Martin Bartůněk

Martin Bartůněk graduated in Geography at the Bachelor’s and Master’s level at the Faculty of Science of the Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem. He is currently enrolled at the Department of Geography in the PhD programme Geographies of Transformations. His dissertation project focuses on forms of visual presentation of geographic data. The main points of research interest are regions, regional identity and symbols of regions in the form of geographical names.

• 2017 (Bc.) Faculty of Science, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (major Geography)
• 2019 – Erasmus study programme – Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara, Romania and Tallinn University, Estonia (5 months)
• 2021 (Mgr.) Faculty of Science, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (major Geography)
• 2021 – Postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Science, , Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (study programme Geographies of Transformation)
• 2025 – EU-funded research internship – Kommunalgemeinschaft Euroregion Oberes Elbtal / Osterzgebirge e.V. [Association of Municipalities Euroregion Upper Elbe Valley / Eastern Ore Mountains], Dresden, Germany and Muzeum Łużyckie [Lusatian Museum], Zgorzelec, Poland

• BARTŮNĚK, M., BLÁHA, J. D. (2023). Visualising administrative division dynamics: transformation of borders and names in the Bohemian-Saxonian borderland. GeoScape, 17(2), pg. 118–134. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2023-0008

• European Just Transition Fund (2024–2027). RUR – Region univerzitě, univerzita regionu [Region to University, University to Region]. (team member)
• Programme Johannes Amos Comenius (2025–2027). SimulUK – Simulační prostředí v Ústeckém kraji [Simulation environment in the Ústí nad Labem Region]. (team member)
• IGA/SGS UJEP No. 2018-53-004-2 (2018-2019). Formation of catchment districts of primary schools in typologically different regions. (team member)
• IGA/SGS UJEP No. 2022-53-001-3 (2022-2024). Participatory mapping as a tool for visualising regional dynamics. (project leader)
• IGA/SGS UJEP No. 2023-53-001-2 (2023-2024). Critical spots in undergraduate cartographic education: analysis and initial interpretation of the results of a longitudinal study. (team member)