Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum vitae

Name

• Miriam Matejova, PhD

Department/Faculty/University

• Department of Political Science
  Faculty of Social Studies
  Masaryk University
  Joštova 218/10
  602 00 Brno
  Czech Republic

Current position

• Assistant Professor

Education and academic qualifications

• 2019: PhD in Political Science; University of British Columbia; dissertation: "Mobilizing after disasters in advanced industrial democracies"
• 2012: MA in International Affairs; Norman Paterson School of International Affairs; Carleton University
• 2009: BA (Honours) in International Studies; University of Northern British Columbia

Professional experience

• 2020 - : Assistant Professor, Political Science, Masaryk University
• 2018 - 2020: Economic Advisor, Canada's Ministry of the Environment
• 2018: Instructor, Political Science, University of British Columbia
• 2014 - 2016: Research Assistant, University of British Columbia
• 2013 - 2018: Teaching Assistant, Political Science, University of British Columbia
• 2011 - 2013: Economist, Canada's Ministry of the Environment
• 2011: Analyst, Canadian International Development Agency
• 2010 - 2011: Analyst, United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
• 2010 - 2011: Consultant, Canada's Ministry of the Environment
• 2009 - 2011: Teaching Assistant, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
• 2007 - 2009: Research Assistant, University of Northern British Columbia
• 2006 - 2008: Teaching Assistant, University of Northern British Columbia

Professional stays abroad

• 2018: three-month research stay at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
• 2017: two-month research stay at John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, MA, USA
• 2014: one-month research stay at the National Archives, Kew, UK
• 2010-2013: intermittent research at the Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Other academic activities, research projects, grants

• 2019: University of British Columbia Faculty of Arts Graduate Research Award
• 2018: University of British Columbia Department of Political Science Doctoral Research Grant
• 2017: J.F.K. Presidential Library Marjorie Kovler Research Fellowship
• 2014-2017: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
• 2014-2015: Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Doctoral Fellowship
• 2014: SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (declined)
• 2013-2017: Four Year Doctoral Fellowship, University of British Columbia
• 2010:2011:SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master's
• 2008: Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation Research Grant

Non-university activities

• The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
• International Studies Association
• American Political Science Association
• Canadian Political Science Association
• Bridging the Gap Network
• Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research

Most significant professional accomplishments

• AWARDS
  2020: University of Alaska-Anchorage E. Tower Endowment for Canadian Studies
• 2019: Emerging Scholar Award, Common Ground Research Networks
• 2017: Graduate Student Award of Merit, Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada
• 2014 - 2017: Liu Scholar, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia
• 2016: Kakehashi Scholar Award, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 2015: Graduate Scholar Award, Common Ground Publishing
• 2014: Donald N. Byers Memorial Prize, University of British Columbia
• 2014: Regulatory Excellence Award, Canada’s Ministry of the Environment
• 2013-2014: Olav Slaymaker Fellowship in Environment, University of British Columbia
• 2012: Alumnus of the Year in Professional Excellence Award, University of Northern British Columbia
• 2009-2010: Dean of Graduate Studies Academic Excellence Scholarship, Carleton University
• 2008: Rhodes scholarship university nomination, University of Northern British Columbia
• 2007: Co-op Student of the Year Award, University of Northern British Columbia
• 2006-2008: Millennium Excellence In-course Award, Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
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  INVITED LECTURES AND EVENTS
• 2021: Columbia University, The Earth Institute. Online
• 2020: University of Alaska-Anchorage, AK, USA
• 2019: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC, USA
• 2018: University of Oxford, International History of East Asia seminar, Oxford, UK
• 2018: POLI 110 Introduction to Scientific Political Analysis, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• 2017: Bridging the Gap New Era Foreign Policy Conference, Washington DC, USA
• 2017: Continuing Studies, International Scene Lecture Series, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• 2017: POLI 110 Introduction to Scientific Political Analysis, University of British Columbia
• 2016: POLI 375 Global Environmental Politics, University of British Columbia
• 2016: POLI 367 IR Theory and the International System, University of British Columbia
• 2015: POLI 367 IR Theory and the International System, University of British Columbia
• 2012: Jean Monnet Seminar: Ukraine-EU Cooperation in Crisis Management and Disaster Risk Reduction, Kiev, Ukraine 2012: International Polar Year Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada
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  EDITORIAL BOARDS
• 2016-2018: Project Nightingale Literary Journal
• 2010: Paterson Review of International Affairs
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  CONFERENCE PANEL CHAIR/DISCUSSANT
• 2018: International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA
• 2017: POLI 492 – Thesis Conference, University of British Columbia
• 2015: International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• 2015: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Global Carbon Supply Chain, University of British Columbia
• 2014: International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, Reykjavik, Iceland
• 2014: Dept. of Political Science – International Relations Colloquium, University of British Columbia
• 2011: Model NATO annual conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Major publications

• MATEJOVA, Miriam and Chad M. BRIGGS. Embracing the Darkness : Methods for Tackling Uncertainty and Complexity in Environmental Disaster Risks. Global Environmental Politics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2021, vol. 21, No 1, p. 76-88. ISSN 1526-3800. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1162/glep_a_00591. URL info
• BRIGGS, Chad and Miriam MATEJOVA. Disaster Security: Using Intelligence and Military Planning for Energy and Environmental Risks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019, 248 pp. ISBN 978-1-108-45937-2. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108560023. info
• MATEJOVA, Miriam, Stefan PARKER and Peter DAUVERGNE. The Politics of Repressing Environmentalists as Agents of Foreign Influence. Australian Journal of International Affairs. 2018, vol. 72, No 2, p. 1-18. ISSN 1035-7718. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2017.1421141. info
• MUNTON, Don and Miriam MATEJOVA. Spies without Borders? Western Intelligence Liaison, the Tehran Hostage Affair and Iran’s Islamic Revolution. Intelligence and National Security. 2012, vol. 27, No 5, p. 739-760, 21 pp. ISSN 0268-4527. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2012.708526. info

2021/08/31