Research Interests:

Political sociology (theory of democracy, civic engagement, transformations in societies of post-communist countries, politics and religion)
History of Czech sociology
General sociology

Professional Background

• 2014 – now: Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University Prague
• 2012 – 2013: external lecturer, Department of Sociology
• 2010 – 2013: researcher, Value Orientation in Society Department, Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
• 2009: completed PhD program in Sociology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University Prague, and PhD program in Politology, Paris Institute of Political Studies
• 2003 – now: teaching sociology at the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (Music Management Programme)
• 2003 – 2006 Assistant Professor at Department Sociology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University Prague (Fundamentals of Sociology, Trust and Democracy, New Developments in Sociology)
• 2001 – 2009: PhD program, Department of Study of Social Structure, Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
• 2002 – 2003 PhD program, French Research Center in Humanities and Social Sciences (CEFRES), Prague
• 2001, Master of Arts in Sociology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University Prague

Academic Stays Abroad

•  Paris Institute of Political Studies (IEP) (2003 –2006)
• EHESS Centre for the Study of Social Movements (CEMS) (June 2006)
• Yale University, USA – study stay (August – December 2006)

Membership and Posts in Academic Institutions, Boards and Committees

• member of the organization committee of the Theoretical Section of the Czech Masaryk Sociological Association
• academic supervisor of the editorial line Fundamentals of Sociology of the Sociological Publishing House (SLON)
• vice-president of the Academic YMCA in the Czech Republic
• member of the ASFR – French Association for Social Sciences of Religion