Šárka Lukešová

During my bachelor’s and master’s studies, I dealt with the topic of community development, its effects and actors in both urban and rural areas, and I cooperated with the Ústí Community Foundation. Now, as part of my doctoral studies, I am focusing on rural economic development in old industrial regions. In this research, I analyze the economic development of rural areas in the context of the transformation of old industrial/coal regions and the perceptions of local leaders about the shape of this development.

• 2020 (study stay) Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland (Erasmus+ programme)
• 2021 (Bc.) Faculty of Science, J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (Geography of Central Europe)
• 2023 (Mgr.) Faculty of Science, J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (Geography)
• 2023– (postgraduate studies) Faculty of Science, J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (Geographies of Transformations)

• 2024– Researcher, Department of Geography, Faculty, of Science, J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem

• Lukešová, Š. (2023). Actors of community development in the Ústí nad Labem Region (Master’s thesis). Jan Evangelista Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem.
• Štěbetáková, M., Červinka, P., Hořejš, M., Lukešová, Š., & Vaculovičová, L. (2022). Elbe—A Tourist Line Cycling Through Europe. In The International Conference on Cultural Sustainable Tourism (pp. 183-193). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

• OP Just Transition (2024–2027). RUR – Region to university, university to region. (member of the team Image and identity)
• IGA/SGS UJEP no. 2024-53-005-3 (2024–2026). Imagination of rural economic development in old industrial regions. (project conductor)

• Czech Geographical Society