Position: Researcher
Branch: Department of the Human Dimensions of Global Change
Workplace: ÚVGZ AV ČR, v. v. i.V Jirchářích 149/6Praha110 00
Email: louckova.b@czechglobe.cz
Phone: +420 703 828 750
Research Focus
Ecosystem Services and Disaster Risk Reduction, Freshwater Ecosystem Services, Environmental Security
Global Change and Adaptive Resource Management, Water Governance, Adaptive Flood Risk Management
Education
2004 – 2009: Ph.D. in Physical Geography. Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno. (Thesis: “Bottomland vegetation in relation to fluvial geomorphic landforms in near-natural river reaches in Hrubý and Nízký Jeseník Mountains”)
1999 – 2004: MSc. (First Class) Teaching training in biology, geography and geology. Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc
Appointments
2012 – present: Researcher, Global Change Research Centre AS CR. Interdisciplinary research in the field of climate change adaptation, adaptive resources management, ecosystem services and environmental security.
2008 – 2011: Lecturer in Landscape Ecology and Physical Geography, Department of Geography, Palacký University Olomouc. Teaching of undergraduate and masters courses: Physical Geography, Methods in Physical Geography, Landscape Ecology, Landscape Planning, Regional Geography of Middle East. Supervising dissertations.
2007 – 2008: Environmental Management Consultant, Ekoaudit Ltd., Brno. Environmental Impact Assessments, Strategic Environmental Assessments.
Important research visits and fellowships
2010: Tagliamento, Italy: Visiting researcher, research on short-term changes of Tagliamento River ecosystem (coordinated by the university Università degli Studi di Trento and Queen Mary University of London)
2009: Visiting lecturer at Karl-Franzens University in Graz, Austria. (Invited lecture: Human intervention into Landscape in the Czech Republic during the Communist Era)
2007: Visiting Scholar, Department of Geography, King’s College London (Professor Angela Gurnell)
Membership
2012 – present: The Ecosystem Services Partnership (Co-leader of Working Group on Ecosystem Services and Disaster Risk Reduction)
