Klára Tučková

In the photo below we can see the building of the University of Oslo on the main street in Oslo, Karl Johans gate. During my stay, I had the opportunity to participate in activities with other students and be part of visits to various institutions.

Photo (from left to right): Jitka Peloušková, Anna Šilhanová, Bronislava Garčárová, Zuzana Blahová, Klára Tučková, Miluše Juříčková, Zuzana Parthonová, Lukáš Prusák

Photo by: Petra Vrbová

PhD student Mgr. Kristýna Tronečková - student of the Department of Psychology, six-month stay at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

At Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, I have had a very fruitful collaboration with Associate Professor Ricardo Lugo, my local supervisor.
I very much appreciate his leadership and willingness to help me in the process and completion of my dissertation, which also focuses on the Norwegian population, as well as our joint research on happiness in Norway based on Bhutanese measurements.
I was also taking a part in the lessons of Associate Professor Lugo, who lectures on the concept of happiness, among other things, and reporting to the students on the current outcomes of my dissertation research, its connection and background, and the concept of Gross National Happiness in Bhutan. 

In December and January, I also collected material and interviewed local respondents for my dissertation on psychology, which focuses on connecting different types of spirituality and well-being of seniors in a multicultural context. The research is based mainly on semi-structured interviews and the use of interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA), which serves as a tool for evaluating the interviews. Thanks to IPA, it is possible to look for common denominators and differences between the studied nations.