Professor Pavel Nováček
Pavel Nováček, Ph.D. is
Head of the Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Science,
Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
He specializes in environmental/development issues
and sustainability studies.
Since 1998, Pavel has been Member of the Planning Committee and
Chairman of the
Central European Node of the WFUNA Millennium Project (Washington,
D.C.). This project explores global futures by interviewing and
surveying
individuals, who work for corporations, universities, NGOs, UN
organizations, and governments around the world. He has been
coordinator of two special studies of the WFUNA Millennium Project:
Global Partnership for Development (published in 2002) and Marshall Plan
for Haiti (published in English and French in
2008).
He authored
Towards Sustainable Development and Global Governance
through the Global Marshall Plan,
Strategy of Sustainable Development for the Czech Republic,
A sustainable future for the Czech Republic: transition and human
values, and
Křižovatky budoucnosti,
and coauthored
Sustainable development assessment: quality and sustainability of
life
indicators at global, national and regional level,
Marshall plan for Haiti: initial project of the global partnership for
development, and
Quality and Sustainability of Life Indicators at International,
National
and Regional Levels.
Pavel earned his RNDr. (equivalent to a MSc.) in Environmental
Protection at
Palacky University, Czech Republic in 1985.
He earned his CSc. (equivalent to a Ph.D.) at the Institute of Landscape
Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic in
1992. He was
University of Constantine Philosopher, Nitra, Slovak Republic
Associated Professor from 2003 to 2005.