Alžběta Mangarella studied sociology and economics in Paris and has worked at research institutes in London and Regensburg. She focuses on inequalities in the labour market and social gender norms, with a particular interest in work-life balance issues and causal evaluation of family policy. She works at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences and teaches at the university. Together with Markéta Švarcová, she is behind the podcast series Platformy na hraně (Platforms on the Edge).

Her project, Best Job Ever: Pod diktátem algoritmu (Best Job Ever: Under the Dictates of the Algorithm), is part of Matchmaking.