Hana Librová

Hana Librová (born 26 November 1943) is a Czech biologist, sociologist and environmentalist. She founded the Department of Environmental Studies at Masaryk University. She has carried out research on environmental lifestyle and environmental values.

She studied biology at the Jan Evangelista Purkyně University (former name of Masaryk University). Since 1968 she worked at the Department of Sociology at the Jan Evangelista Purkyně University. In 1997 she was appoonted as a professor of sociology. In 1999 Hana Librová established the Department of Environmental Studies.

Hana Librová is a sister of prof. Jana Nechutová, classical philologist. She is married and has a daughter.

• Sociální potřeba a hodnota krajiny. Brno: Spisy FF UJEP, 1987, 135 s.
• Láska ke krajině?, Brno: Blok, 1988, 168 s.
• Pestří a zelení. Kapitoly o dobrovolné skromnosti, Brno: Hnutí Duha a Veronica, 1994, 218 s. ISBN 80-85368-18-8
• The Disparate Roots of Voluntary Modesty. Environmental values, 1999, No. 3, pp. 369–379. ISSN 0963-2719
• Vlažní a váhaví: Kapitoly o ekologickém luxusu. Brno: Doplněk, 2003, 320 s. ISBN 80-7239-149-6
• Proč chráníme přírodu?: Dvakrát na obhajobu ochránců přírody. Vesmír, 2005, č. 3, s. 171-177. ISSN 1214-4029