Ing. Lukáš Válek, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Email: lukas.valek@vse.cz

Office No.: RB 427

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Research Specialisation

  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Social Economics
  • Complementary Economic Systems
  • Migration and Entrepreneurship
  • Soft Systems

 

Courses

Social Entrepreneurship

Participation in projects

  • SDG LABS – Harnessing the potential of the Social Economy towards a green transformation through the establishment of Socially Driven Green Labs within Universities (SGD Labs) Project number: 2021-1-PL01-KA220-HED-000032077 – main coordinator in Czech Republic and researcher (Erasmus+)

Curriculum Vitae

Lukas Valek obtained bachelor´s degree in Financial Management at Faculty of Informatics and Management of the University of Hradec Kralove (FIM, UHK) and master´s degree in Corporate Finance and Business at Faculty of Business and Management of University of Technology Brno. He holds PhD in field of Information and Knowledge Management from FIM, UHK. He is active in non-profit, non-governmental (NGO) sphere since 2010 and focuses on relations between NGOs and business. Since 2012 he is involved in projects of programme Erasmus+ in various roles including consultant for the Czech National Agency. His publishing activities are related mainly to non-mainstream complementary economic systems and further to migration and entrepreneurship. He has long experience in application of methods of non-formal learning in education and in project management, and since 2017 worked as Technology Scout in field of humanities (University of Hradec Kralove).

Selected Publications

  • HENSELLEK, Simon, WEISSWANGE, Jonah, OREL, Marko, VÁLEK, Lukáš, DILLER, Sandra, WEBER, Magdalena. Cowork4EU: Coworking Best Practices for European Universities. [online]. Dortmund : Technical University of Dortmund, 2025. 123 p. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/391974013_Cowork4EU_Coworking_Best_Practices_for_European_Universities.
  • VÁLEK, Lukáš, VANCEA, Mihaela. Bridging the skills gap: Competency development for social and impact enterprises. In: Proceedings of EDULEARN25 Conference, June 30th – July 2nd, 2025, Palma, Mallorca, Spain [online]. Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 02.09.2024 – 04.09.2024. Palma de Mallorca, Spain : EDULEARN25 Conference, 2025, p. 8032–8035. ISBN 978-84-09-74218-9. ISSN 2340-1117. DOI: 10.21125/edulearn.2025.2034. Available also from: https://library.iated.org/view/VALEK2025BRI.
  • DA MATTA, Amanda Aliende, VANCEA, Mihaela, VÁLEK, Lukáš, VÁLKOVÁ TARASOVÁ, Olga. From Theory to Practice: Developing Green Skills Through Social Economy and Higher Education. In: DUHÁČEK ŠEBESTOVÁ, Jarmila, POPESCU, Cristina Raluca Gh. Building a Green Future Through Essential Decision-Making Competencies [online]. Hershey, Pensylvania USA : IGI Global, 2025, p. 513–526. 688 p. ISBN 9798337301891. eISBN 9798337301914. DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-0189-1.ch019. Available also from: https://www.igi-global.com/gateway/chapter/379364.
  • OREL, Marko, VÁLEK, Lukáš, SÁNCHEZ VERGARA, José Ignacio. „Distributed Workforces, Reduced Carbon, Humanized Work”: The Expected Environmental Benefits of Hybrid Work(places). In: Humanizing the Digital Workspace: Creativity, Innovation and Leadership in the Age of Technology [online]. Berlin : Springer Cham, 2025, p. 567–584. 586 p. ISBN 978-3-031-76901-6. eISBN 978-3-031-76902-3. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-76902-3_23.
  • MARKS, Michael B., VÁLEK, Lukáš. A Two-Site Cross-Cultural Case Study of University Educational Models to Prepare Students in Social Work and Business for Positions or Contributors to Social Innovation Development. In: Proceedings of 16th International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC). Bern, Švýcarsko, 02.09.2024 – 04.09.2024. Bern, Švýcarsko : Bern Fachhocschule, 2024. 1 p.
  • VÁLEK, Lukáš, ANDERA, Michal, THOMAS, Rebecca L., VARTIKYAN, Aram. Společenské problémy k řešení pro sociální podnikatele [Social Problems for Social Entrepreneurs to Solve]. [online]. online : SAGE Publications: SAGE Business Cases Originals, 2025. 18 p. ISBN 9781071983669. DOI: 10.4135/9781071983669. Available also from: https://sk.sagepub.com/cases/social-problems-for-social-entrepreneurs-to-solve.
  • VÁLEK, Lukáš. Social Entrepreneurship of Ukrainian refugees in the Czech Republic: Necessity or Opportunity? In: BOLZANI, Daniela, GIUSEPPE, Simone (ed.). Migrant Entrepreneurship: Developments at the Intersection of Policy and Practice. Final conference of the project MIG.EN.CUBE [online]. Bologna, Italy, 11.09.2023 – 14.09.2023. Bologna : Erasmus+ project MIG.EN.CUBE, 2023, p. 41–43. ISBN 9788854971295. DOI: 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/7287.
  • VÁLEK, Lukáš, MARKS, Michael, ANDERA, Michal. A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Two University Educational Models to Prepare Students in Social Work and Business for Positions or Contributors to Social Enterprises and Entrepreneurship. In: 9th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise „Act locally, change globally: Social enterprises and cooperatives for more resilient economies and societies”. Frankfurt am Main, Německo, 11.09.2023 – 14.09.2023. Frankfurt am Main : Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, 2023. 1 p.
  • VÁLEK, Lukáš, BURES, Vladimír, GLUMAC, Olga, KWIATKOWSKI, Mariusz, BAZUN, Dorota, VARTIKYAN, Aram, VARDANYAN, Yevgine, STRISHNA, Alla. Community Building and Co-production: The Face Mask Sewing Initiative at the Dawn of COVID-19. Sociální práce [online]. 2023, vol. 23, no. 4, p. 49–66. eISSN 1805-885X. ISSN 1213-6204. Available from: https://socialniprace.cz/article/community-building-and-co-production-the-face-mask-sewing-initiative-at-the-dawn-of-covid-19/.
  • VÁLEK, Lukáš, SANSONE, Giuliano, ANDERA, Michal, PAOLUCCI, Emilio. The impact of an international tech entrepreneurship education program on entrepreneurial intention. In: KLYVER, Kim, EK-URU, Suphitcha, GAZA, Josephine, JEBSEN, Simon, KORSGAARD, Steffen, MARESCH, Daniela, LOWE NIELSEN, Suna, SOGAARD NIELSEN, Mette, PERRITON, Emma, RAALSKOV, Jesper, SENDEROVITZ, Martin, STORGAARD, Marianne, ADSBOLL WICKSTROM, Kent (ed.). Proceedings for Nordic Conference on Small Business (& Entrepreneurship) 2022 [online]. Kolding, Denmark, 18.05.2022 – 20.05.2022. Kolding, Denmark : University of South Denmark, 2022, p. 15–26. ISBN 978-87-94345-09-5. Available from: https://www.ncsbconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/21st-Nordic-Conference-on-Small-Business-Research-Conference-Proceedings.pdf.
  • VÁLEK, Lukáš. Co-production in social entrepreneurship: many points of view, one result. In: CITTADINI, Silvia, SAVOIA, Francesco, ZOPPI, Marco, BOLZANI, Daniela (ed.). International Conference for Sharing Best Practices: Economic and Social Integration of Refugees and Asylum Seekers through Social Entrepreneurship [online]. Forli, 10.03.2022 – 11.03.2022. Bologna : University of Bologna, 2022, p. 36–38. ISBN 9788854970878. DOI: 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/6895.
  • POTLUKA, Oto, BOČKOVÁ, Nina, MÜLLEROVÁ, Jana, VÁLEK, Lukáš. Pilotní ověření metod pro výzkum adekvátnosti financování zaměstnavatelů zdravotně postižených (ZZP) z rozpočtu ČR [A pilot study of verification of methods for research of adequacy of funding of employers of disabled from the budget of the Czech Republic]. Praha : Vysoká škola ekonomická, 2022. 23 p. Text in Czech.

 

Membership

Since 2016 member of RAMICS (Research Association on Monetary Innovation and Community and Complementary Currency Systems) association.

Since 2015 Alumnus of Czech-German Young Professionals Program