Institute of Contemporary History

Education:

• Faculty of Science, Charles University Prague; graduate study in Philosophy and History of Sciences, 2000-2008, Ph.D.
• Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic; Master degree (M.A.) in Philosophy and History (State examination in PSYCHOLOGY and PEDAGOGY for teachers as well), 1993-2000, Mgr.

Research experience:

• Institute of Contemporary History of the Academy of Science of Czech Republic, since 2005 –
• Research Centre for the History of Sciences and Humanities (Institute of Contemporary History of the Academy of Science of Czech Republic and Charles University Prague), Dpt. History of Natural Sciences, 2000–2004

Pedagogical experience:

• Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Pardubice (Czech Republic), Dpt. of Philosophy, lectures and courses in philosophy in the Czech Lands; since 2009 –
• Faculty of Sciences, Charles University Prague; assistant of Philosophy and History of Sciences; lectures and courses in philosophy and history of biology and modern philosophy; since 2005 –
• Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Czech Republic, assistant in Dpt. of Social Sciences, lectures and courses in Philosophy, 2001-2003

Research specialization:

• History of philosophy, history of sciences (esp. life sciences) and humanities in the Czech Lands in 19th and 20th century

Research projects:

• Science and Ideology. Creative Darwinism as Part of a Totalitarian Ideological Framework, and the Restructuring of Life Sciences in Czechoslovakia1948-59, GA CR 2010-2012
• Multinationality and Science: Multicultural and Multinational Links Between Science and Intelligentsia Across Czechoslovakia Between 1918 and 1948, GA AV 2007-2009
• Theories of Evolution and Heredity in the Czech Biological Thought (1900-1950). Synthetic Projects – their Criticism, Philosophical, Social and Political Context, GA CR 2003-2005
• Emanuel Rádl – Scientist and Philosopher. Archive of E. Rádl and international conference, GA CR 2002-2004

Advisory boards and scientific council:

• Chief-in-Editor of DVT – History of Sciences and Technology (Dějiny věd a techniky, Prague), since 2010 –
• Jahrbuch für Europäische Wissenschaftskultur – Yearbook for European Culture of Science, Franz Steiner Verlag: Stuttgart, editors in chief O. Breidbach, Jena and S. Poggi, Florence; since 2005 –
• History – Theory – Criticism (Dějiny – teorie – kritika, Prague), editors in chief I. Šedivý and M. Nodl; since 2005 –
• Czech Committee for History of Sciences and Technology – IUHPS/DHS, member since 2008 –