a research associate in the Centre for Science, Technology, and Society Studies at the Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences. His research interests encompass the sociology of time, Science & Technology Studies (STS) and social and cultural theory. He teaches at Charles University.
Ing. Pavla Matulová, Ph.D. et Ph.D.
A graduate of the BUT Faculty of Civil Engineering in Brno, followed by a doctoral study in the field of materials engineering and informatics and management. For several years she worked in science and research in the field of the development of new building materials and components. She worked at the South Moravian Innovation Center (JIC) for 10 years, where she specialized in the active support of innovation potential in developed companies. It focuses on technological, social, and environmental innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, and open innovation through smart specialization and the promotion of technical and applied research. She has knowledge of the innovation and research environment of the Czech Republic and abroad. It deals with the evaluation of research projects depending on the degree of applicability in technology transfer, negotiations with the application sphere on the possibilities of using the results of science and research, including an analysis of the company's innovation potential. Consulting and advisory activities in the field of grant consulting. She works in the field of consulting and strategy for intellectual property protection. She is currently focusing on projects related to cultural and historical heritage.
prof. Ing. Ondřej Krejcar, Ph.D.
A full professor in systems engineering and informatics at the University of Hradec Kralove, Faculty of Informatics and Management, Center for Basic and Applied Research, Czech Republic; and Research Fellow at Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, University Technology Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In 2008 he received his Ph.D. title in technical cybernetics at the Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic. He is currently a Vice-Rector for science and creative activities at the University of Hradec Kralove since June 2020. Currently, he is also a director of the Center for Basic and Applied Research at the University of Hradec Kralove. At the University of Hradec Kralove, he is a guarantee of the doctoral study program in Applied Informatics, where he focuses on lecturing on Smart Approaches to the Development of Information Systems and Applications in Ubiquitous Computing Environments.
ACCOMMODATION
The venue is Wellness Hotel Říčky, where accommodation for 2 nights with full board is arranged. Bus transport for all participants is also ensured.
If you are interested, please contact us by e-mail at jana.kukakova@uhk.cz
