Palacký University Olomouc
UP

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RNDr. Bohumil FRANTÁL, Ph.D.

Bohumil Frantál

senior lecturer
office 2.019
tel. (+420) 777 648 808
e-mail: bohumil.frantal@upol.cz
consultation hours: only around the time of classes
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Teaching

Full-time form – in Czech

Energie, krajina, udržitelnost: úvod do geografie energie KGG/EKU
Environmentální sociologie KGG/EES
Práce s informacemi a akademické psaní KGG/PIAP

Part-time form – in Czech

Energie, krajina, udržitelnost: úvod do geografie energie KGG/DEKU
Environmentální sociologie KGG/DES
Práce s informacemi a akademické psaní KGG/DPIAP

Supervised theses

Bachelor theses: defended | in progress (STAG)
Master theses: defended | in progress (STAG)

Publications

List of recent publications (since the year 2020):

Journals included in the Web of Science

Klusáček, P., Alexandrescu, F., Frantál, B., Konečný, O. (2025): Desert or garden? Energy sacrifice zones, territorial affordances and competing visions for post-coal landscapes: The case of the Czechoslovak Army Mine. Energy Research & Social Science 119, 103876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103876 [link]

Frantál, B., Pasqualetti, M., Brisudová, L. (2024): Challenges, dilemmas and success criteria of recycling coal mining landscapes. Moravian Geographical Reports 32(4), 216–232. https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2024-0018 [link]

Pasqualetti, M. J., Frantál, B. (2022): The evolving energy landscapes of coal: Windows on the past and influences on the future. Moravian Geographical Reports 30, 4, 228–236. https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2022-0015 [link]

Frantál, B., Dvořák, P. (2022): Reducing energy poverty in deprived regions or supporting new developments in metropolitan suburbs? Regional differences in the use of subsidies for home energy efficiency renovations. Energy Policy 171, 113250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113250 [link]

Kulla, M., Novotný, L., Pregi, L., Dvořák, P., Martinát, S., Klusáček, P., Navrátil, J., Krejčí, T., Frantál, B. (2022): The good, the bad, and the nobody: Exploring diversity of perceptions of anaerobic digestion plants in Central and Eastern Europe. Energy Research & Social Science 89, 102644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102644  [link]

Martinát, S., Chodkowska-Miszczuk, J., Kulla, M., Navrátil, J., Klusáček, P., Dvořák, P., Novotný, L., Krejčí, T., Pregi, L., Trojan, J., Frantál, B. (2022): Best practice forever? Dynamics behind the perception of farm-Fed anaerobic digestion plants in rural peripheries. Energies 15, 7, 2533. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15072533 [link]

Frantál, B., Frajer, J., Martinát, S., Brisudová, L. (2022): The curse of coal or peripherality? Energy transitions and the socioeconomic transformation of Czech coal mining and post-mining regions. Moravian Geographical Reports 30, 4, 237–256. https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2022-0016  [link]

Klapka, P., Ellegård, K., Frantál, B. (2020): What about Time-Geography in the post-Covid-19 era? Moravian Geographical Reports 28(4): 238–247. https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2020-0017 [link]

Frantál, B., Klapka, P., Nováková, E. (2020): When home becomes a cage: Daily activities, space-time constraints, isolation and the loneliness of older adults in urban environments. Moravian Geographical Reports 28(4): 322–337. https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2020-0024 [link]

Frantál, B., Klapka, P. (2020): Exploring the nexus between place of residence, daily activity patterns, and the socio‐spatial isolation of mothers on parental leave. Area 52(2): 401–410. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12585 [link]

Chapters in monographs

Tàbara, J. D., Mangalagiu, D., Frantál, B., Mey, F., Maier, R., Lilliestam, J., Sarrica, M., Mandel, A., Lieu, J., Cottone, P., Veland, S., Martínez-Reyes, A. (2024): Transformative Emergence: Research Challenges for Enabling Social-ecological Tipping Points Toward Regional Sustainability Transformations. In: Tábara, D. et al. (eds.): Positive Tipping Points Towards Sustainability: Understanding the Conditions and Strategies for Fast Decarbonization in Regions (pp. 325–343). Cham, Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50762-5 [link]