Vojtěch Olbrecht, PhD
Ing. Vojtěch Olbrecht, Ph.D.
Vojtěch Olbrecht is director of the European Research College London and Oxford. Vojtech is responsible for its operations, communication with researchers and universities and creating a sustainable presence in this world’s vibrant educational market. Vojtech received his Master's and PhD degrees in Economy and Management from the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at Mendel University in Brno. During his doctoral studies, he focused on Law and Economics and Institutional Economics and investigated the impact of EU legislation on firm performance. He also defended his dissertation on this topic. During and after his studies, he also pursued a business career in finance and supply chain. His research has been published in several articles in journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science databases.
Qualification.
PhD
Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics, Economy and Management, 2018
Master’s Degree
Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics, Economy and Management, 2015
Bachelor’s Degree
Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics, Economy and Management, 2013
Experience.
2025-present, ERC Oxford, Chairman
2024-present, ERC London, Chairman
2021-present, ERUNI, Research Fellow
2021-present, Costra Labs
2018-2021, GEP
2015-2016, KPMG
Publications (last 5 years, selected).
OLBRECHT, V. Productivity Effect of Accessing the EU: Case of Bulgaria and Romania. European Journal of Business Science and Technology, 2018, 4(1), 48-55. http://doi.org/10.11118/ejobsat.v4i1.116.
OLBRECHT, V. Empirical Evidence of the Introduction of the Services Directive on Microeconomic Productivity. Journal of Common Market Studies, 2018, 56(6). https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12750.
OLBRECHT, V. Multilevel Modeling in Exploring Institutional Effects on Performance. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2016, 64(6), 2087-2094. https://doi.org/10.11118/actaun201664062087.
Hobbies.
Skauting