“Really good science is never local, I draw inspiration from abroad,” says the researcher from IPS, who connects political science and history

After completing her master’s degree, Hana Kubátová felt that she still did not know enough, so she decided to stay in the academic environment. Currently, she works as a researcher and teacher at the Institute of Political Studies, is finishing the book she has been working on for seven years, and is participating in a number of research projects. At the same time, the desire to always discover something new does not leave her even after years.

In her research, she mainly focuses on the connection between history and political science. In the center of her attention are prejudices and relations between the majority and minority population. For a long time, she also dealt with anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, which she examined not only as a purely political but also a social event. During her academic career, she often moved and still moves between several disciplines – and she considers this to be the key to successful research.

“If I could, I would add other fields – for example, I am fascinated by the research of social psychologists who deal with what happens to perpetrators of violence, why we as a community and individuals feel like victims and how collective guilt affects how we perceive ourselves and the others,” describes Kubátová.

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