About us












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            The Regional and Political Geography Research Center (REGPOL) is an established research t

            Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science, Charles Unive
            goal of the scientific and pedagogical work of the team is to research, discuss and presen
            of political and regional geography on different and interconnected scale levels - global,

            national, regional, and local. Members of the Center guarantee the teaching of political-g
            in the bachelor, master and doctoral study program Regional and Political Geography. They 
            results of their work in prestigious academic and popular journals and at international co

            also present their knowledge in the media and regularly participate in events focused on e
            popularization of geography.


            The Department of Social Geography and Regional Development is one of the top human geogra
            in Czechia and Central Europe as a whole. Its faculty members are the principal investigat

            grants funded by the Czech Science Foundation [ URL "http://www.gacr.cz/en/"] and the Char
            Science Foundation, and are involved in international research grants. Members of the Depa
            regularly publish abroad, serve on editorial boards of international academic journals, pa

            major international scientific associations, and play an important role in the Czech Geogr
            [ URL "http://geography.cz/"] . The QS World University Ranking [ URL "http://www.topunive
            university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2014#sorting=rank+region=140+country=151+fac

            +search="] by Subject ranked the School of Geography at Charles University’s Faculty of Sc
            one hundred Geography schools/departments in the world in seven consecutive years between 
            Only one additional discipline at the entire Charles University ranked in the top one hund

            period.





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            * Academics and researchers
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            RNDr. Libor Jelen, Ph.D. [ URL "https://tarantula.ruk.cuni.cz/REGPOL-28.html"] (the head o

            team)
            RNDr. David Hána, Ph.D. [ URL "https://tarantula.ruk.cuni.cz/REGPOL-29.html"]
            Mgr. Martin Lepič, Ph.D. [ URL "https://tarantula.ruk.cuni.cz/REGPOL-32.html"]

            RNDr. Jiří Hasman, Ph.D. [ URL "https://tarantula.ruk.cuni.cz/REGPOL-30.html"]
            RNDr. Jonáš Suchánek, Ph.D. [ URL "https://tarantula.ruk.cuni.cz/REGPOL-38.html"]






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            * External collaborators
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            RNDr. Jiří Tomeš, Ph.D. [ URL "https://tarantula.ruk.cuni.cz/REGPOL-27.html"]
            RNDr. David Vogt, Ph.D. [ URL "https://tarantula.ruk.cuni.cz/REGPOL-31.html"]
            Mgr. Lenka Hellebrandová, Ph.D. [ URL "https://tarantula.ruk.cuni.cz/REGPOL-33.html"]

            Mgr. Vít Bořil [ URL "https://cz.linkedin.com/in/v%C3%ADt-bo%C5%99il-0047a9127"]





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            * Doctoral students
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            Mgr. Alexandra Dresler [ URL "https://tarantula.ruk.cuni.cz/REGPOL-36.html"]

            Mgr. Aneta Seidlová [ URL "https://regpol.natur.cuni.cz/REGPOL-54.html"]
            RNDr. Radek Pileček [ URL "https://regpol.natur.cuni.cz/REGPOL-57.html"]
            Mgr. Evgeny Romanovskiy [ URL "https://regpol.natur.cuni.cz/REGPOL-59.html"]

            Mgr. Filip Sommer [ URL "https://regpol.natur.cuni.cz/REGPOL-55.html"]
            RNDr. Vít Volný [ URL "https://regpol.natur.cuni.cz/REGPOL-58.html"]
            Mgr. Jan Šebesta [ URL "https://regpol.natur.cuni.cz/REGPOL-73.html"]

            Mgr. Josef Král [ URL "https://regpol.natur.cuni.cz/REGPOL-74.html"]