Eliska Handlirova

Eliška Handlířová is Head of the Department of Communication and Strategy at CEITEC Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, and Principal Investigator of Alliance4Life, a strategic alliance of twelve life science institutions from eleven Central and Eastern European countries. Her work focuses on institutional strategy, research management professionalisation, organisational culture, and institutional change in research-performing organisations. Alongside her leadership roles, she has led and contributed to several cross-institutional studies on HR development in research organisations, including analyses of how institutional frameworks such as the HR Excellence in Research Award contribute to organisational change. Her experience combines institutional leadership with evidence-based analysis of the mechanisms that enable — or hinder — sustainable change across research organisations operating in diverse national contexts.