Mgr. Bc. Jakub Fořt ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** I hold a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, and degree in biology from the Faculty of Science, Charles University. I am currently pursuing in both disciplines. I work as a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities, Cha and at the National Institute of Mental Health. My research focuses on human sexual orientation, integrating theoretical perspectives and approaches from both biology and psychology. I investigate differences in personality and across individuals of different sexual orientations, while also studying the biological me underlying the development of non-heterosexuality. ****************************************************************************************** * Contact Information and Office Hours ****************************************************************************************** E-mail: jakub.fort(zavinac)fhs.cuni.cz [ MAIL "jakub.fort(zavinac)fhs.cuni.cz"] Office hours: based on previous e-mail appointment ****************************************************************************************** * Research Areas ****************************************************************************************** sexual orientation evolutionary approaches to human sexuality social psychology ****************************************************************************************** * Education and Work Experience ****************************************************************************************** • 2026-present – Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Department of Psychology and L assistant professor • 2025-present – National Institute of Mental Health, Center for Sexual Health and Interve researcher • 2024-2025 – Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Department of Psychology and Life lecturer • 2023-present – Faculty of Science, Charles University, Department of Zoology, doctoral p PhD thesis: Role of maternal immunity in etiology of human sexual orientation • 2023-present – Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Department of Psychology, doctoral p and Health Psychology, PhD thesis: Sexual and romantic orientation and their correlates ****************************************************************************************** * Grants ****************************************************************************************** • 2025-present – co-investigator of GAČR project Nr. 25-16933S (The influence of gender no minority stress and well-being in individuals of diverse sexual orientations) • 2022-2024 – principal investigator of GAUK project Nr. 282422 (Psychological factors ass self-perceived attractiveness in gay and straight men) ****************************************************************************************** * Selected publications ****************************************************************************************** • Fořt, J., Valentova, J. V., Hudáčová, K., Kunc, B., & Havlíček, J. (2025). An evolutiona perspective on homosexuality: Testing the sexually antagonistic genes hypothesis through fertility analysis. Evolution and Human Behavior, 46(1), 106649. https://doi.org/10.1016 j.evolhumbehav.2024.106649 [ URL "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.106649"] • Tureček, P., Fořt, J., & Flegr, J. (2025). Crusaders, monks and family fortunes: Evoluti models of male homosexuality and related phenomena. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Sciences, 292(2042), 20242756. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2756 [ URL "https://doi rspb.2024.2756"] • Csajbók, Z., Fořt, J., & Kearns, P. B. (2025). Trajectories of depressive symptoms of mo and fathers over 11 years. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 34. https://doi.org/10 s2045796025000174 [ URL "https://doi.org/10.1017/s2045796025000174"] • Csajbók, Z., Fořt, J., Jonason, P. K., Havlíček, J., Binter, J., & Štěrbová, Z. (2025). creating homogamy in depressiveness in couples: A longitudinal study from Czechia. Scien 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-93065-7 [ URL "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598- • Fořt, J., Kunc, B., Valentova, J. V., Bártová, K., & Hudáčová, K. (2024). Examining the order effect and sexual orientation: Insights from an East European population. Archives Behavior, 53(8), 2905–2922. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-02892-8 [ URL "https://do s10508-024-02892-8"] • Fořt, J., Flegr, J., Kuba, R., & Kaňková, Š. (2024). Fertility of Czech gay and straight women, and their relatives: Testing the sexually antagonistic gene hypothesis. Archives Behavior, 53(5), 1747–1761. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-02827-3 [ URL "https://do s10508-024-02827-3"] • Valentova, J. V., Fořt, J., Freudenfeld, P., Varella, M. A. C., Amaral, B. H., & Havlíče Different subgroups of homosexuality: Great ideas, little evidence, promising future. Ar Behavior, 52(7), 3013–3018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02548-z [ URL "https://do s10508-023-02548-z"] • Fořt, J., & Kaňková, Š. (2021). Etiologie a evoluční teorie mužské homosexuality [Etiolo Evolutionary Theories of Male Homosexuality]. Československá psychologie, 65, 537–557. h doi.org/10.51561/cspsych.65.6.537 [ URL "https://doi.org/10.51561/cspsych.65.6.537"]