PhDr. Zdenka Mansfeldová, CSc.
Department: Values and Politics
Job: Head of department and 1st Deputy Director, Senior Fellow
Email:
Phone: 210 310 563
Internal Line: 563
ORCID: 0000-0002-0229-4319
Themes: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- 1983-1988, CSc. in Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, Moscow State University
- 1975, PhDr. in Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University, Prague
- 1969-1974, M.A. in Sociology and Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University, Prague
Focus
- political sociology, political parties, parliaments, forms of interest representation
Teaching Activities
Supervisor of doctoral theses for FSV UK, FF UK.
Foreign Study Visits and Internships
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11/1991 Institute of Political Science, University of Vienna
8/93-10/93 Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, GmbH, Karl-Deutsch-visiting professor
11/94 Max-Planck-Society, Research Unit Transformationsprocesses, Berlin
6-7/1997 Universität Mainz, Institute of Political Science, DAAD fellowship
4/1998 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellowship, Chuo University, Tokyo
1-3/1999 Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin – Institute for Advanced Study, Andrew F. Mellon Fellowship
1-2/2000 Japan Institute of Labour fellowship, Tokyo
3-4/2000 Japan Foundation fellowship, Chuo University, Tokyo
1-2/2002 Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, GmbH, visiting researcher
3/2002 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellowship, Chuo University, Tokyo
7-12/2002 Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen, visiting researcher
11/2004 Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, GmbH, visiting researcher
7/2006 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellowship, Chuo University, Tokyo
5-6/2007 Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan, visiting researcher
9-10/2008 Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan, visiting researcher, Taiwanese National Science Council fellowship
12/2010 Soochow University, Centre for Central and East European Studies, Taipei, Taiwan, visiting researcher, Soochow University fellowship
12/2011 Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan, visiting researcher, Taiwanese National Science Council fellowship
10/2012 Institute for the Research of Societies and Knowledge, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
12/2013 Institute for the Research of Societies and Knowledge, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
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04/2015 Institute for the Research of Societies and Knowledge, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
05/2016 Institute for the Research of Societies and Knowledge, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
09-10/2016 Soochow University, Department of Sociology and Centre for Central and East European Studies, Taipei, Taiwan, visiting researcher
Medallion
- Czech Sociological Society, 1972 - present
- Czech Political Science Association, 1993 - present, member of executive
- International Political Science Association (IPSA), 1997 - present, member of executive committee of the Research Committee 8: Legislative specialists (RCLS), 2009 – 2012 programme chair, 2012 - 2016 co-chair, since 2016 - chair
- European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Standing Group Central and Eastern Europe, co-chair, 2002-2009
- Evaluator for European Commission, since 2001
- Member of Czech Commission for UNESCO – since 2003, since 2011 member of Executive of the Commission and head of the Section for Science, Informatics and Education
- Member of Scientific Advisory Committee of the Management of Social Transformation Programme (MOST), UNESCO, 2009 - 2015, 2013 - 2015 vice-president
- Member of Standing Committee for the Social Sciences, European Science Foundation (ESF), 2004-2010
- Member of editorial board of the Czech Sociological Review
- Member of International Council of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic – since 2001 so far, 2005 - 2017 vice-chair
- Member of standing working group of Accreditation Commission for Social Sciences at the Ministry for Education, 2004-2016
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Member of Advisory Board (Beirat), Social Science Centre Berlin (WZB) 2006-2014
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Member of Board of the Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs, v.v.i., since 2007
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Member Board of the Institute of Sociology, AS CR, v.v.i., since 2012 so far, 2012-2017 chair
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Member of Academy Assembly AS CR, 2006-2010
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Member of Supervisory Committee of the Academy Assembly, 2006-2010
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Member of Council for Sciences of the Czech Academy of Sciences, since 2013 so far, since 2017 Vice-president responsible for social sciences and humanities
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Member of commission for co-operation with Taiwan and others East Asia Countries at the Czech Academy of Sciences, 2017 – up to now.
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Member of Council of the Programme for Research and Mobility Support of Starting Researchers at the CAS, 2017 – up to now.
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Member of Commission of the Programme of the Support of Prospective Human Resources – Wage Support of Post-Doctoral Candidates at the Institutes of the CAS, 2017 – up to now.
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Member of NORFACE and HERA Network Boards, since 2019
Selected Publications
Tschechien: Herausforderungen durch Polarisierung und Machtfusion
2021, Guasti, Petra, Mansfeldová, Zdenka
Czech Republic: Declining Bipolarity and New Patterns of Conflict
2019, Mansfeldová, Zdenka, Lacina Tomáš
Fragmented Politics: Divided Opposition and Weak Governments in the Czech Republic
2018, Guasti, Petra, Mansfeldová, Zdenka
Projects
The Reconfiguration of Political Landscape - Explaining Independent Candidates Lists in Elections to Municipal Councils in the Czech Republic
Project Duration: 2020 - 2022