Novotný | Geomigrace

prof. Josef Novotný

Address: Albertov 6, 4NP, místnost č. 348

E-mail: josef.novotny@natur.cuni.cz

Main research interests: development studies, development and migration

Published articles (selection)

MASNÁ, E., SEIDLOVÁ, A., HASMAN, J., NOVOTNÝ, J. (2025): Understanding migration aspirations using the extended theory of planned behavior: a case study from Western Province of Zambia. Journal of Rural Studies, 114, 2, v tisku.

NOVOTNÝ, J., MAMO, B.G. (2022): Household-level sanitation in Ethiopia and its influencing factors: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 22, 1448.

HASMAN, J., NOVOTNÝ, J. (2018): Uncovering the Patterns of the US Geography of Immigration by an Analysis of Spatial Relatedness between Immigrant Groups. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 11, 2, 257–286.

NOVOTNÝ, J., HASMAN, J. (2016): Exploring the Spatial Relatedness Network of the Global System of International Migration. Journal of Maps, 12, Sup1, 570–576.

NOVOTNÝ, J., HASMAN, J. (2015): The Emergence of Regional Immigrant Concentrations in USA and Australia: A Revealed Relatedness Approach. PLOS One, 10, 5, 1–20.

Book chapters (selection)

Monographs (selection)

Personal profiles

Professional experience

Current research projects

Teaching

Membership

Summer School on Migration Studies 2025

We are pleased to announce that this year summer school will be held from August 31 to September 6. The program is once again being organized in partnership with IOM Czechia. Detailed information and online registration form you can be found here.

A new article on research in Zambia has been published

The Journal of Rural Studies has published an article by members of the Geomigrace research team—Eliška Masná, Aneta Stoker, Jiří Hasman, and Josef Novotný—on the migration aspirations of farmers in western Zambia. Based on their own data, the authors demonstrate...

New article: The role of geographical distance in transnational institutional engagement of the Czech diaspora: a comparative study

This study investigates the impact of geographical distance on the institutional engagement of migrants from Czechia in five global regions. We examine how geographic (physical) proximity to Czechia shapes institutional engagement with the country of origin and...

The awards for best theses in the field of migration have been decided

The members of Geomigration research team have decided on the results of the competition for the best thesis in the field of migration and integration. Four theses were submitted in the 8th annual competition. Awards were given as follows: 1st place: Vojtěch Jochim:...

New article: Fertility, economic development, and remittances in post-communist times

Members of the Geomigrace team, Azizbek Tokhirov and Jonas Suchanek, have published this article in the Journal of Maps. Link here

New publication focused on the research of the Czech diaspora: Extending comparative typologies of diaspora policies: towards a “cautiously proactive” diaspora policy state

This study explores and extends Francesco Ragazzi's established 2014 global typology of diaspora policies (GAČR 22-08304S) Link here

Interview with Dušan Drbohlav for Caucasian Journal

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The final program of the summer school on migration studies

PROGRAM Summer school on migration studies 2024

Summer School of Migration Studies 2024 – few last places available!

We are pleased to publish the first draft of the programme of this year's Summer School of Migration Studies, which will take place from 18 to 24 August at the Faculty of Science of Charles University. The programme can be viewed HERE. Our Summer School on Migration...

New article: On the footsteps of parents? Migration experience and aspirations of university students in Moldova

The journal Southeast European and Black Sea Studies has just published a new article by the collective of Eliška Masná and Dušan Drbohlav entitled On the footsteps of parents? Migration experience and aspirations of university students in Moldova, which examines the...