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Global Change Research Institute, CAS
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MSc. Helena Duchková

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Position: PhD student

Branch: Ecosystems, Economics and Equity

Workplace:
ÚVGZ AV ČR, v. v. i.
V Jirchářích 149/6
Praha
110 00

Email: duchkova.h@czechglobe.cz

Phone: +420 730 565 288

Research Focus

I am an early career researcher interested in environmental and climate change at a local and global scale I focus on spatio-temporal interactions between humans and nature through the lences of ecosystem services and environmental justice within complex socio-ecological systems. The goal of my work is a reduction of climate-related risks in urban areas through just and transformative change.

Education

2019 – present Charles University in Prague, Fakulta humanitních studií
PhD. Social Ecology 

  • Doctoral dissertation: Distribution of urban heat regulation in the context of climate change

2017 – 2018 University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Master of Science (MSc) in Climate Change and Environmental Policy 

  • Masters dissertation – Climate change impacts on forests of the Jizera Mountains, Czech Republic: Projecting the future of species’ habitat suitability

2014 – 2017 University College Birmingham 
Bachelor of Science (BSc) International Tourism Management

  • Bachelors dissertation – Climate change impacts on winter tourism industry: A case study of the European Alps

Appointments

03/2025 – present Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Ecosystems, Economics and Equity, PhD student

01/2019 – 02/2025 Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Human Dimensions of Global Change, PhD student

Important research visits and fellowships

Internships

  • PLANES Lab, University of Trento (November 2021, June & July 2022, November 2023)

Membership

  • Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Fellow for the Nexus assessment

  • Young Ecosystem Service Specialists (YESS) member

  • ESP TWG 20 Equity in Ecosystem Services research member

Brief scientometrics

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5022-8180

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Helena-Duchkova