PhDr. Zdenka Mansfeldová, CSc.

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

• 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

• 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

• Member of Advisory Board (Beirat), Social Science Centre Berlin (WZB) 2006-2014

• Member of Board of the Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs, v.v.i., since 2007

• Member Board of the Institute of Sociology, AS CR, v.v.i., since 2012 so far, 2012-2017  chair

• Member of Academy Assembly AS CR, 2006-2010

• Member of Supervisory Committee of the Academy Assembly,  2006-2010

• 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

• Member of commission for co-operation with Taiwan and others East Asia Countries at the Czech Academy of Sciences, 2017 – up to now.

• Member of Council of the Programme for Research and Mobility Support of Starting Researchers at the CAS, 2017 – up to now.

• 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.

• Member of NORFACE and HERA Network Boards, since 2019