PhDr. Alena Křížková, Ph.D.

Education

2007 PhD. Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University, Prague.

2007 PhDr. Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University, Prague.
1999 Master, Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University, Prague.
1997 Bc., Sociology and Social Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University, Prague.

Focus

Alena Křížková is head of the Gender and Sociology Department at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. She uses qualitative and quantitative methods and develops an intersectional approach to the study of social inequalities. Her research focuses on economic and social justice, the gender pay gap, work-life balance, the production of inequality in organisations, entrepreneurship and innovation, and technological change. She was a Fulbright Scholar at Arizona State University for comparative CZ-US research on entrepreneurship environment for disadvantaged populations and gender equality. She is an expert in the "Scientific analysis and advice on gender equality in the EU" (SAAGE) for the European Commission, a board member of the Global Women's Entrepreneurship Policy network (https://www.globalwep.org/about) and a member of the Comparative Organisational Inequality Network (https://www.umass.edu/coin/).

Foreign Study Visits and Internships

2021 Visiting researcher at Ljubljana University (6 months)

2014 - 2015 Fulbright fellowship at Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA, School of Justice and Social Inquiry (invited by Prof. Nancy Jurik, 6 months)

2009 Visiting researcher at the University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom, Bristol Business School (invited by Prof. Anna Pollert)

2009 Visiting researcher at Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA, School of Justice and Social Inquiry (invited by Prof. Nancy Jurik, 3 weeks)

2007 – 2008 Visiting researcher at University of Oslo, Norway, Department of Sociology and Human Geography (invited by Prof. Geir Høgsnes, 10 months)

2007 Visiting scholar at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, France (1 month).

2006 Visiting scholar at University of California, Berkeley, USA, Sociology Department and Women’s Studies Department (invited by Prof. Trond Petersen and Prof. Barrie Thorne, 2 months).

2006 Visiting scholar at Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA, The School of Justice & Social Inquiry and Women and Gender Studies Department (invited by Dr. Nancy Jurik, 1 week).

2004 – 2005 Marie Curie Fellowship, European Commission, “In-depth training in sociological practices”, IRESCO (CNRS) Paris, departments: GERS, LASMAS, France (invited by Helena Hirata, 5 months)

2004 Visiting scholar at McGill University, Montréal, Canada, Sociology Department (invited by Assistant Prof. Elaine Weiner, 2 weeks)

2004 Visiting scholar at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, Centre of the Comparative European Studies (invited by Prof. Joanna Regulska, 2 weeks)

2004 Study at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris within the framework of inter-institutional academic agreements (invited by Rose-Marie Lagrave, 5 weeks)

2003 Study at the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Sociology within the framework of inter-institutional academic agreements (2 weeks)

2003 French government scholarship at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, France (invited by Rose-Marie Lagrave, 5 months)

2002 Fellowship at University of Toulouse – Le Mirail, EU-funded Advanced Research Training Network Project “Women in European Universities” – 5^th Framework program of the EC, Équipe Simone-Sagesse, Toulouse, France (invited by Nicky LeFeuvre, 3 months).

2001 Study at London School of Economics and Political Science within the framework of inter-institutional academic agreements (2 weeks)

2000 Study at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris within the framework of inter-institutional academic agreements (5 weeks)

Medallion

• Editorial board member of Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research journal
• Country expert in the Scientific Analysis and Advice for Gender Equality Network of Experts for European Commission
• Executive team member of Global Women´s Entrepreneurship Policy Network