Workplace
Overall aims of CWER are:
- Keep scholarly debate on work, workplace, and related processes within in sync with workplace changes. CWER conducts theoretical and empirical workplace research and produces academic papers that seek publication in subject related peer-reviewed journals, edited volumes and monographs.
- Knit relations with other workplace research networks within the region of Central Europe, in a broader European and global context.
- Work closely with the industry and respond to policy makers’ relevant inquiries to enhance relevant policy mechanisms both at local and European level.
Main focus:
- Human-centered workplace: human capital, productivity and associated tensions, work-related identities.
- Physical workplace: workplace design and structure of workplaces.
- Digital workplace: digital twinning, the use of XR technologies, digital work environments.
- Methodology: workplace ethnography, digital ethnography, incorporating VR tools in ethnography
What we offer:
- Contractual & Policy Research. CWER conducts workplace research addressing the needs of organizations and firms.
- Academic research projects on the EU level related to the inquiry of diverse aspects of contemporary workplaces.
- Individual consultation of workplace transformations or introduction of new digital tools in workplaces.
- White papers and policy reports translating scholarly insights for the public.
Representatives of the team
doc. Marko Orel, Ph.D.
Mgr. Ivana Lukeš Rybanská, Ph.D.
Mgr. Karolina Anna Kania, Ph.D.
Bc. et Bc. Veronika Šlapáková Losová, Ph.D.
Top publications of the team:
- Bennis, W. M., & Orel, M. (2025). Four models of the coworking concept to facilitate remote higher education. Facilities, 43(7/8), 426-443. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-02-2024-0031
- Šlapáková Losová, V., & Orel, M. (2025). Virtual reality as an engagement driver in professional meetings. Information Technology & People, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-12-2024-1558
- Lukeš Rybanská, I., & Čada, K. (2024). The power of the powerless: Constructions of self‐employment in Czechia. Social Inclusion, 12. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.7820
Selected research projects:
- Horizon (Remote-Working Multiple Impacts in the Age of Disruptions) / 2024 – 2027
- Erasmus KA2 (Coworking for EU) / 2022 – 2025
- SPIN/Eutopia Alliance (Research on the Microphysics of Conflict in Coworking Spaces) / 2024 – 2026
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