Petra Špačková
(formerly Petra Puldová)
Department of Social Geography and Regional Development Albertov 6, Prague Room 365 Telephone no.: 221 951 379 E-mail: petra.spackova@natur.cuni.cz Google scholar Research gate Academia Researcher ID ORCID
Education
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, MSc in Social Geography (2006)
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, PhD in Social Geography and Regional Development (2011)
Study / research stays abroad
10/2005-1/2006 Strasbourg, France, Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, Faculté Faculté de géographie et d'aménagement, Socrates/Erasmus program
8-10/2015, Leipzig, Germany, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, research stay (Mobility fund, Charles University)
9-11/2017, Tartu, Estonia, University of Tartu, research stay (Erasmus Training Mobility, Mobility fund, Charles University)
Professional affiliations
Member of Czech geographical society - since 2006
Member of International Sociological Association - 2007-2010
Member of Czech demographic society - since 2017
Member of Association of American Geographers - since 2017
Conferences
August 27-30, 2019, Athens, Greece, European Network for Housing Research; Kährik, A., Kalm (Mägi), K., Špačková, P., Leetmaa, K.: Lifecourse Differences as Producing Ethnic Differentiation in Post-War Housing Estates in Tallinn
April 17, 2019, Brno, Czech repubic, Panelová sídliště - revitalizace vs. ochrana hodnot (Housing estates - revitalization vs. protection of values); Špačková, P.: Pražská sídliště: jak se vyvíjí struktura obyvatel, kteří zde bydlí? (Housing estates in Prague: how the population structure changes in time?)
April 10-14, 2018, New Orleans, USA, AAG Annual Meeting 2015, papers "Mobility Decisions and Patterns of Families as a Key Factor Shaping the Future for Housing Estates in Post-Socialist Cities" (together with Anneli Kährik), "Gender differences in daily mobility: recent evidence from post-socialist Prague" (together with Lucií Pospíšilovou)
September 26-29, 2017, Kyiv, Ukraine, the 7th international urban geographies of post-communist states conference: A view on cities from elsewhere, papers "Daily mobility in Prague during post-socialist time: life in suburbia and gender differences in commuting" (together with Lucie Pospíšilová and Pavlína Netrdová), "Contemporary development of social environment within the Prague’s housing estates" (together with Martin Ouředníček), "Postsocialist reurbanization? A comparative study on Eastern Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic" (together with Annegret Haase, Adam Radzimski, Manuel Wolff)
August 29 - September 1, 2017, London, UK, the 2016 Annual International Conference of RGB and IBG, příspěvek: "Daily mobility in Prague during post-socialist time: life in suburbia and gender differences in commuting" (together with Lucie Pospíšilová and Pavlína Netrdová)
May 18-19, 2017, Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic, XLVII. konference České demografické společnosti "Demografické a geodemografické aplikace ve veřejné a komerční sféře", papers "Vývoj obyvatelstva Česka v posledních sto letech: Historický populační atlas českých zemí" [Population development in the last century: Historical population atlas of the Czech lands] (together with Martin Ouředníček, Jana Jíchová and Lucie Pospíšilová) a "Rozvoj bytové výstavby v suburbánních oblastech: je možné předvídat demografický vývoj a nároky (nejen) nových obyvatel na sociální infrastrukturu?" [Development of housing construction in suburban areas: is it possible to predict the demographic development and the demands (not only) of the new inhabitants on the social infrastructure] (together with Boris Burcin)
September 5-7, 2016, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, Výroční konference České geografické společnosti „Geografické myšlení jako aktuální společenská výzva“, paper "Nová sociálně prostorová diferenciace Prahy" [New social spatial differentiation of Prague] (together with Martin Ouředníček and Lucie Pospíšilová)
August 30 - September 2, 2016, London, UK, the 2016 Annual International Conference of RGB and IBG, paper: "Women and daily mobility in Prague during post-socialist time: new challenges to well-known research" (together with Lucie Pospíšilová)
May 26-27, 2016, Jindřichův Hradec, Česko, XLVI. konference České demografické společnosti "Migrace a demografické výzvy", paper "Městská, suburbánní a venkovská migrace: diferenciace věkových struktur v post-socialistickém Česku" [Urban, suburban and rural migration: diferenciation of age structures in post-socialist Czechia] (together with Lucie Pospíšilová)
May 5-6, 2016, Budapest, Hungary, seminar „Conflicts of urban transition in Central and Eastern Europe”, paper "Changing attitudes of mayors in Prague Metropolitan Area" (together with Martin Ouředníček)
November 12-14, 2015, Brno, Czech Republic, 5. brněnská konference urbánních studií "Čas(y) měst - 100 let urbánních studií", paper: "Čas(y) sídlišť: životní cyklus pražských socialistických obytných celků" [The time of housing estates: the life cycle of Prague's socialist residential areas"]
September 23-26, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic, 6th International Urban Geographies of Post-Communist States Conference: 25 years of urban change (CATference), paper: "Socialist and Post-socialist Prague and its Socio-spatial Differentiation from the Perspective of 1970–2011 Population Censuses" (together with Lucie Pospíšilová and Martin Ouředníček).
April 21-25, 2015, Chicago, USA, AAG Annual Meeting 2015, paper "Changing age distribution of urban, suburban and rural migrants in Czechia: reflection of changing lifestyles in post-socialist society" (together with Lucie Pospíšilová and Jana Jichová)
August 25–28, 2014, Prague, Czech Republic, 23rd Congress of the Czech Geographical Society and 16th Congress of the Slovak geographic society "Geography in the heart of Europe", paper "Age structure of (not only) suburban migrants in the Czech Republic" (together with Lucie Pospíšilová)
April 8-12, 2014, Tampa, USA, AAG Annual Meeting 2014, paper "Long-term changes of socio-spatial differentiation within the Prague Urban Region 1921-2011" (together with Martin Ouředníček and Lucie Pospíšilová)
November 7-9, 2013, Brno, Czech Republic, IV. Brno conference of urban studies "City and home", paper "What we do at home? Activities related to home in the gender perspective." (together with Lucie Pospíšilová and Tereza Kůsová).
September 11-13, 2013, Tbilisi, Georgia, 5th International Urban Geographies of Post-Communist States Conference (CAT-Ference) "Urban Research, Urban Theory and Planning Practice in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union", papers "Long-term changes in the socio-spatial differentiation within the Prague urban region 1921-2011" (together with Lucie Pospíšilová and Martin Ouředníček) and "Residential stability of new suburbanites: the case of Prague" (together with Nina Dvořáková and Martina Kopečná)
March 14-15, 2013, Tartu, Estonia, International research seminar "Mobility, Segregation and Neighbourhoods´ Change, paper "Social environment within the post-socialist city: approaches and methods" (together with Martin Ouředníček and Lucie Pospíšilová).
November 4-5, 2011, Brno, Czech Republic, Conference "Third City", paper "Residential satisfactin of new suburbanites: the case of Prague" (together with Nina Dvořáková and Martina Kopečná)
April 12-16, 2011, Seattle, USA, AAG Annual Meeting, paper "Residential Satisfaction in Suburbia: the Case of Prague" (together with Nina Dvořáková and Martina Kopečná)
February 10-11, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic, conference "New social and spatial inequalities, local development and quality of life", paper "Changes in the social environment in the hinterland of Prague in the mayors' perspective (together with Martin Ouředníček and Lucie Pospíšilová).
October 21-22, 2010, Bratislava, Slovakia, Conference on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the foundation of the Sociology Institute SAV "Decades of transformations of Slovak society", poster "Atlas socio-spatial differentiation Czech Republic" (together with Lucie Pospíšilová and Martin Šimon).
September 15-17, 2010, Vienna, Austria, 8th European Urban and Regional Studies Conference: Repositioning Europe in an era of global transformation, paper "Suburban Migration Flows and their Demographic Consequences in the Czech Republic" (together with Martin Ouředníček).
September 1-3, 2010, London, UK, RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, paper "Human Capital and Local Development: Rural and Suburban Examples from the Czech Republic" (together with Martin Ouředníček).
September 17-19, 2009, Tartu, Estonia, Third International Workshop on Post-communist Urban Geographies: Actors Shaping Urban Chang, paper "Demographic change of Prague's suburbs and its consequences" (together with Martin Ouředníček).
June 4-6, 2009, Madrid, Spain, City Futures in a Globalizing World, joint conference of EURA and UAA, paper "Spinning the web: social ties of Pragues suburbanites" (together with Martin Ouředníček).
May 1-5, 2009, Sedlec-Prčice, Czech Republic, 22th Czech-polish-slovakian seminar, paper "Applied Urban Geography: Suburbanization in the Czech Republic" (together with Martin Ouředníček and Jakub Novák).
April 23-24, 2009, Beroun, Czech Republic, AUUP seminar "Suburbanization", paper "Changes of social environment in Prague hinterland (together with Martin Ouředníček).
November 23-25, 2008, Sharjah, UAE, SUPS 10 - Capital Cities, Wicked Problems: Best Practices in Planning and Policy Response Mechanisms, paper "Migration and how it is changing social milieu of inner city in post-socialist Prague." (together with Jana Temelová, Martin Ouředníček and Jakub Novák).
May 16-18, 2008, Mikulov, Czech Republic, seminar "European City", paper "Social environment of urban localities".
April 14-16, 2008, Leipzig, Germany, International conference Socio-demographic change of European cities and its spatial consequences, paper "Transformation of housing estates in Prague" (together with Jana Temelová).
December 7-10, 2007, Stockholm-Tallinn-Baltic Sea, Sweden, Estonia, 2nd International Urban Geographies of Post-communist States workshop "Similarity and difference in post-communist urban change", paper "Spinning the Web: Strong and Weak Social Ties of Prague´s Suburbanites" (together with Martin Ouředníček).
November 30-December 1, 2007, Brno, Czech Republic, conference "City: Changing (non)obviousness", paper "Methods of geographical research of the city (together with Martin Ouředníček, Jana Temelová and Jakub Novák).
September 12-14, 2007, Glasgow, UK, EURA conference The Vital City, paper „Social Cohesion in Suburban Neighborhoods: the Case of Prague”.
September 10-11, 2006, Prague, Czech Republic, International Geographical Conference "150 years of geography at Charles University", poster "Suburbanization of Prague" (together with Martin Ouředníček).