My main interest is to uncover the roots of public opinion and affective polarization with a particular focus on ideology. I am a research associate and PhD candidate at Masaryk University.In the course of my research, I have been awarded an AKTION fellowship, a Fulbright fellowship, and the Jacques Rupnik Prize for the best PhD presentation.
I used to be a Fulbright Fellow at Polarization Research Lab (Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, and Dartmouth) throughout the 2023/24 academic year and a visiting researcher at the University of Vienna in Spring 2023. I also currently serve as a research secretary of the Czech Political Science Association.
My research focuses on belief alignment and political polarization in Europe. I explore how historical church-state conflicts shape cultural divides on moral issues between Catholic and Protestant countries. I also examine ideological asymmetry, finding that left-wing partisans tend to have more coherent beliefs, but emerging sociocultural conflicts challenge this alignment. Additionally, I study emotional responses to policy disagreement, showing that ideologues react more strongly due to both observed and anticipated disagreements. I use quantitative and computational methods to analyze these dynamics.
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