Research focus: Urban geography, suburbanisation, settlement geography, applied geography
A note for prospective PhD students: Potential PhD candidates interested in the research of urban geography, urban sociology, human geography, urbanism, and cartography are welcome.
Open calls: Daily mobility and commuting within the Prague metropolitan region, Migration processes and settlement system development in Czechia, Suburbanization in CEE countries: a comparative perspective
PhD supervision:
Ongoing PhD projects: Foreigners and the local environment within Czech metropolitan regions (Adam Klsák); Contemporary changes of the social milieu within the post-socialist suburbs (Greta Kukeli); Structuration of the Prague’s hinterland (Jiří-Jakub Zévl), Socio-spatial approach towards understanding identity construction: urban transformations in Prague Urban Region (Adela Petrović).
Completed PhD projects: Social environment and local communities: City, suburb, countryside (Petra Špačková); Counterurbanisation: Rhythms, identities, homes (Martin Šimon); Spatial aspects of everyday life (Lucie Pospíšilová); Residential environment quality and residential satisfaction of seniors (Nina Dvořáková); Migration, foreigners, and the city: Socio-spatial differentiation and local social environment (Ivana Křížková); Flexibility and location of work in Czechia, 1991-2011: An analysis of spatial aspects (Peter Svoboda); Spatial patterns of commuting to work within the Prague metropolitan area (Jiří Nemeškal);
For more information see the academic profile of Martin Ouředíček.