Musil Jiří
Prof., PhDr., CSc.
Born February 20, 1928
- Theory of sociology, urban sociology, cultural sociology, demography
- Member of Learned Society since 1994 (Founding member)
Educational and professional preparation:
- Student, Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University, field of sociology, philosophy; completed in 1952
Employment and academic positions:
- 1953-1958, research worker, Institute of Hygiene, Prague;
- 1958-1983, Head, Department of Sociology, Research Institute for Building and Architecture;
- 1983-1990, Czech Institute of Technology (CIT), Faculty of Architecture, research worker;
- 1990-1992, Director, renewed Sociological Institute, AS CR;
- 1992-1993, Director, Central European University, Prague and Professor at this University;
- 1993-2003, Professor, Central European University, Budapest and Warsaw, simultaneously Professor, Faculty of Science, Charles University
Membership and positions in international organizations and societies:
- Academia Europaea, London
- Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea, Vienna
- World Academy of Art and Science, USA
- 1998-2001, President, European Sociological Association
Notable awards:
- Six medals and awards for book publications and research in the field of urban sociology
Selected publications:
- Housing Needs and Policy in Great Britain and Czechoslovakia. University of Glasgow, London 966
- Sociologie soudobého města (Sociology of the Contemporary City). Svoboda, Prague, 1967
- Assessment of Current and Future Housing Needs, United Nations, Geneva 1970
- Sociologie bydlení (Sociology of Housing). Svoboda, Prague 1971
- Urbanizace v socialistických zemích (Urbanization in the Socialist Countries). Svoboda, Prague 1977
- Urbanization in Socialist Countries. M. E. Sharpe, White Plains, New York, 1980
- The End of Czechoslovakia (editor). CEU Press, Budapest, New York 1995
- Räumliche Auswirkungen des Transformationsprozesses in Deutschland und bei den östlichen Nachbarn (editor with W. Strubelt). Leske + Budrich, Opladen 1997
- The Meaning of Liberalism-East and Wes (editor with Z. Suda). CEU Press, Budapest, New York 1999
- Zrod velkoměsta (Birth of a Metropolis) (with P. Horská, E. Maur). Paseka, Prague 2002.
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