Curriculum Vitae

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, vol. 50, No 1, p. 202-223. ISSN 0095-327X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0095327X221114654. URL info
• KLEINER, Jan, Miloš GREGOR and 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, vol. 71, No 2, p. 145-155. ISSN 1075-8216. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10758216.2023.2164864. article - open access info
• KLEINER, Jan, Petra MLEJNKOVÁ and 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, p. 1-10. ISBN 978-3-031-05750-2. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05750-2_26-1. URL info
• DRMOLA, Jakub and Jan KLEINER. Playing mean : Does it imply a mean player? Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2024, vol. 18, No 3, p. 1-14. ISSN 1802-7962. Available from: 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., p. 1-20. ISSN 2398-5038. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DPRG-06-2024-0118. Odkaz na článek info
• COLLIER, Henry, Charlotte MORTON, Dalal ALHARTHI and 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, p. 143-150. ISBN 978-1-914587-69-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.34190/eccws.22.1.1127. celý sborník; Odkaz na článek; info

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