Research Areas

• Values, Norms and Quality of Life

• Social Problems, Especially Homelessnes and Social Inclusion

• Regions as the Socal and Cultural (Value) Units

• Universities as the Social Institutions and Groups

• University Students and Their Values Orientations

Courses

See SIS.

Contact Information and Office Hours

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Education

• 2003: PhD – Charles University

• 1966: Prague School of Economy, graduated

• 1964–1969: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague – extraordinary study

Work Experience

• 2000–present: Asisstent professor and scientific worker, Faculty of Humanities Charles University, Prague

• 2008–2017: Center for study of Universities Prague, Scientific worker

• 2000–2010: Center fo social and economical stratgies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles Unversity, Prague, scientificc worker.

• 1994–2000: Technical University Liberec , lecturer of sociology.

• 1992–2000: Privat firm for the socioalogical researches POINT  Ltd., Praha, director of research, owner.

• 1989–1992: Republical Center of Civic Forum Prague (head of the managerial departement, director).

• 1970–1989: out of the possibilities of work in sociology (after occupation of Czechoslovakia by the armies of Warsaw Pact.) – working in the building trade.

• 1967–1970: Institut of social and political Studies, Charles University Prague.

Publications (selection)

• Prudký L. /ED./, Šmídová M., Vojtíšková K., 2016. Periferie, kraje, hodntoy. (Možnosti perfierních krajů na cestě za dobrými hodnotami). [Peripheries, Regions, Values] Brno: CDK

• Prudký L.. 2014. Rozvoj osobnosti vysokoškoláků jako součást kvality výuky. [Development of the personality od university students like the part of the quality of the school teaching]. Brno: CDK

• Prudký L., Pabian P., Šima K.,2010.  České vysoké školství [Czech universities]. Praha: Grada

• Prudký L., Šmídová M., 2010. Kudy ke dnu. Praha: Socioklub

• Prudký L. and others, 2010. Values, Stratification, transformation. Praha: Cenek

• Prudký L. /Ed./. 2010. Tehdy a teď/then and now. Praha: Cenek

• Prudký L. and others. 2009. Studie o hodnotách [Studies about the Values]. Praha: Cenek

• Prudký L.. and others, 2009: Inventura hodnot. [Stocktaking of the Values] Praha:  Academia

• Prudký L., 2004. Hodnoty a normy v české společnosti – stav a vývoj v posledních letech. [Values and Norms in the Czech Society int he last years] Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM.

• Prudký L., P. Aracic, K. Nikodem, F. Šanjek, F. W. Zdaniewicz, und M. Tomka. 2001. Religion und Kirchen in Ost (Mittel) Europa: Tschechien, Kroatien, Polen. Ostfildern: Schwabenverlag

• Swianiewicz P. (ed.), 2001.Public Perception of  Local Governments. (chapter Public Perception of Local Governemt in the Czech republic, with Borecký  J., str. 41 – 114), Budapest: Open Society Institute