Position: Scientist
Branch: Ecosystems, Economics and Equity
Workplace: ÚVGZ AV ČR, v. v. i.V Jirchářích 149/6Praha110 00
Email: vackarova.d@czechglobe.cz
Phone: +420 601 383 185
Research Focus
I am an environmental researcher with academic training in environmental studies and applied and landscape ecology (Faculty of Science, Charles University), and in gender studies (Faculty of Humanities, Charles University). My work explores the societal impacts of global environmental change. I am interested in how nature contributes to human well-being, how its benefits and services are (under)valued, and how knowledge about ecosystem services is co-produced through the integration of diverse perspectives and within policy processes.
In my research, I connect ecological thinking and global change with questions of inequality, justice, and identity. I have contributed to international processes under IPBES, the European Environment Agency, UNDP, and IUCN.
I see sustainability as a search for ways to live within ecological limits with respect for the diversity of the world around us.
Education
2010 PhD. Faculty of Science, Charles University, Czech Republic (Applied and Landscape Ecology)
2001 master’s degree in environmental studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Czech Republic
2024 master’s degree in gender studies, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Czech Republic
Appointments
3/2025 – present Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Ecosystems, Economics and Equity (E3 Lab), Head
1/2020 – 2/2025 Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Human Dimensions of Global Change, Scientist
12/2010 – 1/2020 Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Human Dimensions of Global Change, Head
1/2006 – present Charles University, Environment Center
7/2001 – 12/2005 Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic, Deartment of International Cooperation
Important research visits and fellowships
2015 Institute for Sustainability Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
2015 – 2016 UNDP Poverty-Environment Initiative in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan)
Membership
Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP – 2014-2018 Steering Committee); IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (IUCN CEM)
IPBES: Policy support tools and methodologies for scenario analysis and modelling of biodiversity and ecosystem services (Chapter 5 Review Editor)
Editorial Board Ecosystem Health and Sustainability
Brief scientometrics
ORCID: 0000-0002-6185-200X
WOS: G-2128-2014
