Životopis

Curriculum Vitae

Person-Related Identification Information

• Petra Mlejnková (formerly Vejvodová)

Department

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

Employment - Position

• Assistant Professor

Education and Academic Qualifications

• 2008-2014 Doctoral Degree Programme, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno
• 2006-2010 Master‘s Degree Programme, Department of International Affairs and European Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno
• 2006-2008 Master‘s Degree Programme, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno
• 2003-2006 Bachelor‘s Degree, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno; Combination: Political Science and International Affairs

Employment

• September 2019 - August 2022 Head of the Department of Political Science Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno
• February 2016 – August 2019 Deputy of the Department of Political Science for Security and Strategic Studies, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno
• April 2014 – ongoing Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno
• April 2014 – ongoing Researcher, International Institute for Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno
• 2012 – 2014 Project coordinator, lecturer, ERUDITIO PUBLICA o.p.s. (NGO), Brno
• October 2010 – March 2014 Researcher, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno

Teaching Activities

• Right-wing extremism, International nationalism, International security policy, Crisis management, Security policy of the Czech Republic, Security aspects of new religions, Information warfare and propaganda, Hybrid warfare, Dilemmas of counter-terrorism in Europe

Scientific and Research Activities

• Research focus:
• - Political extremism and radicalism in Europe, prevention and intervention, exit and disengagement strategies
• - International cooperation of far right
• - Security policy
• - Information warfare, propaganda
• Research projects:
• 2021 - ongoing Member of research team of the project "Resilience of security armed forces towards the hybrid threats" (Strategic Support Program for Security Research in the Czech Republic 2015-2020)
• 2020 - 2021 Member of research team of the project "Hey Slavs!Visual culture of propaganda inspired by Slavic nationalisms in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and its anti-EU character" (Czech Grant Agency)
• 2018 - 2021 Member of research team of the project "Experimental research of individual reactions on threats in cyberspace" (Technological Agency of the Czech Republic)
• 2018 - 2021 Member of research team of the project "Optimilization of intelligence activity and intelligence agencies in changing  environment" (Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic)
• 2017 – 2019 Member of research team of the project “Manipulative techniques of propaganda in time of Internet” (Grant Agency of Masaryk University)
• 2017 – 2019 Member of research team of the project “Radicalization of politics in Central Europe in times of crises” (Czech Grant Agency)
• 2016 – 2018 Member of research team of the project “Politically motivated crime in the light of current migration flows (German security research, German Federal Criminal Office)
• 2015 – 2017 Member of research team of the project “Determinants of growth of extremism and populism in times of economic crisis” (Grant agency of Masaryk University)
• 2015 – 2016 Coordinator of the Czech partnership in the international project “European Fairs Skills” (ISEC program, DG Home)
• 2013 – 2015 Member of research team of the project „Current challenges towards democracy in Central Europe“ (Czech Grant Agency)
• 2010 – 2015 Member of research team of the project "Predictive methods of long-term geopolitical development of Central Europe“ (Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic funding)
• 2009 – 2010 Member of research team of the project European Survey on Youth Mobilisation (ESYM), coordinated by University of St.Andrews, Scotland

Internship

• March 2018 International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), US
• July 2010 Oslo Summer School in Comparative Social Science Studies, course „Radical Right Politics in Western Europe“, University of Oslo
• October 2007 – February 2008 Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana

Activities Outside University

• Memberships:
• 2015 – ongoing European Expert Network on Terrorism Issues
• 2011 – ongoing Radicalisation Awareness Network (international network launched by European Commission)
• Member of editorial board of scientific journal Security Journal (ISSN 0955-1662)

Awards Related to Science and Research

• 2018 - Award of the Rector of Masaryk University for civic society development
• 2020 - Award of the Dean of Faculty of Social Studies for civic society development

Major Publications

• 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
• MLEJNKOVÁ, Petra. Far-Right Politics in the Czech Republic. In A. James McAdams, Samuel Piccolo. Far-Right Newspeak and the Future of Liberal Democracy. London: Routledge, 2024, s. 65-84. Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right. ISBN 978-1-032-56626-9. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003436737-6. URL info
• MAREŠ, Miroslav a Petra MLEJNKOVÁ. Pan-Slavism and Slavophilia in the Czech Republic within the Context of Hybrid Threats. In Mikhail Suslov, Marek Čejka, Vladimir Ðorđević. Pan-Slavism and Slavophilia in Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe : Origins, Manifestations and Functions. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023, s. 309-327. ISBN 978-3-031-17874-0. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17875-7_15. URL info
• MLEJNKOVÁ, Petra. Issues of Resilience to Cyber-Enabled Psychological and Information Operations. Vojenské Rozhledy. Ministerstvo obrany ČR-OKP, 2022, roč. 31, č. 1, s. 38-50. ISSN 1210-3292. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.3849/2336-2995.31.2022.01.038-050. URL info
• GREGOR, Miloš, Petra MLEJNKOVÁ, Miroslava PAVLÍKOVÁ, Barbora ŠENKÝŘOVÁ, Jakub DRMOLA, Miroslav MAREŠ, František KASL, Aleš HORÁK, Vít BAISA, Radim POLČÁK, Jan HANZELKA, Jonáš SYROVÁTKA a Ondřej HERMAN. Challenging Online Propaganda and Disinformation in the 21st Century. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, 273 s. Political Campaigning and Communication. ISBN 978-3-030-58623-2. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58624-9. web nakladatelství info
• MLEJNKOVÁ, Petra. The Transnationalization of Ethno-nationalism : The Case of the Identitarian Movement. Intersections - East European Journal of Society and Politics. Budapest, 2021, roč. 7, č. 1, s. 136-149. ISSN 2416-089X. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.17356/ieejsp.v7i1.572. article - open access info
• GREGOR, Miloš a Petra MLEJNKOVÁ. Facing Disinformation : Narratives and Manipulative Techniques Deployed in the Czech Republic. Politics in Central Europe. De Gruyter Open, 2021, roč. 17, č. 3, s. 541-564. ISSN 1801-3422. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pce-2021-0023. Article available online info
• MLEJNKOVÁ, Petra a Ondřej KOLÁŘ. Training prison staff to recognize inmate radicalisation. Security Journal. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, roč. 33, č. 4, s. 552-564. ISSN 0955-1662. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41284-019-00192-8. URL info
• MLEJNKOVÁ, Petra. Information and Psychological Operations as a Challenge to Security and Defence. Vojenské Rozhledy. Praha: Ministerstvo obrany ČR-OKP, 2019, roč. 28, č. 3, s. 83-96. ISSN 1210-3292. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.3849/2336-2995.28.2019.03.083-096. článek - open access info
• DOLEŽALOVÁ, Jitka, Vlastimil HAVLÍK, Antonín SLANÝ a Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Economic factors determining the electoral success of far-right and far-left parties in the EU countries. Society and Economy In Central and Eastern Europe. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2017, roč. 39, č. 1, s. 27-48. ISSN 1588-9726. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1556/204.2016.001. URL info
• HOLZER, Jan, Miroslav MAREŠ, Pavel DUFEK, Vlastimil HAVLÍK, Michal MOCHŤAK, Aneta PINKOVÁ, Andrew Lawrence ROBERTS, Petra VEJVODOVÁ a Petr KUPKA. Challenges To Democracies in East Central Europe. London: Routledge, 2016, 145 s. Routledge Advances in European Politics, sv. 127. ISBN 978-1-138-65596-6. URL info
• VEJVODOVÁ, Petra. The Anti-EU Groups in the European Parliament. In Patrick Moreau Birte Wassenberg. European Integration and new Anti-Europeanism I. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2016, s. 71-82. volume 27. ISBN 978-3-515-11253-6. info
• VEJVODOVÁ, Petra. Germany as an Issue of Czech Domestic Politics. In DANČÁK, Břetislav a Vít HLOUŠEK (eds.). Towards Partnership : The Third Decade of Czech-German Relations. 1. ed. Brno: Masaryk University, 2016, s. 231-257. ISBN 978-80-210-8541-1. info
• VEJVODOVÁ, Petra a Miroslav MAREŠ. The Risk of Terrorist and Violent Extremist Attacks against Schools. In Denis Čaleta, Vesela Radovič. Comprehensive Approach as "Sine Qua Non" for Critical Infrastructure Protection. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2015, s. 59-66. ISBN 978-1-61499-477-0. info
• VEJVODOVÁ, Petra. Neonacistická vize sjednocené Evropy a její kořeny v nacistické ideologii. Politické vedy. Banská Bystrica: Univerzita Mateja Bela, 2015, roč. 18, č. 3, s. 194-213. ISSN 1335-2741. info
• MAREŠ, Miroslav, Jiří BAROŠ, Pavel DUFEK, Vlastimil HAVLÍK, Michal MOCHŤAK, Oskar VARGA, Petra VEJVODOVÁ a Štěpán VÝBORNÝ. Ne islámu: Protiislámská politika v České republice. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2015, 219 s. Politologická řada. ISBN 978-80-7325-397-4. info
• PAPIEŽOVÁ VEJVODOVÁ, Petra a Josef SMOLÍK. Die faszinierende Welt der Jugendsubkulturen. Jugendsubkulturen in der Tschechischen Republik. Kriminalistik. Hamburg: Kriminalistik, 2014, roč. 68, č. 6, s. 389-395. ISSN 0023-4699. info
• VEJVODOVÁ, Petra. Transnational Forms of Contemporary Neo-Nazi Activity in Europe from the Perspective of Czech Neo-Nazis. 1st edition. Brno: Muni press, 2014, 199 s. ISBN 978-80-210-7148-3. info
• SMOLÍK, Josef a Petra PAPIEŽOVÁ VEJVODOVÁ. Nové trendy české krajní pravice. Rexter - časopis pro výzkum radikalismu, extremismu a terorismu. Brno: CBSS, 2013, XI., 1., s. 91-116. ISSN 1214-7737. URL info
• SMOLÍK, Josef a Petra PAPIEŽOVÁ VEJVODOVÁ. Brainstorming. Bezpečnostní teorie a praxe. Praha: Policejní akademie České republiky, 2013, roč. 19, č. 1, s. 131-142. ISSN 1801-8211. info
• PAPIEŽOVÁ VEJVODOVÁ, Petra. A Thorny Way to Find Friends: Transnational Cooperation and Network-building amongst Right-wing and National Populist Parties. Online. In Karsten Grabow, Florian Hartleb. Exposing the Demagogues. Right-wing and National Populist Parties in Europe. 1st edition. Brussels: Centre for European Studies, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2013, s. 373-396. ISBN 978-2-930632-26-1. URL info
• VEJVODOVÁ, Petra. Transnational Cooperation of the Far Right in the European Union and Attempts to Institutionalize Mutual Relations. In The Extreme Right in Europe. Current Trends and Perspectives. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012, s. 215-228. volume 46. ISBN 978-3-525-36922-7. extrakt info
• SMOLÍK, Josef a Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Vybrané techniky sběru dat v prostředí krajní pravice. Rexter - časopis pro výzkum radikalismu, extremismu a terorismu. Brno: CBSS, 2012, X, č. 1, s. 36-71, 35 s. ISSN 1214-7737. URL info
• MAREŠ, Miroslav a Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Transnacionální dimenze soudobého českého neonacismu. Mezinárodní vztahy. Praha: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, 2011, roč. 46, č. 1, s. 75-90, 15 s. ISSN 0323-1844. URL info
• BASTL, Martin, Miroslav MAREŠ, Josef SMOLÍK a Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Krajní pravice a krajní levice v ČR. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 288 s. Politologie. ISBN 978-80-247-3797-3. URL info
• MAREŠ, Miroslav, Josef SMOLÍK a Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Extremismus - věc vojenská? Analýza poznatků z přednášek o problematice extremismu pro AČR. In SVOBODA, Ivo a Radomír SALIGER. Příprava profesionálů v obranných a bezpečnostních silách. Sborník příspěvků z mezinárodní vědecko-odborné konference konané dne 7. května 2009 v rámci doprovodného programu IDET 2009. 1. vydání. Brno: Univerzita obrany. Fakulta ekonomiky a managementu., 2010, s. 94-98. ISBN 978-80-7231-567-3. info
• VEJVODOVÁ, Petra. Transnacionální novopohanské neonacistické organizace. In Náboženské korene pravicového extrémizmu. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Ústav pre vzťahy štatu a církví, 2010, s. 119-127. ISBN 978-80-89096-42-8. info
• SMOLÍK, Josef a Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Politický extremismus jako bezpečnostní hrozba? In Smolík, J., Šmíd, T. a kol. (2010): Vybrané bezpečnostní hrozby a rizika 21. století. 1. vyd. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2010, s. 43-67. Monografie. ISBN 978-80-210-5288-8. info
• MAREŠ, Miroslav a Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Dělnická strana: profil české pravicově extremistické strany. Rexter - časopis pro výzkum radikalismu, extremismu a terorismu. Brno: CBSS, 2010, roč. 8, č. 2, s. 42-74, 32 s. ISSN 1214-7737. URL info
• MAREŠ, Miroslav, Josef SMOLÍK a Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Extremismus z pohledu vojáků. Analýza sociologické sondy o problematice extremismu v AČR. Vojenské rozhledy. Praha: Ministerstvo obrany České republiky-PIC, 2010, roč. 19(51), č. 4, s. 163-173. ISSN 1210-3292. URL info
• VEJVODOVÁ, Petra. Autonomní nacionalismus. Rexter - časopis pro výzkum radikalismu, extremismu a terorismu. Brno: CBSS, 2008, roč. 7, č. 2, s. on-line, 55 s. ISSN 1214-7737. URL info

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