Oto Potluka
Biographic Data
| ID | 4392129 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oto Potluka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oto |
| FAMILY NAME | Potluka |
| SIGNATURE | POTLUKA O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Basel |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9558-9473 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Resilient cities: Civil engagement in public urban spaces
In this research, we aim to identify the factors that have the most significant influence on shaping individuals’ perceptions of their community’s resilience. We assume that different factors are not equally important in people’s subjective perceptions of resilience. Through a qualitative survey conducted across European regions, with 586 responses, we aim to uncover how resilience is perceived and what factors can strengthen communities’ views o…
What evaluation criteria are used in policy evaluation research: A cross-field literature review
This literature review offers a comprehensive overview of the use of evaluation criteria across five policy fields: social services, land-use planning, teaching in higher education, vocational education, and the environment. Though it is a key part of the evaluation process, the question of how criteria are defined, chosen, and applied generates surprisingly little debate among the evaluation community. In evaluation practice, criteria are often …
Intensity of Corporate Social Responsibility Implementation in Czech Companies: The Moderating Role of Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) promote themes closely relating to corporate social responsibility (CSR). However, only a few companies implement CSR. Hence, the internal and external factors that influence companies to implement CSR are worth exploring. Using a sample of 951 mid‐ and large‐sized Czech companies, we examine the internal and external factors that drive CSR implementation. By applying a partial least‐squares structural equation mode…
Digitalization in evaluations and evaluations of digitalization: The changing landscape of evaluations
The rapid advancement of digital technologies, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of accessible artificial intelligence tools, has fundamentally transformed the evaluation landscape. This transformation presents both unprecedented opportunities and significant challenges for the evaluation community. Evaluators face critical questions about the appropriate use of digital technologies: How can we ensure proper application while…
Organisational factors in evaluation use: Results from a survey in five EU countries
This study explores the organisational determinants of evaluation use. It proposes a framework distinguishing between the initial and advanced phases of evaluation practice and predicting what factors determine the type of evaluation use at each phase. Our framework was empirically tested using a survey of 1123 public and non-governmental organisations across five European Union (EU) countries: Czechia, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland.…
Do Formal and Informal Volunteering Compete for Engaged Individuals
In Central Europe, people trust each other less than in Western European countries. According to the common approach to volunteering, this should also mean fewer volunteers available. Our research examines whether two forms of volunteering—formal and informal—compete for engaged individuals in Central Europe. On a sample of 2,034 respondents from Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, we analyzed by structural equation model on how social capita…
Middle-Class Formal Volunteering over Time: Case of Switzerland (2006–2020)
The middle class is considered the most relevant group for formal volunteering. However, the middle class is shrinking, raising the question of the consequences for volunteering in general. Based on four samples of the Swiss Volunteering Survey from 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2019 containing over 5′000 individual responses, we test whether the intensity of middle-class volunteering changes over time. Our results show that the middle class is an essent…
Evaluation of artificial intelligence-enhanced critical infrastructure systems: A conceptual framework
The use of artificial intelligence in Critical Infrastructure Systems has increased substantially, having evolved to become both technically possible and financially beneficial. Yet there is an emerging consensus that the consideration and management of artificial intelligence-related risks in Critical Infrastructure Systems have not been commensurate with its rapid growth. Our surveys have identified that generalised artificial intelligence prin…
EU Cohesion Policy towards territorial cohesion
Despite being one of the main European Union (EU) policy goals, expressed in the EU treaty and expected to be fostered by EU Cohesion Policy, territorial cohesion is still an under-researched scientific concept and policy process. Against this background, this special issue provides novel theoretical and practical perspectives on the relationship between EU Cohesion Policy and territorial cohesion, particularly through the analysis of EU Cohesion…
Evaluation of eHealth assistance in-hospital care for improved quality of life in patients
Health conditions contribute significantly to patients' quality of life. Healthcare infrastructure and healthcare services, including their accessibility, belong to objective factors influencing their perception of their health. The growing disparity between supply and demand for specialized inpatient facilities due to the aging population calls for new solutions, including eHealth technologies. Automatized activities could be taken over by eHeal…
Why and how to use the quality of life as an evaluation criterion
Do voluntary civic engagement and non-profit leadership challenge local political leadership in urban development
EU policies support a place-based approach with the increasing role of local partners in political decision-making. The current crisis of formal political leadership raises the question of whether or not formal leadership is becoming dispersed and informal place leadership can succeed in filling the vacuum. Based on data from the implementation of 58 EU-funded Integrated Urban Development Plans in Czechia, we found that informal leadership is cha…
Creating social innovation in urban development through collaborative processes
Uncertainty is a major factor in urban development as a consequence of a changing society. Major theoretical approaches to urban development, such as place-based leadership or coproduction, emphasize the importance of the public sector. This study aims to enhance the understanding of urban development processes as a collaborative and participatory concept through social innovation. We apply the concept of socially creative milieus to analyze the …
Administrative and organizational capacities of civil society in EU Cohesion Policy
Administrative capacities are among the crucial factors influencing success in European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy absorption. The current research concentrates on the public sector, while administrative capacities in other stakeholders are omitted. Our research focuses on whether local stakeholders from civil society have sufficient capacities to contribute effectively and efficiently to EU Cohesion Policy implementation. We performed our resear…
Do candidates from non-profit organisations who adopt party political values improve their chances of electoral success
This article explores the relationship between the adoption of core party political values and an individual’s electoral prospects. Our survey of 355 local candidates in Prague, Budapest and Bratislava shows that many aspiring politicians, including non-profit leaders, make a strategic calculation to adopt core party values in order to improve their prospects of success in running for election in local government. Their willingness to enter a pol…
Explaining civil society development: A social origins approach
Lester Salamon’s work on the Civil Society Index within the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project started in 1991. Since then, it became the cornerstone of the social origins theory of
Impact of the EU Structural Funds on Financial Capacities of Non-profit Organizations
To fulfil their role, non-profit organizations (NPOs) need sufficient capacities. These include, first and foremost, financial capacity. EU Cohesion Policy commands financial resources of 351.8 bn. EUR. The EU is also willing to support NPOs from this source. With such considerable funding, the research questions arise: How much money have NPOs received? What are the effects of such assistance on the financial capacities of NPOs? On a sample of 2…
Managing European Union Structural Funds: Using a Multilevel Governance Framework to Examine the Application of the Partnership Principle at the Project Level
Potluka O. and Liddle J. Managing European Union Structural Funds: using a multilevel governance framework to examine the application of the partnership principle at the project level, Regional Studies. Multilevel governance is utilized within the context of European Union Cohesion Policy on the relationship between partnerships at the programme and the project level in the Czech Republic. The main research question is: Does the partnership princ…
Explaining civil society development: A social origins approach
Lester Salamon’s work on the Civil Society Index within the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project started in 1991. Since then, it became the cornerstone of the social origins theory of
Impact of the EU Structural Funds on Financial Capacities of Non-profit Organizations
To fulfil their role, non-profit organizations (NPOs) need sufficient capacities. These include, first and foremost, financial capacity. EU Cohesion Policy commands financial resources of 351.8 bn. EUR. The EU is also willing to support NPOs from this source. With such considerable funding, the research questions arise: How much money have NPOs received? What are the effects of such assistance on the financial capacities of NPOs? On a sample of 2…
Creating social innovation in urban development through collaborative processes
Uncertainty is a major factor in urban development as a consequence of a changing society. Major theoretical approaches to urban development, such as place-based leadership or coproduction, emphasize the importance of the public sector. This study aims to enhance the understanding of urban development processes as a collaborative and participatory concept through social innovation. We apply the concept of socially creative milieus to analyze the …
Managing European Union Structural Funds: Using a Multilevel Governance Framework to Examine the Application of the Partnership Principle at the Project Level
Potluka O. and Liddle J. Managing European Union Structural Funds: using a multilevel governance framework to examine the application of the partnership principle at the project level, Regional Studies. Multilevel governance is utilized within the context of European Union Cohesion Policy on the relationship between partnerships at the programme and the project level in the Czech Republic. The main research question is: Does the partnership princ…
Middle-Class Formal Volunteering over Time: Case of Switzerland (2006–2020)
The middle class is considered the most relevant group for formal volunteering. However, the middle class is shrinking, raising the question of the consequences for volunteering in general. Based on four samples of the Swiss Volunteering Survey from 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2019 containing over 5′000 individual responses, we test whether the intensity of middle-class volunteering changes over time. Our results show that the middle class is an essent…
Evaluation of artificial intelligence-enhanced critical infrastructure systems: A conceptual framework
The use of artificial intelligence in Critical Infrastructure Systems has increased substantially, having evolved to become both technically possible and financially beneficial. Yet there is an emerging consensus that the consideration and management of artificial intelligence-related risks in Critical Infrastructure Systems have not been commensurate with its rapid growth. Our surveys have identified that generalised artificial intelligence prin…
Administrative and organizational capacities of civil society in EU Cohesion Policy
Administrative capacities are among the crucial factors influencing success in European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy absorption. The current research concentrates on the public sector, while administrative capacities in other stakeholders are omitted. Our research focuses on whether local stakeholders from civil society have sufficient capacities to contribute effectively and efficiently to EU Cohesion Policy implementation. We performed our resear…
Managing European Union Structural Funds: Using a Multilevel Governance Framework to Examine the Application of the Partnership Principle at the Project Level
Potluka O. and Liddle J. Managing European Union Structural Funds: using a multilevel governance framework to examine the application of the partnership principle at the project level, Regional Studies. Multilevel governance is utilized within the context of European Union Cohesion Policy on the relationship between partnerships at the programme and the project level in the Czech Republic. The main research question is: Does the partnership princ…
Impact of the EU Structural Funds on Financial Capacities of Non-profit Organizations
To fulfil their role, non-profit organizations (NPOs) need sufficient capacities. These include, first and foremost, financial capacity. EU Cohesion Policy commands financial resources of 351.8 bn. EUR. The EU is also willing to support NPOs from this source. With such considerable funding, the research questions arise: How much money have NPOs received? What are the effects of such assistance on the financial capacities of NPOs? On a sample of 2…
Explaining civil society development: A social origins approach
Lester Salamon’s work on the Civil Society Index within the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project started in 1991. Since then, it became the cornerstone of the social origins theory of
Do candidates from non-profit organisations who adopt party political values improve their chances of electoral success
This article explores the relationship between the adoption of core party political values and an individual’s electoral prospects. Our survey of 355 local candidates in Prague, Budapest and Bratislava shows that many aspiring politicians, including non-profit leaders, make a strategic calculation to adopt core party values in order to improve their prospects of success in running for election in local government. Their willingness to enter a pol…
Creating social innovation in urban development through collaborative processes
Uncertainty is a major factor in urban development as a consequence of a changing society. Major theoretical approaches to urban development, such as place-based leadership or coproduction, emphasize the importance of the public sector. This study aims to enhance the understanding of urban development processes as a collaborative and participatory concept through social innovation. We apply the concept of socially creative milieus to analyze the …
Administrative and organizational capacities of civil society in EU Cohesion Policy
Administrative capacities are among the crucial factors influencing success in European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy absorption. The current research concentrates on the public sector, while administrative capacities in other stakeholders are omitted. Our research focuses on whether local stakeholders from civil society have sufficient capacities to contribute effectively and efficiently to EU Cohesion Policy implementation. We performed our resear…
Evaluation of eHealth assistance in-hospital care for improved quality of life in patients
Health conditions contribute significantly to patients' quality of life. Healthcare infrastructure and healthcare services, including their accessibility, belong to objective factors influencing their perception of their health. The growing disparity between supply and demand for specialized inpatient facilities due to the aging population calls for new solutions, including eHealth technologies. Automatized activities could be taken over by eHeal…
Why and how to use the quality of life as an evaluation criterion
Do voluntary civic engagement and non-profit leadership challenge local political leadership in urban development
EU policies support a place-based approach with the increasing role of local partners in political decision-making. The current crisis of formal political leadership raises the question of whether or not formal leadership is becoming dispersed and informal place leadership can succeed in filling the vacuum. Based on data from the implementation of 58 EU-funded Integrated Urban Development Plans in Czechia, we found that informal leadership is cha…
EU Cohesion Policy towards territorial cohesion
Despite being one of the main European Union (EU) policy goals, expressed in the EU treaty and expected to be fostered by EU Cohesion Policy, territorial cohesion is still an under-researched scientific concept and policy process. Against this background, this special issue provides novel theoretical and practical perspectives on the relationship between EU Cohesion Policy and territorial cohesion, particularly through the analysis of EU Cohesion…
What evaluation criteria are used in policy evaluation research: A cross-field literature review
This literature review offers a comprehensive overview of the use of evaluation criteria across five policy fields: social services, land-use planning, teaching in higher education, vocational education, and the environment. Though it is a key part of the evaluation process, the question of how criteria are defined, chosen, and applied generates surprisingly little debate among the evaluation community. In evaluation practice, criteria are often …
Intensity of Corporate Social Responsibility Implementation in Czech Companies: The Moderating Role of Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) promote themes closely relating to corporate social responsibility (CSR). However, only a few companies implement CSR. Hence, the internal and external factors that influence companies to implement CSR are worth exploring. Using a sample of 951 mid‐ and large‐sized Czech companies, we examine the internal and external factors that drive CSR implementation. By applying a partial least‐squares structural equation mode…
Digitalization in evaluations and evaluations of digitalization: The changing landscape of evaluations
The rapid advancement of digital technologies, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of accessible artificial intelligence tools, has fundamentally transformed the evaluation landscape. This transformation presents both unprecedented opportunities and significant challenges for the evaluation community. Evaluators face critical questions about the appropriate use of digital technologies: How can we ensure proper application while…
Organisational factors in evaluation use: Results from a survey in five EU countries
This study explores the organisational determinants of evaluation use. It proposes a framework distinguishing between the initial and advanced phases of evaluation practice and predicting what factors determine the type of evaluation use at each phase. Our framework was empirically tested using a survey of 1123 public and non-governmental organisations across five European Union (EU) countries: Czechia, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland.…
Do Formal and Informal Volunteering Compete for Engaged Individuals
In Central Europe, people trust each other less than in Western European countries. According to the common approach to volunteering, this should also mean fewer volunteers available. Our research examines whether two forms of volunteering—formal and informal—compete for engaged individuals in Central Europe. On a sample of 2,034 respondents from Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, we analyzed by structural equation model on how social capita…
Middle-Class Formal Volunteering over Time: Case of Switzerland (2006–2020)
The middle class is considered the most relevant group for formal volunteering. However, the middle class is shrinking, raising the question of the consequences for volunteering in general. Based on four samples of the Swiss Volunteering Survey from 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2019 containing over 5′000 individual responses, we test whether the intensity of middle-class volunteering changes over time. Our results show that the middle class is an essent…
Evaluation of artificial intelligence-enhanced critical infrastructure systems: A conceptual framework
The use of artificial intelligence in Critical Infrastructure Systems has increased substantially, having evolved to become both technically possible and financially beneficial. Yet there is an emerging consensus that the consideration and management of artificial intelligence-related risks in Critical Infrastructure Systems have not been commensurate with its rapid growth. Our surveys have identified that generalised artificial intelligence prin…
Resilient cities: Civil engagement in public urban spaces
In this research, we aim to identify the factors that have the most significant influence on shaping individuals’ perceptions of their community’s resilience. We assume that different factors are not equally important in people’s subjective perceptions of resilience. Through a qualitative survey conducted across European regions, with 586 responses, we aim to uncover how resilience is perceived and what factors can strengthen communities’ views o…
Political science (11 works) · Business (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (6 works) · Regional development (4 works) · Regional science (4 works) · Regional studies (4 works) · Engineering (3 works)