PhDr. Jiří Vinopal, Ph.D.

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

Job: Senior Fellow

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Phone: +420 210 310 593

Internal Line: 593

ORCID: 0000-0003-1595-1741

Topics: Research Methodology, Public Opinion

Curriculum Vitae

1996 – 2001: Mgr. programme - Charles University, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, department of Sociology
Since 2001: Ph.D. programme - Charles University, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, department of Sociology

Methods and Techniques of Sociological Research: Charles University, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts
The Data File: Charles University, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts
Public Opinion Polls: Faculty of Humanistic Studies, University of Pardubice
Computer Data Processing in Social Sciences: Faculty of Humanistic Studies, University of Pardubice

Arbeiterkammer Oberösterreich a IFES, Vienna, 29. 11. – 3. 12. 2015.
Arbeiterkammer Oberösterreich, Linz, 23. 4. – 26. 4. 2015.
Arbeiterkammer Oberösterreich a IFES, Vienna, 19. 3. – 24. 3. 2015.
Institut Gute Arbeit Index, Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund, Berlin , 13. – 17. 10. 2014
12th ESS Train: Prediction of the quality of Survey questions using the program SQP: Improvement of questions and correction for measurement errors. Ljubljana 8. 10. – 9. 10. 2012.
Design and evaluation of questionnaires for survey research. Barcelona 10. 12. – 11. 12. 2009.
6th ESS Train: Mixed-Mode Surveys. Ljubljana 30. 4. – 1. 5. 2009.
3rd ESS Train: Sampling in Cross-National Studies. Mannheim 10. 3. – 11. 3. 2008.
1st ESS Train: Designing and Implementing Questionnaires for Gross-National and Gross-Cultural Contexts. Ljubljana 6. 8. – 7. 8. 2007.
Cross-national survey design and analysis. Ljubljana 6. 8. – 19. 8. 2006, ECPR Summer School.

He studied sociology at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. Since 2001, he has worked as a research fellow and methodologist at the Public Opinion Research Centre of the Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences (serving as head of the department from 2004 to 2013). Between 2013 and 2022, he was the head of the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, where he continues to lecture on sociological research methodology and public opinion sociology. His professional focus is on sociological research methodology, particularly survey research. In recent years, his thematic interests have included studying public reactions to extraordinary events with the potential for panic, long-term monitoring of work-life quality, and the role of beer and pubs in Czech society. He is the author of the Czech indicator for long-term monitoring of work-life quality (SQWLi) and the related certified methodology. He serves as the vice-chair of the Czech Sociological Society, a member of the Editorial Board of the Czech Sociological Review, and a member of the Expert Evaluation Committee of the ÉTA Program at the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TAČR).