Study programme: Regional and Political Geography
Thesis title: Attitudes Towards Immigrants in Europe: Factors and Methodologies
Funding: Self
Begun: October 2018
Personal website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vit_Boril2
Thematic research group: GEOMIGRACE, REGPOL
Current and recent research projects: Sustainability of sanitation change in low- and middle-income countries; 2019–2021; GA19-10396S (pracuji na dohody)
Qualifications:
2018–present: PhD in Regional and Political Geography, Faculty of Science, Charles University
2015–2018: Master‘s Degree in Global Migration and Development Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University
July 2016: Aspects of Migration: Historical and Current, 9th International Summer School, Maribor
2012–2015: Bachelor’s Degree in Geography – Cartography, Faculty of Science, Charles University
Awards and grants:
2018 Dean's Award for Best Master’s Thesis in Geography
Research:
His dissertation deals with the majority population’s attitudes towards immigrants in light of the migration wave of 2015–16 and the various individual- and contextual-level factors affecting individuals holding these attitudes. Moreover, the dissertation focuses on finding connections between a) philosophies dealing with the concepts of affect and attitude, b) theories of attitudes and c) appropriate methodologies that can serve to study the attitudes. He also participates in a project focused on the geographical aspects of Community‐led total sanitation in rural areas of low‐ and middle‐income countries.
Publications:
BENDL, T., BOŘIL, V., SUCHÁNEK, J. (2020): Populismus, migrace a virtuální svět. Geografické rozhledy, 29, 5, 8–11.
NOVOTNÝ, J., HASMAN, J., LEPIČ, M., BOŘIL, V. (2018): PROTOCOL: Community‐led total sanitation in rural areas of low‐ and middle‐income countries: a systematic review of evidence on effects and influencing factors. Campbell Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1002/CL2.188
Conference contributions:
NOVOTNÝ, J., HASMAN, J., BOŘIL, V., LEPIČ, M.: „Geografický přístup k systematickému přehledu empirických poznatků o komunitou vedeném přístupu k celkové sanitaci (CLTS)
ve venkovských oblastech rozvojových zemí“, Výroční konference ČGS 2020, Plzeň.
BOŘIL, V.: „Are my opinions shaped by the behavior of others? Attitudes towards immigrants after the 2015–2016 migration wave“, 17th IMISCOE Annual Conference – ONLINE, 2020.
SUCHÁNEK, J., BOŘIL, V.: „Immigration, attitudes towards immigrants and populist radical right vote through the lens of cleavages, intergroup contact and group threat theories“, The 12th Polish-Czech-Slovak Geographic Seminar 2019, Łochów.
BOŘIL, V., SUCHÁNEK, J.: „Dopady takzvané „migrační krize“ na negativní postoje vůči imigrantům a na volební podporu strany SPD“, Konference ČSS 2018, Hradec Králové.
Teaching - Participation on subjects:
Statistical data analysis I
Statistics for teachers
External activities
Drummer for Vilémova kapela
Member of the Czech Geographical Society