- Department of Anglophone Studies
- Department of Asian Studies
- Department of Foreign Languages
- Department of Industrial Property
- Department of International Business
- Department of International Relations and European Studies (EN)
- Department of International Relations and European Studies (CZ)
- Department of Legal Specialisations and Public Administration
- Department of Media Studies
- Department of Political Science and Humanities
Department of International Relations and European Studies (EN)
Internal Academics
- doc. Mats Rickard Braun, Ph.D.
- Head of DepartmentEducation & Work Experience
- Named Associate Professor in political science – Södertörn University, Stockholm, Stockholm 1 November 2017.
- Named Associate Professor in territorial studies – Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague 1 March 2017.
- 2003–2008: Postgraduate studies in Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University Prague, dissertation defended: 30.6.2008,
- 2002: Master of Political Science, Södertörn University College, Stockholm, Sweden
Involvement in Other Institutions
- Since 2017: Senior Lecturer, Södertörn University, Sweden
- Spring 2016: Lecturer, Dalarna University, Sweden
- Fall 2015: Visiting Scholar - Cornell Institute for European Studies, Ithaca, US
- 2005–2014: Senior Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations, Prague
- 2010–2013 and 2013–2016: Member of the Executive Council of the Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA)
- 2006–2013: Lecturer, the Anglo-American University in Prague
- 2004–2007: Lecturer, Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prague
- 2007–2014: Editor of Perspectives – Review of International Affairs
Expertise
- European integration; the institutional structure of the EU; international relations of the environment; norms diffusion; socialization, subregional integration
Major Publications and Projects
- Braun, M. (2019) Postfunctionalism, Identity and the Visegrad Group, Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS), Forthcoming, published online - DOI: 10.1111/jcms.1299
- Braun, M. (2019) The Czech Republic’s approach to the EU 2030 climate and energy framework, Environmental Politics, Vol. 28(6), pp. 1105-1123, DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2019.1625139
- Braun, M., Gromilova, A., Avdic, A and G. Ozel Volfova (2017) ‘The EU’s Normative Impact on Its Neighbourhood’. The Central European Journal of International and Security Studies, 11(2).
- Braun, M. (ed.) (2016) The Diffusion of EU Norms: the Challenge of the Domestic Context. Prague: Metropolitan University Press.
- Braun, M. (2014) Europeanization of Environmental Policy in the New Europe: Beyond Conditionality. Farnham: Ashgate.
- Braun, M. (2014) ‘EU Climate Norms in East-Central Europe’. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 52(3), pp. 445-460.
- Beneš, V. and Braun, M. (2014) ‘An ever-closer eurozone and its consequences for differentiated integration in Europe’. In. Steven Blocksman (ed.). Differentiated Integration in Europe: from the inside looking out, pp. 12-25, Brussels: CEPS.
- Mgr. Šárka Kolmašová, Ph.D.
- Deputy Head of DepartmentEducation & Work Experience
- PhD in International Relations and European Studies; Metropolitan University Prague and Institute of International Relations
- Specialization in Humanitarian Military Interventions and the Concept of the Responsibility to Protect
Involvement in Other Institutions
- 2014 – now: Member of the Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution Commission; International Peace Research Association (IPRA)
- 2010 – 2016: Research Fellow; Institute of International Relations, Prague
Expertise
- Military Interventions
- Responsibility to Protect
- Human Rights in International Politics
- Security Studies
Major Publications and Projects
- Kolmasova, S. (2019) Competing Norms and Strategic Visions: A Critical Appraisal of V4 Security Potential, Europe-Asia Studies, 71(2), pp. 225-248.
- Kolmas, M. and Kolmasova S. (2019) A ‘pivot’ that never existed: America’s Asian strategy under Obama and Trump, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 32(1), pp. 31-79.
- Kolmasova, S. and Krulisova K. (2018) Legitimizing Military Action through “Rape-as-a-Weapon” Discourse in Libya: Critical Feminist Analysis, Politics & Gender, 15(1), pp. 130-150.
- 2016-2018 Researcher of the Standard Project “Anatomy of Revisionism and Its Impact on (Sub-) Regional Institutionalisations and Alliances”, grant no. 16-02288S, Czech Science Foundation.
- Mitchell Belfer, Ph.D.
Education & Work Experience
- Doctoral Studies (2006) International Relations Theory, Alliance Formation and Disintegration
- Masters of Public Policy and Public Administration (2001), Third Party Intervention
- Security Researcher on issues of the Arab Gulf, terrorism, counter-terrorism and small states in the Arab Gulf, Middle East and Caucasus
Involvement in Other Institutions
- President, Euro-Gulf Information Centre (EGIC), Rome, Italy
- Editor in Chief, Central European Journal of International and Security Studies (CEJISS)
- Steering Committee Member, Global Institute of Cybersecurity Technologies
- Editorial Board Member, New Perspectives, Institute of International Relations, Prague
- Fellow, Centre for Policy Studies, London, UK
- Lecturer, NATO International School of Azerbaijan (NISA)
- University Teacher, The Victoria University of Manchester, UK
Expertise
- Alliance Theory
- Small States in Regional and International Security
- Geopolitics in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia
Major Publications and Projects
- Small State, Dangerous Region: A Strategic Assessment of Bahrain, Peter Lang Publishing, Frankfurt, Germany, 2014.
- ‘Gaza’s Tangentopoli,’ Revista de Investigaciones Politicas y Sociolgicas, 11:4, 2012, pp. 55-76.
- ‘Iran’s Bahraini Ambitions,’ The Wall Street Journal, 06 October 2011, p. 15.
- Ing. Vít Beneš, Ph.D.
Education & Work Experience
- Ph.D. in International Relations, University of Economics, Prague
- Master degree (Ing.), University of Economics, Prague
Involvement in Other Institutions
- Institute of International Relations Prague, researcher, editor-in-chief, journal Mezinárodní vztahy
- Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, external lecturer
- CERGE-EI Prague, external lecturer
Expertise
- political and institutional aspects of European integration, theories of European integration, methodology of political science research
Major Publications and Projects
- Beneš, Vít – Harnisch, Sebastian (2015): Role Theory in Symbolic Interactionism: Czech Republic, Germany and the EU. Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 50, No. 1, s. 146-165.
- Beneš, Vít (2016): Evropský rozměr české zahraniční politiky. In: Michal Kořan a kol.: Česká zahraniční politika v roce 2015: Analýza ÚMV. Praha: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, 43–66.
- "Czech EU Policy in the Light of the Role Theory". Postdoctoral project of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic No. P408/12/P905.
- Mgr. Kateřina Březinová, Ph.D.
Education & Work Experience
- Ph.D. in History and Latin American Studies at Charles University in Prague.
- El Colegio de México. Mexico. Department of International Studies. Diploma in international relations.
- Institute of Latin American Studies. University of Texas, Austin, USA. Master’s programme in cultural anthropology & regional studies in Latin America.
- Instituto Universitario de Investigación Ortega y Gasset, Spain: postgraduate programme “Máster en América Latina Contemporánea”.
Involvement in Other Institutions
- 2007- now: “Transculturalidad, mestizaje y mundialización en la Época Contemporánea” at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid, I +D project of the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Innovation, Spain. Position: Research fellow.
- 1997- now: European Union – Research and expertise. Within a number of EU projects in the developing countries: The Russian Federation, Mexico, Brazil. Focus on minority rights, diversity policies; international migration. Position: Researcher and key expert
- 1999 – 2006: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain. Position: Associate professor
- 1998-1999: El Colegio de México, Mexico. Position: Professor-Research Fellow
- 2011: Member of Latin American Studies Association,professional association for individuals and institutions engaged in the study of Latin America.
Expertise
- International relations with a territorial specialization in the Americas;
- Latin America, Mexico, Brazil, USA;
- International migration;
Major Publications and Projects
- Březinová, K: El imaginario chicano. La iconografía civil y política de los mexicanos en Estados Unidos de América 1965-2000. Monograph based on a research analyzing U.S. Mexican population’s identity politics. Upcoming by Charles University Press, Karolinum, 2014
- Březinová, K: Turbines and Weapons for Latin America: Czechoslovak documentary film propaganda in the Cold War Context 1948-1989, in Cejiss 7:3 2013: Central European Journal of Security Studies. ISSN: 1802-548X Part of an ongoing research project on Czechoslovakia’s political and cultural engagements in Latin America in the second half of the 20th century.
- Březinová, K.: Disrupt Thought and Destabilize Vision. Toward the representation of the Yanomami between art and anthropology in Fernandez del Campo, E., Riviere, H. (eds.): “The Ark of Babel. Artistic Theory and Practice in a Transcultural Perspective”. Madrid: ABADA Press, 2013.
- prof. PhDr. RNDr. Nikola Hynek,
M.A., PgDip Res, Ph.D.Education & Work Experience
- 2013: Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, Associate Professor (doc. - Docent), Habilitation in Theory of Politics
- 2014: 2008-2011 University of Bradford, United Kingdom, Ph.D. in Security Studies and International Politics - Doctor of Philosophy
- 9/2012-10/2012: Australian National University (ANU) - Research Stay at the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy
- 9/2008 – 9/2009: Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (SIWPS), Columbia University in the City of New York, U.S.A., Position: Visiting Research Scholar
- 1/2008 – 1/2009: The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom, the BIOS Centre for the Study of Life Sciences and Society, Position: Visiting Research Fellow
- 9/2008-10/2008: Ritsumeikan University, Japan – “Visiting Research Fellow”, Faculty of International Relations, & Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), research stay connected to Japanese Human Security and Peacebuilding: Strategies, Issues and Implementation
- 5/2007 – 5/2010: University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Department of Politics and International Relations; Position: Honorary Research Assistant
- 4/2006-5/2006: Carleton University, Canada – “Visiting Research Fellow”, Department of Political Science, & Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), Canada, research stay connected to Canada’s New Secur
Involvement in Other Institutions
- From 9/2007 onwards: The Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Position: Lecturer, since 2013: Associate Professor
- From 9/2008 onwards: Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, School of Social Sciences, Department of IR, Graduate Programme in Security Studies, Position: Lecturer, since 2013: Associate Professor
- 1/2008-2/2013: Institute of International Relations (IIR) at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague, Czech Republic, Position: 2008-2010: Research Fellow; 2010-2013: Founder and Research Leader of the Centre for International Security (CIS IIR)
- 9/2006 – 9/2008: Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, Department of Political Science (Strategic and Security Program) and Department of International Relations and European Studies, Position: Lecturer
Expertise
- Strategic Studies (Deterrence theory and strategy, arms control; missile defence; strategic culture)
- Conflict Resolution and Security Institutions (global and regional security institutions, Euro-Atlantic security architecture, theories of, conflict resolution)
- Theories and Methodologies of International Politics (realism, liberalism, institutionalism, constructivism, post-structuralism)
- New Security Agendas (human and environmental security, peace support operations and peace-building, humanitarianism in arms-control/disarmament)
- New Modes of Governance (new governmental rationalities, non-state actors and transnational networks in security and arms-control/disarmament issues, new typification of knowledge/power in security domain, political use of risk analysis, biopolitics, diplomatic heteronomies).
- Foreign and Security Policy Analysis (regional focus: USA, EU, Russia, Canada, Japan, Afghanistan, Czech Republic, Poland)
Major Publications and Projects
- Hynek, Nik and Bátora, Jozef (2014): Fringe Players and the Diplomatic Order: The “New” Heteronomy. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0230363939 (Series: Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations, 224pp).
- Hynek, Nik (2012): Human Security as Statecraft: Structural Conditions, Articulations, and Unintended Consequences. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415693721 (Series: Critical Security Studies, 256pp).
- Hynek, Nik (2012): “Domopolitics of Japanese Human Security.” Security Dialogue, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 119-137. ISSN 0967-0106 (impact factor: 1.612).
- Hynek, Nik (2012): “Japan's Return to the Chequebook? From Military Peace Support to Human Security Appropriation”, International Peacekeeping, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 62-76. ISSN 1353-3312 (impact factor: 0,449).
- 2012-2014: Reconceptualisation of Deterrence Theory: Organisational Logics and Links to Missile Defence (Three-year Research Grant no. P408/12/P970 awarded by the Czech Science Foundation, € 36,000); ); Contribution: Principal (Sole) Holder of the Grant
- Gerald Power, BA, Ph.D.
Education & Work Experience
- 2008: PhD (history), National University of Ireland, Galway
- 2003: BA (Liberal Arts), American College Dublin
Involvement in Other Institutions
- 2009: National University of Ireland, Galway
- 2010: Anglo-American University, Prague
- 2010-: Metropolitan Unversity
- February 2012: Ege University, Izmir (Erasmus teaching assignment)
- September 2014: Nottingham-Trent University (Erasmus teaching assignment)
Expertise
- Historian, specialization: British and Irish history
Major Publications and Projects
- A European Frontier Elite: The Nobility of the English Pale in Tudor Ireland, 1496-1566 (Hannover: Wehrhahn, 2012).
- Editor (with Onřej Pilný), Ireland and the Czech Lands: Contacts and Comparisons in History and Culture (Bern: Peter Lang, 2014).
- ‘Gypsies and sixteenth-century Ireland’ in Romani Studies 24 (2014): 203-10.
- Grant: 2014-16: MUP Internal Grant AFS/1/2014 Recepce Margaret Thatcherové a thatcherismu v českém prostředí [The reception of Margaret Thatcher and Thatcherism in the Czech mileau].
- Grant: 2014: Visiting Fellow at the Moore Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway.
- Marko Stojić, Ph.D.
Education & Work Experience
- PhD in Contemporary European Studies, School of Law, Politics and Sociology, University of Sussex, UK
- MA in International Relations and European Studies, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Central European University, Hungary
Involvement in Other Institutions
- Lecturer, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Masaryk University, Brno
- Lecturer, Department of International and Economic Relations, University of New York in Prague
- Research Fellow, Europeum Institute for European Politics, Prague
Expertise
- European integration, EU enlargement, political parties in the Western Balkans, party-based Euroscepticism
Major Publications and Projects
- 'Party responses to the EU in the Western Balkans: Transformation, opposition or defiance?’, Palgrave Macmillan (2017).
- 'Between core and peripheral politics: Opposing Europe in the Western Balkans', Europe-Asia Studies, 2017, 69/5, p. 728-753.
- 'Transformation or defiance: The impact of the European People’s Party on Serbian and Croatia parties', Czech Journal of Political Science, 2015/2, p. 147-167.
- 'Ideological families and party attitudes toward the EU in Serbia and Croatia', In EU Enlargement: Current challenges and strategic choices, PIE Peter Lang, ed. Laursen, F. (2013).
- 'From deep-seated animosity to principled disagreement: A comparative analysis of party-based Euroscepticism in Serbia', In Charting the path from intervention to integration ‘Europe and the Post-Yugoslav Space’, Ashgate, ed. Radeljić, B. (2013).
- 'Between Europhobia and Europhilia: Party and popular attitudes towards membership of the European Union in Serbia and Croatia', Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 2006/7(3), p. 312-335.
- Ing. Břetislav Tureček
Education & Work Experience
- 2016– - PhD studies in cultural anthropology, Palacký University, Olomouc
- 1988–1993 - Technical University of Transportation, Žilina, (Czecho)Slovakia
Involvement in Other Institutions
- 2013– - Permanent contributor for Lidové noviny newspaper, Czech Radio and Czech TV
- 2008–2013: Permanent correspondent of the Czech Radio in the Middle East, Jerusalem
- 2003–2007: Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Western Bohemia, Plzeň
- Member of the Academic Society of Alois Musil
Expertise
- Modern history, society and political development of the Middle East
Major Publications and Projects
- Mezi mýty a minarety (Between the Myths and Minarets, Jan Rovenský a kol., Filosofia 2018)
- Blízký východ nad propastí (The Middle East on the Verge of Abyss, Knižní klub 2016)
- Stíny minaretů (The Shadows of Minarets, Ondřej Beránek, Bronislav Ostřanský, eds., Academia 2016)
- Labyrintem Íránu (Through Labyrinth of Iran, Knižní Klub 2013)
- Nesvatá válka o Svatou zemi (Unholy War over the Holy Land, Knižní klub 2011, 2. edition Universum 2018), Egon Erwin Kisch Award for extraordinary non-fiction books)
- Světla a stíny islámu (Lights and Shadows of Islam, Knižní klub, 2007, 2. edition 2017)
External Academics
- Mgr. David Erkomaishvili, Ph.D.
- Jan Kovář, Ph.D.
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In the Bachelor’s Degree programme, students receive a well-founded education; IRES sets learners on the path to independent research in a professional and encouraging environment. The Master’s Degree programme explores advanced topics in international relations and European studies while also devoting time to mastering research skills, essay and report writing, public speaking and communication in advanced English. The Ph.D. programme offers a comprehensive theoretical, methodological, and empirical treatment of the relevant issues in order to ensure that the accomplishments of its graduates reach a level comparable to leading universities around the world.
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