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RNDr. Nik Hynek, M.A., PgDip Res

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IIR Researcher

Professional Experience

From 1/2008 onwards: Institute of International Relations at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague, Czech Republic, Position: Research Fellow
From 9/2008 onwards: Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, School of Social Sciences, Department of IR, Graduate Programme in Security Studies, Position: Lecturer (25 %)
From 9/2007 onwards: The Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Position: Lecturer
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
5/2007 – 5/2010: University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Department of Politics and International Relations; Position: Honorary Research Assistant
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 (50 %)
5/2007 – 6/2008: Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, Institute of European Studies and International Relations, Position: External Lecturer
12/2006 - 5/2008: Intergovernmental Framework for European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research (C.O.S.T); Action A25: European Small Arms and the Perpetuation of Violence, Position: Expert Advisor and Member of the Action.
6/2005 - 9/2006: Plymouth International Studies Centre at the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom, Position: Project Assistant
1/2003 - 3/2006: GaREP Ltd., private research, advisory and consulting company specialising on regional development and making use of EU sources Position: External Consultant, participation in a number of company’s projects
3/2004 - 6/2004: Sociological Institute of the Czech Academy of Science, participation in a research project "Economic, Social, and Cultural Sources of Educational Inequalities and Determinants of Life Success: The Introductory Phase of Longitudinal Research", Position: Data collection (part-time job while pursuing university studies)
2/2002 - 8/2004: Teacher of English language, various language schools (part-time job while pursuing undergraduate university studies)

Education and Academic Qualifications

From 1/2007 onwards: Doctoral Programme (Ph.D. Candidate) in Security Studies, Department of Peace Studies at the School of Social and International Studies, University of Bradford, United Kingdom (expected completion: Winter 2010)
2009 - Rerum Naturalium Doctor, Doctor of Natural Sciences (RNDr), Department of Human Geography and Regional Development at the Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic (Doctoral Dissertation: Regional Geography of Canada)
1/2007-5/2008: Postgraduate Diploma in Research Methods with Merit, Social Sciences Research Training Programme, Graduate School, University of Bradford, United Kingdom
9/2005 – 9/2006: Master’s Degree (M.A.) with Distinction (first-class) in International Relations: Global Security and Development, School of Sociology, Politics and Law, The University of Plymouth, United Kingdom(Master’s dissertation: The Politics of the Landmine Case: Normative Change, Its Origins and Broader Context)
9/2002 – 5/2005: Double Honour Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations, European Studies and Political Science, Summa Cum Laude, School of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic(Bachelor’s dissertation: Transnational Actors in World Politics: The Cases of Epistemic Communities and Transnational Advocacy Networks, in Czech; Departmental Thesis: Canada as a Middle Power: Conceptual Limits and Promises; in English)
9/1997 – 9/2003: Master’s Degree in Geography, Biology, and Psychology and Pedagogics (Teacher Training, joint degree), with Distinction (Master’s Dissertation: Canada as a Model for Teaching Regional Geography; in Czech)

Fields of Interest

Strategic Studies (missile defence, new modalities of deterrence, the Third Site of BMD and its NATOization, strategic culture)
Security Studies and Institutions (global and regional security institutions, Euro-Atlantic security architecture, conflict resolution and management)
Theories and Methodologies of International Politics (realism, constructivism, post-structuralism, Foucault, discourse analysis)
New Security Agendas (human security, environmental security, peace support operations, peace-building, humanitarianism in arms-control/disarmament)
Foreign and Security Policy Analysis (regional focus: Czech Republic, Canada, EU, Russia)
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).

Research Stays and Fellowships

Columbia University in the City of New York, U.S.A. – Visiting Research Scholar at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, research stay connected to projects on Post-Cold War Humanitarian Arms Control (a) and Missile Defence (b); September 1, 2008-August 31, 2009.
January 1, 2008 – January 31, 2009: The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom – Visiting Research Fellow at the BIOS Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences and Society, participation in a research project on biosecurity ("Managing Risks of Misuse: Biomedical Research, National Security Concerns and Scientific Autonomy in Post-9/11 Policies")
September 14-29, 2007: The University of British Columbia, Canada and Queen’s University, Canada – research stay at departments of political science connected to the project on new Canadian foreign and security policies
July 26 – August 5, 2007: Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO), Norway – research stay, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Programme & Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers (NISAT)
July 15-21, 2007: Central European University, Hungary / Warwick University, United Kingdom – research workshop on "Global Processes and Non-Governmental Public Action"
May 20-30, 2007: University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom – research stay at the Department of Politics and International Relations, School of Social Science
March 26-30, 2007: Oxford University, United Kingdom - The course on "Multilevel Modelling", Department of Politics and International Relations.
April 1 – May 20, 2006: Carleton University, Canada – Visiting Research Fellow, the Department of Political Science
May 2-16, 2005: Aarhus University, Denmark - research stay at the Centre of Canadian Studies.
July 19 – August 13, 2004: Utrecht University, The Netherlands - The course on "Dutch Culture and Society", Faculty of Arts.

Languages:

Czech: native speaker
English: fluent, proficiency level, TOEFL 277/647 (computer-based/paper-based), TWE 5.5
German: pre-intermediate level

Memberships

Member of the British International Studies Association (BISA)
Member of the International Studies Association (ISA); section membership: 1. International Security Studies; 2. Peace Studies; 3. International Organization
Member of the Biopolitics of Security Network hosted by Keele University, UK
Member of the Editorial Board, Working Papers Series, the Institute of European Studies and International Relations, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
Member of the Nordic Associations for English and Canadian Studies
Member of the Central European Association for Canadian Studies

Publications

Research Monographs - Peer Reviewed

Hynek, Nik a Marton, Péter (eds.) (in preparation): NATO's Provincial Reconstruction of Afghanistan in a Comparative Perspective. London and New York: Routledge.
Hynek, Nik and Chandler, David (eds.) (forthcoming 2010): Critical Approaches to Human Security: Rethinking Emancipation and Power in International Relations.London and New York: Routledge.ISBN 978-0-415-56734-3.
Hynek, Nik and Bosold, David (eds.) (2010): Canada’s Foreign and Security Policy: Soft and Hard Strategies of a Middle Power. Toronto and Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-543169-8.
Hynek, Nik, Bosold, David, and Drulak Petr (eds.) (2010): Democratisation and Security in Central and Eastern Europe and the Post-Soviet States. Baden Baden: Nomos (in preparation).
Hynek, Nik, Hynek Alois, Christian Schrefel and Vladimír Herber. 2007 (eds.): Environmental Security in Borderland Areas: Exploring the Znojmo/Retz Transborder Region. Vienna: 17&4. ISBN 978-3-9502304.
Hynek, Nikola, Chytilek Roman and Maxmillián Strmiska. 2007. Multi-level Governance: The Case of Canada. Brno: Anton Pasienka Press. ISBN 80-902652-7-8.

Articles – Peer-Reviewed/Impact-Factored Journals

Hynek, Nik (forthcoming 2010): "Missile Defence Discourses and Practices in Relevant Modalities of 21st Century Deterrence." Security Dialogue, Vol. 41, No. 4. ISSN 0967-0106.
Hynek, Nik, Stritecky, Vit, Handl, Vladimir and Koran, Michal (forthcoming 2010): "The U.S.-Russian Security ‘Reset’: Implications for Central Eastern Europe and Germany." European Security, Vol. 19. ISSN 0966-2839.
Hynek, Nik and Eichler, Jan (forthcoming 2010): "The Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan: Context, Experiences and Politics." Defence Studies, Vol. 10. ISSN 1470-2436.
Hynek, Nik (80 % contribution) and Vit Stritecky (20 % contribution) (2010): "Rise and Fall of the Third Site of Ballistic Missile Defence." Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 43, No. 2. ISSN 0967-067X
Hynek, Nik and Teti, Andrea (2010): "Saving Identity from Postmodernism? The Normalisation of Constructivism in IR." Contemporary Political Theory, Vol. 9, No. 2. ISSN 1470-8914.
Hynek, Nik and Stritecky, Vit (2010): "Český diskurz o protiraketové obraně ve světle reflexe národního zájmu" [Czech Discourse on Missile Defense in Light of the Reflection Concerning National Interest]. Mezinárodní vztahy ["International Relations"], Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 5-32. ISSN 03-23-1844.
Hynek, Nik. 2009. "Continuity and Change in the U.S. Foreign and Security Policy with the Accession of President Obama." Central European Journal of International and Security Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 122-138. ISSN 1802-548x.
Hynek, Nik and David Bosold (2009): "A History and Genealogy of the Freedom-from-Fear Doctrine." International Journal, Vol. 64, No. 3 (Summer 2009), pp. 143-158. ISSN 0020-7020.
Hynek, Nik and Stritecky, Vit (2009): "Divided We Stand: Limits of Central European Atlanticism in the New Era." International Issues & Slovak Foreign Policy Affairs No. 4 (2009), pp. 19-30. ISSN 1210-1583.
Hynek, Nik and Eichler, Jan (2009): "Pflichtbewusst: Tschechen nach Afghanistan!" Osteuropa, Vol. 59, No. 9, pp. 65-77. ISSN 0030-6428.
Hynek, Nik and Jozef Bátora (2009): "On the IR-Barbaricum in Slovakia." Journal of International Relations and Development, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 186-193. ISSN 1408-6980.
Hynek, Nik (2009): "Nevládní organizace v oblasti lidské bezpečnosti na pozadí (neo)liberálního řádu" [A Critical Investigation of NGOs’ Role in Human Security in the Context of (Neo)liberal Order: How New, How Soft, and How Global?], Mezinárodní vztahy ["International Relations"], Vol. 44, No. 4., pp. 9-34. ISSN 03-23-1844.
Hynek, Nik (2008): "Japanese Human Security: A Conceptual and Institutional Analysis." Ritsumeikan Annual Review of International Studies, Vol. 7, pp, 1-20. ISSN 1347-8214.
Hynek, Nik (2008): "Protiraketová obrana v současném strategickém a politickém kontextu: vztah k odstrašování a dopad třetího pilíře na dynamiku mezi relevantními aktéry" [Missile Defence in Contemporary Strategic and Political Context: The Relationship to Deterrence and The Impact of the Third Pillar on the Dynamics among Relevant Actors], Mezinárodní vztahy ["International Relations"], Vol. 43, No. 4., pp. 5-31. ISSN 03-23-1844.
Hynek, Nikola (2008): "Conditions of Emergence and Their Effects: Political Rationalities, Governmental Programs and Technologies of Power in the Landmine Case" Journal of International Relations and Development Vol. 11, No. 2., pp, 93-120. ISSN 1408-6980.
Hynek, Nikola and Hynek, Alois. 2007. "Invetigating Hybrids and Coproductions: Epistemologies, (Disciplinary) Politics and Landscapes." Acta Universitatis Carolinae Geographica, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 3-20. ISSN 0300-5402.
Hynek, Nikola. 2007. "Humanitarian Arms Control, Symbiotic Functionalism and the Concept of Middlepowerhood." Central European Journal of International and Security Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 132-155. ISSN 1802-548x.
Hynek, Nikola and Hynek, Alois. 2007. "Bridging the Theory and Practice of Regional Sustainability: A Politico-Conceptual Analysis." Geografický časopis [The Geographic Journal], Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 49-64. ISSN 1335-1257.
Hynek, Nikola and Thomsen, Robert C. 2006. "Keeping the Peace and National Unity. Canada’s National and International Identity Nexus." International Journal, Vol. 61, No. 4, pp. 845-858. ISSN 0020-7020.
Hynek, Nikola and Waisová, Šárka. 2006. "Inovační politické činnosti a institucionalizace agendy lidské bezpečnosti: Případová studie vztahu nevládních aktérů s vládami vybraných členských zemí Human Security Network." [Innovative Political Practices and The Institutionalisation of Human Security Agenda: The Case Study of Interactions between Non-governmental Actors and Selected Governments of the Human Security Network] Politologický časopis [Czech Journal of Political Science], Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 267-284. ISSN 1211-3247.
Hynek, Nikola and Hynek, Alois. 2006. "Interdisciplinární výzvy pro studium regionů aneb 21 podob regionální geografie. [Interdisciplinary Challenges to the Examination of Regions: Twenty-one Images of Regional Geography]." Acta Geographica Universitatis Comenianae, no. 47, pp. 67-76. ISBN 80-223-2251-2 / ISSN 0231-715X.
Hynek, Nikola. 2005. "Canada as a Middle Power: Conceptual Limits and Promises." Central European Journal of Canadian Studies, pp. 33-43. ISSN 1213-7715 / ISBN 80-210-3787-3.
Hynek, Nikola. 2005. "Anglická škola a teorie mezinárodních vztahů. Obsahový vesmír, akademický svět a kritiky přístupu. ["The English School and International Relations Theory: The Conceptual Universe, the Academic World, and Critiques"]. Mezinárodní vztahy ["International Relations"], Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 76-89. ISSN 03-23-1844.
Hynek, Nikola. 2004. Epistémická společenství a jejich role ve (světové) politice ["Epistemic Communities and Their Role in (World) Politics"]. Politologický časopis ["Czech Journal of Political Science"), vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 134-148. ISSN 1211-3247.
Hynek, Nikola. 2004. "Sartoriánský polarizovaný pluralismus a jeho explanační potenciál na případě Itálie v letech 1946-1979" ["Sartorian Polarized Pluralism and its Explanatory Potential in the Case of Italy in the Years of 1946-1979"]. Central European Political Studies Review vol. 6, No. 1 (Spring 2004). ISSN 1212-7817.

Book chapters and sections

Hynek, Nik (2010): "Rethinking Human Security: History, Economy, Governmentality". In Chandler, David and Hynek, Nik (eds): Critical Approaches to Human Security: Rethinking Emancipation and Power in International Relations. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-56734-3(peer-reviewed).
Hynek, Nik and David Chandler (2010): "Introduction: Emancipation and Power in Human Security". In Chandler, David and Hynek, Nik (eds): Critical Approaches to Human Security: Rethinking Emancipation and Power in International Relations. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-56734-3(peer-reviewed).
Hynek, Nik (80% contribution) and Stritecky, Vit (20% contribution) (2010): "Defending Democracy and the Atlantic Community: Central Europe Encounters Missile Defense". In Hynek, Nik, Bosold, David, and Drulak Petr (eds.) (2010): Democratisation and Security in Central and Eastern Europe and the Post-Soviet States. Baden Baden: Nomos (peer-reviewed).
Hynek, Nik (2010): "Thinking Locally, Acting Globally: Governmentalization-Securitization Interplay in Recent Advanced-Liberal Peace Machinery". In de Larrinaga, Miguel and Doucet, Marc (eds): Security and Global Governmentality: Globalization, Governance and the State. New York and London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-56058-0. (peer-reviewed).
Hynek, Nik (2010): "How ‘Soft’ Is Canada’s Soft Power in the Field of Human Security?". In Hynek, Nik and Bosold, David (eds.): Canada’s Foreign and Security Policy: Soft and Hard Strategies of a Middle Power. Oxford: Oxford University Press (peer-reviewed).
Hynek, Nik and Bosold, David (2010): "What Is Canadian Foreign and Security Policy? How Should We Study It? Why Does It Matter?". In Hynek, Nik and Bosold, David (eds.): Canada’s New Foreign and Security Policy: Soft and Hard Strategies of a Middle Power. Oxford: Oxford University Press (peer-reviewed).
Hynek, Nik and Bosold, David (2010): "Conclusion". In Hynek, Nik and Bosold, David (eds): Canada’s Foreign and Security Policy: Soft and Hard Strategies of a Middle Power. Oxford: Oxford University Press (peer-reviewed).
Hynek, Nik and Hynek, Alois (2009). "The Security-Environment Nexus Along the Czech-Austrian Border: Theory, Spatiality and Perception, pp. 117-139." In Stec, Steve and Baraj, Besnik (eds.): Energy and Environmental Challenges to Security (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security). Berlin and London: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-1-4020-9451-4 (peer-reviewed).
Hynek, Nik. 2009. "Domestic Polity-Politics-Policy", "Foreign Policy", "International Politics", "International Relations", "Globalization", "Peace", "Projects of Perpetual Peace", "Structuralism", "Great Power", "The Evironment in IR". In Kratochvil, Petr and Drulák, Petr (eds.): Encyklopedie mezinárodních vztahů [Encyclopaedia of International Relations]. Prague: Portal (peer-reviewed).
Hynek, Nik, Hynek, Alois and Svozil, Bretislav. 2008. "Kvalitativní průzkum environmentální bezpečnosti přeshraničního území Znojmo-Retz" [A Qualitative Survey of Environmental Security in the Transborder Region of Znojmo-Retz], pp. 195-205. In Petrjánošová, Magda, Masaryk, Radomír, Lášticová, Barbora (eds.): Kvalitatívny výskum vo verejnem priestore [Qualitative Research of Public Space], Edition: Human Communication Studies, Vol. 10. Bratislava: Slovak Academy of Sciences (peer-reviewed).
Hynek, Nikola and Stritecky, Vit (2008, forthcoming): "A Reassessment of the Regional Turn in Security Studies in Light of the Czech Missile Defense Experience". In Bosold, David and Brockman, Kathrine (eds.): New Faces: Regional Leaders. Berlin: German Council on Foreign Relations. [peer-reviewed]
Hynek, Nikola, Hynek, Alois and Svozil, Břetislav (2008): "Geo-and Bio-Political Administration of the Human Life in Borderline Landscapes: Insights from the Klentnice/Drasenhofen Transborder Region. In Svatoňová, Hana (ed.): Geography in Czechia and Slovakia: Theory and Practice at the Onset of 21st Century. Brno: Masaryk University, pp. 308-316. ISBN 978-80-210-4600-9. [peer-reviewed]
Hynek, Nikola, Jozef Bátora a Dvoranová, Jana. 2007. "Role státu v období pozdní modernity [A Role of the State in the Late Modernity Era]". In Rosůlek, Přemysl (ed.): Politická filozofie: aktuální problémy [Political Philosophy: Selected Problems], pp. 192-213. Pilsen: Aleš Čeněk Press. ISBN 978-80-7380-080-2. [peer-reviewed]
Hynek, Nikola and Dvoranová, Jana. 2007. "Problematika rozpadlých států v EU: Konceptuální analýza, bezpečnostní strategie, obnova a rozhodovací mechanismy [The Problématique of Failed States in the EU Context: Conceptual Analysis, Security Strategies, Reconstruction and Decision-Making Mechanisms]". In Waisová, Šárka (ed.): Slabé státy: Selhání, rozpad a obnova státnosti [Weak States: Failure, Disintegration and Reconstruction of the Statehood], pp. 70-84. Pilsen: Aleš Čeněk Press. ISBN 978-80-7380-069-7. [peer-reviewed]
Hynek, Nikola. 2007. "International Normative Change and Canadian Governmental Transformations." In Ertler, Klaus-Dieter and Mickiewicz, Paulina (Eds.): Transcultural Perspectives on Canada. Brno: The Central European Association for Canadian Studies, pp. 201-222. ISBN 978-80-210-4398-5.
Hynek, Nikola and Petřík, Jaroslav. 2007. "Re-thinking Approaches to Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Middle East Region". In Malouf, Béatrice (ed.): The Middle East and the European Union: Prospect for Peace in the Middle East, pp. 92-108. Pilsen: Ales Cenek Press. ISBN 978-80-7380-037-6.
Hynek Nikola. 2007. "Federalism, Internationalization and the Phenomenon of Paradiplomacy: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis". In Hynek, Nikola, Chytilek Roman and Maxmillián Strmiska. 2007. Multi-level Governance: The Case of Canada. Brno: Anton Pasienka Press, pp. 71-120. ISBN 80-902652-7-8. [peer-reviewed]
Hynek, Nikola. 2007. "Environmental Security: A Theoretical Assessment and Practical Feasibility of the Concept." In Hynek, Alois, Hynek, Nikola, Herber, Vladimir, Schrefel, Christian (eds): Environmental Security in Borderland Areas: Exploring the Znojmo/Retz Transborder Region. Vienna: 17&4 Consulting, pp. 7-18. ISBN 978-3-9502304. [peer-reviewed]
Hynek, Nikola, Hynek Alois, Sedláček, Pavel and Břetislav Svozil. 2007. "Empirický průzkum sociální konstrukce geografie [Social Construction of Geography: An Empirical Survey]". In Kraft, Stanislav et al. (eds.): Česká geografie v evropském prostoru [Czech Geography in European Space]. Ceske Budejovice: South Bohemia University, pp. 87-97. ISBN 978-80-7040-986-2.
Hynek, Nikola and Hynek, Alois. 2007. "Environmentální témata – kontext prostorovosti a vládnutí [Environmental Issues: The Context of Spatiality and Governmentality]". In Kraft, Stanislav et al. (eds.): Česká geografie v evropském prostoru [Czech Geography in European Space]. Ceske Budejovice: South Bohemia University, pp. 352-359. ISBN 978-80-7040-986-2.
Hynek, Nikola, Hynek, Alois, Dostál, Ondřej, Marešová, Lenka, Řezník, Tomáš and Břetislav Svozil. 2007. "Brno jako KENO a jeho radiály/tangenty [The City of Brno as KENO and its Radials/Tangents]" In Kraft, Stanislav et al. (eds.): Česká geografie v evropském prostoru [Czech Geography in European Space]. Ceske Budejovice: South Bohemia University, pp. 993-1000. ISBN 978-80-7040-986-2.
Hynek, Nikola a Waisová, Šárka. 2006. "Agenda lidské bezpečnosti a concept střední mocnosti na pozadí kanadské zahraniční politiky." [The Agenda of Human Security and the Concept of Middlepowerhood in Canadian Foreign Policy]. In Waisová, Šárka. (ed): Chudoba a bohatství v současném světě. [Poverty and Wealth in the Contemporary World]. Pilsen: Aleš Čeněk Press, pp. 23-39. ISBN 80-86898-86-5.
Hynek Nikola a Hynek, Alois. 2006: "Environmentální diskurz Strategie rozvoje Jižní Moravy [Environmental Discourse on the Strategy of Development of South Moravia]". In: Izakovičová, Zita. (ed.): Integrovaný manažment krajiny – základní nástroj implementácie trvalo udržateĺného rozvoja. [Integrated Landscape Management as a Primary Tool for the Implementation of Sustainable Development]. Bratislava: The Institute of Landscape Ecology in the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Slovak Ministry of Environment, pp. 81-88.
Hynek, Nikola a Hynek, Alois. 2005. "The Scientific and Political Framings of Spatial Sustainability: The Strategy of Regional Sustainability for the NUTS III The Highland, Czech Republic." In: Alina Drapella-Hermansdorfer and Krzystof Cebrat. (eds.): Aspects of Equilibrium: Proceedings from the International Conference on Architecture, Urban design, and Planning at the Threshold of UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. Wrocław: The Wrocław Polytechnic Institute Press, pp. 363-370. ISSN 83-7085-921-6.
Hynek, Nikola. 2005. "Sociální konstruktivismus" ["Social Constructivism"]. In Pšeja, Pavel (eds.): Přehled teorií mezinárodních vztahů ["A Survey of Theories of International Relations"]. Brno: The International Institute of Political Science, pp. 129-144. ISBN 80-210-3837-3.
Hynek, Nikola and Hynek, Alois. 2005. "Sustainability, Development and Security in Landscape Field Practice." In Donert, Karl and Charzyński, Przemyslaw (eds.): Changing Horizont in Geography Education. Torun: HERODOT Network, pp. 308-313. ISBN 83-7443-012-5.
Hynek, Nikola, Hynek, Alois, Řezník, Tomáš a Petra Karvánková. 2005. "Středozápadní Morava – Periferie, nebo Semiperiferie? ["The Mid-West Moravia: A Periphery, or Semi-periphery?"] In Novotná, Marie (ed.): Problémy periferních oblastí.["The Problems of Peripheral Areas"] Prague: Charles University, pp. 148-160. ISBN 80-86561-21-6. [peer-reviewed]
Hynek, Nikola and Chytilek, Roman. 2004. "Semiproporční systémy" ["Semi-proportional Electoral Systems"]. In Chytilek, Roman and Šedo, Jakub (eds.). Volební systémy ["Electoral Systems"] Brno: The International Institute of Political Science, pp. 94-103. ISBN 80-210-3548-X.
Hynek, Nikola and Hynek, Alois. 2004. "Geografické myšlení: jádro současných geografií" ["Geographical Thought: The Core of Contemporary Geographies"]. In Wahla, Arnošt (ed.). Geografie a proměny poznání geografické reality.. ["Geography and Changes in Cognition of Spatial Reality."] Ostrava: University of Ostrava, pp. 68-77. ISBN 80-7042-788-4.
Hynek, Nikola. 2004. "Specifika kanadské zahraniční a bezpečnostní politiky a členství v NATO" ["Specifics of Canadian Foreign and Security Policy and the Country’s Membership in NATO"]. In Hloušek, V. and Pavlačík, Z. (eds.): Pět let v NATO: Vojenské, politické a společenské aspekty členství České republiky v NATO. ["Five Years in NATO: Military, Political, and Societal Aspects of the Czech Republic Membership in NATO"] Brno and Ostrava: The International Institute of Political Science, pp. 119-130. ISBN 80-210-3428-9.
Hynek, Nikola, Hynek, Alois, Kovaříková, Leona and Sedláček, Pavel. 2004. "Environmental Perception: The Case Study of the Greater Brno Area". In: Drbohlav, D., Kalvoda, J., Voženílek, V. (eds.): Czech Geography at the Dawn of the Millennium. Olomouc: Palacky University in Olomouc, pp. 309-318. ISBN 80-244-0858-9. [peer-reviewed]
Hynek, Nikola. 2004. "Canada in the Web of Thoughts and the Country’s Position and Influence in the International Community. An Outline of a Social Constructivist Foreign Policy". In Cauldery, Tim (ed.). NAES: Proceedings from the Ninth Nordic Conference for English Studies. Aarhus: University of Aarhus.

Articles – other

Hynek, Nikola, Jozef Bátora and Dvoranová, Jana. 2007. "Štát ako aktér v mezinárodnej politike a limity realizmu" [The Sovereign State as an Actor in International Politics and the Limits of Realism ]. IESIR Working Paper No. 4. ISSN 1337-5466.
Hynek, Nikola and Teti, Andrea. 2007 "Saving Identity from Postmodernism? Disciplining Constructivism and Governing the ‘International’". IESIR Working Paper No. 2. ISSN 1337-5466.
Hynek, Nikola and Jozef Bátora. 2007. "O nereálnosti "politického realizmu" [On an Unrealistic Nature of Political Realism] Fórum občianskej spoločnosti [The Journal OS: Civil Society Forum], Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 68-76. ISSN 1335-2296.
Hynek, Nikola. 2004. "Africké dilema: kontinent rozdělený otázkou genetických modifikací" ["African Dilemma: The Continent Divided over the Issue of Genetic Modification"], Global Politics. ISSN: 1213-7685
Hynek, Nikola. 2004. "Severokorejský program jaderných zbraní" ["North Korean Nuclear-Arms Programme"]. Global Politics. ISSN: 1213-7685
Hynek, Nikola. 2003. "Brazilská odpověď na katastrofické scénáře". ["Brazilian Reply to Catastrophic Scenarios"]. Global Politics. ISSN: 1213-7685

Expert Reports and Policy Briefs for Governments and International Organisations

2/2010: "Consolidating the EU’s Crisis Management Structures: Civil-Military Coordination and the Future of the EU Operation Headquarters. Policy Paper Commissioned by the European Parliament. EP/EXPO/B/SEDE/FWC/2009-01/Lot6/03 (peer-reviewed).
7/2009: "Kontinuita a změna v americké zahraniční a bezpečnostní politice s nástupem prezidenta Obamy a její dopad na NATO a Českou republiku" [Continuity and Change in the U.S. Foreign and Security Policy under the President Obama and Its Impact on NATO and the Czech Republic]. Policy Paper Commissioned by the Section of Defence Policy, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prague: Institute of International Relations (peer-reviewed).
6/2009: "Factors Shaping the Future of NATO-ESDP Relations". Expert contribution to SDA Discussion Paper "Re-Launching NATO, or Just Re-Branding It?" (co-author: Vit Stritecky).
11/2008: "Czech Republic and Euro-Atlantic Partnership". Expert analysis for a governmental meeting on Czech defence and security policies regarding WMDs, requested by the Office for Defence and Strategy, Czech Ministry of Defence.
9/2008: "Projekt třetího pilíře protiraketové obrany a proměny strategického myšlení: česká pozice, NATO, USA a Rusko [The Project of the Third Site of Missile Defense and Transformations of Strategic Thought: Czech Position, NATO, USA and Russia]. Policy Paper Commissioned by the Section of Defence Policy, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prague: Institute of International Relations (sole author, peer-reviewed).
6/2008: "Environmental Security: An Examination of Drivers and Scenarios". Expert Report Commissioned by NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Headquarters; project on Multiple Futures (sole author).
5/2008: "Vztah mezi protiraketovou obranou a strategií odstrašování: mýty, evoluce a současnost" [The Relationship between Missile Defence and Strategy of Deterrence: Myths, Evolution and the Current State]. Policy Paper Commissioned by the Section of Defence Policy, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prague: Institute of International Relations (sole author, peer-reviewed).
4/2008: "Theses for a Czech-French Governmental Meeting, issue areas of foreign and security policy". Expert Report Commissioned by the Office for Strategy, Analyses and Project Management, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prague: Institute of International Relations (co-authors: Vít Střítecký, Jan Eichler, Elsa Tulmets).

Book Reviews

Hynek, Nik. 2009: "Shani, Giorgio, Makoto Sato and Mustapha Kamal Pasha, eds. Protecting Human Security in a Post 9/11 World: Critical and Global Insights". Journal of Peace Research, Vol 46, No. 2, ISSN 0022-3433.
Hynek, Nikola. 2008: "Dannreuther, Roland: International Security: The Contemporary Agenda". Journal of Peace Research, Vol 45, No. 2., p. 302. ISSN 0022-3433.
Hynek, Nikola. 2008. "Fierke, Karin: Critical Approaches to International Security". Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 45, No. 1, p. 122. ISSN 0022-3433.

Research Grants

From 1/2008 onwards: Reconceptualization of Human Security: Foundations, Concept and Practical Use (Three-year Research Grant No. KJB708140803 awarded by the Grant Agency of the Czech Academy of Sciences, $ 40,000); Contribution: Principal (Sole) Holder of the Grant.
From 1/2008 onwards: Czech Republic in International Politics (A multi-year research project awarded by The Research and Development Council of the Czech Republic to the Institute of International Relations in 2005, $ 890,000 annually. Contribution: research and publication activity on international security aspects of the topic; organisational and advisory activity.
From 1/2008 onwards: European Integration and Interests of the Czech Republic (A multi-year research project awarded by the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports to the Institute of International Relations in 2006, $ 200,000 annually; Contribution: research and publication activity on security aspects of the topic; organisational and advisory activity.
4/2007-12/2009: Canada-Europe Award to the project: Canada’s New Foreign and Security Policy Strategies: Assessing Soft and Hard Dimensions of the Middlepowerhood (awarded by The Government of Canada/International Council for Canadian Studies to Wilfried von Bredow, Marburg University, Germany – CDN $ 12,000); Contribution: complete conceptual design and project management, co-editor of the final publication (Oxford University Press), data gathering and analysis; organisation of workshops and conference attendances.
2/2006-12/2007: Non-Governmental Organizations and Their Role in Post-Conflict Reconstructions (awarded by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic to Šárka Waisová, University of Western Bohemia, Czech Rep.; No. 407/06/P008, $ 37,000). Contribution: the conduct of research (data collection and analysis), co-author of one peer-reviewed article and co-author of one peer-reviewed book chapter.
3/2006-2/2007: Retz/Znojmo Austrian and Czech Borderland: Searching for Environmental Security; (awarded by the Austrian Government’s Liaison Office ASO to Alois Hynek, Masaryk University, $ 8,000); Contribution: project design, data gathering and analysis; organisation of workshops and co-editor of the final publication.
1/2002-1/2005: European Regional Parties and Party Systems; (awarded by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic to Maxmillián Strmiska, Masaryk University of Brno, Czech Rep.; No. 407/02/1491, $ 60,000); Contribution: the conduct of research (conduct of research, data collection and analysis) and co-author of one of final peer-reviewed monographs.

Academic Awards and Scholarships:

6/2009: Competitive scholarship for the EUISS-Cambridge Course on "European Security and National Traditions" (Awarded by the European Union Institute for Security Studies and the University of Cambridge, € 800).
8/2008: Competitive Fellowship for Intellectual Exchange 2008-9 to undertake a research project on "The Japanese Paradigm of Human Security: Strategies, Issues and Implementation" (awarded by The Japan Foundation/Government of Japan, 944,000 Yen/ € 5,900).
7/2008: Fully-funded grant for an expert workshop on "NATO Multiple Futures: Drivers and Scenarios, A Central European Perspective", held in National Defence University, Budapest and organised by the NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Headquarters (awarded by NATO’s SACT for expert consultancy on environmental security, € 1,300).
3/2008: Fully-funded grant for a three-day 11th DGAP New Faces Conference on strategic thinking "Regional Leaders in the Global Security Arena: Interests, Strategies and Capabilities", organized by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Berlin, Germany, April 31-May 2 (awarded by DGAP, € 500).
3/2008: Fully-funded grant for a three-day final conference on armed violence held in Brussels, Belgium, and organised by the Flemish Peace Institute and Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO) (awarded by the Intergovernmental Framework for European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research, A-25 Programme "Small Arms and the Perpetuation of Violence"; € 1,000)
11/2007: Fully-funded grant for a two-day conference on "Security, Technologies of Risk, and the Political II.", organised and held by the Research Institute for Law, Politics and Justice, Keele University, United Kingdom (awarded by the Intergovernmental Framework for European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research, A-24 Programme "The Evolving Social Construction of Threats"; $ 800)
10/2007: The Reception of a competitive "Scholarship of Jan Hus Foundation" to support young faculty in the fields of the humanities and social science (awarded by the Jan Hus Educational Foundation; $ 4,000)
9/2007: Competitive bursary for the conference "Comparing North American and European Approaches to Climate Change" held at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada (awarded by the Viessmann European Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada, $ 1,300)
8/2007: Fully-funded grant for a two-day meeting on the application of the Taback-Coupland method to small arms held in Geneva, Switzerland, and organised by the Small Arms Survey (awarded by the Intergovernmental Framework for European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research, A-25 Programme "Small Arms and the Perpetuation of Violence"; € 1,000)
6/2007: Competitive scholarship to conduct applicant’s own research project and to participate in institutional projects at the Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO), Norway (awarded by the Centre for International Services at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports; Czech Republic; € 1,200)
5/2007: Fully-funded grant for a three-day European Commission meeting on arms trafficking held in Brussels, Belgium, and organised by the European Commission, Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO) and University of Bradford (awarded by the Intergovernmental Framework for European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research, A-25 Programme "Small Arms and the Perpetuation of Violence"; € 1,200)
5/2007: Competitive full scholarship for the research workshop on "Global Processes and Non-Governmental Public Action" co-organised by the Central European University, Hungary, the London School of Economics, United Kingdom and the University of Warwick, United Kingdom (awarded by the CEU, Hungary, and the Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom; € 600)
4/2007: Competitive Scholarship from the "Programme to Support the Competitiveness of Doctoral Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows as Members of Research Teams", (awarded by the Dean’s Committee, School of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno; € 1,000)
3/2007: Scholarship for the course on "Multilevel Modelling", Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University, United Kingdom (awarded by the European Consortium for Political Research; $ 750)
1/2007: Competitive bursary for the annual Conference of the Association of Canadian Studies in German Speaking Countries (GKS), Grainau, Germany (awarded by the Masaryk University and the Central European Association for Canadian Studies; $ 600)
12/2006: Competitive bursary for The 31st Annual Conference of the British International Studies Association (BISA) organised by the University College Cork, The Republic of Ireland (awarded by BISA; £ 300)
11/2006: Scholarship for the "exceptional scientific and research results;" (awarded by the Department of Political Science, School of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno; € 1,000)
11/2006: Competitive bursary for a Graduate Workshop on International Political Theory "Towards a Post-Human International Politics?" organised by BISA Working Group on Contemporary Research in International Political Theory (CRIPT) and hosted by the Goldsmith College, the University of London, United Kingdom (awarded by BISA/CRIPT; € 200)
10/2006: Competitive bursary for the 35th Anniversary Conference "Theory of the International," The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom, (awarded by the LSE; £ 400)
9/2006: Competitive bursary for the "15th European Seminar for Graduate Students in Canadian Studies," University of Graz, Austria (awarded by the Central European Association for Canadian Studies; $ 500)
7/2006: Competitive mobility fund for graduate students and young scholars for the "1st ECPR Graduate Conference," University of Essex, UK (awarded by the European Consortium for Political Research; £ 400)
6/2006: Fully-funded bursary for the Annual Workshop on "Rolling Back Neo-Liberalism," Lancaster University, UK (awarded by The International Political Economy Group of the British International Studies Association; £ 200)
2/2006: Competitive Graduate Student Scholarship of the Government of Canada to undertake a research project on "An Examination of the Impact of Prgressive Governmental Practices on Changes in the Knowledge Formation of Security Studies" (awarded by The International Council for Canadian Studies, Ottawa, Canada; $ 4,000)
10/2005: Internal bursary based on the recognition of research excellence (awarded by The
School of Sociology, Politics and Law, University of Plymouth, UK; £ 2,000)
6/2005: Competitive fully-funded bursary for the 8th NACS Triennial Conference on "Images of a Post/National Society," University of Turku, Finland 2005 (awarded by the Nordic Association of Canadian Studies; € 1,000)
5/2005: Financial grant co-funding research stay at Aarhus University, Denmark
(awarded by the Centre of Canadian Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark; € 1,000); research on the link between Canadian peacekeeping activities and the process of Canada’s identity formation
4/2005: Scholarship for the "exceptional scientific and research results;" (awarded by the School of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno; € 500)
9/2004-5: One-year Scholarship for the best single studying results at the undergraduate level in Department of Political Science, Masaryk University in Brno (awarded by the The Dean of the School of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno; $ 1,000)
9/2004-5: One-year Scholarship for the best single studying results at the undergraduate level in the Department of International Relations and European Studies, Masaryk University in Brno (awarded by the Dean of the School of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno; $ 1,000)
5/2004: Scholarship for the course "Dutch Culture and Society", The University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, July 19 - August 13, 2004 (awarded by the Faculty of Arts at The University of Utrecht, the Netherlands; € 1,200); the certificate of successful completion of the course
4/2004: Competitive bursary for The Ninth Nordic Conference for English Studies, University of Aarhus, Denmark (awarded by the Central European Association for Canadian Studies; $ 500)
3/2004: Prize for the 1st Place in the I. A. Blaha Competition for the Best Student Scientific Work in the fields of Political Science/International Relations/European Studies, School of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno. The title of the winning work: "Epistemic Communities and their Role in World Politics", May 12, 2004. (awarded by the Dean of the School of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno; $ 700)
9/2002-3: One-year Scholarship for the best single studying results at the undergraduate level in the Department of Political Science, Masaryk University in Brno (awarded by The Dean of the School of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno; $ 1,000)
9/2002-3: One-year Scholarship for the best single studying results at the undergraduate level in the Department of International Relations and European Studies, Masaryk University in Brno (awarded by the Dean of the School of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno; $ 1,000)

Selected Conferences (with a paper/contribution only)

International Studies Association’s 51st Annual Convention "Theory Vs. Policy? Connecting Scholars and Practitioners", New Orleans, LA, USA, February 17-20, 2010. Roundtable: Governmentality, Biopolitics and Apparatuses of Security.
International Roundtable on the "Change in Washington: New Momentum for US-EU Relations", European Institute for Security Studies, Paris, France, April 6, 2009. Contribution: Invited Discussant.
International Studies Association’s 50Th Annual Convention "Exploring the Past, Anticipating the Future", New York Marriott Marquis, USA, February 14-19, 2009. Paper 1: Renaissance of Heteronomy: Co-Existence of Old and New International Political Orders (with Jozef Batora); Paper 2: A Genealogy of the Freedom from Fear Doctrine (with David Bosold); Paper 3: The Third Pillar of Missile Defense: Regional Heterogeneity and Wider Context.
Second Global International Studies Conference WISC 2008, organised by the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljublana, July 23-26, 2008. Paper/Contribution: Post-Conflict Reconciliation and Democratisation Frameworks as Confessionary Mechanisms (with Andrea Teti).
Discussion Meeting on "Missile Defence: Plans, Problems, Priorities". Organised by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) in London, UK, July 16, 2008. Contribution: Invited Discussant.
Expert NATO workshop on "Multiple Futures: Drivers and Scenarios, A Central European Perspective", held in National Defence University, Budapest and organised by the NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Headquarters. Paper/Contribution: Drivers and Future Scenarios for Environmental Security.
Workshop on "Social Constructivism: A New Perspective on the Society or a Blind Alley?", organised by the Section on Sociological Theory, the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Rep., June 6, 2008. Paper/Contribution: An Analysis of Constructivisms through the Strategy of Problematisation: Representations of Philosophy of Social Science, Disciplinary Practices and Debates as Events (with Andrea Teti).
11th DGAP New Faces Conference on strategic thinking "Regional Leaders in the Global Security Arena: Interests, Strategies and Capabilities", organized by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Berlin, Germany, April 31-May 2. Paper/Contribution: Regional Turn in Security Studies Meets Missile Defence (with Vit Stritecky).
International Conference on Armed Violence organised by the Flemish Peace Institute and PRIO and held in Brussels, Belgium, March 17-18, 2008. Paper/Contribution: NGOs in the Issue of Small Arms and Light Weapons: Empirical Characteristics and Theoretical Remarks.
International Conference on "Security, Technologies of Risk, and the Political II.", organised and held by the Research Institute for Law, Politics and Justice, Keele University, United Kingdom, November 7-9, 2007. Paper/Contribution: Advanced-Liberal Funding Regime, Risk Management and Canada’s Non-profit and Voluntary Sector as an Efficient-&-Effective Machine of Performance.
NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Energy and Environmental Challenges to Security", organised by NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Joint Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Economic Relations (ESCTER) and Science and Technology Committee (STC) and held at The Hungarian Parliament, Budapest, Hungary, November 21-23, 2007. Paper/Contribution: The Security-Environment Nexus Along the Czech-Austrian Border: Theory, Spatiality and Perception (with Alois Hynek).
International Conference on "Comparing North American and European Approaches to Climate Change", organised by Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada, September 27-28, 2007. Paper/Contribution: The Politics of Climate Change: An Analysis of Canadian, US and European Multi-level Governance Structures (with Alois Hynek).
The Sixth Pan-European Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (The Standing Group on International Relations) on "Making Sense of a Pluralist World," held at the University of Turin, Italy, September 12-15, 2007. Paper/Contribution: Beyond Liberal Biopolitics: Imagining a Post-Human Security Form of Individual Security (with David Bosold)
International Conference on the "Evolution of Geographical Systems and Risk Processes in Global Context" organised by the Faculty of Science, Charles University, Czech Republic, September 21-22, 2007. Paper/Contribution: Austrian and Czech Borderland: Searching for Environmental Security (with Alois Hynek, Břetislav Svozil and Petra Karvánková).
Research workshop on "Global Processes and Non-Governmental Public Action" co-organised by the Central European University, Hungary and the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, July 15-21, 2006. Paper/Contribution: Assessing Explanatory Power of Constructivist, Social Movement and Governmentality Frameworks applied to Post-Cold War Campaigns in Security Area.
Nordic International Studies Association (NISA) Conference on "Power, Vision, and Order in World Politics" hosted by the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark, May 23-35, 2007. Paper/Contribution: Post-Human Security: Rationalities, Relationships and Re-Conceptualisations (with David Bosold)
International Conference "The Middle East and the European Union: Middle East Power-Play and Prospect for Peace in the Middle East" organised by the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, The College of Public Administration and International Relations, Prague, Czech Republic, March 31, 2007. Paper/Contribution: EU-Middle East Dynamics in the Issue of Small Arms and Light Weapons (with Jaroslav Petřík)
The 31st Annual Conference of the British International Studies Association (BISA) hosted by the University College Cork, The Republic of Ireland, December 18-21, 2006. Paper/Contribution (Panel on "New Security Issues"): Governmentality, "New Diplomacy" and Knowledge about Security: A Critical Re-Reading of the Landmine Case.
Graduate Workshop on International Political Theory "Towards a Post-Human International Politics?" organised by a BISA Working Group on Contemporary Research in International Political Theory (CRIPT) and hosted by the Goldsmith College, the University of London, United Kingdom, November 9, 2006. Paper/Contribution: Moving Towards the Post-Human-Security Oriented Politics (with David Bosold)
35th Anniversary Conference "Theory of the International," hosted by The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom, October 21-22, 2006. Paper/Contribution: Saving Identity from Postmodernism? Disciplining Constructivism and Governing the ´International´ (with Andrea Teti)
International Sozial- und Wirtshaftgeographisches Kolloquium Sächsischer und Böhmischer Universitäten in Pernink, Leitthema "Neue Forschungsansätze und Forschungmethoden in der Humangeographie", October 12-13, 2006. Paper/Contribution: Environmental Sustainability and Security in Znojmo-Retz (Czech-Austrian) Borderland (with Alois Hynek)
15th European Seminar for Graduate Students in Canadian Studies organised by Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria, September 28-October 1, 2006. Paper/Contribution: An Analysis of Governmental Rationalities in Canadian Security Policy.
1st European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Graduate Conference "Contentious Politics", organized by the University of Essex, United Kingdom, September 7-9, 2006. Paper/Contribution: Mapping the Interplay between Progressive Political Practices and the Discourse of "New Humanitarianism" in Security Studies (also Chair of the panel on Humanitarianism and Human Rights).
The British International Studies Association (BISA) International Political Economy Group (IPEG) Annual Workshop "Rolling Back Neo-Liberalism?", hosted by Department of Politics and International Relations, Lancaster University, UK, June 9, 2006. Paper/Contribution: Investigating Neo-Liberalism through the Governmentality Approach (with Andrea Teti)
The Conference on the Issue of Integrated Landscape Management as a Primary Tool for the Implementation of Sustainable Development, organized by the Institute of Landscape Ecology in the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Slovak Ministry of Environment, Smolenice, Slovakia, April 18-19, 2006. Paper/Contribution: Environmentální diskurz Strategie rozvoje Jižní Moravy [Environmental Discourse on the Strategy of Development of South Moravia (with Alois Hynek).
6th Annual Conference of Canadian Studies. Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic, March 3, 2006. Paper/Contribution: Canada's Heartland and Hinterland (with Alois Hynek)
The International Conference on Issues of Peripheral Area "Quo Vadis Periphery?", organized by The Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Rep., November 25-26, 2005. Paper/Contribution: The Politics of Semiperiphery (with Alois Hynek, Tomáš Řezník and Břetislav Svozil)
The X. International Conference on Culture and Environment "Who Makes the Landscape: Ten Most Important Questions of Landscape Ecology," organized by the UNESCO-Chair for Ecological Awareness and Sustainable Development, the Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Science in Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia, September 7-9, 2005. Paper/Contribution (session on "Forces of landscape transformation"): The Politics of Landscape: Spatiality, Sustainability, Security (with Alois Hynek)
A HERODOT/EUROGEO International Conference "Changing Horizons in Geography Education," organized by HERODOT/EUROGEO, Liverpool Hope University, UK, and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland, September 2-5, 2005. Paper/Contribution: Sustainability, Development and Security in Landscape Field Practice (with Alois Hynek)
The VIII. Triennial Conference "Images of a Post/National Society," organized by the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies, Turku, Finland, August 17-21, 2005. Paper/Contribution: Keeping the Peace and National Unity. An Analysis of the Relationship between Canada’s National and International Identities (with Robert C. Thomsen)
The International Conference "Aspects of Equilibrium" on Architecture, Urban design, and Planning at the Threshold of UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, organized by the Wrocław Polytechnic Institute, June 23-25, 2005. Paper/Contribution: The Scientific and Political Framings of Spatial Sustainability: The Strategy of Regional Sustainability for the NUTS III The Highland, Czech Republic (with Alois Hynek)
Biennial International Multidisciplinary Conference "Canada from the Outside In: Images, Perceptions, Comparisons," the International Council for Canadian Studies, Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, May 25-27, 2005. Paper/Contribution: National and International Peacekeeping. The construction of Canada’s External and Internal Images of Self. (with Robert C. Thomsen)
Czech Geographical Society’s "Workshop on Social Geography and Regional Development", Charles University in Prague, Czech Rep., April 8, 2005. Paper/Contribution: Social Research of the Semiperiphery: The Use of Methodological Triangulation in the Mala Hana Case. (with Alois Hynek)
The International Conference "Perspectives of Central European Cooperation in the EU", Masaryk University in Brno, November 25-26, 2004. Conference organized by International Institute of Political Studies in Brno, Czech Rep. Paper/Contribution (student workshop): The Malaise of Foreign Policy Analysis and the 'Power' of Post-Explanations: The EU Rhetorical Action towards the Visegrad Countries.
The International Conference "Regional Geography, Regional Development and the European Union." Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, September 8th-10th, 2004. Paper/Contribution: Twenty-one Sets of Regional Geographies (with Alois Hynek)
The International Geographical Conference "Geography and Changes in Cognition of Spatial Reality." University of Ostrava, the Czech Republic, August 30-31, 2004. Paper/Contribution: Geographical Thought: The Core of Contemporary Geographies. (with Alois Hynek)
The Ninth Nordic Conference for English Studies. University of Aarhus, Denmark, May 27-29, 2004. Paper/Contribution: Canada in the Web of Thoughts: Canada’s Position and Influence in the International Community. (Panel on Canadian Identity)
"Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives." 3rd International Conference of Central European Canadianists and 3rd Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies. Krakow, Poland, 30. 4. - 3. 5. 2004. Paper/Contribution: Canada in the International System.
Anniversary Conference "Five Years in NATO: Military, Political and Societal Aspects of the Czech Membership in NATO", Brno, Czech Republic, March 10-11, 2004. Conference organized by the International Institute of Political Science, the General Staff of the Czech Republic Army, the Informational Centre on NATO, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Jagello, and the Military Academy in Brno. Paper/Contribution (student workshop): Specifics of Canadian Foreign and Security Policy and the Country’s Membership in NATO.
4th Annual Conference of Canadian Studies. Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 26, 2004. Paper/Contribution: Canada and the Concept of Middle Power.

Peer-Reviews for Academic Journals

Security Dialogue (Sage, PRIO, Norway)
European Security (Routledge, UK)
Journal of International Relations and Development (Palgrave, UK)
International Journal (Canadian International Council)
International Peacekeeping (Routledge, United Kingdom/USA)
Perspectives: The Review of International Affairs (IIR, Czech Republic)
Mezinárodní vztahy [International Relations] (IIR, Czech Republic)
Obrana a strategie [Defence & Strategy] (University of Defence, Czech Republic)


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