Human Geography Research of Czechia I - MZ300E011

• Title: Human Geography Research of Czechia I
• Czech title: Výzkum sociální geografie v Česku I
• Guaranteed by: Department of Social Geography and Regional Development (31-340)
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Actual: from 2024
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 7
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Note: enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: RNDr. Jiří Vágner, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): prof. RNDr. Dušan Drbohlav, CSc.; RNDr. Libor Jelen, Ph.D.; doc. RNDr. Tomáš Kostelecký, CSc.; RNDr. Zdeněk Kučera, Ph.D.; Ivana Kulhánová, Ph.D.; doc. RNDr. Viktor Květoň, Ph.D.; prof. RNDr. Martin Ouředníček, Ph.D.; RNDr. Radim Perlín, Ph.D.; prof. RNDr. Luděk Sýkora, Ph.D.; RNDr. Jiří Vágner, Ph.D.

Annotation

Annotation:
This course covers selected topics from the human geography of Czechia and presents an introduction of research teams activities at Dep. of Social Geography and Regional Development (see also https://www.natur.cuni.cz/geography/department-of-social-geography-and-regional-development/research/research-teams.
Its introductory part will provide a historical background and the discussion of the position of Czechia within Europe. Then, the course will cover the following topics: urban and regional systems, internal and international migration, economic geography (focused mostly on agriculture and the service sector, including tourism),
urban geography, including the post-communist urban transition of Prague, health geography and elections in Czechia. Each student will be required to select a supervisor (according to his field of interest), prepare a three-page review of three professional articles and a 15-page paper on a selected topic under the tutorship of
participant teachers with the presentation (.ppt) followed . Based on the paper, each student will give a ten minute Power Point presentation during the final class. Students are required to attend at least eight lectures and the final class with a presentation.

Last update: Vágner Jiří, RNDr., Ph.D. (25.09.2024)

Requirements to the exam

Each student will be required to select a supervisor by 13 October (according to his field of interest), prepare a three-page review of three professional articles (by 17 November) and a 15-page paper on a selected topic under the tutorship of participant teachers (by 13 January) with the presentation (.ppt) followed 20 (27) January. Based on the paper, each student will give a ten minute Power Point presentation during the final class. Students are required to attend at least eight lectures and the final class with a presentation.

Last update: Vágner Jiří, RNDr., Ph.D. (20.09.2025)

Syllabus

MZ300E011   Human Geography Research in Czechia I

Course for ERASMUS students: winter term 2025–2026; 7 ECTS credits

M (Velká mineralogická room), Albertov 6, 2^nd floor (Geology) – just almost opposite (right) to the main staircase

Tuesdays (September 30^th 2025 – January 26^th 2026) 13:10-14:45

RNDr. Jiří Vágner, Ph.D. ([e-mail])

Annotation:

This course covers selected topics from the human geography of Czechia and presents an introduction of research teams’ activities at the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development (see also https://natur.cuni.cz/en/geography/departments-and-work-places/department-of-social-geography-and-regional-development/science-and-research/research-teams.

The introductory part will provide a historical background and the discussion of the position of Czechia within Europe. Then, the course will cover the following topics: urban and regional systems, internal and international migration, economic geography (focused mostly on agriculture and the service sector, including tourism), urban geography, including the post-communist urban transition of Prague, health geography and elections in Czechia. Each student will be required to select a supervisor by 13^th October (according to his/her field of interest), prepare a three-page review of three professional articles (by 17^th November) and a 15-page paper on a selected topic under the tutorship of participant teachers (by 13^th January) with the presentation (.ppt) followed 20^th (27^th) January. Based on the paper, each student will give a ten minute Power Point presentation during the final class. Students are required to attend at least eight lectures and the final class with a presentation.

 

Time schedule of lectures

30. 9. 2025 Introduction to the course (Jiří Vágner)

 

07. 10. 2025 Historical and Cultural Geography (Zdeněk Kučera)

 

14. 10. 2025 Health Geography (Ivana Kulhánová)

 

21. 10. 2025 Agriculture and Rural Space (Radim Perlín)

 

04. 11. 2025 Post-communist City: Changes in the Spatial Structure of Prague (Luděk  

                   Sýkora)

 

11. 11. 2025 Urbanisation and Suburbanisation Processes (Martin Ouředníček)

 

18. 11. 2025 Regional and Political Geography (Libor Jelen)

 

25. 11. 2025 Tourism and Second Homes (Jiří Vágner)

 

02. 12. 2025 Geography of Elections (Tomáš Kostelecký)

 

09. 12. 2025 Migration Geography (Dušan Drbohlav)

 

16. 12. 2025 Competitiveness and Regional Development: Perspective of Contemporary Approaches in Economic Geography (Viktor Květoň)

 

20. 1. 2026 + 27. 1. 2026 Presentations of essays and discussion (Jiří Vágner et al.)

Last update: Vágner Jiří, RNDr., Ph.D. (20.09.2025)