Jakub Fischer

Prague University of Economics and Business
Department of Economic Statistics
nám. W. Churchilla 4
130 67 Praha 3, Czech Republic

Dean of the Faculty of Informatics and Statistics

Professor

e-mail: fischerj@vse.cz
NB 4th floor, office No. 404, phone No. +420-224 095 401

Personal data:

Education and Degrees:

2018: Prof. – Masaryk University, Faculty of Economics and Administration
2008: Assoc. Prof. – Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics
2005: Ph.D. Degree – Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics
2001: Ing. Title – Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics
1999: Bc. Title – Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics

Professional Career:
2001 – Present: Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics, Department of Statistics and Probability, since 2008 Department of Economic Statistics

Professional Interests:
Economic statistics, national accounting, human capital

Professional Activities:
2001 – Present: Lecturer of basic courses of General Statistics, Economic Statistics and of the advance course of National Accounting at the Prague University of Economics and Business
2001 – Present: Czech Statistical Office (Lecturer – course: Economic Statistics for postgraduate study)
2011 – 2015: Czech Statistical Office, Advisor to the President

Academic Functions and Activities:
2018 – Present: Dean, Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics
2010 – 2018: Vice-President for Strategy, Prague University of Economics and Business
2006 – 2010: Vice-Dean for Science, Research and Informatics, Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics
2006 – 2017: Member of Presidium, Since 2012 President of the Council, Member of Scientific Committee, 2009 – 2011 Head of Economic Committee, Council of Higher Education Institution of the Czech Republic
2006 – Present: Member of Academic Assembly, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic
1998 – 2005: Member of Academic Senate, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics (1999 – 2005 Vice-President)
2002 – 2006: Member of Academic Senate, Prague University of Economics and Business (2005 – 2006 Vice-President)

Membership in Czech Organizations:
1995 – Present: Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists
1999 – Present: Czech Statistical Society
2006 – Present: Czech Demographic Society
2010 – Present: Czech Economic Society, Member of Presidium
2006 – 2007: Chair of the local organizing committee of bi-annual conference of European Survey Research Association (Prague 2007)
2014-2018: Government Council for Sustainable Development
2015-2019: Government Council for Sustainable Development, Member
2015-2019: Research Council of the Czech Republic, Member of Panel 402

Membership in International Organizations:
2002 – Present: Member of IASE (International Association for Statistical Education), ISI section (International Statistical Institute)
2006 – Present: Member of the organizing committee of annual international conference: Mathematics and Statistics in the Economy
2010 – Present: Country coordinator, International Statistical Literacy Project
2012 – Present: Member of the International Statistical Institute
2012 – Present: Member of the Centre for International Research on Economy (Tendency) Survey
2015 – Present: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, Member of the Expert Evaluation Commission of the Programme OMEGA
2013: Research Council of Lithuania, Member of International Panel
2015-2019: Member of the International Evaluation Panel for the Assessment of Research Institutions of Lithuania
2016: Center for the Study of Higher Education, Member of Supervisory Board

Awards:

2001: Josef Hlavka Award (Josef, Marie and Zdenka Hlavkovi Foundation)
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015: Prize of Dean of the Faculty (publication activities)
2004, 2014: Prize of President of the University (The Prestigious Publication)

Language Ability:
English (FCE)

Co-author of 6 monographs, head author or co-author of 7 textbooks and of more than 170 articles and conference papers.

ResearcherID:  J-7874-2012
List of Publications at WoS: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/J-7874-2012