Dean's Awards
The aim of the competitions for the Dean's Award is to promote the quality of publication outputs of academic staff, to motivate young academic staff to achieve excellent research results, to strengthen the prestige of scientific work in the field of economic sciences and to appreciate its contribution to society, to motivate students to achieve excellent study results and excellent final theses. The competitions are announced annually.
Competition for the Dean's Award for the Best Publication
The aim of the competition is to award the best scientific papers prepared at the Faculty of Economics and Administration of MU and to promote the quality of scientific work and publication outputs of the faculty's academic staff.
The prize is awarded for an article with a significant scientific contribution that
- is included in the Web of Science database as "Article" or "Review" in quartiles Q1 or Q2 according to AIS,
- or is listed in the Academic Journal Guide in the category 4*,4 or 3,
or for a scholarly monograph whose quality contributes significantly to current knowledge.
All publications from the publication records in the IS MU that meet the competition criteria are automatically nominated for the award. The announcement and presentation of the award is part of the programme of the ECON MUNI Academic Meeting.
Until 2021, the competition was announced separately for the category of the best scientific monograph and the category of the best scientific article.
Dean's Award fot the Best Publication Winners 2023
1st place doc. Ing. Mgr. Jakub Procházka, Ph.D. for the article titled The evaluation of personnel selection methods by HR practitioners: The effect of reference and its interaction with information about validity published in the International Journal of Human Resource Management and co-authored by Jakub Nováček a Martin Vaculík.
Dean's certificate of merit was awarded to:
- Ing. Mgr. Lucie Coufalová, Ph.D. et Ph.D. and doc. Ing. Štěpán Mikula, Ph.D. for the article titled The grass is not greener on the other side: the role of attention in voting behavior published in the Public Choice journal;
- doc. Ing. Jan Čapek, Ph.D. and Ing. Mgr. Vlastimil Reichel, Ph.D. for the article titled Macroeconomic forecasting in the euro area using predictive combinations of DSGE models co-authored by Jesús Crespo Cuaresma and Niko Hauzenberger published in the International Journal of Forecasting;
- Ing. Miloš Fišar, Ph.D. and Tommaso Reggiani, PhD for the article titled Coordinating donations via an intermediary: The destructive effect of a sunk overhead cost co-authored by Diya Elizabeth Abraham and Luca Corazzini published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization;
- Mgr. Martin Guzi, Ph.D. for the article titled The impact of immigration and integration policies on immigrant-native labour market hierarchies co-authored by Martin Kahanec and Lucia Mýtna Kureková published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies;
- prof. Ing. Štefan Lyócsa, PhD. for the article titled Using online job postings to predict key labour market indicators co-authored by Miroslav Štefánik and Matúš Bilka published in the Social Science Computer Review;
- Ing. Dušan Mladenović, Ph.D. for the article titled Understanding individual psychological and behavioral responses during COVID-19: Application of stimulus-organism-response model co-authored by Nia Todua and Nataša Pavlović-Höck published in the Telematics and Informatics journal
Dean's Award for the Best Publication Winners 2022
1st place Ahad Zareravasan, PhD for the article titled An ambidextrous approach on the business analytics-competitive advantage relationship: Exploring the moderating role of business analytics strategy published in the Technological Forecasting and Social Change journal, co-authored by Amir Ashrafi.
Dean's certificate of merit was awarded to:
- Mgr. Zuzana Gric, Ph.D. for the article titled The power of sentiment: Irrational beliefs of households and consumer loan dynamics published in the Journal of Financial Stability, co-authored by Dominika Ehrenbergerová and Martin Hodula
- Oleg Deev, Ph.D. and doc. Ing. Tomáš Plíhal, Ph.D. for the article titled How to calm down the markets? The effects of COVID-19 economic policy responses on financial market uncertainty published in the Research in International Business and Finance journal
- Tommaso Reggiani, PhD for the article titled Broadband Internet and social capital published in the Journal of Public Economics, co-authored by Andrea Geraci, Mattia Nardotto and Fabio Sabatini
- doc. Ing. Mgr. Jakub Procházka, Ph.D. for the article titled Pain as Social Glue: A Preregistered Direct Replication of Experiment 2 of Bastian et al. (2014) published in the Psychological Science journal, co-authored by Katarína Pariľaková, Patrik Rudolf, Vojtěch Bruk, Rút Jungwirthová, Sára Fejtová, Radomír Masaryk and Martin Vaculík
- doc. Ing. Mgr. Jana Soukopová, Ph.D. and prof. Ing. Juraj Nemec, CSc. for the article titled Institutional factors determining costs of municipal waste management in the Czech Republic published in the Waste Management journal, co-authored by Beáta Mikušová-Meričková and Markéta Šumpíková
Dean's Award for the Best Publication Winners 2021
1st place Mgr. Martin Guzi, Ph.D. and Ing. Štěpán Mikula, Ph.D. for the artcile titled The long-term impact of the resettlement of the Sudetenland on residential migration published in the Journal of Urban Economics, co-authored by Peter Huber
Dean's certificate of merit was awarded to:
- prof. Ing. Juraj Nemec, CSc. for the article titled The evolutionary trajectory of social enterprises in the Czech Republic and Slovakia published in the
Public Management Review, co-authored by Michal Plaček, Gabriela Vaceková, Mária Murray Svidroňová and Gabriela Korimová - Prateek Kalia, Ph.D. for the article titled E-service quality and e-retailers: Attribute-based multi-dimensional scaling published in the Computers in Human Behavior journal, co-authored by Justin Paul
- prof. Ing. Štefan Lyócsa, PhD. and doc. Ing. Tomáš Výrost, PhD. for the article titled Stock market volatility forecasting: Do we need high-frequency data? published in the International Journal of Forecasting, co-authored by Peter Molnár
- Ing. Jan Čapek, Ph.D. and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jesús Crespo Cuaresma for the article titled Fiscal multipliers in a small open economy: the case of Austria published in the Oxford Economic Papers, co-authored by Johannes Holler and Philip Schuster
Dean's Award for the Best Publication Winners 2020
1st place Tommaso Reggiani, PhD for the article titled Delegation and coordination with multiple threshold public goods: experimental evidence published in the Experimental Economics journal, co-authored by Luca Corazzini and Christopher Cotton.
Dean's certificate of merit was awarded to:
- prof. Ing. Štefan Lyósca, PhD. for the article titled Trading and non-trading period realized market volatility: Does it matter for forecasting the volatility of US stocks? published in the International Journal of Forecasting, co-authored by Neda Todorova
- Ing. Jan Čapek, Ph.D. for the article titled We just estimated twenty million fiscal multipliers published in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, co-authored by Jesús Crespo Cuaresma
- Ing. Štěpán Mikula, Ph.D. for the article titled The impact of Payment Services Directive 2 on the Paytech sector development in Europe published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organisation, co-authored by Michal Polasik, Agnieszka Huterska and Rehan Iftikhar
- prof. Ing. Štefan Lyósca, PhD. and Ing. Tomáš Plíhal, Ph.D. for the article titled Impact of macroeconomic news, regulation and hacking exchange markets on the volatility of bitcoin published in the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, co-authored by Peter Molnár and Mária Širáňová
- Ing. Vilém Pařil, Ph.D. and Ing. Dominika Tóthová, Ph.D. for the article titled Assessment of the burden on population due to transport-related air pollution: The Czech core motorway network published in the Journal od Cleaner Production
The Dean's Awards for the Best Publication 2020 were awarded on 11 October 2021.
Dean's Award for the Best Monography Winners
2020
1st place: doc. Ing. Libor Žídek, Ph.D., for the book titled Centrally Planned Economies: Theory and Practice in Socialist Czechoslovakia, published by Routledge, London/New York
2019
No monographs were awarded this year.
2018
1st place: doc. Ing. Libor Žídek, Ph.D., for the book titled From Central Planning to the Market: The Transformation of the Czech Economy 1989-2004, published by the CEU Press, Budapest
2017
1st place: doc. Ing. Vladimír Žítek, Ph.D. and Ing. Viktorie Klímová, Ph.D., for the book titled Aplikace konceptu regionálních inovačních systémů a implikace pro inovační politiku, published by the Masaryk University, Brno
2nd place: doc. Ing. Gabriela Vaceková, PhD., for the book titled Nonprofit organizations in selected CEE countries: A journey to sustainability (co-authored by: Vaceková, Svidroňová Murray), published by the Instytut Naukowo-Wydawniczy "Spatium", Radom in co-edition with the Masaryk University, Brno
2016
No monographs were awarded this year.
2015
1st place: prof. Ing. Ladislav Blažek, CSc., Ing. Ondřej Částek, Ph.D., Ing. Jana Pokorná, and Mgr. Maria Králová, for the book titled Identifying Corporate Performance Factors Based on Feature Selection in Statistical Pattern Recognition (co-authored by Pudil, Blažek, Částek, Somol, Pokorná, Králová), published by the Masaryk University, Brno
2nd place: doc. Ing. Zdeněk Tomeš, Ph.D., for the book titled Konkurence a výkonnost na evropských železnicích, published by the Masaryk University, Brno
Dean's Award for the Best Publication Winners
2020
1st place: Ing. Štěpán Mikula, Ph.D., for the article titled Do political risks harm development of oil fields? (co-authored by Boe, Jordal, Mikula and Molnar), published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
2nd place: prof. Ing. Štefan Lyócsa, PhD., for the article titled Network-based asset allocation strategies (co-authored by Výrost, Lyócsa a Baumöhl), published in The North American Journal of Economics and Finance
3rd place: doc. Ing. Ondřej Krčál, Ph.D., for the article titled Real consequences matter: Why hypothetical biases in the valuation of time persist even in controlled lab experiments (authored by Krčál, Peer, Staněk a Karlínová), published in the Economics of Transportation journal
2019
1st place: Mgr. Martin Guzi, Ph.D., for the article titled How Immigration Grease Is Affected by Economic, Institutional and Policy Contexts: Evidence from EU Labor Markets. (co-authored by Guzi, Kahanec a Mýtna Kureková), published in the Kyklos journal
2nd place: doc. Ing. Mgr. Jana Soukopová, Ph.D., and doc. Ing. Gabriela Vaceková, PhD., for the article titled Internal Factors of Intermunicipal Cooperation: What matters most and why?, published in the Local Government Studies journal
2018
1st place: doc. Ing. Zdeněk Tomeš, Ph.D., for the article titled Do European reforms increase modal share of railways?, published in the Transport Policy journal
2nd place: doc. Ing. Mgr. Jana Soukopová, Ph.D., for the article titled Population Age Structure and the Cost of Municipal Waste Collection. A case study from the Czech Republic. (co-authored by Soukopová, Struk, Hřebíček), published in the Journal of Environmental Management
2017
1st place: doc. Ing. Zdeněk Tomeš, Ph.D., doc. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D., and Ing. Monika Jandová, Ph.D., for the article titled Open access passenger rail competition in the Czech Republic (co-authored by Tomeš, Kvizda, Jandová, Rederer), published in the Transport Policy journal
2nd place: Ing. Ondřej Krčál, Ph.D., Ing. Michal Kvasnička, Ph.D. and Ing. Rostislav Staněk, Ph.D., for the article titled External validity of prospect theory: The evidence from soccer betting, published in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
3rd place: Mgr. Martin Guzi, Ph.D., for the article titled Ethnic Diversity and Well-Being (co-authored by Akay, Constant, Giulietti, Guzi), published in the Journal of Population Economics
2016
1st place: Ing. Viktorie Klímová, Ph.D., and doc. Ing. Vladimír Žítek, Ph.D., for the article titled Inovační paradox v Česku: ekonomická teorie a politická realita, published in the Politická ekonomie journal
2nd place: doc. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D., for the article titled Role of railways in empowering travelers: A case study from the Czech Republic (co-authored by Jade, Molková, Kvizda), published in the Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management
2nd place: Mgr. Martin Guzi, Ph.D., for the article titled A Web Survey Analysis of the Subjective Well-being (co-authored by Guzi and de Pedraza García), published in the International Journal of Manpower
3rd place: Mgr. Josef Menšík, Ph.D., for the article titled Mathematics and economics: the case of Menger, published in the Journal of Economic Methodology
2015
1st place: doc. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D., for the article titled Out of Prague: a week-long intermodal shift from air to rail transport after Iceland´s Eyjafjallajökull erupted in 2010 (co-authored by Kvizda and Seidenglanz), published in the Journal of Transport Geography
2nd place: doc. Ing. Jaroslav Sedláček, Ph.D., Ing. Petr Valouch, Ing. Eva Hýblová, Ph.D., and Ing. Zuzana Křížová, Ph.D., for the article titled Changes in Property and Ownership Structure of Companies as a Consequence of Mergers in the Czech Republic, published in the Engineering Economics journal
3rd place: doc. Ing. Zdeněk Tomeš, Ph.D., and doc. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D., for the article titled Competition in the railway passenger market in the Czech Republic (co-authored by Tomeš, Kvizda, Nigrin, Seidenglanz), published in the Research in Transportation Economics journal
Competition for the Dean's Award for Young Scientists up to 35 Years of Age
The aim of the competition is to motivate students and young academic staff of the faculty to achieve outstanding scientific research results, especially in the field of publication activities, and to strengthen the prestige of scientific work in the field of economic sciences at the faculty.
The prize may be awarded for an outstanding book or journal publication in the field of economic sciences that brings new knowledge and represents a contribution to the relevant field, or for participation in a prestigious international scientific research grant competition, or for a requested presentation at prestigious forums of renowned institutions from the public and private sectors.
Proposals for the award are collected through the Research and Projects Office by the deadline set in the competition announcement. The announcement and presentation of the award is part of the programme of the ECON MUNI Academic Meeting.
Dean's Award for Young Scientists up to 35 Years of Age Winners
2023
1st place: Mgr. Zuzana Gric, Ph.D. for the article titled Does sentiment affect stock returns? A meta-analysis across survey-based measures published in the International Review of Financial Analysis
2022
1st place: Ing. Dominika Tóthová, Ph.D. for the article titled Measuring the environmental sustainability of 2030 Agenda implementation in EU countries: How do different assessment methods affect results? published in the Journal of Environmental Management (co-authored by Mária Heglasová)
2021
1st place: Axel Alejandro Araneda Barahona, Ph.D. for the article titled The sub-fractional CEV model published in the Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications journal (co-authored by Nils Bertschinger)
2020
1st place: Ing. Dominika Tóthová, Ph.D., for the article titled Assessment of the burden on population due to transport-related air pollution: The Czech core motorway network (co-atuhored by Pařil, Tóthová), published in the Journal of Cleaner Production
1st place: Oleg Deev, Ph.D., for the article titled Connectedness of financial institutions in Europe: A network approach across quantiles (co-authored by Deev, Lyócsa), published in the Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications journal
2019
1st place: Ing. Tomáš Plíhal, Ph.D., for the article titled Central bank announcements and realized volatility of stock markets in G7 countries (co-authored by Lyócsa, Molnár, Plíhal), published in the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
2018
1st place: Ing. Michal Ďuriník and Ing. Mgr. Jakub Procházka, Ph.D., for the article titled The Short Maximization Inventory (co-authored by Ďuriník, Procházka, Cígler), published in the Judgment and Decision Making journal
2nd place: Ing. Michal Struk, Ph.D., for the article titled Biowaste-to-energy potential in the Czech Republic (co-authored by Struk, Hřebíček, Horsák), published in the Waste Management journal
2017
1st place: Ing. Hana Lipovská, for the textbook titled Moderní ekonomie: Jednoduše o všem, co byste měli vědět, published by GRADA Publishing, Praha
1st place: Ing. Rostislav Staněk, Ph.D., for the article titled Home bias in sport betting: Evidence from Czech betting market, published in the Judgment and Decision Making journal
2nd place: Ing. Michal Struk, for the article titled Distance and incentives matter: The separation of recyclable municipal waste, published in the Resources, Conservation and Recycling journal
2016
Ing. Michal Struk, for the article titled Population age structure and the cost of municipal waste collection. A case study from the Czech Republic (co-authored by Soukopová, Struk, Hřebíček), published in the Journal of Environmental Management
2015
Ing. Gabriela Vaceková, PhD., for the article titled Sustainability of Rural Nonprofit Organizations: Czech Republic and Beyond, published in the Sustainability journal
Competition for the Dean's Award for the Best Result with Social Relevance
The aim of the competition is to enhance the prestige of scientific work in the field of economic sciences at the faculty and to recognise its contribution to society.
The prize may be awarded to academic staff of the faculty or to PhD students for an outstanding result of applied research with significant social relevance or importance for society, the field of economics, state and public administration.
Proposals for the award are collected through the Research and Projects Office by the deadline set in the competition announcement. The announcement and presentation of the award is part of the programme of the ECON MUNI Academic Meeting.
Dean's Award for the Best Result with Social Relevance Winners
2023
1st place: prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. for the activities wisthin the New Mobility project and the final report titled New Mobility: High-speed transportation systems and transportation behaviour of population.
The Award was financially supported by the faculty's partners.
2022
1st place: Ing. Michal Kvasnička, Ph.D. for developing a unique software for identification of places with frequent transportation accidents in the Czech Republic, which is now being used by Czech Police.
The Award was financially supported by the faculty's partners.
2021
1st place: Ing. Dominika Tóthová, Ph.D. and Ing. Vilém Pařil, Ph.D. for the update of the action plan for improving air quality in Brno, which is the result of a project called Monitoring a opatření ke zlepšení kvality ovzduší na území města Brna
Competition for the Dean's Award for Science Popularization
The aim of the competition is to motivate academic staff and doctoral students to engage in activities related to the popularization of science for the public and to recognise their contribution.
The prize can be awarded to academic staff of the faculty or PhD students for outstanding outputs and activities in the field of popularization of science for the public (e.g. activities for schools, popularization articles, media appearances).
Proposals for the award are collected through the Research and Projects Office by the deadline set in the competition announcement. The announcement and presentation of the award is part of the programme of the ECON MUNI Academic Meeting.
Dean's Award for Science Popularization Winners
2023
1st place: Ing. Dominika Tóthová, Ph.D. for actities within the project titled Monitoring and measures for improving the air quality in the city of Brno and for including the pupils of twelve Brno elementary schools to the research process.
2022
1st place: Ing. Dagmar Vágnerová Linnertová, Ph.D. for systematic popularisation activities, namely lectures at secondary schools, media appearances, participation in the organisation of the Wealth of the Earth competition and activities within the Economic Olympiad for primary and secondary schools
Competition for the Dean's Award for Innovation in Teaching
The aim of the competition is to recognise the outstanding work of university teachers, to highlight examples of good practice and significant innovations in the field of educational activities, and to stimulate discussion about quality teaching.
The Dean's Award for Innovation in Teaching is awarded to faculty teachers (including doctoral students) for their creative and innovative approach to teaching, technical support, and the introduction and development of tools and methods leading to improved teaching quality. The award can be given for the area of teaching or for the area of teaching support.
Proposals for this award are collected through the Study Department (Zuzana Mikulášová) by the deadline set in the competition announcement. The announcement and presentation of the award is part of the programme of the ECON MUNI Academic Meeting.
Dean's Award for Innovation in Teaching Winners
2023
1st place: Mgr. Ing. Filip Hampl, Ph.D., LL.M. for conducting seminars in the form of case studies and cooperative teaching with the use of electronic economic and legal resources and for innovations in the teaching of Legal Protection of Investors and Regulation and Supervision of Financial Markets
The Award was financially supported by the faculty's partners.
2022
1st place: doc. Ing. Libor Žídek, Ph.D. for the successful use of KvIS in the teaching of Macroeconomics I., which led to an increase in the regular participation of students in lectures and their interactions with the teacher.
The Award was financially supported by the faculty's partners.
Competition for the Dean's Award for Outstanding Dissertation Thesis
The aim of the competition is to motivate PhD students to produce high quality dissertation thesis.
The prize may be awarded for a dissertation defended in ordinary dissertation deadline and graded "A-Excellent", which will be proposed by the dissertation defense committee immediately after the defense has been conducted and evaluated.
The collection of proposals for the prize takes place throughout the year through the Research and Projects Office. The announcement and presentation of the award is part of the programme of the ECON MUNI Academic Meeting.
Dean's Award for Outstanding Dissertation Thesis Winners
2023
1st place: Ing. Katarína Čellárová, Ph.D. for dissertation titled Redistribution and exploitation.
2022
1st place: Ing. Bára Karlínová, Ph.D. for the thesis titled The Value of Travel Time
2021
1st place: Ing. Mgr. Vlastimil Reichel, Ph.D. for the thesis titled Vliv finančních a bankovních frikcí na hospodářský cyklus (modelový přístup)
2020
1st place: Mgr. Hana Fitzová, Ph.D., for the thesis titled The impact of the European railway reforms on railway efficiency
2019
1st place: Ing. Tomáš Plíhal, Ph.D., for the thesis titled Scheduled Macroeconomic News Announcements and Forex Volatility
2nd place: Ing. Michal Jirásek, Ph.D., for the thesis titled Firm Strategic Decision-making in Investment from the View of the Behavioral Theory of the Firm
2018
1st place: Oleg Deev, Ph.D., for the thesis titled Banking Integration and Financial Stability in Europe
2nd place: Ing. Anida Krajina, Ph.D., for the thesis titled Interpretation of online consumer behaviour from the consumer neuroscience perspective - cross generation study
3rd place: Ing. Markéta Novotná, Ph.D., for the thesis titled Destination Governance
2017
1st place: Mgr. Ing. Stanislav Tvrz, Ph.D., for the thesis titled Dopady Velké recese na strukturu a chování ekonomik Visegrádské skupiny
2nd place: Ing. Štěpán Mikula, Ph.D., for the thesis titled Vývoj institucionálního prostředí transformujících se ekonomik Východního bloku
3rd place: Mgr. Ing. Martin Schmidt, Ph.D., for the thesis titled Efektivnost institutu veřejných zakázek a její determinanty
2016
Ing. Rostislav Staněk, Ph.D., for the thesis titled The Nature of Money: Different Methodological Approaches
2015
1st place: Ing. Martin Machay, Ph.D., for the thesis titled Vliv politického cyklu na financování vesmírných programů USA
2nd place: Ing. Michal Plaček, Ph.D., for the thesis titled Možnosti využití benchmarkingu při řízení kvality a zvyšování výkonnosti ve vysokém školství
3rd place: Ing. Vilém Pařil, Ph.D., for the thesis titled Ekonomické hodnocení environmentálních dopadů vybraných dopravních projektů
Important deadlines
April 30, 2024 - deadline for applications for the young scientists up to 35 years of age; for the best result with social relevance; for science popularization, and for innovation in teaching
Year-round until 31 December 2024 - collection of nominations for the award for outstanding dissertation thesis