Veronika Chvátalová

Committed researcher with experience from academia, state and non-governmental environment using transdisciplinary methods to generate and share important information with a wide range of audiences. Successfully engaged stakeholders from local farmers, across nature conservationists to municipality leaders for sustainable agriculture development. Proficient experience in working in interdisciplinary and international project teams.

• 2020-2022: Member of ENSSER The European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility
• 2011-2013: Co-founder and member of the Journal Club of Evolutionary Biology Laboratory at Charles University

• 08/2022 and 07/2023 Provided consultation services regarding sustainable agriculture to private persons on a voluntary basis
• 07/2013 and 08/2014 Volunteer at an organic farm in Vorarlberg, Austria

Peer-reviewed

• Flegr, J. et al. (2024). Cognitive Effects of Toxoplasma and CMV Infections: A Cross-Sectional Study of 557 Young Adults Considering Modulation by Sex and Rh Factor. Pathogens, 13(5):363. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13050363
• Chvátalová, V., Malá, S. & Meierová, T. Jak na spolupráci pro udržitelný rozvoj krajiny. [How to achieve cooperation for sustainable landscape development - certified methodology]. Brno: Ekotoxa, 2022.
• Meierová, T. & Chvátalová, V. (2022). Frustrated or fulfilled? Motivation of Czech farmers to implement climate change adaptation measures on the landscape level. Journal of Rural Studies, 92, 354-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.04.013
• Chvátalová, V. (2021). The post-market environmental monitoring of GM maize in the EU has a limited capacity to identify adverse effects. Environmental Science and Policy, 121(October 2020), 11–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.03.013
• Chvátalová, V. (2021). Czech farmers’ attitudes towards genetically modified crops. Journal of Rural Studies, 83, 246–256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.11.010
• Chvátalová, V. (2020). Czech Farmers’ Experience with Bt Maize: Fulfilment, and the Opposite, of Monsanto’s Promises. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 68(1), 25–38. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.11118/actaun202068010025
• Chvátalová, V. (2019). A critical evaluation of EFSA’s environmental risk assessment of genetically modified maize MON810 for honeybees and earthworms. Environmental Sciences Europe, 31(52), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-019-0238-5
• Chvátalová, V. et al. (2018). Differences in cognitive functions between cytomegalovirus-infected and cytomegalovirus-free university students: A case control study. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23637-3
• Flegr, J. et al. (2018). Lower performance of Toxoplasma-infected, Rh-negative subjects in the weight holding and hand-grip tests. PLoS ONE, 13(7), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200346
• Černík, M., Chabada T., Činčera, J. & Chvátalová, V. (2018). Territorial ecological limits to the lignite surface mining in North Bohemia. In K. Iwińska, M. Jones & M. Kraszewska (Eds.), Widening Interdisciplinary Sustainability Education (pp.163–180). Warsaw: Collegium Civitas.
• Chabada T., Černík, M., Činčera, J. & Chvátalová, V. (2018). Local referendum about the relocation of the railway station. In K. Iwińska, M. Jones & M. Kraszewska (Eds.), Widening Interdisciplinary Sustainability Education (pp. 195–204). Warsaw: Collegium Civitas.
• Kleisner, K., Chvátalová, V., & Flegr, J. (2014). Perceived intelligence is associated with measured intelligence in men but not women. PloS One, 9(3), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081237

Non-peer-reviewed

• Kurka J., ed. Jak na udržitelné obce. Vzorkovník úspěšných řešení. [How to make a municipality sustainable. A blueprint for successful solutions.] Praha: Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj, ČR, 2023. ISBN: printed version: 978-80-7538-487-4; online version: 978-80-7538-488-1.
• Chvátalová, V., & Spök, A. (2018). Stakeholder consultation report - interpretation and conclusion stage. Report prepared for the G-TwYST project.
• Chvátalová, V. (2017). Science for policy: assessing genetically modified crops in the EU. Conference Proceedings of the STS Conference Graz 2017 on “Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies” 8-9 May 2017.
• Chvátalová, V. (2017). Jak nám kvete geneticky modifikovaná pšenka? [How are genetically modified crops thriving?] Sedmá Generace (socio-ecological magazine), 8–11.
• Chvátalová, V. & Koháková, M. (2014). Přesyceni jistotou [Oversaturated by certainty] Právo (national newspaper), 4–4.

• Chvátalová, V. & Kadavá, M. (2024). "Význam spolupráce při přípravě, realizaci a následné péči o krajinné prvky [The importance of cooperation in the preparation, implementation and subsequent care of landscape features]" presented at the webinar Praktické zkušenosti s přípravou a realizací krajinných prvků [Practical experience in the preparation and implementation of landscape elements]
• Meierová, T. & Chvátalová, V. (2022). Organiser and facilitator of a workshop for professional public "Jak lépe chápat frustrované stakeholdery [How to better understand frustrated stakeholders]", Prague, Czech Republic
• Chvátalová, V. (2021). "Tvorba kolaborativního partnerství [The creation of collaborative partnership]" presented at the online conference Krajina voleb: Zemědělství a lesnictví před výzvami nadcházejících let [The landscape of the elections: agriculture and forestry facing the challenges of the coming years]
• Chvátalová, V. (2019). "Czech farmers’ attitudes to and risk perception of genetically modified crops" Paper presented at the 18th Annual STS Conference Graz 2019, Graz, Austria
• Chvátalová, V. (2018). "Twelve years with genetically modified maize on Czech fields: reality check" Paper presented at the 17th Annual STS Conference Graz 2018, Graz, Austria
• Chvátalová, V. (2017). "Science for policy in the genetically modified crops assessment" Paper presented at the 16th Annual STS Conference Graz 2017, Graz, Austria
• Chvátalová, V. (2017). "Věda (zne)užitá k hodnocení environmentálních rizik geneticky modifikovaných plodin [Science (mis)used for environmental risk assessment of genetically modified crops]" Paper presented at the 4th Student conference Výkvěty, Brno, Czech Republic
• Chvátalová V. (2017) Invited speaker in a public discussion "Planeta k sežrání? [Eating up the planet?]" organised by a socio-ecological magazine Sedmá generace, Brno, Czech Republic
• Chvátalová, V. (2015). "Quality and use of science for policy: the case of the EU renewal of authorisation for cultivation of genetically modified maize MON810" Paper presented at the Academic Forum on the Ethical, Social and Legal Aspects of Agrofood Biotechnologies, Bilbao, Spain
• Chvátalová, V. and Flegr, J. (2013). "Lower intelligence in Toxoplasma gondii infected men" Poster presented at the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Chvátalová, V. and Flegr, J. (2012). "Muži s latentní toxoplasmózou mají nižší inteligenci než muži neinfikovaní [Men with latent toxoplasmosis have lower intelligence than non-infected men]" Paper presented at the Czech and Slovac Ethological Society Conference, Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic
• Chvátalová, V., Flegr, J., Volný, J. and Klose, J. (2010). "Snížená inteligence Toxoplasma-pozitivních – Toxoplasma není na vině [Lower intelligence in Toxoplasma-infected subjects – Toxoplasma is not to blame]" Paper presented at the Czech and Slovac Ethological Society Conference, Smolenice, Slovakia