He earned a PhD in ethnology/social anthropology from Charles University in 2008; he has studied and taught at different universities, including Central European University in Budapest, University College London and New York University. Dr Abu Ghosh has done extensive field research on the Roma in Southern Bohemia and has been a member of the board of experts to the Government Council for Roma Community Affairs, as well as an independent expert to the European Commission program “Peer Review and Assessment in Social Inclusion”. Dr. Abu Ghosh was the co-founder of the Czech Association for Social Anthropology.