Research Areas

• Sociology and Sociocultural Anthropology, Science and Technology Studies (STS), Material Semiotics (actor network theory and related approaches), Qualitative Methods Including Ethnography

• Research topics: alternative medicine; transformation of Czech research and educational institutions, political ecology, science and society (responsible research and innovation), the public value of social sciences

Courses

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Contact Information and Office Hours

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Work Experience

• 2016–present: Department of General Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, associate professor

• 2013–present: editor-in-chief, Czech Sociological Review (English edition)

• 2005–present: Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the CR, v.v.i., researcher

• 2011–2016: Department of General Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, assistant professor

• 2013, 2014: Department of Science and Technology Studies, University of Vienna, Austria, guest professor

• 2001–2004: Center for Theoretical Studies, Charles University/Academy of Sciences of the CR, junior researcher

Education

• 2001–2008: Ph.D., sociology, Charles University, Prague

• 1998–2001: Mgr., sociology, Charles University, Prague

• 1995–1998: Bc., sociology and social policy, Charles University, Prague

Fellowships

• 6–8/2009: Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, The University of Edinburgh, UK

• 11/2004–6/2005: Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society, Graz, Austria

• 8–10/2004: Centre de sociologie de l’innovation, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France  

Memberships

• 2013–present: member of the Grant Agency of the Charles University panel on social sciences

• 2004–present: member of the editorial board of Biograf journal

• 2014: member of evaluation panel H2020-GARRI-2014-1, Horizon 2020, European Commission

• 2014: reviewer for International Social Science Council (ISSC) Transformations to Sustainability Programme

• 2013–2014: member of expert panel, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

• 2013: member of evaluation panel FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2013-1, European Commission

• 2012: member of evaluation panel Gender-2012, European Research Council

• 2011–2012: external expert for the “Future of Science in Society” initiative of the European Science Foundation; http://www.esf.org/research-areas/social-sciences/activities/strategic-activities/the-future-of-science-in-society.html

Research Projects

• 2016 - 2019: European Network for Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (member of Management Committee, COST Action OC-2015-1-19837)

• 2015 - 2017: Medicine Multiple: Ethnography of the interfaces between biomedical and alternative therapeutic practices (principal investigator; Czech Science Foundation)

• from 2015: Strategy AV 21, research topic Responsible research and innovation (guarantor, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)

• 2014 - 2018: Data collection and research services on fundamental human rights issue – FRANET, Lot 3 – Czech Republic (senior expert; European Union Agency for fundamental rights)

• 2011 – 2013: Research project Mass higher education in institutional settings: ethnography of university departments (co-investigator; Czech Science Foundation)

• 2009 – 2011: Research project Tracing knowledge between science and society (principal investigator; Czech Science Foundation)

• 2009 – 2010: Research project Articulations of science policies in research practice and academic path (principal investigator; Science Foundation of the Academy of Sciences CR)

• 2008 – 2011: Research and advocacy project Developing new modes of collaboration between NGOs, the public and the academic sector (Trust for Civil Society in Central & Eastern Europe)

• 2006 – 2008: International research project Knowledge, Institutions and Gender: an East-West Comparative Study (EC, FP 6)

• 2001 – 2004: International research project Analysing public accountability procedures in contemporary European contexts (EC, FP5)