Milan Pospíšil, UCT Prague

Prof. Milan Pospíšil has been the rector of UCT Prague since January 1, 2024, having spent his entire professional career at this institution. Since 1987, he has taught and conducted research at the Department of Petroleum Technology and Alternative Fuels. He served as the vice-dean of the Faculty of Environmental Technology (2002–2007), vice-rector for research and development (2008–2011), and vice-rector for strategies and development (since 2012). He gained experience in higher education management as vice-chair (2015–2017) and chair (since 2018) of the Council of Higher Education of the Czech Republic. Furthermore, he was the main expert guarantor for the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport’s IPN KREDO grant on higher education management strategy (2012–2015). He was a member of the same ministry’s expert team that prepared the Czech Education Strategy 2030+ and the Higher Education Strategy 2021+. He is a member of the Government Council for the Sustainable Development of the Czech Republic (since 2019).