UCM
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
 Ing. Jozef Kučera, PhD., MSc.
Email:
 jozef.kucera@ucm.sk
Homepage:
 http://
Fakulta/Univerzita:
IM UCM - Institute of Management
Pracovisko:
KMTH - Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Kučera
I.2 - Name
Jozef
I.3 - Degrees
Ing., PhD., MSc.
I.4 - Year of birth
1987
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Institute of Management
I.6 - Address of the workplace
V jame 3, 917 01 Trnava
I.7 - Position
Assistant Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
jozef.kucera@ucm.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/81300
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
economics and management
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-6165-6965

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Banking Institute College Prague
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
Banking management
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Banking Institute College Prague
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
Finance
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica / Faculty of Economics
II.b - Year
2024
II.c - Study field and programme
Finance
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Assistant Professor University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava / Institute of Management 06/2025 - ongoing
Assistant Professor College of Applied Psychology Prague 09/2024 - ongoing
Executive Director Slovak Ski and Snowboarding Association 06/2024 - 12/2025
Senior Policy Advisor Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport / Ministry of Tourism and Sport of the Slovak Republic 08/2016 - 08/2024
Project Manager - EIT FOOD HUB Slovakia Slovak Business Agency 02/2022 - 05/2023
Projects Evaluator Foundation of the National Bank of Slovakia 02/2022 - 12/2022
Business Consultant Slovak Business Agency 04/2018 - 03/2019
National Project Specialist Scientific and Technical Information Center of the Slovak Republic 06/2014 – 11/2015
Executive and Project Manager SlovCapital s.r.o. 04/2013 – 08/2016
Project Manager National Bank of Slovakia – Institute of the Banking Education 05/2012 – 02/2013

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Language course - English language Malta Lingua 2025
PRINCE2 Foundation Level Certification AXELOS 2020

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Management Tourism and Hospitality Management I. Economics and Management
Management Basics Personnel and Intercultural Management I. Economics and Management
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
13
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Introduction to Semester Projects Tourism and Hospitality Management I. Economics and Management
Semestral Project I. Tourism and Hospitality Management I. Economics and Management
Possibilities of supporting the active labor market policy Personnel and Intercultural Management I. Economics and Management

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
21
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
16
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
7
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
5
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
97
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
79
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
61
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
48
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
2
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Zimková, E.,- Kučera, J. (2024). Efficiency and Fairness in Financing Slovak National Sports

Associations. NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy 17(2), 238-269. eISSN 1338-

4309 [Web of Science, Scopus]

Kučera, J. - Zimková, E. - Nemec, J.- Nemec, M. (2023). A comparative analysis of the efficiency of public funding policies for sports in the European Union. Cogent social sciences 9(2), 1-20. ISSN 2331- 1886 [Web of Science, Scopus]

Kučera, J., - Nemec, J. (2022). Allocation of public funds from the state budget to the national sports

associations in Slovakia. Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice: Faculty of Economics and

Administration. Series D 30(1), 1-13. ISSN 1211-555X [Web of Science, Scopus]

Kučera, J.,- Fiľa, M. (2022). R&D Expenditure, Innovation Performance and Economic Development of

the EU Countries. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 9(3), 227-241. ISSN 2345-0282 [Web of

Science)

Kučera, J. – Fiľa, M. (2016). Innovation performance of the Slovak Republic and Romania, In: Geografické informácie, 1 vyd. – Roč. 20, č. 2. – Nitra (Slovensko) : Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, 2016.– ISSN 1337-9453, s. 70-81 DOI 10.17846/GI.2016.20.2.134-148. [Web of Science]

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

Zimková, E.,- Kučera, J. (2024). Efficiency and Fairness in Financing Slovak National Sports

Associations. NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy 17(2), 238-269. eISSN 1338-

4309 [Web of Science, Scopus] (2024: JIF – 1.0, JIF kvartil – Q3, JCI - 0.42, JCI kvartil - Q3, CiteScore -

2.3, SJR - 0.301, SJR kvartil - Q3, SNIP - 0.686).

Kučera, J.- Zimková, E.- Nemec, J.- Nemec, M. (2023). A comparative analysis of the efficiency of

public funding policies for sports in the European Union. Cogent social sciences 9(2), 1-20. ISSN 2331-

1886 [Web of Science, Scopus] (2023: JIF – 1.3, JIF kvartil – Q2, JCI - 0.76, JCI kvartil – Q2, CiteScore -

2.1, SJR - 0.383, SJR kvartil – Q2, SNIP - 0.825).

Kučera, J., - Nemec, J. (2022). Allocation of public funds from the state budget to the national sports

associations in Slovakia. Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice: Faculty of Economics and

Administration. Series D 30(1), 1-13. ISSN 1211-555X [Web of Science, Scopus] (2022: JIF – 1.1, JIF

kvartil – Q3, JCI - 0.21, JCI kvartil – Q3, CiteScore – 1.4, SJR - 0.172, SJR kvartil – Q3, SNIP - 0.453).

Kučera, J., - Fiľa, M. (2022). R&D Expenditure, Innovation Performance and Economic Development of

the EU Countries. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 9(3), 227-241. ISSN 2345-0282 [Web of

Science] (2022: JIF – 1.3, JIF kvartil – Q3, JCI - 0.26, JCI kvartil – Q3).

Kučera, J. (2025). Innovation performance as a significant factor in the convergence process of the V4 countries, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 13(2): 250-263. https://doi.org/10.9770/s9224378992 [Web of Science] (2025: JIF – 1.3, JIF kvartil – Q3, JCI - 0.26, JCI kvartil – Q3).

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

Kučera, J., - Fiľa, M. (2022). R&D Expenditure, Innovation Performance and Economic Development of

the EU Countries. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 9(3), 227-241. ISSN 2345-0282,

WoS/Scopus -30'4 citations

Kučera, J.,- Fiľa, M. (2015). Innovation performance of the Slovak Republic and its regional disparities,

In: IMACS 2015, The International Conference, „Innovation Management and Corporate Sustainability:

New Challenges“ . Prague, May 21-22, 2015 at the University of Economics,1 vyd., Praha (Česko) :

Vysoká škola ekonomie a managementu, ISBN: 978-80-245-2092-6, s. 39-51

WoS/Scopus -9 citations

Kučera, J., - Nemec, J. (2022). Allocation of public funds from the state budget to the national sports

associations in Slovakia. Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice: Faculty of Economics and

Administration. Series D 30(1), 1-13. ISSN 1211-555X

WoS/Scopus -6 citations

Kučera, J. – Fiľa, M. (2016). Innovation performance of the Slovak Republic and Romania, In: Geografické informácie, 1 vyd. – Roč. 20, č. 2. – Nitra (Slovensko) : Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, 2016. – ISSN 1337-9453, s. 70-81 DOI 10.17846/GI.2016.20.2.134-148. WosS/Scopus -4 citations

Kučera, J.- Zimková, E.- Nemec, J.- Nemec, M. (2023). A comparative analysis of the efficiency of public funding policies for sports in the European Union. Cogent social sciences 9(2), 1-20. ISSN 2331-1886. WosS/Scopus -5 citations

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

VEGA č. 1/0466/21 - Assessment of the quality of the business environment in Slovakia with an emphasis on starting a business in the pre- and post-pandemic period, co-investigator (1/2021 – 12/2023)

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Member of the Pedagogical Council College of Applied Psychology Prague 2024 - ongoing
Member of the Internal Evaluation Board College of Applied Psychology Prague 2024 - ongoing
Rector's Council (vice-rector for science and research) College of Applied Psychology Prague 2026 - ongoing
Admissions Committee (chairman) College of Applied Psychology Prague 2026 - ongoing
Member - Academic Council College of Applied Psychology Prague 2026 - ongoing

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Taipei Computer Association No. 2, Section 3, Bade Rd, Songshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan 105 03-2023/04-2023 Short-term 3-week working stay
International Black Sea University Davit Aghmashenebeli Alley, 13th km, 2, Tbilisi, Georgia 10/2022 Short-term 1-week working stay

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2026-06-11