Mgr. Lukáš Senft, Ph.D.
Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science
Job: post-doc
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ORCID: 0000-0001-9297-7721
Topics: Economy, Climate Change, Environment
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2020 – 2024: Ph.D. in Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague.
Focus
Lukáš Senft specializes in food production, multispecies ethnography, and the expertise and use of medicinal plants in both public healthcare and self-care. Since his master's studies, he has focused on exploring the processes in which humans, animals, microorganisms, plants, and landscape elements participate, examining the complex, more-than-human ecologies and economies they shape. His dissertation research focused on the foraging of crops, particularly mushrooms, in the Czech Republic, with an emphasis on non-market exchange practices, food self-sufficiency, and the environmental ethics associated with these practices. He explores these topics through participatory activities for the general public, which include collaboration with the arts sector and practices of citizen expertise.
Foreign Study Visits and Internships
CSSM Visiting Fellowships. September 26 - October 29, 2023 (The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes at the University of Helsinki, Finland).
Selected Publications
The Microbiopolitics of Novel Foods: The Pro- and Antibiotic Implications of Cultivated Meat and Aquaponic Farming
2026, Lukáš Senft, Tereza Stöckelová, Varvara Borisova
Herbář druhé sklizně: Čím se stávají léčivé rostliny v době průmyslové toxicity?
2025, Senft, L. (ed.); Jindřich Čech, Klára Matoušková, Jörg Niewöhner, Tereza Stöckelová
A Forager’s Notebook: Invitation to Drift with(in) Tastes, Crops, and Landscapes
2024, Lukáš Senft (ed.), Karel Šima, Markéta Dolejšová, Will LaFleur, Eva Francová
Sympoietic growth: living and producing with fungi in times of ecological distress
2023, Stöckelová, T., Senft, L. Kolářová, K.
Projects
Beyond Security: Role of Conflict in Resilience-Building (CoRe)
Project Duration: 2023 - 2028
