Petr Hlaváček (February 23, 1950 – January 10, 2014) was a Czech shoe expert,[2] university lecturer and researcher.

During his time at the Faculty of Technology[6] he pedagogically led many students and elevated the field of shoes in scientific excellence.

[7] He studied and described paleotic Indian sandals from Fort Rock Cave in Oregon (USA), moccasins from salt mines in Hallstatt (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria), footwear of the Terracotta Army of the First Sovereign Emperor Qin (Lin - tong in Xi'an, China), Byzantine sandals from Istanbul (Turkey), fragments of shoes from the reliquary of St. Maurus (chateau in Bečov nad Teplou, Czech Republic), boots of Albrecht von Wallenstein (Regional Museum Cheb, Czech Republic), footwear of floater from the well at Špilberk (Brno, Czech Republic).

He collaborated on the story sandal from finding the strength Massada (Israel) and fragments of shoes from the Qumran Caves in the West Bank.

Former UNIDO colleague Ivan Král said of Petr Hlavacek: “His positive, constructive approach, and his commitment, integrity and competence, set standards hard to maintain.