Bc. Lucie Zernerová, Ph.D., MSc.

Institute of Psychology
The Czech Academy of Sciences
Pod Vodárenskou věží 1143/4
182 00 Prague 8
Phone: +420 266 053 844
Email: Zernerova@praha.psu.cas.cz

My research interests are mainly in the field of occupational health psychology and contextual behavioural science:

• Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) and other mindfulness- and compassion-based approaches for health and well-being of various populations
• Theories of work-related stress, well-being, work engagement and motivation
• Mindfulness and mindfulness-based interventions to foster well-being and prevent stress and burnout at work
• Psychological flexibility, mindfulness, self-compassion and perfectionism
• Research methodology and advanced statistical methods

Employment History

• September 2021 – ongoing            
  Researcher, Institute of Psychology at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic - http://www.psu.cas.cz/en/
  Research projects exploring the psychosocial work characteristics, health, wellbeing and personal resources of employees in a variety of sectors in the Czech Republic.
• September 2022 – ongoing (p/t)   
  Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University - http://kps.ff.cuni.cz/en/
  Delivering lectures in research methods and statistics, work psychology and mindfulness-based interventions.
• September 2020 – ongoing            
  Co-founder and Trainer at Institut ACT+, Czech Republic
  Institut ACT+ is an educational project dedicated to training and supervision of ACT and other evidence-based mindfulness approaches within the 3^rd wave CBT in the Czech Republic.
• March 2020 – ongoing    
  Research Associate, Department of Psychology, City, University of London, UK
  Research Project – An RCT to evaluate effectiveness a novel 8-week mindfulness-based intervention to develop resilience, self-care and mindfulness skills with respect to unique mental health needs and experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals. In collaboration with Mind in CHWF and Mind in Salford. Journal manuscript in preparation.
• January 2015 – November 2021  
  Visiting Lecturer, Department of Psychology, City, University of London; UK – www.city.ac.uk
  Delivered/supported the Research design and statistics module on MSc Organisational Psychology, lectures in Employee Well-being module; supervised MSc dissertations, essay and coursework marking.
• February 2018 – June 2018          
  Visiting Lecturer, Kingston Business School, London, UK – www.kingston.ac.uk
  Advanced Statistics and Academic Writing lectures on the Occupational and Business Psychology Professional Doctorate programme.  
• June 2012 – October 2013            
  Researcher, Centre for Workforce Effectiveness, The Work Foundation (part of Lancaster University); London, UK - www.theworkfoundation.com
  I worked on a number of research projects for UK Government’s Department of Health, EDF Energy and The Teacher Support Network.   
• February 2011 – May 2012          
  Well-being Project Advisor, Occupational Health & Safety Dept, Black & Veatch Ltd; Redhill, Surrey, UK – www.bv.com
  The B&V’s Well-being Project implemented the HSE Management Standards for work-related stress in a large engineering organisation. Steps involved risk assessment, focus groups to communicate findings, development of practical improvements, workshops on stress prevention and management.
• February 2006 – September 2011
  Marketing & Communications Specialist, Black & Veatch Ltd; Redhill, Surrey, UK – www.bv.com

Education

• 2013 – 2021                            
  PhD in Psychology, Department of Psychology, City, University of London, UK. PhD Thesis title: “Trait mindfulness and its dimensions as personal resources in the Job Demands-Resource Theory of work-related stress and motivation”; supervisor: Dr Paul Flaxman
• 2009 – 2011 (p-t)                   
  MSc in Organisational Psychology (Distinction), City, University of London.
  BPS accredited course; core modules in Organizational Development and Change, Employee Well-being, Employee Relations and Motivation, Recruitment and Selection, Training (identification of needs, training design and evaluation), Performance Appraisal, Health and Safety, Ergonomics, Job Design, and Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods.
• 2007 – 2009 (p-t)                    
  Graduate Conversion Diploma in Psychology (Distinction), London Metropolitan University, UK, Diploma Dissertation: Flow as a mediator of the relationship between attentional control and approaches to studying during academic exams preparation
• 2006 – 2007 (p-t)                    
  Graduate Conversion Certificate in Psychology, London Metropolitan University, UK
• 2002 – 2005                            
  Bc (equivalent to BA) in Humanities (Distinction) + Certificate in Health Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
  Bc Dissertation title: Motivation and well-being of Czech migrants to the UK

Other Relevant Professional Training

• 2020 – ongoing                   
  Mindfulness Teacher Training with Breathworks, Manchester, UK – training program accredited by BAMBA, the British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches (online; expected completion in December 2021).
• 2019                                          
  Inside this moment: Using mindfulness in ACT to promote radical change; Kirk Strosahl & Patricia Robinson, 12th – 13th September 2019, London, UK
• 2019                                          
  ACT in the workplace: Improving employees’ psychological wellbeing, Paul Flaxman & Ross McIntosh, 14th – 15th March 2019, London, UK
• 2014                                          
  Advanced Statistics: Multilevel Modelling, Structural Equation Modelling, Latent Growth Curve Modelling using IBM SPSS and MPlus, Figure it out consultancy, based at the Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK).
• 2012                                          
  Intermediate ACT Competency Training; Mindfulness Training Ltd. (Henry Whitfield, David Gillanders); March 2012, London, UK
• 2012                                          
  ACT Experiential Introduction with Skills Training; Mindfulness Training Ltd. (Henry Whitfield, Martin Wilks); February 2012, London, UK

Funding

• 2021: Postdoc PPLZ, Institute of Psychology, The Czech Academy of Sciences
• 2013: PhD Scholarship, City, University of London, UK

Professional Memberships

• Association of Contextual Behavioural Science (since 2011)
• British Psychological Society (since 2009) – Division of Occupational Psychology; Special Group in Coaching Psychology
• European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology (since 2019)

Selected Publications & Conference Presentations 

• Zibarras, L., Yates, J., Horan, S. & Zernerova, L. (2024). Wellbeing and work. In J. Yates, L. Zibarras & L. Mahmood (Eds.), Organisational Psychology: An Essential Guide. Oxon, UK: Routledge.
• Zernerová, L. & Vontorčíková, H. (2023, November 8^th – 11^th). ACT (Terapie přijetí a odhodlání) – představení, uplatnění a evidence-base. 34^th Česko-Slovenská Psychoterapeutická Konference, Přerov, Czech Republic. https://psychoterapeutickakonference2023.cz/node/26   
• Rad, Y., Prudenzi, A., Flaxman, P., Gerson, J. & Zernerova, L. (2023, July 26^th – 28^th). What are the effects of workplace ACT interventions on the subprocesses of psychological flexibility? [Oral presentation, Symposium 105]. ACBS World Conference, Nicosia, Cyprus. https://contextualscience.org/files/WC2023%20Program_0.pdf
• Vontorčíková, H. & Zernerová, L. (2023, May 18^th – 20^th). ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Terapie přijetí a odhodlání). 9^th Slovenská Konferencia KBT, Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovak Republic. https://kbt.sk/9-slovenska-konferencia-kbt-v-dnoch-18-05-20-05-2023/   
• Pešek, R., Vontorčíková, H., Zernerová, L., Lufferová, M. & Azavedo, K. (2023). Možnosti využití některých prvků ACT při provádění KBT – teorie, zkušenosti z praxe a kazuistika. Psychiatrie Pro Praxi, 24(1), 37-44. https://doi.org/10.36290/psy.2023.004
• Flaxman, P. E., Prudenzi, A. & Zernerova, L. (2023). ACT in the workplace. In Twohig, M. P., Levin, M. E., & Petersen, J. M. (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.  https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197550076.013.19
• Calissano, C., Haenschel, C., Flaxman, P. E. & Zernerova, L. (2021). Influence of perfectionism on short-term anxious reactivity to a social-evaluative stressor. Personality and Individual Differences, 173, 110626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110626
• Zernerova, L. & Flaxman, P. E. (2019, May 29^th – June 1^st). A daily diary study of within-and between-person effects of trait mindfulness as a personal resource at work: Revealing “hidden” interactions [Oral presentation, 1797]. 19^th European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology Congress, Turin, Italy. http://www.eawop.org/ckeditor_assets/attachments/1225/eawop-2019_complete-programme_preliminary.pdf?1571412002
• Zernerova, L. & Flaxman, P. E. (2012, Jan 11^th – 13^th). Mindfulness and psychological flexibility as personal resources. British Psychological Society (BPS) Division of Occupational Psychology (DOP) Annual Conference 2012: Delivering Excellence: Stimulating, Informing and Engaging our Profession, 2012, Chester, UK
• Cermakova (Zernerova), L., Moneta, G. B. & Spada, M. M. (2010). Dispositional flow as a mediator of the relationships between attentional control and approaches to studying during academic examination preparation. Educational Psychology, 30(5), 495–511. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443411003777697