Thematic research group: The Regional and Political Geography Research Center
Thesis title: The Influence of Spatial Context on Voter Decision-Making in Czech Parliamentary Elections
Funding: Charles University Grant Agency (01/2021–12/2023)
Begun: September 2020
Link to relevant web pages: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Radek_Pilecek
Qualifications:
2018 – 2020 Mgr. in Regional and Political Geography, Faculty of Science, Charles University
2015 – 2018 Bc. in Geography and Cartography, Faculty of Science, Charles University
Awards:
International Geography Olympiad 2015 – Bronze medal
CzechTourism competition 2018 – The best bachelor thesis in the field of tourism
Research:
My research is focused on spatial patterns of electoral behaviour in Czechia. The voter decision-making process is very complex and influenced by many different factors. Both the individual characteristics of voters and the spatial context of the locality, where these voters live, play a key role. The aim of my research is to explain regional and local differences in the results of the Czech parliamentary elections with regard to the territorially heterogeneous structure of the population, the influence of particular candidates, especially their place of residence, and other contextual effects. I am also interested in the changes in electoral patterns from a spatial point of view, including the question of whether mobilization or conversion predominates in connection with the changes in electoral preferences at different scale levels.
Publications:
PILEČEK, R. (2020): Metodika komparace potenciálu cestovního ruchu na příkladu Gruzie, Izraele a Kypru. Informace ČGS, 39, 2, 1-13.
External activities:
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Vice-chairman of the Academic Senate
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Member of the tourism commission of the South Bohemian Region
- Member of Czech Geographical Society
- Member of the organizing team of Czech Geographical Olympiad
- Analyst at the research agency STEM/MARK, a.s.
- Electoral consultant for regional political movement Jihočeši 2012