Zdenek Oprsal

doc. Mgr. ZDENĚK OPRŠAL, Ph.D.
    
Contact details    Department of Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, 17. listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
phone: +420 731 846 830; email: zdenek.oprsal@upol.cz
    
Education     
Degree    doc. (associate professor) in Tropical Agriculture and Ecology
Institution    Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (2020)
Habilitation thesis    Geography of Czech Foreign Aid with a Focus on Environmental Aid and Democracy Assistance
    
Degree    Ph.D. in Environmental Geography (2011) 
Institution    University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
    
Degree    Mgr. in Environmental Conservation (2004)
Institution    Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
    
Academic experience    
2005–now    Department of Development and Environmental Studies (until 2007 Department of Geography), Faculty of Sciences, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Appointments    lecturer, associate professor, researcher, vice-head of the Department (since 2011)
Courses taught    International Development Cooperation, Environmental Geography (Environment and Society), Geography of Globalisation and Development
    
Membership    Czech Geographic Society (ČGS) 
     
Awards    Dean's Award (Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc) to the authors of prestigious scientific publications in 2020
    
Publications (selected)

Opršal, Z., Harmáček, J., Vítová, P., Syrovátka, M. & Jarecka‑Stępień, K., 2021. Polish and Czech foreign aid: a ‘mélange’ of geopolitical and developmental objectives. Journal of International Relations and Development, online first version, DOI: 10.1057/s41268-020-00192-x

Opršal, Z., Harmáček, J. 2019. Clean Aid or Dirty Aid? The Environmentalization of Czech Foreign Aid. Journal of Cleaner Production, 224, 167-174, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.198.

Opršal, Z., Harmáček, J. 2019. Is foreign aid responsive to environmental needs and performance of developing countries? Case study of the Czech Republic. Sustainability, 11(2), 401, DOI: 10.3390/su11020401.

Macková, L., Harmáček, J., Opršal, Z. 2019. Determinants of International Migration from Developing Countries to Czechia and Slovakia. Ekonomický časopis, 67(9), 931-952.

Vítová, P., Harmáček, J., Opršal, Z. 2019. Determinants of tourism flows in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Island Studies Journal, 14(2), 3-22, DOI: 10.24043/isj.90.

Opršal, Z., Harmáček, J., Pavlík, P., Machar, I. 2018. What Factors can Influence the Expansion of Protected Areas around the World in the Context of International Environmental and Development Goals? Problemy Ekorozwoju, 13(1), 145-157. 

Pechanec, V., Machar, I., Pohanka, T., Opršal, Z., Petrovič, F., Švajda, J., Šálek, L., Chobot, K., Filippovová, J., Cudlín, P., Málková, J. 2018 Effectiveness of Natura 2000 system for habitat types protection: A case study from the Czech Republic. Nature Conservation – Bulgaria, vol. 24, 21-41, DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.24.21608.

Opršal, Z., Harmáček, J., Syrovátka, M. 2017. Geography of Czech aid: Where and why Czechia promotes development? Geografie, 122(2), 169-189. 

Harmáček, J., Syrovátka, M., Opršal, Z. 2017. Factors of Czech Aid Selection and Allocation: Panel Probit and Tobit Analysis. Politická ekonomie,  65(2), 179-197, DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.1135. 

Dytrtová, K., Šarapatka, B., Opršal, Z. 2016. Does Organic Farming Influence Landscape Composition? Two Cases from the Czech Republic. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 40(7), 714-735, DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2016.1186131.  

Opršal Z., Kladivo, P., Machar, I. 2016. The role of selected biophysical factors in long-term land-use change of cultural landscape. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 14(2), 23-40. 

Opršal, Z., Šarapatka, B., Kladivo, P. 2013. Land-use Changes and their Relationship to Selected Landscape Parameters in three Cadastral Areas in the Moravia Region, Czech Republic. Moravian Geographical Reports, vol. 21, no. 1.

Opršal, Z., Harmáček, J. 2018. Geographic, environmental and socio-economic determinants of tourism in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Geografický časopis, 70(2), 161-177. DOI: 10.31577/geogrcas.2018.70.2.09.

Opršal, Z., Harmáček, J., Syrovátka, M. 2016. The Allocation of Czech Foreign Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Influence of Historical Relationships.  Int. J. Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, 9(4), 325-343, DOI: 10.1504/IJEPEE.2016.081401.

Krylová, P., Syrovátka, M., Opršal, Z. 2012. Assessing the aid effectiveness of the Czech Republic: Commitment to Development Index and beyond. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 13(1), 100-116. DOI: 10.1080/15705854.2011.649170.