PhDr. Pavel Horák, Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

Department

• Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Studies, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, Joštova 10 Brno

Employment - Position

• Assistant professor

Education and Academic Qualifications

• 2007: Ph.D., Masaryk University, Faculty of social studies (Social policy and social work)
• 2007: PhDr., Masaryk University, Faculty of social studies (Social policy and social work)
• 2001: Mgr., Masaryk University, Faculty of social studies (Social policy and social work)
• 1998: Bc., University J. E. Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem, Social-Economic Faculty (Social work)

Employment

• 2021-2023: Researcher, Department of Public Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University
• 2017-2020: Researcher, Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs (RILSA), Research Centre Brno
• 2013-2019: Researcher, Institute for Public Policy and Social Work, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University Brno
• 2007-now: Assistant professor, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University Brno
• 2003-2006: Assistant, Faculty of social studies, Masaryk University Brno
• 2003-2004: Marketing specialist, Social Work Journal
• 2003: Teacher in social policy, and writing projects, Higher Vocational School, Kotlářská 9, Brno
• 2001-2003: Teacher in statistics, demography, and economics, High School for the Disabled GEMINI, Vaculíkova 14, Brno
• 01/2001-06/2001: Social Worker, NNO Práh, Tuřanská 12, Brno

Teaching Activities

• 2023-present: Policy-making and Implementation of Public Policy
• 2010-present: Introduction into Public Policy
• 2011-present: Employment Services for the Unemployed
• 2003-present: Sociology for Social Policy and Social Work
• 2004-present Writing projects in Social Work
• 2004-2017: Social Deviance
• 2015-2016: Evaluation Research
• 2004-2011: Organizational Culture

Scientific and Research Activities

• 10/2021-9/2023: Impacts of COVID-19 on organizational change and digitization in public administration, LA project – Slovenia and Czechia, GAČR, GF21-47171L
• 11/2020-10/2022: Socio-economic consequences of the fourth industrial revolution (the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland, the “Regional Initiative of Excellence” Programme for 2019- 2022, project no.: 021/RID/2018/19)
• 6/2020-4/2021: Systematization and improvement of the management system of the city of Brno (CZ.03.4.74 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 17_080 / 0010105, co-financed from the ESF under the Operational Program Employment)
• 2017-2020: Evaluation of Effectivity and Effectiveness of Active Labour Market Policy (RILSA 2017-2020, CZ.03.1.54/0.0/0.0/15_122/0006089)
• 10/2014-04/2017: INNCARE: Governance, Social Investments and Social Innovation in Care Services in the Czech Republic and Norway (Czech-Norwegian Research Programme CZ09, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Project Identification 7F14058)
• 02/2011-01/2015: NEUJOBS – Employment 2025: How Will Multiple Transitions Affect the European Labour Market (EU 7th Framework programme – g. a. 266833, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Project Identification 7E12069)
• 2011-2014: Modernisation of the Czech Social Policy: Towards More Employment Friendly Model? (GAP404/11/0086)
• 2008: The Labor Market Institute - Supporting System of Public Employment Services, Mapping of Vocational Services Offered by Labor Offices in Selected Regions in the Czech Republic, National Training Fund, Prague
• 2007: Community Plan of the city of Brno, Analysis of the situation of homeless people in the city of Brno
• 2006-2011: New Social Risks on Labor Market and Reform Needs of its Policy Regulation for Entry of the CR to EU. Monitoring and Needs Evaluation (MOPO, FSS MU)
• 2003: Modern Society: Problems of Labor Market and Social Policy” (MLSA CR)

Conferences and internship

• 9/2023: lecture "COVID-19 and organizational changes in public administration – preliminary findings from Czechia" together with David Špaček et al., EGPA conference 2023, Zagreb, Croatia.
• 5/2023: lecture "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the operation of a city district office: The case study of Czechia" together with Dagmar Špalková and Marek Navrátil, 31st NISPAcee conference, Belgrade, Serbia.
• 2017: Workshop Leader in Section Eldercare, International Conference INNCARE: Childcare and Eldercare Policies in Changing Times: Lessons from the Czech Republic and Norway, Brno (MU, MEYS, NOVA Oslo)
• 2014: Lecture at a conference NEUJOBS: „Crucial Trends and Changes in Social Services in the Czech Republic in Comparison to Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom in the Last Decade“, Masaryk University Brno
• 2003: Academic Internship and Lecture at a Conference for Ph.D. Students: The Role of Labor Office Staff During the Implementation of Labor Market Policy at the Local Level, Miskolc, Hungary, 1 week

University Activities

• 10/2021-10/2023: chairman of the FSS MU Academic Senate
• 10/2023-present: member of the FSS MU Academic Senate

Major Publications

• HORÁK, Pavel a David ŠPAČEK. Organizational Resilience of Public Sector Organizations Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Czechia and Key Influencing Factors: Use of the Nograšek and Vintar Model. International Journal of Public Administration. England: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2025, roč. 48, č. 8, s. 485-501. ISSN 0190-0692. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2024.2371421. article - open access info
• INDRA, Vojtěch; Markéta HORÁKOVÁ a Pavel HORÁK. Collaboration, Participation, and Innovation : Influencing Factors of Co-creation in a Czech Municipality. International Journal of Public Administration. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2025, roč. 48, č. 14, s. 917-931. ISSN 0190-0692. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2024.2428384. URL info
• ŠPAČEK, David a Pavel HORÁK. Examining the Covid 19 driven changes in public administration and their longevity: the case of Czechia. PUBLIC MONEY & MANAGEMENT. ENGLAND: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2025, s. 1-12. ISSN 0954-0962. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2025.2545932. URL info
• HORÁK, Pavel a Markéta HORÁKOVÁ. Identifikace deficitů politiky bezdomovectví v České republice a návrhů na jejich řešení prostřednictvím „Rámce problematických oblasti bezdomovectví“. Sociológia. Bratislava: Slovenská akadémia vied, 2024, roč. 56, č. 5, s. 418-449. ISSN 0049-1225. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2024.56.5.16. článek - open access info
• HORÁK, Pavel; Iveta ZELENKOVÁ; Kateřina KUBALČÍKOVÁ; Zdenka HAŠOVÁ a Monika ŠKORPÍKOVÁ. Koncepce sociální politiky Magistrátu města Brna do roku 2030. 2021. URL info

2025/04/08