Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Hybernská 8, 110 00 Praha, ČR
Tel.: +420 221 403 902
E-mail: chrz@praha.psu.cas.cz
Current scientific interests
- narrative psychology
- interpretation in qualitative research
- psychology of art
Education
| 1996 - 1998 | Ph.D. study program (general and pedagogical psychology) Dept. of Psychology, Philosophical faculty, Charles University, Prague |
| 1987 - 1995 | MA study program (general psychology) Dept. of Psychology, Philosophical faculty, Charles University, Prague |
Professional practice
| since 1995 | research associate at the Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
| since 2000 | lecturer at Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Charles University, Prague |
Research projects
| 2012 - 2014 | Complexity as an expression of the psychological life of an individual (Grant agency of Czech Republic) |
| 2009 - 2011 | Analysis of TAT stories: qualitative and quantitative approaches (Grant agency of Czech Republic) |
| 2006 - 2008 | Analysis of text as research and diagnostic tool (Grant agency of Czech Republic) |
| 2002 - 2004 | Stability, variability, and prediction of psychical characteristics in adulthood: continuing a longitudinal research of children (Grant agency of Academy of Sciences) |
| 2000 - 2001 | Narrative construction of identity (Grant agency of Academy of Sciences) |
| 1997 - 1998 | Metaphorical conceptualization of political problematic (Grant agency of Academy of Sciences) |
Selected publications
Chrz, V. (1996): Psychology of metaphor I: Metaphor from the standpoint of psychology of unconsciousness, neobehaviorism and neogestaltism (in Czech). Ceskoslovenska psychologie, 40, 2, 103-114.
Chrz, V. (1996): Psychology of metaphor II: Metaphor from the standpoint of cognitive psychology (in Czech). Ceskoslovenska psychologie, 40, 3, 217-227.
Chrz, V. (1999). Metaphors in politics (in Czech). PsU AV CR, Praha, 169 p.
Chrz, V. (2000): Cognitive function metaphors in politics (in Czech). Ceskoslovenska psychologie, 44, 1, 11-25.
Čermák, I., Chrz, V. (2005): What is Life Story Genre? In: N. Kelly, Ch. Horrocks, K. Milnes, B. Roberts, D. Robinson (eds.): Narrative Memory and Everyday Life, University of Huddersfield Press, Huddersfield, 49-57.
Chrz, V., Čermák, I. (2005): Genres of stories we live by (in Czech). Ceskoslovenska psychologie, 49, 6, 481-495
Chrz, V., Čermák, I., Plachá, V. (2006): Understanding the experience of patients with breast cancer: the narrative approach (in Czech). Ceskoslovenska psychologie (2006), 50, 6, 507-521.
Chrz, V., Čermák, I., Plachá, V. (2006): Cancer, Finitude and Life Configuration. In: K. Milnes, Ch. Horrocks, N. Kelly, B. Roberts, D. Robinson (eds.): Narrative, Memory and Knowledge. University of Huddersfield Press, Huddersfield, 149-158.
Chrz, V., Čermák, I. (2007): Genre as a tool of interpretation. The individual in the context of culture. Ceskoslovenska psychologie. Supplement, 51, 70-79.
Čermák I., Chrz, V., Zábrodská, K. (2007): "4.48 Psychosis" as a Suicide Note of Sarah Kane? In: D. Robinson, N. Kelly, K. Milnes (eds.): Narrative and Memory. University of Huddersfield Press, Huddersfield, 111-119.
Chrz, V. (2007): Potential of Narrative Approach in Psychological Research (in Czech). PsU AV CR, Praha, 152 p.
Chrz, V., Čermák, I. (2008): „Ordinary Life“ as Polyphonic Composition. In D. Robinson, P. Fisher, N. Gilzean, T. Lee, S.J. Robinson, P. Woodcock (eds.) Narratives and Fictions: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Huddersfield, University of Huddersfield, 1-8.
Hiles, D., Čermák, I., Chrz, V. (2009) Narrative Oriented Inquiry: A Dynamic Framework for Good Practice. In: Robinson, D., Fisher, P., Yeadon-Lee, T., Robinson, S.J., Woodcock, P. (eds.), Narrative, Memory, and Identities. Huddersfield, University of Huddersfield, 53-65.
Chrz, V. (2009): Narrative imagination and metaphor (in Czech). Ceskoslovenska psychologie, 53, 4, 325-335.
Hiles, D.R., Cermák, I. & Chrz, V. (2010): Exploring human narrative intelligence with NOI. Chapter 8 in: D. Robinson, P. Fisher, T. Yeadon-Lee, S.J. Robinson, & P. Woodcock (eds.), Narrative, Memory and Ordinary Lives. Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield Press, p.107-121.
Chrz, V. (2010) Genre as tool of interpretation (in Czech). In: Miovský, M., Čermák, I., Chrz, V. (eds.) Art in science and science in art: Methodological imaginations. Praha, Grada, 295-314.
Chrz, V. (2010) Dialogical acting: the search for conceptual framework (in Czech). Biograf, 51, 65-87.
Chrz, V. (2010) Constitutive contradictions of dialogical acting and their anthropological generalization (in Czech). Theatralia, 13, 2, 56-77.
