Petr Trahorsch, Ph.D.

Petr Trahorsch studied geography and physical education at the J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem. He completed his postgraduate studies at the same university in 2020 with a dissertation focused on researching visuals in geography textbooks and diagnosing children’s conceptions and misconceptions. In teaching, he focuses primarily on the didactics of geography and the implementation of new approaches to regional geography in teaching. Currently, he also works as the chief of the North Bohemian branch of the Czech Geographical Society. Last but not least, he is also a geography teacher at a lower secondary school.

• 2014 (B.Sc.) Faculty of Education UJEP in Ústí nad Labem (physical education and geography)
• 2016 (M.Sc.) Faculty of Science UJEP in Ústí nad Labem (teaching geography-physical education for secondary schools)
• 2020 (Ph.D.) Faculty of Education UJEP in Ústí nad Labem (Didactics of primary science education)
• 2019 research internship at Humboldt University, Berlin (2 weeks)
• 2022 research internship at Leibniz Institute for Educational Media, Braunschweig (1 month)
• 2024 research internship at the Institute of Geography, Faculty of Science, UPJŠ in Košice (2 weeks)

• 2016–2020 Department of Geography, Faculty of Science UJEP in Ústí nad Labem (researcher)
• 2020– Department of Geography, Faculty of Science UJEP in Ústí nad Labem (professional assistant; from 2023 deputy head of the department)
• 2020– Science education support center, Faculty of Science UJEP
• 2023– Member of editorial board of Geografické rozhledy

• Trahorsch, P., Bláha, J. D., & Mlýnek, P. (2026). From drawings to maps: Links between drawing categories and spatial error in students’ mental maps of the desert biome. Journal of Baltic Science Education, 25(1), online first. 
• Bláha, J.D., Trahorsch, P., Bartůněk, P., & Hladík, P. (2025). Critical issues in undergraduate cartographic education: Analysis of final tests and oral examinations. AUC Geographica, 60(1), 61–74.
• Svobodová, H., & Trahorsch, P. (2024). Assessment in geography through geography Olympiads: comparison of results of the Czech National and International Geography Olympiads from 2015 to 2022. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 34(2), 139–155. https://doi.org/10.1080/10382046.2024.2352281
• Trahorsch, P. & Reich, J. (2023). Problem-solving procedures in spatially explicit tasks: comparing procedures with printed and digital cartographic documents. GeoScape, 17(1), 34–46.
• Trahorsch, P. & Svobodová, H. (2023). Prostorová diferenciace úspěšnosti řešitelů okresního kola české Zeměpisné olympiády v letech 2021 a 2022. Geografie, 128(3), 301–324.

• State Environmental Fund (2023–2027). RUR – Region University, University of the Region. Guarantor and team member for selected educational activities. Reg. No. CZ.10.02.01/00/22_002/0000210.
• IGA UJEP/SGS (2020–2022). Diagnostics of children’s conceptions of selected geographical phenomena among primary and lower secondary school pupils, team member
• TA CR No. TL02000114 (2019–2022). Implementation of map skills in geography teaching in lower secondary education, team member.
• IGA UJEP/SGS (2017–2019). Visuals in geography and national history textbooks and their influence on the emergence of misconceptions, principal researcher
• GA CR No. 16-01003S (2016–2018). Visual geographic information and its role in geographic education, team member

• Czech Geographical Society (2016–)
• Czech Association for Pedagogical Research (2017–)