Jiří Riezner, Ph.D.
Jiří Riezner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department Coordinator
Research interests: physical geography, historical geography and environmental history
Office: CPTO-4.28, Phone: +420 475 28 6755, E-mail: jiri.riezner@ujep.cz
Personal profile
I studied history and geography at Masaryk University in Brno (M.A.) and physical geography at the same university (Ph.D.). I have completed two study stays in Germany (Universities of Osnabrück and Freiburg) and two work placements (in Münster and Halle an der Saale). Since 2009 I have been working as an assistant professor at the Department of Geography at J. E. Purkyně University (UJEP) in Ústí nad Labem. I have carried out several research stays at the Institut für Volkskunde der Deutschen des östlichen Europa (Freiburg, Germany). I focus long-term on the research of stone walls and lynchets and their vegetation. I am also involved in projects dedicated to historical geography and environmental history, for example on the topics as use/land cover changes (notably of vineyards and orchards) or adaptation of human society to the harsh natural conditions of mountain areas. In recent years I have also focused on selected forms of culture of remembrance of the Sudeten Germans. In particular, photo books of the publisher and artist Adam Kraft.
Education and internships
- 2000 Masaryk University, Brno (Teachers training in gepography and history, Mgr.)
- 2004–2005 Universität Osnabrück, Germany (study stay, 6 months)
- 2006 Westfälisches Museum für Naturkunde, Münster, Germany (work placement, 4 months)
- 2009 RANA: Büro für für Ökologie und Naturschutz, Halle an der Saale, Germany (work placement, 5 months)
- 2007 Masaryk University, Brno (Physical geography, Ph.D.)
- between 2013 and 2021 Institut für Volkskunde der Deutschen des östlichen Europa, Freiburg i. Br., Germany (7 shorter research interships)
Academic and professional activities
- since 2009 – Department of Geography, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem
- since 2024 – Member of the Scientific Council of the Open Air Museum Zubrnice
Selected recent papers and publications
- ZACHAROVÁ, J., RIEZNER, J., ELZNICOVÁ, J., KUBÁT, K., HOLCOVÁ, D., HOLEC, M, PACINA, J., ŠTOJDL, J., GRYGAR T M. 2022. Historical Agricultural Landforms-Central European Bio-Cultural Heritage Worthy of Attention. Land, 11, 7, 963.
- JACKOVIČOVÁ, J., DOLEJŠ, M., RIEZNER, J. 2023. Spatial determinants of the distribution of lynchets and stone walls in NW Czechia: A broad-scale study. Applied Geography, 158, 1–11.
- RAŠKA, P., RIEZNER, J., BÍL, M., KLIMEŠ, J. 2023. Long-term landslide impacts and adaptive responses in rural communities: Using historical cases to validate the cumulative causation approach. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 93, 1–12.
- RIEZNER, J. 2024. Die sudetendeutschen Bildbände des Adam Kraft Verlags. In: Sarah Scholl-Schneider, Theresa Langer-Asam, Hildegard Schmoller. Akteure und Institutionen visueller Medien im deutsch-tschechischen Kontext. Historische Perspektiven und praktische Einblicke. Forschungen zu Geschichte und Kultur der böhmischen Länder, Band 7, 195–270.
Selected research projects
- GA ČR 22-12522S (2022–2024) Tree-ring microscopic anatomy as a chronological data source for optimization of landslide hazard assessment.
- NAKI III DH23P03OVV009 (2023–2027) Cultural, historical and natural aspects of terroir in the Czech Republic.
- Interreg Česko – Sasko 100716189 (2025–2027) Fruit landscape for climate change and biodiversity.
Membership
- Czech Geographical Society
- Czech Association for Landscape Ecology