1. Personal details

Name: Bartosz Kurek

Address: Cracow University of Economics

Faculty of Management

Department of Accountancy

Office #215, Ustronie building

ul. Rakowicka 27, 31-510 Kraków, Poland

Telephone: (+48) 603-362-715

E-mail: kurekb@uek.krakow.pl [work]

bartoszkurek@gmail.com [private]

Nationality: Polish

Languages: Polish (native), English (full professional proficiency)

2. Education

2007 Ph.D.in Economic sciences (discipline:Economics, specialization: Accounting)

Cracow University of Economics, Poland

2005 Pedagogical Excellence Programmefor research assistants

Cracow University of Economics, Poland

2004 M.B.A.(specialization: International Business)

Kristianstad University, Sweden

2003 M.Sc. (specialization: Accounting)

Cracow University of Economics, Poland

3a. Professional experience at Cracow University of Economics

01.02.2008 – present Position: Assistant professor

Department of Accountancy

Cracow University of Economics

Responsibilities:

- research

- teaching accounting courses at all educational levels (PhD,MBA, postgraduate,master, bachelor) in Polish and English

- designing accounting courses syllabi in accordance with ACCA accreditation requirements

- supervising MBA, postgraduate, master and bachelor dissertations

- supervising (auxiliary) doctoral dissertations

- service at department, faculty and university level

01.03.2004 - 31.01.2008 Position: Research and teaching assistant

Department of Accountancy

Cracow University of Economics

Responsibilities: research, teaching and service

3b. Professional experience at international level

02.11.2015–28.02.2016 Position: Short-term scholar

V.K. Zimmerman Center for International Education and Research in Accountancy

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IL, USA)

Responsibilities: research

04.01.2008 - 03.05.2008 Position: Visiting professor

Accounting and Taxation Department

Grand Valley State University (MI, USA)

Responsibilities: research and teaching

28.08.2006-02.11.2006 Position: Short-term scholar

Accounting and Taxation Department

Grand Valley State University (MI, USA)

Responsibilities: research

01.01.2005-31.12.2016 Position: Exchange teacher

(one-week stays) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover (Germany – 2015, 2016)

University of Ljubljana (Slovenia – 2014)

Bifrost University (Iceland – 2010)

University of Montenegro (Montenegro –2009)

Corvinus University (Hungary–2006)

Paisley University (UK–2005)

3c. Professional experience at associations and companies

01.03.2013 – present Position: Tutor (freelancer)

Accountants Association in Poland – Institute of Professional Certification for Accountants

Responsibilities: teaching accounting courses (1^st level certificate, 2^ndlevel certificate)

01.02.2010 – present Position: Tutor (freelancer)

BPP Professional Education

Responsibilities: teaching managerial accounting courses (ACCA: F2, F5; CIMA: C1, P1, P2; CIA III)

28.01.2002-19.04.2002 Position: Audit junior

Audit Department

Alliotts Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors (UK)

Responsibilities: internship

4a. Publications summary

• 11 publications in English (including 7 papers in peer reviewed journals, 4 chapters in monographs)
• 32 publications in Polish (including 23 papers in peer reviewed journals, 2 monographs, 5 chapters in monographs and 2 didactic co-authored publications)

4b. Most important recent publications

• Kurek Bartosz [2017], Zawartość informacyjna transakcji pakietowych akcjami na przykładzie rynku głównego Giełdy Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie [The Information Content of Equity Block Trades on the Example of the Main Market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange], Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie, Seria Specjalna: Monografie, Nr 250, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie, Kraków
• Kurek Bartosz [2016], The Information Content of Equity Block Trades on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Conventional and Bootstrap Approaches, “Journal of Forecasting”, Vol. 35, Issue 1, pp. 43-53
• Kurek Bartosz [2014], The Information Content of Equity Block Trades on the Warsaw Stock Exchange: An Estimation of Shares’ Returns with the Usage of Simple Linear Regression and Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines, “Journal of Forecasting”, Vol. 33, Issue 6, pp. 433-454
• Kurek Bartosz [2014], The Impact of Equity Block Trade Transactions on Security Prices. Evidence from Poland, “Research Papers of Wroclaw University of Economics”, No. 325, pp. 71-95
• DobijaMieczysław, Kurek Bartosz [2013], Scientific provenance of accounting, “International Journal of Accounting and Economic Studies”, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 16-24.
• Dobija M., Kurek Bartosz [2013], Towards Scientific Economics, “Modern Economy”, Vol. 4, No. 4, April 2013, pp. 293-304
• Kurek Bartosz, Golec Anna [2013], An Empirical Analysis of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Influence on Long-Term Capital Growth Rates. The S&P’s Indices Case (Chapter 16) [in:] Knowledge-Economy-Society. Global and Regional Challenges of the 21^st Century economy, Paweł Lula, BoguszMikuła, Andrzej Jaki (Eds.), Foundation of the Cracow University of Economics, Cracow, ss. 213-220

5a. Conference presentations (at international level)

• 24^th International Forecasting Financial Markets Conference 2017, Liverpool, UK
• 23^rd International Forecasting Financial Markets Conference 2016, Hannover, Germany
• 22^nd International Forecasting Financial Markets Conference 2015, Rennes, France
• 21^st International Forecasting Financial Markets Conference 2014, Marseille, France
• 20^th International Forecasting Financial Markets Conference 2013, Hannover, Germany
• European Accounting Association 33^rd Annual Congress 2010, Istanbul, Turkey
• European Accounting Association 32^nd Annual Congress 2009, Tampere, Finland
• European Accounting Association 29^th Annual Congress 2006, Dublin, Ireland
• European Accounting Association 28^th Annual Congress 2005, Göteborg, Sweden
• 5^th International Scientific Conference: Knowledge-Economic-Society, 2013, Cracow, Poland
• 2^nd International Scientific Conference: Knowledge-Economic-Society, 2010, Cracow, Poland
• GAT IV General Accounting TheoryConference, 2008, Cracow, Poland
• GAT III General Accounting TheoryConference, 2005, Krakow-Zakopane, Poland
• GAT II General Accounting TheoryConference, 2004, Warsaw, Poland
• International Economic Association 14^th World Congress 2005, Marrakech, Morocco

5b. Conference service

• Member of the Scientific Committee (24^th International Forecasting Financial Markets Conference 2017 and 23^rd International Forecasting Financial Markets Conference 2016)
• Member of the Organizing Committee (GAT IV General Accounting Theory Conference 2008 and GAT III General Accounting Theory Conference 2005),
• Chairing conference session (24^th International Forecasting Financial Markets Conference 2017, 23^rd International Forecasting Financial Markets Conference 2016, European Accounting Association 33^rd Annual Congress 2010, GAT IV General Accounting Theory Conference 2008, Illinois International Accounting Symposium 2008)

6. Reviewer service(ad hoc)

• “Journal of Forecasting”
• “Emerging Markets Finance and Trade”
• “Quantitative Finance”
• “Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence”
• “Theoretical Journal of Accounting” [“ZeszytyTeoretyczneRachunkowości”]
• “Management and Business Administration Central Europe”

7. Grants received

• National Science Center grant OPUS 12 (The information content of monetary penalties imposed by Polish Financial Supervision Authority on companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, 2017-2019)
• Kosciuszko Foundation grant for the research stay in the V.K. Zimmerman Center for International Education and Research in Accountancy at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (The information content of equity block trade transactions on the Warsaw Stock Exchange,2015-2016)
• Ministry of Science and Higher Education grant for research conducted by young scientists (An event study analysis on a stock market - part IV– 2015-2016)
• Ministry of Science and Higher Education grant for research conducted by young scientists (An event study analysis on a stock market - part III – 2014-2015)
• Ministry of Science and Higher Education grant for research conducted by young scientists (An event study analysis on a stock market - part II – 2013-2014)
• Ministry of Science and Higher Education grant for research conducted by young scientists (An event study analysis on a stock market – 2012-2013)
• Ministry of Science and Higher Education grant for research conducted by young scientists (Capital growth rates in S&P’s indices as an indicator for economic crisis – 2011-2012)

8. Teaching ranking at Cracow University of Economics (most current data)

• Ranked as top 1% (among all assistant professors and senior lecturers from all faculties: no. 2 at the Faculty of Management and no. 4 at Cracow University of Economics)

9. Interests

• Sports: swimming, cycling,windsurfing, skiing, nordic walking