Životopis

Curriculum vitae

Name, first names, scientific degrees

• Mgr. Jan KLEINER, Ph.D.

Department/Faculty/University

• Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University

Function, current position

• Assistant Professor, Erasmus Coordinator

Education and academic qualifications

• 2024: Political Science (Security and Strategic Studies), Ph.D., Cyber(security) Social Contract for Democracy, Masaryk University
• 2020: Security and Strategic STudies, Mgr., Kybernetická bezpečnost koncových uživatelů v ČR a jejich ochota se zabezpečit, Masaryk University
• 2018: International Realtions and Security and Strategic Studies, Bc., Analýza kybernetických hrozeb eGovernmentu a jejich rizik pro ČR, Masaryk University

Professional experience related to academia

• 2024 - contemp.: Member of the Horizon Europe (Twinning) research team - CENTREPEACE project, cognitive warfare group
• 2024-contemp.: Assistant Professor and Erasmus Coordinator (Dept. of Political Science, MUNI)
• 2023-2026: Research fellow (theResillience of Armed Forces AgainstHybrid Threats project)
• 2022-2024.: Assistant (Dept. of PoliticalScience, MUNI)
• 2021-contemp.: Research fellow(Vulnerability Disclosure and Bugbountyprogramme)
• 2020-2021: Research fellow(Compliance for SMEs grant project)
• 2018-2022.: Research assistant graduate student
• 2017 -contemp.: Czech Army Reservist Officer

Teaching activities

• - Social-science methodology (BA/MA) - quantitative and qualitative methods, statistics, SPSS and R
• - Security Studies 101
• - AI in PolSci and Security Studies
• - Wargaming

Research activities

• 2024-contemp.: Horizon EU: Cognitive Warfare, Member of the team researching HE grant “Centerpeace” No. 1011590512023
• 2023-contemp.: Resilience of Armed Forces, Assessing and increasing the resilience of Czech Security Forces
• 2022: Internal Grant Agency, Lead researcher of an IGA grant aimed at finding a viable social contract theory for citizens of a democratic state in cyberspace.
• 2021-2022: Vulnerability Disclosure, Research fellow with the Masaryk University´s team tasked with creating strategic documents (blueprints) upon which responsible cybersecurity vulnerability disclosure processes can be built in the private sector.
• 2020-2021: Research Scholarship Holder, ThemselvesTwo consecutive yearly scholarships; the research of the Night WolvesMotorcycle Club´s influence in European countries based on Google´s BigData; the research of the Sputnik vaccine as a propaganda tool in the Czech political discourse based on Facebook data.
• 2021: Study of CCTV, Prague´s public transport, commercial study
• 2020: Compliance for SMEs in cybersecurity. Member of the interdisciplinary team solving complex compliance programs, mostly in the area of cybersecurity and its law norms, for small and medium enterprises.
• 2020: Threat Analysis for Prague´s public transport, commercial study

Internship and stays for the purpose of study or work

• 2024: Erasmus STA - University of Bologna (IT), Seminars on Emerging Technologies in PolSci and Security Studies
• 2024: Erasmus BIP teaching, University of Tartu (EST), Summer School, Civic Compentence in Creative Cities – How Digital Innovations Contribute to Durable Democracies, Seminars on AI in decision-making and governance
• 2023: Erasmus STA, University of Tartu (EST), Seminars on Introduction to AI in Social Sciences
• 2022: Visiting Research Student, University of Southampton (UK) - Dissertation research on the cyber(security) social contract for democracy
• 2022/10/01 – 2022/12/17: University of Southampton, Southampton, Other programs, GBR
  • Povinná stáž v rámci PhD studia a zároveň i jeden z výstupů mého IGA projektu MUNI/IGA/1219/2021
  • MUNI/IGA/1219/2021

Non-university activities

• 2017-contemp.: officer of the Czech Army´s Active Reserves unit

Major publications

• KLEINER, Jan. Battling Defense Austerity Cuts With the COVID-19 Crisis Response? The Czech Army's Online Public Perception. Armed Forces & Society. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2024, roč. 50, č. 1, s. 202-223. ISSN 0095-327X. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0095327X221114654. URL info
• KLEINER, Jan, Miloš GREGOR a Petra MLEJNKOVÁ. The Night Wolves : Evidence of Russian Sharp Power and Propaganda from the Victory Roads’ Itinerary. Problems of Post-Communism. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2024, roč. 71, č. 2, s. 145-155. ISSN 1075-8216. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10758216.2023.2164864. article - open access info
• KLEINER, Jan, Petra MLEJNKOVÁ a Miloš GREGOR. Night Wolves Motorcycle Club: A Long Way from Advocates of Democracy to Kremlin Propagandists. Online. In MARTON, Péter, THOMASEN, Gry, BÉKÉS, Csaba, RÁCZ, András. The Palgrave Handbook of Non-State Actors in East-West Relations. Neuveden: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, s. 1-10. ISBN 978-3-031-05750-2. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05750-2_26-1. URL info
• DRMOLA, Jakub a Jan KLEINER. Playing mean : Does it imply a mean player? Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2024, roč. 18, č. 3, s. 1-14. ISSN 1802-7962. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CP2024-3-6. article - open access info
• KLEINER, Jan. The social contract theory meets cybersecurity: systematic literature review. Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance. 2024, Neuveden., Neuveden., s. 1-20. ISSN 2398-5038. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DPRG-06-2024-0118. Odkaz na článek info
• COLLIER, Henry, Charlotte MORTON, Dalal ALHARTHI a Jan KLEINER. Cultural Influences on Information Security. Online. In Antonios Andreatos and Christos Douligeris. European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security. Proceedings of 22nd ECCWS. Reading: ACI, 2023, s. 143-150. ISBN 978-1-914587-69-6. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.34190/eccws.22.1.1127. celý sborník; Odkaz na článek; info

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