doc. Ing. Karel Müller, CSc. ****************************************************************************************** * Karel MÜLLER, associated professor ****************************************************************************************** Liberal Arts and Humanities - Social Sciences Module [ URL "http://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-612. Department of Management and Supervision in Social and Health Care Organisations [ URL "ht krs.fhs.cuni.cz/KRSENG-1.html"] *========================================================================================= * Research Areas *========================================================================================= • Science, Technology and Innovation • Modernity and Its Institutional Issues *========================================================================================= * Courses *========================================================================================= See SIS [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/predmety/index.php? id=909c873d12060fb5896618ad0acf2554&tid=19&do=ucit&kod=14746"] . *========================================================================================= * Contact Information and Office Hours *========================================================================================= See SIS [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/kdojekdo/index.php? id=909c873d12060fb5896618ad0acf2554&tid=19&do=detailuc&kuc=14746"] . Elementary schooling was passed in turbulent war and post-war time and finalized in Gramme maturity certificate in 1954. In the years 1954-1959 he studied Economic University (with - international relations) in Prague. After passing two-year military service he worked as to political constrains for ordinary job which were lifted during “Prague Spring”). In 196 his professional career while he could get job in the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (CA established unit for science studies. In 1972 he finished his PhD study (Economic Institut topic: Economic context of research and development). In 1969 Unit of science studies fuse of philosophy and sociology and its department of scientific and technological revolution. was employed at in that Academy institute doing research in the field of science and techn coordinated this field of research in Czechoslovakia, cooperated with colleagues from east and published research reports and participated in publication of books (e.g. Theory of Sc and Socialism). My professional start-up was influenced by contacts and cooperation with Ch. Freeman (Suss Alex King (OECD) and N. Stehr (University of Alberta) which I could establish in the secon 60s. The mentioned colleagues and mentors continued to support me after Soviet occupation. study experience was collected in the context of interdisciplinary communication across so natural sciences which became possible within CAS and turned up quite productive during ti liberalisation (in the 60s it was the case of team for study of human implications of scie technological revolution; in the 80s the cooperation with Prognostic Institute of CAS, whe ways of economic and social development were studied and recommended). After the political changes in 1990 I worked in Unit for science studies and after its clo changed my employment in favour of research and teaching in the newly established institut foundations at Charles University in Prague (later renamed as Faculty of Humanistic Studie lectured for two semesters (1994) at University of Amsterdam and University of Twente, Net faculty of humanistic studies I have experienced several positions (teacher, head of depar sciences, vice-dean for international cooperation, head of research program and member of of faculty). I was awarded decree of associated professor at Economic University (1997) fo and research in the field of innovations. My teaching program is related to and supported by my research and studies in the fields o technology and innovation and accomplished by my study interest in the problems of moderni institutional issues. My lecturing is concerning the following courses: Introduction in So Sociology of knowledge (issues of social epistemology) and Sociology of Institutions. In l my research has been focused on the problems of social transformations in post-socialist c on the problems of innovation in the Czech republic (see the list of publications). I have also in the field of domestic and international scientific cooperation. In the 90s of last research on innovation was supported by Grant Agency of the CR; in that time, I also coope Sociological Institute in follow-up studies of the transformation processes in the CR. In 2005-2010 I cooperated with Centre of Economic Studies at High School of Economy and Manag project “Competitive performance of Czech economy”. I am member of scientific board of Eco attached to Hlávka foundation. My foreign cooperation was framed by participation at sever and membership in International Sociological Association (in the years 2000-2005 in positi president of RC 23 Sociology of science and technology) and European Sociological Associat *========================================================================================= * Publications *========================================================================================= • Foundations of Theory of Science. Academia, Prague, 1988 (co-author) • Innovation policy issues in six candidate countries: the challenges. Directorate Central Enterprise , EUR 17036 European Communities, 2001 (co-author) • Gorzelak, G. Ehrlich, É., Falta L., Illner, M. (eds.), Central Europe in Transition: tow membership, Regional Studies association, Warsaw, 2001 (co-author) • Müller, K., From Plan to Market: implications for S and T Systems in Transition Economie of the Czech Republic. In: Brundenius at al., Reconstruction or Destruction. Science and Stake in Transition economies. Universities Press, Haydarabad, 1999. • Müller, K., Innovation policy in the Czech Republic: from laissez faire to state activis International Relations and Development, Vol. 5, No.4 (2002), pp. 403-426 • Müller, K., Innovative Europe – Constrains and Challenges. In: Kuklinski, A. et al (eds. Creative and Innovative Europe, WSB-NLU, Nowy Sacz. Poland), 2007 • Müller, K., The Institutional dimensions of restructuring innovation systems in the acce In: Jasinski, A. (ed.) Transition Economies in the European Research and Innovations Are 2004, pp.26-46. • Müller K., 2002,  Industrial resources, Economic Growth and Social Change. Sociological (SLON), Prague, (in Czech) • Yearbook of Competitiveness of the Czech Republic, Centre of Economic studies at economi annually since 2006 (co-author) • Special issues on knowledge governance of Central European Journal for Public Policy, Vo 2010 (co-editor) • Special issue of International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development. Vol. 3, N editor) • Müller, K., Roth, S., Žák (eds.), 2010, Social Dimension of Innovation. Centrum of Econo Prague • Müller Karel, 2014, Wissenschaft zwischen Staat un Zivilgesellschaft. In Luft, Havelka, Zviligesellschaft und Menschenrechte in oestlichen Mitteleuropa. Vandenhoeck und Ruprech