Mgr. Lucie Vidovićová, Ph.D.

Lucie Vidovićová graduated in sociology at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno, and completed research and study internships at, for example, the Faculty of Social Studies at the University of Maribor (2017) and the Oxford Institute of Ageing (2008). She currently works at the Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs and the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences of Masaryk University. Her main professional interests concern the topics of age, old age and ageing, concerning which she mainly addresses issues surrounding discrimination, family and social exclusion. She also addresses environmental links. A significant part of her professional life is taken up with teaching activities both at Czech universities and abroad (e.g. Alma Mater Europaea – ECM, Maribor, Slovenia; Hochschule Fulda – University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany). She is also a member of numerous councils and commissions, including the International Federation on Ageing (IFA) and the main committee of the Czech Sociological Society. From 2018 to 2023, she was vice president of RC 11 Sociology of Ageing at the International Sociological Association (ISA).