Education | Professional Experience | Research Focus | Awards and Grants | Additional Training | Teaching     

   Education

• 2008 - present: Ph.d. program, Political Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (Dissertation focused on contextual determinants of political participation)
  
• 2006 - 2008: Master’s Degree, Political Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (Thesis: Political Participation in Post-Communist Countries), with distinction       
  
• 2003 - 2006: Bachelor’s Degree, Political Science and Sociology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (Thesis: Women's Movement in the Czech Republic after 1989), with distinction               
  

• 2009 - present: Researcher, Project PIDOP (Processes Influencing Democratic Ownership and Participation), Seventh Framework Programme, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
• 2008 - present: Researcher, Institute for Comparative Political Research, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
• 2005 - 2008: Analyst, Institute for Comparative Political Research, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
  

• political behavior
• social movements and civil society
• methodology of social science, research methods (good at SPSS, basics of STATA, HLM, Atlas)
  

• 2008: Dean's award, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
• 2008: Individual Mobility Grant, EEA/Norwegian Financial Mechanism Fund, National Agency for European Educational Programmes, Czech Republic
  
• 2007: Award for the best student in Master's degree, Political Science, for academic year 2006/2007, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
  
• 2005: Award for the best student in Bachelor's degree, Political Science, for academic year 2004/2005, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
  
• 2005: Award for the best student in Bachelor's degree, Sociology, for academic year 2004/2005, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
  

• Course Introduction to Multilevel Models with Applications, 42nd Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection, 13 - 24 July 2009, University of Essex
• PhD summer school course Research Design, lecturer professor Barbara Geddes, Oslo Summer School in Comparative Social Science Studies, 21 - 25 July 2008, University of Oslo

• Politická a sociální hnutí [Political and Social Movements], BA program, fall 2008, 2009
• Politická participace a volební chování [Political Participation and Voting Behavior], BA program, spring 2009
• Workshop - výzkum v politických vědách [Workshop - Political Science Research], BA program, fall 2009
• Politické postoje a veřejné mínění [Political attitudes and Public Opinion], MA program, fall 2009
• Politické chování [Political Behavior], MA program, spring 2010
• Workshop on Social, Political and Welfare Values [statistical lab training assistant], MA program, spring 2009
• Metodologie bezpečnostních a strategických studií [Methodology of Security and Strategy Studies], BA program, spring 2009
• Koncepty a metodologie v politologii [Concepts and Methodology in Political Science], MA program, spring 2009
• Letní škola “jak na výzkum v sociálních vědách” [Summer School Research Design], summer 2009