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CONTACT
tereza (at) vandrovcova.cz
+420 / 777 94 24
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short bio
Tereza
Vandrovcová is an academic (teacher and course guarantor) at the
University of New York in Prague (UNYP) where she teaches Social
Psychology, Sociology and Animals in Human Society: Psychological
Perspectives. She also teaches introduction to Animal Studies at the
Charles University (Prague) and Masaryk University (Brno). Her research
interests include critical animal studies, psychology of meat
consumption and sociology of science. In 2011 she published a book
called “Animal as an Experimental Object: a Sociological Reflection” (in
Czech) and she co-organized the second
European Critical
Animal Studies Conference in Prague. In 2012 she became the
Institute for Critical Animal Studies ‘Tyke Scholar of Year’ and between
2013 and 2015 she was a Regional Director of the Institute for Critical
Animal Studies, Europe.
In 2017 she finished her Ph.D. in Sociology from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic) with thesis called “Animals as Laboratory Objects: Analysis of the Power Discourse.” (in Czech).
She is a co-founder of online vegan-guide called Soucitne.cz, NGO Česká veganská společnost (Czech Vegan Society), collective EACAS (European Association for Critical Animal Studies) and company with limited liability Wealthy life, s.r.o. Within the latter organization she organizes seminars Exkuraci.cz for people addicted to nicotine (being an ex-smoker herself). She is also an activist and spokesperson at NGO Open your eyes (Otevři oči).