Appointment of the Vice-Dean for Student Affairs and the Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs

From May 2023, the agenda of academic affairs will be divided and will now be handled by two Vice-Deans:

Mgr. Ing. Daniel Houska, Ph.D., Vice-Dean for Study Affairs

• responsible for the overall care of students and the study agenda, including the study department

Ing. Ondřej Sankot, Ph.D., Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs

• responsible for matters related to teaching, including quality management, accreditation and the development of study programs

„At FIR, students come first. We do not want the growing agenda of the Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs in connection with the introduction of new forms of teaching, projects in the field of quality management of teaching and development of academic staff, etc., to be at the expense of quality care for students.

We have therefore decided to create a separate position of Vice-Dean for Study Affairs, who will be solely responsible for student affairs and the development of new projects directly for students, in particular internships, support of the study department, and developing individual attention to talented students.

In the area of pedagogy, we will then focus on improving the quality of final theses, developing lifelong learning and introducing Moodle into teaching. We perceive the organisational change as a logical development, which aligns with the approach of the best domestic and foreign universities, where two separate positions also normally exist,” says the Dean of the Faculty doc. Josef Taušer.

Mgr. Ing. Daniel Houska, Ph.D.

A graduate of Masaryk University (Faculty of Economics and Administration and Faculty of Law) and FIR VŠE. Mr Houska is a member of the Platform for Sustainable Finance of the European Commission, a member of the expert sections of the Chamber of Commerce (Legislation and Environment), and outside of Prague University of Economics and Business he also lectures at the Chamber of Auditors in the framework of training for the preparation for the audit examination. He focuses mainly on ESG, sustainable finance and contractual risk allocation.

Ing. Ondřej Sankot, Ph.D.

Mr Sankot is an assistant professor at the Department of International Economic Relations of FIR VŠE. He teaches World Economics, International Economics, Economic and Monetary Union and EU Financial Markets courses. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. His research focuses on industrial policy, and as a member of research teams, he participated in projects for CzechInvest and MIT.