Research focus: The formation of regional innovation systems in Central and Eastern Europe, path development model, role of universities in regional development, regional structural change, diversification, specifics of evolutionary trajectories of Central European regions— comprehending the key drivers and processes
A note for prospective PhD students: Potential PhD candidates interested in the research of evolutionary economic geography, long-term regional structural changes, regional innovation systems, industrial dynamics, and diversification are welcome
PhD supervision:
- Ongoing PhD projects: Spending to win: regional differentiation and effects of SME subsidies in Czechia (Léon Kamenický); Effects of highway infrastructure in different types of regions: The geographic and socio-economic perspective (Marek Petráš); The role of leadership in the shaping of the innovation environment in different municipalities and regions (Luděk Beneš)
- Completed PhD projects: Spatial and economic impacts of R&D support in different regional innovation systems (Petr Horák)
For more information see the academic profile of Viktor Květoň