Dr Oskar Kosch, Assistant Professor

Assistant professor in the Department of Strategic Analysis. Research and teaching employee at the Cracow University of Economics since 2019. Graduate of UEK in the fields of Economics, and Organization and Management, graduate of the Faculty Individual Educational Pathway (WISE). Member of the European Academy of Management (since 2019), participant in research projects related to computer-aided research methods in management sciences. An absolute supporter of OpenSource, he uses R himself.

Research interests
The expanding body of scientific knowledge is the result of the significant development of science as a field of human activity. This development stems from the desire to know the world and is based on rigorous methods that should bring answers to the questions posed by humanity; each answer also contributes to the information overload. Leveling the information overload can be made more effective with computer-assisted research methods. Since even mathematics needs computers to develop theories, other fields of knowledge can certainly benefit from their skillful integration into the research workshop of scientists.

A second research interest is the analysis of social networks – whole graphs, as well as its parts and individual nodes. I am the author of one of the new measures of centrality – structural neutrality of nodes.

Recent publications:

• Kosch, O., Szarucki, M., & Skačkauskienė, I. (2023). Global and national visibility of management research methodology scholars – the case of Poland. Business: Theory and Practice, 24(1), 227–238. https://doi.org/10.3846/btp.2023.18655
• Mirzyńska, A., Kosch, O., Schieg, M., Šuhajda, K., & Szarucki, M. (2021). Exploring concomitant concepts in the discussion on the circular economy: A bibliometric analysis of web of science, scopus and twitter. Technological and Economic Development of Economy, 27(6), 1539–1562. https://doi.org/10.3846/tede.2021.15801
• Kosch, O., & Szarucki, M. (2020). Transatlantic Affiliations of Scientific Collaboration in Strategic Management: a Quarter-Century of Bibliometric Evidence. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 21(3), 627–646. https://doi.org/10.3846/jbem.2020.12395
• Kosch, O., & Szarucki, M. (2021). An Overview of 25 Years of European Scientific Collaboration in the Field of Strategic Management: A Bibliometric Analysis. European Management Review, 18(1), 51–69. https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12401

Selected conference proceedings:

• Kosch, O., & Szarucki, M. (2020). Looking for the Shape of Strategic Management Field-The Numbers Do Not Lie. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020(1), 18354.
• Kosch, O., & Szarucki, M. (2021). A model for custom bibliographic databases creation: Machine learning approach for analogue documents inclusion. 18th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2021, 573–584.
• Szarucki, M., & Kosch, O. (2022). Are They Replicable and Transparent? Insights from Search Strategies for SLRs. Academy of Management Annual Meeeting Proceedings, 2022.
• Kosch, O., & Szarucki, M. (2022). A literature scarcity paradox in management: an analysis of systematic literature review search strategies. European Academy of Management Annual Conference, 1–26.