IN-PERSON: Prague – Section A

Mgr. Jitka Cirklová, M.A., Ph.D. is a sociologist, Assistant Professor at CTU, department of Social Sciences. She completed her Ph.D. in Sociology at Charles University in Prague and her M.A. studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. Jitka currently teaches graduate courses in Sociology, Sociological Research, and Sociology of Public Space. The focus of her research work is on the Sociology of culture, identity and transformation of lifestyles, and intergeneration changes in value models. The focus of research projects is on the value models and business practices of people inspired by sustainability that suggest different preferences and choices these people are making while forming identities within a community. She concentrates continually on research fortified by the content, narrative, and visual analysis by using the innovative methodology of Engaged Photography and Netnography. She contributes to the research area by exploring the further understanding of adaptation processes and cultural accommodation of new concepts, values, and ideas in our communities.