Mgr. Martin Vrána

Curriculum vitae

Name, first names, scientific degrees

• Vrána Martin, Mgr.

Department/Faculty/University

• Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University

Function, current position

• Ph.D student / Junior Researcher

Education and academic qualifications

• 2019: Social Geography and Regional Development, Master's degree programme; Thesis/Dissertation: "Parking - individual strategies, habits, experiences and behaviour"
• 2015: Geography and Cartography, Bachelor's degree programme; Thesis/Dissertation: "But the stop is too far…"

Professional experience

• 2023-present: Project manager, transport planning and transport modeling; CityTraffic, s.r.o.
• 2021-2023: Project manager of metropolitan projects; Brno city municipality
• 2019-2021: Assistant of specialist, Atelier of transport modeling; HBH Projekt, s.r.o.

Teaching activities

• Urban geography; Rural geography; Selected Themes of Town and Regional Planning
• Theses supervisor

Research activities

• 2019-2022: New Mobility – High-Speed Transport Systems and Transport-Related Human Behaviour

Internship and stays for the purpose of study or work

• 2015-2016: Erasmus+ programme: Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
• 2024/02/27 – 2024/04/26: University of Castile–La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Erasmus+, ESP
  • The practical traineeship will be focused on two projects of projects that are undertaken in the department, dealing with HSR rail infrastructure and its influence on mobility. The knowledge and skills to be acquired are related to three main topics: 1) Increase of the basic knowledge of the software PTV Vissum. The training will be focused, not only on technical modeling but also in terms of geographical approaches, which would be a very valuable benefit. 2) Cognition of the way of thinking about high-speed rail-related topics, in terms of geographical and planning perspectives at one of the top European departments. 3) In the case of high-quality work, the trainee will improve his skills in the elaboration of technical reports related to the projects above-mentioned, participating as a co-author
• 2022/08/30 – 2022/09/01: Newcastle University, Newcastle, GBR
  • Martin Vrána presented the following paper: - International services on high-speed railways in Europe: system offer or a patchwork? at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference, taking place at Newcastle University and online from Tuesday 30 August to Friday 2 September 2022. The paper was a part of the 375: Mobility and Transport session which took place on Thursday 1 September 2022. Active participation on other conference sessions.
• 2015/09/01 – 2016/02/29: Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Erasmus+, DEU

Non-university activities

• 2017: Program Work & Travel: Estes Park, Colorado, USA
• 2013-2015: President of EGEA Brno (Geographical student organisation)

Major publications

• SURMAŘOVÁ, Simona, Martin VRÁNA a Jan ILÍK. Travel behaviour changes during the pandemic: Prague-Pilsen rail case study. Review of Economic Perspectives – Národohospodářský obzor. Warsaw: Sciendo, 2022, roč. 22, č. 4, s. 317-332. ISSN 1213-2446. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/revecp-2022-0015. URL info
• VRÁNA, Martin, Simona SURMAŘOVÁ, Petr HLISNIKOVSKÝ a Jiří DUJKA. Transport in times of an epidemic: public transport measures in the Czech Republic and its regions. Review of Economic Perspectives - Národohospodářský obzor. Warsaw: Sciendo, 2021, roč. 21, č. 1, s. 57-78. ISSN 1213-2446. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/revecp-2021-0004. URL info

2023/10/18