Mgr. Petr Vašát, Ph.D.

Petr Vašát is a social anthropologist interested in urban studies. He works as researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He was a Fulbright-Masaryk Fellow at the Department of Sociology, Columbia University in the City of New York, Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology, Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, and short-term visiting researcher at a number of European universities, such as Durham University or University of Kent. Using various methods and tools, such as ethnography, social networks analysis, photovoice or GPS tracking, his research is focused on the comparative study of architecture/design and poverty, informality and city, and the temporal, spatial, and social dimensions of street culture. He has conducted his research in Czech and Colombian cities. For his work, he was awarded the Otto Wichterle Award in 2018.

• 2008 - 2013: Ph.D., Ethnology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia
• 2006 - 2008: M.A., Social and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia
• 2003 - 2006: B.A., Social and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia