prof. PhDr. Tomáš Katrňák, Ph.D.
Tomáš Katrňák graduated in sociology from the Faculty of Social Studies in Brno (Ph.D., 2002). In 2009, he was awarded an associate professorship and ten years later was awarded a professorship. He works at the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Masaryk University in Brno, of which he is currently head. His main professional interests lie in issues surrounding social inequality and the analysis of class – specifically, the differences between social classes and the reasons for their emergence. He also focuses on social inequality and the aspects that influence it (education, parental education, financial background, etc.). He also addresses issues concerned with partner relationships, especially between young people.
- KATRŇÁK, Tomáš & Barbora HUBATKOVÁ, 2022. Transitional Inequality Offset: Educational Expansion and Inequality of Educational Opportunity in European Countries between 2000 and 2018. European Sociological Review, 38(6), 882–903.
- KATRŇÁK, Tomáš & Barbora HUBATKOVÁ, 2022. Does Educational Expansion Decrease Suicide Rates in European Countries? The Compositional Effect in Educational Stratification of Suicides. Quality & Quantity, 56(3), 923–947.
- KATRŇÁK, Tomáš & Beatrice Elena CHROMKOVÁ MANEA, 2020. Change in Prevalence or Preference? Trends in Educational Homogamy in Six European Countries in a Time of Educational Expansion. Social Science Research, 91, September, 1–15.
- FÓNADOVÁ Laura, Tomáš KATRŇÁK & Natálie SIMONOVÁ, 2019. The Czech Republic: From Ethnic Discrimination to Social Inclusion in the Educational System. In. The Palgrave Handbook of Race and Ethnic Inequalities in Education. 2nd edition. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 379–419.
- KATRŇÁK, Tomáš & Tomáš DOSEDĚL, 2019. Is Education Becoming a Weaker Determinant of Occupation? Educational Expansion and Occupational Returns to Education in 30 European Countries. Sociologický časopis, 55(6), 821–851.