Tomas Chochole

Tomas Chochole loves projects and interdisciplinary teamwork. His interests brought him to interdisciplinary cooperation in several international projects. He is an independent journalist, lecturer, researcher, and head of interdisciplinary cooperation at Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic. He helps to connect the world of business and creativity and brings orders and practical tasks among students so that they can work on them and build their portfolios. He was educated at West Bohemia University in Pilsen and at Jan Amos Comenius University in Prague. In his doctoral thesis, he focused on the development of competencies of basic skills tutors with regard to better employment of people with low literacy, numeracy, and IT in the labour market. In his research and lecturer activities he is focusing and exploring innovative ways of cooperation, problem solving and creativity, using his journalistic experience.

Applied research from an information design perspective