Project manager

Doctoral degree – Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Management, specialization: Management

Master's degree - University of Economics, Prague, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Business Economics and Management

Bachelor's degree - University of Economics, Prague, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Business Economics and Management

Internship in Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (Leipzig, Germany)

Internship in MEPCO, s.r.o – International consultancy for municipalities (Prague)

Participant in European Program for Development Evaluation Training (Prague)

Trainee at the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, Secretariat of the Government Council for Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organisations

Participant in Summer School on Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (Turino, Italy)

Guarantor of applied research at University of J. E. Purkyne v Ústí nad Labem

Project developer of Regional Innovation Strategy for the Ústí Region, Regional Office of the Ústí Region

Project assistant and manager at the IREAS centrum, and IREAS, Institute for Structural Policy

Researcher and project manager at CETIP Network, a Centrum of Transdisciplinary studies CETIP

Researcher at the Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences

Early stage researcher at SPECTRA Centre of excelence of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Project assistant at the University of Economics, Prague

Smart City – Smart Region – Smart Community (SMART-ITI)
Operational Programme Research, Development and Education

implementer: University of J. E. Purkyne in Ústí nad Labem

Support and development of the innovation environment in the Ústí Region II (Smart II – ÚK)
Operational Programme Research, Development and Education

implementer: Regional Office of the Ústí Region

Methodology for evaluating the contribution of supported projects in the field of waste management from the Operational Program Environment 2007–2013 and 2014–2020 in relation to the set objectives of the Waste Management Plan of the Czech Republic IV
The Contracting Authority: Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic

implementer: IREAS, Institute for Structural Policy

Interim evaluation of the Program of applied research of the Ministry of agriculture for the period 2017-2025, “Země” and the Concept of the research, development and innovation of the Ministry of agriculture for the years 2016-2022
The Contracting Authority: Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Repblic

implementer: IREAS centrum

Preparation of case studies of projects finance in calls of local action groups from Operational Programme Employment
The Contracting Authority: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

implementer: IREAS centrum

InnoForESt - Smart information, governance and business innovations for sustainable supply and payment mechanisms for forest ecosystem services
Horizon 2020

implementer: Centrum of Transdisciplinary studies CETIP

SIMRA – Social Innovations in Marginalized Rural Areas
Horizon 2020

implementer: CETIP Network

Particulary research project: Multilevel governance for balanced development between core and peripheral spaces

The Contracting Authority: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, implementer: VŠE v Praze

The Contracting Authority: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, implementer: IREAS centrum, s.r.o.

The Contracting Authority: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, implementer: IREAS centrum, s.r.o.

An international research project financed by the International Visegrad Fund, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Czech-Polish Forum, implementer: IREAS, Institute for Structural Policy

The Contracting Authority: Ministry of Local Development, implementer: IREAS centrum, s.r.o. - financed from the OPTA 2007 - 2013

TELLE, S., ŠPAČEK, M., CRĂCIUN, D. (2019). Divergent Paths to Cohesion: The (Unintended) Consequences of a Place-Based Cohesion Policy. In Regional and Local Development in Times of Polarisation (pp. 149-172). Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore.

POTLUKA, O., ŠPAČEK, M. (2019). Civil Society in Urban Areas: A Partner for Territorial Cohesion?. In Territorial Cohesion (pp. 23-37). Springer, Cham.

KLUVÁNKOVÁ, T., BRNKAĽÁKOVÁ, S., ŠPAČEK, M., SLEE, B., NIJNIK, M., VALERO, D., ... & SZABO, T. (2018). Understanding social innovation for the well-being of forest-dependent communities: A preliminary theoretical framework. Forest Policy and Economics, 97(C), 163-174.

KLUVANKOVA, TATIANA, GEŽIK, VERONIKA., ŠPAČEK, MARTIN, BRNKAĽÁKOVÁ, STANISLAVA, SLEE, BILL., POLMAN, NICO, ... BURLANDO, CARLA. (2017). Transdisciplinary understanding of SI in MRAs. SIMRA Deliverable 2.2

KLUVÁNKOVÁ TATIANA, GEŽÍK VERONIKA, ŠPAČEK MARTIN, BRNKAĽÁKOVÁ STANISLAVA, KOZOVÁ MÁRIA (2017). Transdisciplinary understanding of social innovation in marginalised rural areas. Terra Spectra STU. Planning Studies, 9, 2017, č. 1, s. 3-13.

POTLUKA, OTO, ŠPAČEK, MARTIN, REMR, JIŘÍ (2017). Non-governmental Organizations as Partners: Obstacles in the EU Cohesion Policy? 1. Ekonomický časopis, 65, 2017, č. 8, s. 715-736.

POTLUKA, OTO, ŠPAČEK, MARTIN, VON SCHNURBEIN, GEORG (2017). Impact of the EU structural funds on financial capacities of non-profit organizations. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 28, 2017, č. 5, s. 2200-2223.

POTLUKA, OTO, BRŮHA, JAN, ŠPAČEK, MARTIN, VRBOVÁ, LUCIE (2016). Countrefactual Impact Evaluation on EU Cohesion Impact Evaluation in Training in Companies. Ekonomický časopis, 64, 2016, č. 6, s. 575-595.

POTLUKA, OTO; ŠPAČEK, MARTIN (2014). Postupy a metody kontrafaktuálních dopadových evaluací pro Operační program Podnikání a inovace pro konkurenceschopnost 2014-2020. Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2014.

POTLUKA, OTO; ŠPAČEK, MARTIN (2014). The EU Cohesion Policy's Effect on the Civil Sciety Organisations in the Czech Republic. In MITCHELL, E. (ed.). Sustainable Recovery? Rebalancing, Growth, and the Space Economy. London: Regional Studies Association, 2014, s. 165--172. ISBN 978-1-897721-49-0.

ŠPAČEK, MARTIN; BRŮHA, JAN; HÁKOVÁ, LUCIE; POTLUKA, OTO (2014). Countefactual impact evaluation of public programmes in the field of envirnment: Methodological approaches. In MITCHELL, E. (ed.). Sustainable Recovery? Rebalancing, Growth, and the Space Economy. London: Regional Studies Association, 2014, s. 215--217. ISBN 978-1-897721-49-0.

POTLUKA, OTO A KOL. (2014). Local Participation in Visegrad Countries: How Are Politicians Rooted in the Civil Society?. 1. vyd. Praha: Ireas, Institut pro strukturální politiku, o.p.s, 2014. 108 s. ISBN 978-80-86684-98-7.