Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum vitae

Personal Data

• PhDr. Pavel Pšeja, Ph.D.
• Nationality: Czech
• Citizenship: Czech Republic
• Date of birth: 1970, January 7

Department/Faculty/University

• Department of IR and European Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Academic Position

• Assistant Professor

Education and Degrees

• 2003 - Ph.D./PhDr. Subject: Political Science Degrees at the School of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno Dissertation Thesis: Stranický systém eské republiky v létech 1989-1998. Analýza vývojových trend a možnosti teoretického zaazení (Party System of the Czech Republic in 1989-1998. Analysis of Developmental Trends and Possibilities of Theoretical Understanding)
• 1996 - M.A. Subject: Political Science Degree at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno Masters Thesis: Stranický systém eské republiky pod listopadu 1989 (Party System of the Czech Republic after November 1989)

Professional Experience

• Since November 2008: Expert Evaluator, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, Prague
• Since March 2008: Expert Evaluator for Marie Curie Programmes, European Commission, Brussels
• Since October 2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, School of Political Studies – CEVRO Institute, Prague
• Since November 2003: Assistant Professor, Department of IR and European Studies, School of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno

Teaching Activities

• Selected courses since 2000, home university only:
• Remodelling Political Culture in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 (in English)
• Introduction to International Relations
• Theory of International Relations
• Party System of the Czech Republic after 1989
• Making of Europe (European System of States since 1648) (in English)
• International Relations (in English)
• Czech Politics (in English)

Fields of Research Interest

• Politics of the Central European Countries
• Political Parties
• Theory of International Relations

Teaching Experience Abroad

• Hawai’i Pacific University, College of International Studies, Honolulu, U.S.A., January-June 2006, Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (three courses, e.g. “Comparative Politics: Central Europe” and “Making of European Idea” taught through two semesters)
• Otto von Guericke Universität, Institut für fremdsprachliche Philologien, European Studies, Magdeburg, Germany, April-December 2005, Commerzbank Professor in Political Science (four courses, e.g. “Central European Politics” and “Making of European Idea” taught through two semesters)
• University of M. Curie-Sklodowska, Lublin, Poland, February-March 2000, Visiting Teacher, Series of Lectures on Foreign Policy of the Czech Republic

Research Projects and Grants

• Political Science in Central Europe, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, 2007-2009 (co-solver)
• Political Actors in the Process of Europeanization and Internationalization of the Political Arena in the Czech Republic, Ministry of Work and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic, 2004-2009 (co-solver)
• Political Parties and Representation of Interests in Contemporary European Democracies, Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic, 2005-2007, Member of the Major Research Group

Non-university Activities

• Non-govermental Sector: Member of the Democracy and Culture Studies Centre (www.cdk.cz), independent non-profit organization focused on international democracy promotion, and on research and educational activities in the fields of politics and culture. Position: Project Manager (since July 2004)
• Professional Editing: Leading Professional Editor of an Editorial Series “Contemporary International Relations Theory” published by the Centre of Strategic Studies, Brno, 2005-2006.
• Translation (until August 2008): a freelance translator of English literature in social sciences and humanities. List of translated books includes (selection):
• Larry Siedentop: Democracy in Europe (published by Barrister&Principal, Brno, November 2004) John M. Keynes: Economic Consequences of the Peace (published by CDK, Brno, October 2004) Stefano Guzzini: Realism in International Relations and International Political Economy (published by Barrister&Principal, Brno, April 2004) Hugh Lawrence: Medieval Monasticism (published by CDK, Brno, April 2003) Steve Smith & Ken Booth: International Relations Theory Today (published by Barrister&Principal, Brno, October 2001) Martin Hollis & Steve Smith: Explaining and Understanding International Relations (published by CDK, Brno, October 2000) Eric J. Hobsbawm: Nations and Nationalism since 1780 (published by CDK, Brno, April 2000) Paul Johnson: A History of Christianity (published by Barrister&Principal and CDK, Brno, March 1999) Peter L. Berger: A Far Glory (published by Barrister&Principal and CDK, Brno, March 1997) John Carroll: Humanism (published by CDK, Brno, September 1996)

Major Conferences and Lectures Abroad

• Workshop on “Beyond Europeanization?”, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, paper on “Europeanization of Political Parties in the Czech Republic” (co-author Vít Hloušek), May 2008
• Conference on “Shaping and Reshaping Social Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe”, Centre d'étude de la vie politique (Cevipol), Institute of European Studies, Faculty of Social, Political and Economical Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, paper on “Cohabitation of the Czech Social Democracy and the Communist Party” (co-author Lubomír Kopeček), September 2007
• ECPR General Conference, Pisa, Italy, paper on “Europeanization of Political Parties and Party System in the Czech Republic” (co-author Vít Hloušek), presented in a panel organized by prof. Aleks Szczerbiak, September 2007
• University of Bologna, Faculty of Political Science in Forli, series of lectures on selected issues of Central European Politics, May 2007 Workshop on “Decentralization and Regionalization in Central and Eastern Europe”, Quedlinburg, Germany, November 2005, organized by University of Tübingen, Paper on “Region-Building and Party Politics in the Czech Republic”
• University of Bergen, Norway, September 2004, Lecture on “International Relations in the Masaryk University”
• Otto von Guericke Universität, Institut für fremdsprachliche Philologien, European Studies, Magdeburg, Germany, December 2003, Lecture on “Social and Political Background of the Regime Change in the Czech Republic after 1989“
• Conference on “Rapid social change after the political transformation in the Czech Republic and Saxony”, Freiberg, Germany, November 2003, Paper on “Civic Forum as a vehicle of social and political changes”
• Conference on “Three Social Science Disciplines in Central and Eastern Europe: Handbook on Economics, Political Science and Sociology (1989-2001)“, Collegium Budapešť/GESIS Berlin, Budapest, Hungary, February 2002, Paper on „Time of Emergence. Czech Political Science after 1989“

Major publications

• PŠEJA, Pavel, Petr SUCHÝ, Oldřich KRPEC and Zdeněk KŘÍŽ. Moc a zájmy v mezinárodním systému. Procesy, aktéři a problémy v mezinárodních vztazích (Power and Interests in the International System. Processes, Actors, and Issues in the International Relations). Brno: CDK, 2015, 368 pp. ISBN 978-80-7325-409-4. info
• KOPEČEK, Lubomír and Pavel PŠEJA. Czech Social Democracy and its cohabitation with the Communist Party: The story of a neglected affair. Communist and post-communist studies. Los Angeles: Elsevier, 2008, vol. 41, No 3, p. 317-338. ISSN 0967-067X. info
• PŠEJA, Pavel. Holding the Ground: Communism and Political Parties in the Post-Communist Czech Republic. In BACKES, Uwe, Tytus JASKULOWSKI and Abel POLESE. Totalitarismus und Transformation. Defizite der Demokratiekonsolidierung in Mittel- und Osteuropa. 1st ed. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008, p. 135-154. Schriften des Hannah-Arendt-Instituts, 37. ISBN 978-3-525-36911-1. info
• PŠEJA, Pavel and Miroslav MAREŠ. Partis agrariens et paysans en République tcheque (Agrarian and Rural Parties in the Czech Republic). In SEILER, Daniel-Louis and Jean-Michel DE WAELE. Les partis agrariens et paysans en Europe. 1st ed. Bruxelles: Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 2008, p. 139-151. Science Politique. ISBN 978-2-8004-1436-2. info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít and Pavel PŠEJA. Evropeizace politických stran a stranického systému v České republice (Europeanization of political parties and party system in the Czech Republic). Politologický časopis / Czech Journal of Political Science. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav Masarykovy univerzity, 2008, XV, No 4, p. 299-317. ISSN 1211-3247. info
• HOLZER, Jan and Pavel PŠEJA. Na cestě ke světlým zítřkům aneb česká politologie patnáct let po (On the Road Towards a Glorious Future, or Czech Political Science Fifteen Years Later). Politologický časopis. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2007, XIV, No 1, p. 61-70. ISSN 1211-3247. info
• HOLZER, Jan and Pavel PŠEJA. Politologia Czeska: pietnasce lat rozwoju (Czech Political Science: Fifteen Years of Development). In Politologia w Polsce. Stan badaň i perspektywy. 1st ed. Wroclaw: Wydawnictwo UW, 2007, p. 109-131. sv. 5. ISBN 83-914951-4-0. info
• HAVLÍK, Vlastimil and Pavel PŠEJA. Evropeizace jako předmět výzkumu v sociálních vědách (Europeanization as a research object in social science). Sociální studia. Brno: Fakulta sociálních studií, 2007, vol. 2007, No 3, p. 7-16, 7 pp. ISSN 1214-813X. info
• KOPEČEK, Lubomír and Pavel PŠEJA. ČSSD a KSČM: na cestě ke spojenectví? Nástin souvztažností vývoje a vzájemných vlivů (The Czech Social Democratic Party and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia: On the Road Towards Partnership? An Outline of Mutual Influence and Correlations in their Development). Politologická revue. Praha: Česká společnost pro politické vědy, 2007, XIII, No 2, p. 35-59. ISSN 1211-0353. info
• PŠEJA, Pavel. Vývoj ODS a jejího postavení ve stranickém systému ČR (Civic Democratic Party: Development of its Position in the Party System of the Czech Republic). In BALÍK, Stanislav and A KOL. Občanská demokratická strana a česká politika. ODS v českém politickém systému v letech 1991-2006. 1st ed. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2006, p. 7-17. CDK. ISBN 80-7325-079-9. info
• FIALA, Petr, Vít HLOUŠEK, Markéta PITROVÁ, Pavel PŠEJA and Petr SUCHÝ. Evropeizace politických stran a zájmových skupin: základní problémy a směry analýzy (The Europeanization of Political Parties and Pressure Groups: Basic Problems and Directions of Analysis). Politologický časopis. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav Masarykovy univerzity, 2006, XIII, No 1, p. 3-26. ISSN 1211-3247. info
• KRPEC, Oldřich and Pavel PŠEJA. Ekonomika jako aspekt výzkumu v mezinárodních vztazích – Mezinárodní politická ekonomie (Economy as an Aspect of International Relations Study - International Political Economy). In KRPEC, Oldřich and Pavel PŠEJA. Mezinárodní politická ekonomie. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2006, p. 7-21, 14 pp. Studie 44. ISBN 80-210-4121-8. info
• KRPEC, Oldřich and Pavel PŠEJA. Mezinárodní politická ekonomie (International Political Economy). 1st ed. Brno: MPÚ MU, 2006, 159 pp. Studie 44. ISBN 80-210-4121-8. info
• PŠEJA, Pavel and Stanislav BALÍK. Perechod k demokratii – češskij opyt (Transition towards Democracy: Czech Experience). 1st ed. Brno: CDK, 2006, 315 pp. není. ISBN 80-7325-104-3. info
• PŠEJA, Pavel. Stranický systém České republiky. Politické strany a jejich vývoj 1989-1998 (Party System of the Czech Republic. Political Parties and their Development 1989-1998). Brno: CDK, 2005, 201 pp. Srovnávací politologie. ISBN 80-7325-069-1. info
• PŠEJA, Pavel. Některé otázky výzkumu politických stran České republiky (Some Issues in Political Parties Research in the Czech Republic). In FIALA, Petr and Maxmilián STRMISKA. Víceúrovňové vládnutí: teorie, přístupy, metody. Brno: CDK, 2005, p. 242-253. ISBN 80-7325-074-8. info
• PŠEJA, Pavel. Al-ahzáb as-sijásíja wa 'intiqál al-Džumhúríja 't-tšíkíja ilá 'd-dímuqrátíja (Political Parties, Czech Republic and Transition to Democracy). In BALÍK, Stanislav and Pavel PŠEJA. `amalíjat biná' al-mu'assasát ad-dímuqrátíja: Dirását min al-Džumhúríja 't-tšíkíja. 1st ed. Brno-Baghdad: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury-International Republican Institute, 2005, p. 165-178. ISBN 80-7325-058-6. info
• PŠEJA, Pavel. Vývoj a povaha teorie mezinárodních vztahů (Evolution and Nature of International Relations Theory). In PŠEJA, Pavel. Přehled teorií mezinárodních vztahů. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2005, p. 11-23. ISBN 80-210-3837-3. info
• PŠEJA, Pavel. Přehled teorií mezinárodních vztahů (Theories of International Relations: An Overview). Brno: MPU MU, 2005, 160 pp. Studie 36. ISBN 80-210-3837-3. info
• PŠEJA, Pavel and Stanislav BALÍK. Amalíjat biná' al-mu'assasát ad-dímuqrátíja: Dirását min al-Džumhúríja 't-tšíkíja. 1st ed. Brno/Baghdad: CDK/IRI, 2005, 259 pp. ISBN 80-7325-058-6. info
• PŠEJA, Pavel. Občanské fórum jako katalysátor vývoje stranického systému ČR (Civic Forum as an Agency in the Development of the Czech Party System). Politologický časopis. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2004, XI, No 3, p. 316-327. ISSN 1211-3247. info
• PŠEJA, Pavel. Občanská demokratická strana jako hlavní dědic OF a agens stranického systému ČR (1991-1998) (Civic Democratic Party as the Major Heir to the Civic Forum and an Agent of the Party System of the Czech Republic). Politologický časopis. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2004, XI, No 4, p. 453-472. ISSN 1211-3247. info
• HOLZER, Jan and Pavel PŠEJA. First decade of Czech political science - issues, research, methods. In CABADA, Ladislav. Contemporary Questions of Central European Politics. Plzeň: FHS ZČU, 2003, p. 234-248. ??? ISBN 80-86473-27-9. info
• HOLZER, Jan and Pavel PŠEJA. Political Science - Czech Republic. In KAASE, Max and Vera SPARSCHUH. Three Social Science Disciplines in Central and Eastern Europe. Handbook on Economics, Political Science and Sociology (1989-2001). Bonn/Berlin - Budapest: Social Science Information Centre - Collegium, 2002, p. 226-245. ??? ISBN 3-8206-0139-2. info
• FIALA, Petr, Miroslav MAREŠ and Pavel PŠEJA. Formation of the System of Political Parties in the Czech Republic 1989-1992. Studia Polityczne. Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk, 2001, vol. 1, No 12, p. 145-162. ISSN 1230-3135. info
• FIALA, Petr, Miroslav MAREŠ and Pavel PŠEJA. The development of political parties and the party system. In VEČERNÍK, Jiří and Petr MATĚJŮ. Ten years of rebuilding capitalism: Czech society after 1989. Praha: Academia, 1999, p. 273-294. ISBN 80-200-0774-1. info
• FIALA, Petr, Jan HOLZER, Miroslav MAREŠ and Pavel PŠEJA. Komunismus v České republice. Vývojové, systémové a ideové aspekty působení KSČM a dalších komunistických organizací v české politice (Communism in Czech Republic. Development, System and Idea Aspects of the Activities of KSČM and other Communist Organizations in Czech Politics). 1st ed. Brno: MPÚ MU, 1999, 315 pp. monografie. ISBN 80-210-2249-3. info

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