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Patrick teaches at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia. He was Professor of Anthropology at Tallinn Univ. in Estonia from 2010 to 2018. Having been the co-editor of EASA's journal ''Social Anthropology/ Anthropologie Sociale'' from 2015 Access to 2019, he then became the co-editor some of the ''Anthropological Journal of European Cultures'' (2019-23). This is an Open Access periodical published by Berghahn, the blog of which his written research can be found here: on his [httphttps://ajecblogwww.berghahnjournalsresearchgate.comnet/profile/ AJEC BLOGPatrick_LAVIOLETTE Research Gate]page.

Having been the co-editor of EASA's journal ''Social Anthropology / Anthropologie Sociale'' from 2015 to 2019, he then became the co-editor of the ''Anthropological Journal of European Cultures'' (2019-23). This is an Open Access periodical published by Berghahn, the blog of which can be found here: [http://ajecblog.berghahnjournals.com/ '''AJEC BLOG'''].  In 2020, the same year that celebrated the 42nd anniversary of the release of the first book in Douglas Adams' famous four part trilogy the HHG2tG, Palgrave Macmillan published his Laviolette's exhaustive study of hitchhiking in Europe entitled: ''[https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030482473 Hitchhiking: Cultural Inroads]''. A more affordable paperback version will be available in 2021. The book has been reviewed by the environmental journalist Jen R. Smith in ''[https://flipboard.com/@WashPost/-thumbs-up-for-three-new-books-that-capt/a-U7R6ss4mRfiZ4iawguUA5g%3Aa%3A419161690-da46d3bceb%2Fwashingtonpost.com The Washington Post]'' as well as by ''[https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/hitchhiking-greece-travel-coronavirus-pandemic-b1772473.html?fbclid=IwAR0X-Rg_THxZcgs24wvzasQR3RxBEtp_DoSBsFKSOCLarYks0hycYcWZUrA The Independent's]'' world renowned columnist and hitchhiker Simon Calder, who has said this the following of the book: