
Jarmila Ptáčková
Research Fellow, Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences
Dr. Jarmila Ptáčková is a research fellow at the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. She earned her degree in Chinese studies and a PhD in Tibetan studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Among her research interests are Chinese development policy and subsequent social and economic changes in Tibetan areas, China’s ethnic policy, and China’s territorialisation of the Himalayan frontier and the role of Tibetans in PRC’s cultural and economic diplomacy towards Nepal.