I am a social anthropologist interested in urban studies. I work as a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. In recent years, I 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 several European universities, such as Durham University or the University of Kent. Using various methods and tools, such as ethnography, social networks analysis, photovoice, or GPS tracking, my 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. I currently hold a Junior Core Fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Study at Central European University, where I am working on the project "The Politics of Designing Poverty in a Contemporary Globalised World: A Study of Macro-Murals in Colombia."
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Researcher
2017 – present: Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
Assistant Professor
2014 – 2019: Department of Sociology, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove (part time)
Postdoctoral Fellow
2013 – 2016: Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
External Lecturer
2013: Department of Sociology, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove
External Lecturer
2013: Department of Social Sciences, University of Pardubice, Pardubice
Research Assistant
2012: Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Ethnology
2008 – 2013: Department of Anthropology, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen
Mgr. (M.A.) in Social and Cultural Anthropology
2006 – 2008: Department of Anthropology and History, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen
Bc. (B.A.) in Social and Cultural Anthropology
2003 – 2006: Department of Anthropology and History, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen
FELLOWSHIPS
Junior Core Fellow
2020 – 2021: Institute for Advanced Study, Central European University, Budapest
Visiting Research Fellow
2019: Department of Sociology, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá
sponsor: Dr. Oscar Javier Maldonado Castaneda
Fulbright-Masaryk Fellow
2017 – 2018: Department of Sociology, Columbia University in the City of New York
sponsor: Prof. Saskia Sassen
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate
2013: Methodology of Social Sciences, Department of Social Sciences, University of Pardubice (Czech)
Undergraduate
2018: Qualitative Methodology, Department of Sociology, University of Hradec Kralove (Czech)
2016 – 2017: Sociology of Post-socialism, Department of Sociology, University of Hard Kralove (English)
2013 – 2016: Qualitative Methodology, Department of Sociology, University of Hradec Kralove (Czech)
2015: Urban Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Hradec Kralove (Czech language)
2015: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology, Department of Sociology, University of Hradec Kralove (Czech)
2015: Readings of Current Sociological Papers, Department of Sociology, University of Hradec Kralove (Czech)
2014: Research Activities, Department of Sociology, University of Hradec Kralove (Czech)
FUNDING AND AWARDS RECEIVED (COMMON PRICES)
Junior Core Fellowship ($18,200)
2020/2021: Institute for Advanced Study, Central European University, Budapest
Visiting Research Fellowship ($3,500)
2019: Universidad del Rosario, Bogota
Otto Wichterle Award ($13,600)
2018: Czech Academy of Sciences
Fulbright-Masaryk Fellowship ($36,500)
2017/2018: Fulbright Commission Czech Republic
Postdoctoral Support for Internal Resources ($41,600)
2015 – 2016: Czech Academy of Sciences
Research project ($137,500; PI)
2015 – 2017: Czech Science Foundation, project: Time and Space of Homeless Persons in a Post-Socialistic City: A Comparison of Prague and Pilsen (GA15-17540S)
Research project ($1150; PI)
2012: University of West Bohemia, project: Phenomenon of homelessness in the post-socialistic Czech Republic
Research project ($7700; co-investigator)
2011: financed by University of West Bohemia, project: Criminalizing the Poor in Czech Republic: Media, Marginalized Agents and Strategies of Penal State (SGS-2011-074, PI: Marek Jakoubek)
Research project ($12800; co-investigator)
2010: University of West Bohemia, project: Social Networks and Strategy of Homeless within Urban Space (SGS-2010-023, PI: Ladislav Tousek)
Jan Hus Foundation Scholarship ($3,000)
2013: Jan Hus Educational Foundation, Czech Republic
Talent Scholarship ($500)
2012: Motivation grant, University of West Bohemia
Freemover Scholarship ($750)
2011: University of West Bohemia, Pilsen
Research project ($1000; individual researcher)
2009: Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, University of West Bohemia, project: Homelessness in Micro/macro Perspective
Talent Scholarship ($500)
2008: Motivation Grant University of West Bohemia, Pilsen