Pavel Kotlán, Ph.D. et Ph.D.

Pavel Kotlán is the Deputy Head of the Department of Social Sciences at PRIGO University. In the field of law, he holds a Bachelor’s degree in Theory and Practice of Criminal Pre-trial Proceedings (B.Sc.) and a Master’s degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University in Brno (M.Sc.). At the same university he completed the rigorous proceedings in Criminal Law (JUDr.) and the doctoral studies (Ph.D.) in Criminal Law. He also completed a Master’s degree (M.A.) in History at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ostrava and subsequently a Ph.D. in Czech and Czechoslovak History at the Faculty of Arts of Palacký University in Olomouc. His main scientific interests are criminal law and economic crime. He regularly publishes in Czech and foreign journals in the field of criminal law. He actively participates in scientific conferences related to the topic of (economic) crime and criminal liability with contributions linking theoretical considerations and the practice of law. He has also previously focused his scientific activities on the study of modern political history and political ideologies, especially Czech fascism. He has published three monographs and collaborated on the Czech Television documentary History.cs on Czech fascism. He is currently working exclusively for ERUNI. In his professional life, he has long been involved in economic crime investigations at the Economic Crime Department of the Police of the Czech Republic in Brno and teaching activities at some universities (e.g. the Police Academy of the Czech Republic) or at schools of the PRIGO group.