Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Highest completed education

1971 sociology & philosophy at Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague

Field of specialisation

Sociology of local community, sociological aspects of local government and local politics, social networks .

Teaching activities

• 1994 - 2003 Faculty of Social Economy of the University of Jan Evangelista Purkyne in Ústí n. L.: Community Studies, Local Administration and Self-Administration, Transformation of Public Administration

• 1992 - 1994 Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University in Prague: Community Studies

• 1994 - Faculty of Economics and Management of the Czech University of Agriculture in Prague: Rural Sociology-seminar

Foreign scholarships, fellowships or other academic study abroad

• 1990, 1992. 2 x 1 month at the Dept.of Social Geography of the University.of Amsterdam, under the bilateral project REG-LOG of the University of Amsterdam
• 1992. 1 month at the University of Bergen, Stipendium of the Norwegian scientific foundation NAVF

Membership or position in academic committees, boards, and institutions

• 1997-2000 Committee of Masaryk' s Czech Sociological Society
• 1999-2003 member of the discipline branch 7 of the Grant Agency of the Ac. of Sc.
• 2001 Board of experts of the project "Partnership for development", řešitel Centrum pro komunitní práci
• 2001-2004 member of the Board of science popularisation of the Ac. of Sc.
• Since 2002 member of the discipline branch for PhD Studies at Faculty of Economics and Management of the Czech University of Agriculture in Prague Praze