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sárka Laboutková is Associate Professor at the Economics Department of the Faculty of Economics at the Technical University of Liberec (TUL), Czech Republic. Her research activity is primarily focused on the theory of impact of non-economic factors on decision-making in public policy, especially lobbying. She is an author of many journal articles and co-author of the first Czech comprehensive publication on lobbying, and regularly cooperates with anti-corruption NGOs as well as professional associations of lobbyists.
Vít simral currently serves as a Councillor of the City of Prague responsible for education, sports, science, and business development. Before entering politics he was a member of several anti-corruption bodies in Europe, both NGOs and in the public sector. He remains a part-time member of the Czech academia, carrying out research or teaching at the University of Hradec Králové and the Technical University of Liberec. His academic research focuses on issues of corruption, public procurement, political funding, and lobbying. Among his most recent works are chapters in Corruption and Norms: Why Informal Rules Matter (2018) and The Handbook of Political Party Funding (2018).
Petr Vymetal is Assistant Professor at the Political Science Department of the Faculty of International Relations at the University of Economics in Prague, Czech Republic. His main field of research is lobbying and interest representation, political parties' funding and campaign financing, corruption and the political-economic factors influencing economic policy. He is the co-author of the first Czech comprehensive publication on lobbying. He collaborates with anti-corruption civil sector organizations and is a member of working group on lobbying at the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic.