doc. RNDr. Luděk Šídlo, Ph.D. – Education and experience

Education

• 2023: appointed Associate Professor of Demography
• 2010: RNDr.
• 2006–2010: Ph.D. in Demography at the Charles University in Prague (Ph.D.)
• 2004–2006: Master's degree in Demography at Charles University in Prague (Mgr.)
• 2001–2004: Bachelor's degree in Demography with Social Geography (Bc.)
• 1999–2002: studies in Social Work at the College of Social Work in Prachatice (DiS.)

Professional practice

• since 2023 – Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Demography and Geodemography – associate professor
• 2010–2023 – Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Demography and Geodemography – assistant professor
• since 2010 – General Health Insurance Company of the Czech Republic – health care controlling specialist
• 2007–2010 – Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Demography and Geodemography – assistant 

Professional and vocational activities

Membership in professional societies

• since 2007 member of the Czech Demographic Society, since 2009 member of the Main Committee of the Society, 2015–2022 Scientific Secretary, since 2022 Chairman
• since 2012 member of the Czech Geographical Society
• since 2020 member of the European Association for Population Studies

Membership of professional societies and expert groups

• Member of the Centre for Population Planning and Applied Demography 
• 2023-: member of the Council of the National Center for Medical Nomenclature and Classification (NCMNK)
• 2021-: member of the expert group for the preparation of an implementation plan for the introduction of a comprehensive, objective health system performance assessment in the Czech Republic "Health System Performance Assessment" (HSPA) (group working under the Ministry of Health in cooperation with the European Commission and the OECD)
• 2018–2020: member of the health workforce planning and forecasting expert network "SEPEN" ("Support for the health workforce planning and forecasting expert network"), supported by the European Union under the Health programme

• 2019: Member of the expert team for the preparation of the Action Plan of the Regional Development Strategy 2021+ for the health and social sector under the Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic

• since 2018: member of the working group for primary care reform under the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic

• since 2018: member of the Commission for accessibility of dental services (Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic)

• since 2014 member of the expert group of the UN Population Fund

• since 2014: member of the OECD Expert Group on the Assessment of Regional Disparities in Health Care (see e.g. the OECD Health Policy Studies publication Geographic Variation in Health Care)

• since 2020 member of the European Association for Population Studies

• since 2012 member of the Czech Geographical Society

• since 2007 member of the Czech Demographic Society, since 2009 member of the Main Committee of the Society, since 2015 scientific secretary

​​Other professional activities

• from 2020: member of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Science (staff chamber, elected for the Geographical Section), member of the Economic Commission within the AS

• since 2018 cooperation with the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic in defining criteria for subsidy programmes for general practitioners and general practitioners for children and adolescents

• since 2018 cooperation with the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic on the amendment of No. 307/2012 Coll. on local and time availability of health services

• 2018-2019 analytical cooperation on the Reform of Psychiatric Care

• 2009: together with Dr. Klára Hulíková Tesárková, founder and (co-)leader of the working group on Population Ageing within the Czech Demographic Society (the working groups activities were terminated by the HH ČDS in 2016).

• 2009: together with Dr. Klára Hulíková Tesárková, founder of the unofficial association of demography students Young Demographers (termination of active activity in the association in 2011)

• since 2011 member of the editorial board of the journal Demografie, a journal for research on population development (professional journal indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases)
  lecturing activity in the framework of UNFPA courses

  • UNFPA Training Course on Population Projections and Forecasting. Malá Skála, 26 August, 2019.
  • UNFPA Executive Training Course on Population and Development. Sliema, Malta, 26–27 September 2016.
  • UNFPA Turkey Training Course on Population Projections and Forecasting. Hotel Neva Palas, Ankara, Turkey, 12–14 November 2014
  • UNFPA Turkey Training Course on Population and Development I. Hotel Neva Palas, Ankara, Turkey, 11–13 November 2014
  • UNFPA Executive Training Course on Population and Development. Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Prague, 24 August – 4 September 2014.
  • UNFPA Training Course on Population Projections and Forecasting. Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Prague, 24 August – 4 September 2014.
  • UNFPA Executive Training Course on Population and Development. Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Prague, 9–21 September 2012.