PhDr. Jan Vávra, Ph.D.

Education

Culturology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague

2012 PhD / 2009 PhDr. (MA extension) / 2008 MA

Focus

Environmental sociology, Alternative food systems, agriculture, gardening, Carbon footprint of households, Regional development

Teaching Activities

Faculty of Social and Economic Studies, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem: since 2021 Society, ethics and environment (PhD, in Czech)

Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice: 2015-2020 Sociology (BA) 2016-2020 Sociology and methodology of research (MA, both in Czech)

Charles University in Prague/Council on International Educational Exchange: 2011-2018 European Environmental Studies (BA, in English)

Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague: 2011 Contemporary Cultural Ecology (ERASMUS, in English)

Foreign Study Visits and Internships

2014 Open University (2 weeks)

2014 University of Oslo (2 weeks)

2013 University of Missouri, Department of Rural Sociology (3 months)

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Work experience

Faculty of Social and Economic Studies, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem

Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology, Czech Academy of Sciences

Selected publications (outside of Institute of Sociology)

Daněk, P., Sovová, L., Jehlička, P. Vávra, J., Lapka, M. (2022). From coping strategy to hopeful everyday practice: changing interpretations of food self-provisioning. Sociologia Ruralis 62(3): 651-671.

Vávra, J., Dlouhá, J., Pospíšilová, M., Pělucha, M., Šindelářová, I., Dvořáková Líšková, Z., Hartych, M., Dlouhý, J., Cudlínová, E. (2022). Local Action Groups and Sustainable Development Agenda: Case Study of Regional Perspectives From Czechia. Frontiers in Sustainability 3: 846658

Vávra, J. Smutná, Z., Hruška, V. (2021). Why I would want to live in the village if I was not interested in cultivating the plot? Home gardening in rural Czechia. Sustainability 13 (2): 706.

Vávra, J., Duží, B., Lapka, M., Cudlínová, E. Rikoon, J. S. (2019). Socio-economic context of soil erosion: A comparative local stakeholders’ case study from traditional agricultural region in the Czech Republic. Land Use Policy 84: 127–137.

Vávra, J., Megyesi, B., Duží, B., Craig, T., Klufová, R., Lapka, M., Cudlínová, E. (2018). Food self-provisioning in Europe: An exploration of socio-demographic factors in five regions. Rural Sociology 83 (2): 431–461.

Vávra, J., Daněk, P., Jehlička, P. (2018). What is the contribution of food self-provisioning towards environmental sustainability? A case study of active gardeners. Journal of Cleaner Production 185: 1015–1023.

Vávra, J., Lapka, M., Cudlínová, E., Dvořáková-Líšková, Z. (2017). Local perception of floods in the Czech Republic and recent changes in state flood management strategies. Journal of Flood Risk Management 10 (2): 238–252.

Vávra, J., Peters, V., Lapka, M., Craig, T., Cudlínová, E. (2015). What shapes the temperatures of living rooms in three European regions? Sociální studia 12 (3): 135–158.

Vávra, J., Lapka, M., Cudlínová, E. (Eds.) (2014). Current challenges of Central Europe: Society and Environment. Prague: Charles University.

Lapka, M., Vávra, J., Sokolíčková, Z. (2012). Cultural ecology: Contemporary understanding of the relationship between humans and the environment. Journal of Landscape Ecology 5 (2): 12–24.

Fischer, A., Peters, V., Vávra, J., Neebe, M., Megyesi, B. (2011). Energy use, climate change and folk psychology: Does sustainability have a chance? Results from a qualitative study in five European countries. Global Environmental Change 21 (3): 1025–1034.