Mgr. Jindřich Krejčí, Ph.D.

Current position

Research fellow at the Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, head of the Czech Social Science Data Archive (ČSDA), Deputy Director for Scientific and Project Activities of the Institute of Sociology.

Lecturer for the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague.

Professional Career

• Since 1999, Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,  the head of the ČSDA - Czech Social Science Data Archive (formerly Sociological Data Archive), research fellow since 2003.
• Since 1999, Lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague.
• 1998 - 1999, Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, research assistant in the Department of Social Stratification. In 1998 he founded the Sociological Data Archive (SDA) at the Institute of Sociology. SDA is the national research infrastructure centre, which collects, documents and archives data files from social science research projects and promotes their dissemination to make them widely available for secondary use in academic research and for educational purposes.
• 1996 - 1998, Institute for Democracy and European Unity (IDEU).
• 1995 - 1996, Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, research assistant in the Department of Social Stratification.
• 1993 - 1995, RUI, s.r.o., Integrate, a.s.

Other activities

• Since 2013, member of the CESSDA Service Providers Forum, representing ČSDA - Czech Service Provider for CESSDA.
• Since 2013, member of the CESSDA General Assembly.
• Since 2013, member of the editorial board of the Data a výzkum [Data & Research] - peer-reviewed journal on social science methodology.
• Since 2012, member of the Social and Cultural Innovation Strategy Working Group of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI).
• Since 2012, member of the Assembly of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
• Since 2012, member of the Council of users of the e-infrastructure CESNET.
• Since 2011, member of the Council for Large Research Infrastructures at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports.
• Since 2010, coordinator of Czech participation in the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP).
• Since 2007, member of the Council of the Institute of Sociology ASCR.
• 2013 – 2014, member of the Methodology Group of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP).
• 2012 – 2015, member of the Drafting Group for ISSP 2015 Module on Work Orientations IV, International Social Survey Programme.
• Since 2008, member of the editorial board of Naše společnost [Our Society] - journal.
• 2010-2012. Steering Committe CESSDA-ERIC.
• 2009-2011. Thematic Working Group for Social Sciences and Humanities, European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures.
• 2009 - 2011. Chair of the Thematic Working Group for Social Sciences and Humanities preparing Czech Roadmap of Research Infrastructures and its updates, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports.
• 2007 - 2013. Editor in Chief of the Data a výzkum [Data & Research] - peer-reviewed journal on social science methodology.
• Od 2001.
• 2007-2009. Drafting Group for the ISSP 2009 Social Inequalities IV.
• 2004-2006. Drafting Group ISSP 2006 Role of the Government IV.
• 2005-2006. Roadmap Working Group for Social Sciences and Humanities at the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures (ESFRI).
• 2003-2006. Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Sociology ASCR. 
• Since 2006 Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Sociology.