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doc. Ing. Aleš Kocourek, Ph.D.

Position:	Associate Professor
E-mail:	ales.kocourek@tul.cz
Phone:	+420 48535 2406
Office:	H08016 (Floor 7, Building H)
Consultation:	On IS STAG Consultation hours not scheduled in IS STAG can be individually arranged by e-mail.

Macroeconomics, World Economy, Globalization, Regional Economics, Regional Development

2021 doc. – Faculty of International Relations of the Prague University of Economics and Business, Department of International Economic Relations
2002–2006 Ph.D. – Department of Economics, Economic Faculty, Technical University of Liberec, Study programme: P6208 Economics and Management, Study field: 6208V119 Organization and Management of Enterprises
1997–2002 Ing. – Economic Faculty, Technical University of Liberec, Study programme: M6208 Economics and Management, Study field: 6208T085 Business Administration
1993–1997 – Gymnasium of F. X. Šalda in Liberec

2023–present Member of the Supervisory Board, TOPOS Šluknov, a.s.
2021–present Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Technical University of Liberec
2020–2024 Dean, Faculty of Economics, Technical University of Liberec
2018–2020 Vice-Rector for Education and Internal Legislation, Technical University of Liberec
2016–2022 Vice-President, NISA University (joint-degree program of the Technical University of Liberec, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, and Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz)
2016–2018 Vice-Dean for Study Affairs, Faculty of Economics, Technical University of Liberec
2010–2016 Head of Academic Division, University Centre Liberec, Metropolitan University Prague
2008–2016 Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Metropolitan University Prague
2006–2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Arts, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen
2006–2023 Member of the Board of Directors, TOPOS Šluknov, a.s.
2005–2021 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics (formerly Faculty of Business Administration until 2009), Technical University of Liberec

Project Activities:

2023–2024 EIT HEI Skills2Scale: Deep Tech Empowerment for Higher Education Institutes – status: completed, principal investigator (on behalf of the Faculty of Economics, TUL)
2020–2023 OP RDE NAKAP LK II: Implementation of the Regional Action Plan for Education Development in the Liberec Region II – status: completed, principal investigator (on behalf of TUL)
2018–2021 Technology Agency of the Czech Republic TL01000303: Use of Big Data to Evaluate the Socio-Economic Position of Inhabitants in Areas Defined by the Regional Development Strategy 2021+ – status: completed / successful, principal investigator
2014–2015 Technology Agency of the Czech Republic TD020047: Regional Price Index as an Indicator of Real Social and Economic Disparities – status: completed / successful, team member
2009–2010 Czech Science Foundation GA402/09/1123: Return on Investment in Higher Education: A Comparison of Expected and Actual Earnings in the Czech Republic and Selected Countries – status: completed / successful, external collaborator
1999–2004 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports MSM243100001: Economic Problems of the Transformation of the Czech Economy with Regard to the Specifics of the Nisa Euroregion (research plan) – status: completed / successful, team member (in 2003 and 2004)

Contract Research:

2021 Contract research for the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic: Impact Study on the Conclusion of the Trade Part of the EU–Mercosur Association Agreement on the Czech Economy
2018 Contract research for the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic: Impact Study on the Conclusion of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Japan on the Czech Economy
2017 Contract research for the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic: Impact Study on the Conclusion of Free Trade Agreements between the EU and Vietnam and the EU and Singapore on the Czech Economy
2016 Contract research for the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic: Impact Study on the Conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the EU and Its Member States on the Czech Republic and Its Economy

Short-term foreign internships
X. 2016	Visiting Professor, Ege Üniversitesi, Izmir, Turkey
IV. 2016	Visiting Professor, Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
IV. 2015	Visiting Professor, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Soluň, Greece
III. 2012	Visiting Professor, University of Economics in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
VI. 2008	Visiting Professor, Selçuk Üniversitesi, Konya, Turkey
X. 2007	Visiting Professor, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
XI. 2006	Visiting Professor, Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana, Turkey

Long-term foreign internships
IX. – XII. 2009	Educational and research stay at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
VIII. – X. 2004	Educational stay at the University of Kuwait, Kuwait

List of publications and other information on the website kontakt.tul.cz.