Members
Professors Associate professors Postdocs Juniors Other members
IRTIS members are researchers at the Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. Our members' institutional background covers a wide range of workplaces at Masaryk University, namely:
- Institute for Research on Children, Youth, and Family at Faculty of Social Studies
- Department of Media Studies and Journalism at Faculty of Social Studies
- Department of Psychology at Faculty of Social Studies
- Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing at Faculty of Informatics
David Šmahel
- online risks and opportunities for children and adolescents
- online identities
- virtual relationships
- online addiction
- IT security from perspective of users
- online research methods
- well-being
Steriani Elavsky
- health psychology
- psychology of physical activity
- wellbeing/quality of life
- health behavior change
- adult development and aging
- women's health
- mind-body modalities (e.g., yoga)
Jakub Macek
- new media studies
- new media users and audiences
- audience ethnography
- media and technological subcultures
- media in civic and political participation
Hana Macháčková
- online communities
- SNS use
- self-disclosure online
- online privacy
- cyberbullying – victims and bystanders
- blogging phenomenon
- parental mediation of children´s internet use
Lenka Dědková
- cyberbullying
- online relationships
- meeting online strangers offline
- online research methodology
- online security
Alena Macková
- political communication
- activism
- political participation
- new media
- campaigns
Jakub Mikuška
- adolescent development
- adolescent risk behaviors
- video games and addiction
- impact of technology on family life
Jaromír Plhák
- assistive technologies
- modelling and simulation
- machine learning
Jan Šerek
- political psychology
- civic and political socialization in adolescence and young adulthood
Anna Ševčíková
- sexuality on the internet
- psychosexual development
- online risks among children and adolescents
Martina Šmahelová
- qualitative data analyses
- online research methodology
- children's problematic and risky online behavior
- sexuality
Marie Bedrošová
- cyberhate and online discrimination
- fan communities and participatory culture
Jakub Brojáč
- benefits of using ICTs
- ICT self-efficacy and well-being
- eye tracking
Hana Drtilová
- digital technologies and eating disorders
- ICTs and psychotherapy
Lenka Knapová
- usable security
- psychology of physical activity
- health psychology
Nikol Kvardová
- ICTs and their link to well-being of children and adolescents
- health psychology
Michaela Lebedíková
- adolescents' use of pornography
- sexual scripts
- ICTs and sexuality
Vojtěch Mýlek
- interactions with online strangers
- ICTs and adolescent well-being
Ondřej Sotolář
- innovative data collection methods
- data mining & result aggregation
Natália Valkovičová
- social media research
- ICT in the context of health and eating behavior
- health psychology
