PhDr. Radim Hladík
EDUCATION
2007 Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences
- Sociology, research doctorate (Ph.D.) program, ongoing
October 2007 Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences
- First-degree doctorate (PhDr.) awarded in Media and Mass Communication
2004-2006 Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences
- Media Studies major, Master's program
- Mgr. degree (M.A. equivalent) awarded in 2006, Summa Cum Laude
June-July 2005 Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
- Institute on Political Journalism: certified summer program
July 2004 Institut de Touraine, Tours, France
- intensive French language course
2003-2004 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
- Program in International Education: one-year, non-degree exchange program
2000-2003 Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences
- Journalism major, undergraduate program
- Bc. degree (B.A. equivalent) awarded in 2003, Summa Cum Laude
1999-2000 Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law
- Law major, Master's program, studies discontinued without a degree
WORK EXPERIENCE
2008-present researcher (part-time since April 2008)
- The Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Jílská 1, 110 00 Prague 1
• - The Centre for Science, Technology, and Society Studies
- independent researcher and editor of the Theory of Science journal
2006-2007 Officer-Specialist at the European Affairs Unit (Oct. 2006 – Oct. 2007)
- Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Karmelitská 7, 118 12 Prague 1
• - Preparations of the Czech EU Presidency - training, logistics, and content
- National Lifelong Learning Strategy coordinator
- Representative at the Education and Training workgroup of the European Commission’s & Education Committee of the Council of the EU
- Organizing conferences and seminars, updating website, office duties
2005 Editor (2 months, full-time)
internship - Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, DC, USA
• Construction Labor Report: researching and writing articles for publication
2004 Research Assistant (4 months, part-time)
- Bard College, Department of Sociology, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
• Manuscript editing (Donnelly, M. a Straus, M. A. (eds.): Corporal Punishment of Children in Theoretical Perspective. New Haven. Yale University Press, 2005.), research, handling administrative work
2002-2003 Student-Editor (6 months, part-time)
internship - The New Presence - political and cultural quarterly, Národní 11, 110 00 Prague 1
• Assisting in office duties, researching and writing articles for publication
continuously translating (reversibly: English-Czech); articles in the printed media (e.g. A2, Přítomnost, Rock&Pop); project management („Na stopě“ - website project of the Czech Business Representation); assisting administration and teaching at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Charles University
HONORS AND AWARDS
• Dean's Special Praise for Outstanding Master's Diploma Thesis, FSV UK, 2006
• The Fund for American Studies Scholarship, Georgetown University, 2005
• Program in International Education - Hanzelka Scholarship, Bard College, 2003-4
• Dean's Special Praise for Outstanding Bachelor's Diploma Thesis, FSV UK, 2003
• Award for Contribution to Significant Activities of the Faculty, FSV UK, 2001
SKILLS & EXTRACURRICURAL ACTIVITIES
Selected publications: ● “Skutečný autor Bílé knihy”. (On the Higher Education Reform). In A2, no. 47, 2007.
● Review: Star Trek: Technologies of Disappearance. Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies [online].
< http://rccs.usfca.edu/bookinfo.asp?BookID=319&ReviewID=390>.
● coauthor in Končelík, J.; Trampota, T. et al.: Deník Rudé Právo v kontextu reforem pozdních 60. let: Metodologické poznámky ke kvantitativní analýze. (The Rudé právo daily in the context of reforms of the late 1960s). In Prague Social Science Studies, MED-008, 2006.
● “Charita, která se vyplatí” (On social enterpreneurship). In Přítomnost, fall, 2002.
● “Ideální komodita” (On commodification of culture) . In Přítomnost, spring, 2003.
In print:
● Exhibition review: “Bůh chraň historii” (Exhibition of the 1970s fashion in Czechoslovakia). Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review.
● Review: „Sztompka, Piotr. Vizuální sociologie: Fotografie jako výzkumná metoda. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2007.“ In Teorie vědy, vol. 30, 2008, no. 2.
● withChelsea Mozen, “Prague IMF and World Bank Protests ”. In Ness, Immanuel (ed.): The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest:1500 to the Present. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.
Languages: English - fluent (TOEFL score 300, computer based test, 2005)
French – avancé 2 (course level completed at the French Institute of Prague, summer 2007)
Computers: Biblioscape, Dreamweaver, MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, PS2000, SPSS, Atlas.ti
Other: Volunteer for Association 2000, a non-profit collective running an infoshop in Prague. Activities included: lectures, debates, screenings, library. (2001-2006).