Ivana Rapošová

Ivana Rapošová graduated from the Faculty of Social Studies at the Masaryk University, majoring in sociology and international relations. At her alma mater, she is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in sociology as a full-time PhD student. Academically, she is interested in cultural and pragmatic sociology, particularly in relation to social inclusion of minorities and migrants in the urban landscapes. She indulges in qualitative research methods, especially in combination with visual materials. Ivana is spending the academic year 2016/2017 at the University of Vienna, where she is conducting her Ph.D. research on civic and cultural participation of the minority groups in the Central European cities.

Since 2013, she has been working for the Centre for the Research of Ethnicity and Culture as a junior research fellow, focusing primarily on inclusive education and minority rights. She considers this opportunity to be a precious addition to her academic career which helps her to understand the society far better than solely from the academic table.

In the past she has spent one semester at the Bosphorus University in Istanbul, four months working as a volunteer in a rural community in Nepal and completed a fellowship in community organizing in the USA. All these pieces of experience significantly shaped her sociological thinking and attitude towards social inclusion.