Ondřej Matějka is a researcher whose work focuses on the examination of history, in particular the German-language history of the Czech lands, as well as civic education and history education. He studied history and political science at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. He founded and led the Centre for Civic Education at Masaryk University. From 2014 to 2022 he was deputy director of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes. Since 2022 he has been deputy director of the Eduzměna Foundation Fund, and since 2025 he has been director of the Centre for Education Support Kutnohorsko, which grew out of Eduzměna's pilot project in the Kutná Hora region.