Jiří Krejčík, PhD.

Jiří Krejčík is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Political Philosophy and Globalization Research at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. His research interests relate to the intertwining of tradition and modernity in contemporary Indian political discourse, especially the influence of Hindu nationalism and revivalism on the environmental and pop-cultural issues. He received his PhD in Political Science at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, in 2018, where he previously completed his MA studies in Indology and Political Science. He lectures at the Department of Asian Studies at the Metropolitan University Prague.

ORCID: 0000-0002-9209-7254
ResearcherID: JTU-2091-2023

Position: post-doctoral fellow

Research interests:

- subaltern political thinking in India
- environmental and climate justice

Selected publications:

Krejčík, Jiří and Zora Hesová (2024). Válka na Ukrajině jako spouštěč globální potravinové krize? In: Horák, Slavomír (ed.). Ukrajina mimo Západ. Praha: Karolinum, s. 224–249.
Krejčík, Jiří (2019). From Gandhi to Deendayal: Contradictions of conservative Hindu tendencies in Indian environmental thinking. Civitas – Revista de Ciências Sociais (Civitas – Journal of Social Sciences) 19 (2), s. 374–390.
Krejčík, Jiří (2016). Hidden revolutionary processes in 1990s India? In: Arnason, J.; Hrubec, M. (eds.). Social Transformations and Revolutions: Reflections and Analyses. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, s. 168–183.

Publications:
- monographies
- articles
- chapters
- popularisation

Grants, research fellowships, scholarships and awards:

2022 (3 months) research visit at Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad
2012 (5 months) study visit at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2007–2008 (5 months) study visit at Institut d'études politiques, Paris

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