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Curriculum vitae

Name, first names, scientific degrees
  • doc. Josef Kraus, Ph.D.
Department/Faculty/University
  • Department of Political Science
    Faculty of Social Studies
    Masaryk University
Function, current position
  • Associate Professor
Education and academic qualifications
  • 2024: Habilitation - associate professor
  • 2014: Ph.D. of political science at Security and Strategic Studies Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, Masaryk University
  • 2009: Master´s degree, Political science, Masaryk University
  • 2007: Bachelor´s degree, Political science, Masaryk University
Professional experience
  • 2024 - present: Associate Professor, Security and Strategic Studies, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
  • 2014 - 2024: Assistant Professor, Security and Strategic Studies, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
  • 2013 – 2016: Academic researcher at Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studiesof University of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic
  • 2012 – Present: Academic researcher at International Institute of Political Science of Masaryk University and assistant professor, Security and Strategic studies Brno, Czech Republic
Teaching activities
  • Resources Conflicts, Military Policy, Ethnic Conflicts, Islamic Radicalism, Predictive Methodology, Regional Security Complexes, Islamic Political Thought
Research activities
  • Islamic radicalism and Islamic political thought, Resources Conflicts, State Terrorism, Near and Middle-East region
Professional stays abroad
  • 2020: Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Libanon, visiting professor 2018 - present: Research fellow and visiting professor, Ferdowsi University Mashhad, Iran 2015 - 2016: Research fellow, The International University Al-Mustafa, Qom, Iran – focused on Iranian political system and Shi’a political theories
  • 2011: Research residency, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center, Johns Hopkins University, Washington D. C.
Other academic activities, research projects, grants
  • The head of sub-department of Security and Strategic Studies
Non-university activities
  • 2016 - present: Member of Editorial board of Czech Military Review journal
  • 2013 – 2016: Secretary of Defence and Strategy journal (http://www.obranaastrategie.cz/en/)
  • 2008 – 2015: Member of the Center for Security and Strategic Studies
Major publications
  • KRAUS, Josef. Islamophobia in the Czech Republic. In Islam and Europe: Prospects and Challenges. Qom:Iran: Al-Hikmah Institute of the International University al-Mustafa, 2018. info
  • KRAUS, Josef. Proxy Wars and the Role of Intelligence Services in the Current Middle-East. Vojenské Rozhledy. Praha: Ministerstvo obrany ČR-OKP, 2018, vol. 27, No 3, p. 37-46. ISSN 1210-3292. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3849/2336-2995.27.2018.03.037-046. článek č. 3/2018 info
  • KRAUS, Josef. The Role of Cyberspace in Religious Dialog between Muslim Minority and Non-Muslim Majority in the Czech Republic. Online. In Mahmoud Nazari. CICPRE. 1st ed. Qom, Iran: Al-Mustafa Open University, 2018, p. 1-18. URL info
  • KRAUS, Josef. Íránská politika a angažmá v Bosně a Hercegovině (Iranian Policy and Activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina). Středoevropské politické studie. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav Masarykovy univerzity, 2018, vol. 20, No 2, p. 222-232. ISSN 1213-2691. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CEPSR.2018.2.222. článek info
  • SOULEIMANOV, Emil and Josef KRAUS. Iran’s Azerbaijan Question in Evolution: Identity, Society, and Regional Security. Online. Washington, D.C. and Stockholm: American Foreign Policy Council & Institute for Security and Development Policy, 2017, 75 pp. ISBN 978-91-86635-98-5. URL info
  • KRAUS, Josef. Islámský extremismus jako bezpečnostní hrozba (Islamic Extremism as a Security Threat). In Richard Stojar, Jakub Fučík, Lukáš Dyčka, Josef Procházka, Josef Kraus, Libor Frank, Dalibor Procházka, Antonín Novotný. Vybrané trendy vývoje bezpečnostního prostředí a možné implikace pro ozbrojené síly. Brno: Univerzita obrany, 2017, p. 79-90, 11 pp. ISBN 978-80-7231-407-2. info
  • KRAUS, Josef. The Internationalization of Conflicts : Theoretical Background, Conceptualization, and Contemporary Middle-East Region. Vojenské Rozhledy. Praha: Ministerstvo obrany ČR, 2017, vol. 26, Mimořádné číslo, p. 23-31. ISSN 1210-3292. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3849/2336-2995.26.2017.05.023-032. časopis info
  • KRAUS, Josef. The Role of Religion in Present Czech Politics. In International Symposium of Religion and Spirituality in the Contemporary World. Qom:Iran: Al-Hikmah Institute, International University al-Mustafa, 2017, p. 1-10. info
  • KRAUS, Josef. The Role of Cyberspace in Religious Dialog between Muslim Minority and Non-Muslim Majority in the Czech Republic. In Capacity and Impact of Cyberspace in promoting Religious Education. Qom:Iran: Al-Mustafa Open University, 2017. info
  • KRAUS, Josef. The Concept of State Terrorism in Relation to Iran. Slovenská politologická revue. Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda, 2016, vol. 16, No 1, p. 35-59. ISSN 1335-9096. URL info
  • KRAUS, Josef and Emil SOULEIMANOV. A Failed Comeback? Understanding Iranian Policies in the South Caucasus. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2016, vol. 18, No 5, p. 448-464. ISSN 1944-8953. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2016.1196024. URL info
  • MAREŠ, Miroslav, Josef KRAUS, Petr KUPKA, Petr MARTINOVSKÝ and Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Perspektivy bezpečnostního vývoje střední Evropy (Perspectives of Security Development of Central Europe). Brno: Masarykova Univerzita pro Ministerstvo vnitra České republiky, 2015, 332 pp. Mimo edice. info
  • KRAUS, Josef and Michael MURAD. Kurdská diaspora ve střední Evropě, její reakce na aktuální vývoj v Sýrii a Iráku a predikce dalšího vývoje (The Kurdish Diaspora in Central Europe its Response to Actual Development in Syria and Iraq, and Predictions of Further Development). Vojenské Rozhledy. Ministerstvo obrany ČR-OKP, 2015, vol. 24, No 3, p. 119-131. ISSN 1210-3292. Webové stránky časopisu Vojenské rozhledy info
  • KRAUS, Josef and Miroslav MAREŠ. Balúčistán: ohnisko napětí v Íránu (Baluchistan:centre of tension in Iran). In Geografické rozhledy. 1st ed. Praha: Česká geografická společnost, 2014, p. 13-14. Mimo edice. ISSN 1210-3004. info
  • KRAUS, Josef. Íránský státní terorismus: Od Chomejního po Ahmadínežáda (Iranian State Terrorism: Since Khomeini to Ahmadinejad). Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2014, 219 pp. Politologická řada. ISBN 978-80-7325-342-4. info
  • SOULEIMANOV, Emil, Josef KRAUS and Kamil PIKAL. The Rise of Nationalism among Iranian Azerbaijanis: A Step toward Iran´s Disintegration? Middle East Review of International Affairs. 2013, Vol. 17, No. 1. info
  • MARTINOVSKÝ, Petr, Tomáš ŠMÍD, Josef KRAUS, Michal RAJDÍK, Bronislav BECHYŇSKÝ and Jiří SUCHÁNEK. Přírodní zdroje a ozbrojené konflikty – aktuální trendy (Natural resources and armed conflicts - contemporary trends). Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury - CDK, 2013, 185 pp. Politologická řada 43. ISBN 978-80-7325-329-5. info
  • EMIL, Souleimanov and Josef KRAUS. Turkey: An Important East-West Energy Hub. Middle East Policy. 1730 M Street NW, Suite 512 Washington,: Middle East Policy Council, 2012, vol. 19, No 2, p. 157-168. ISSN 1475-4967. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4967.2012.00542.x. info
  • KRAUS, Josef and Emil SOULEIMANOV. Бахрейн как будущая база террористов и фронтовая линия суннито-шиитского конфликта? (Bahrain as a future base of terrorism and front lines of Sunni-Shia conflict?). Online. In J. V. Lučinskij. Медийные стратегии современного мира: Материалы Шестой международной научно-практической конференции. Krasnodar: Kubanskij gosudarstvenij universitet, 2012, p. 351-365. ISBN 978-5-91628-048-7. info
  • KRAUS, Josef. Íránské aktivity v Afghánistánu: Konstruktivní nebo destruktivní přístup? (Iranian Activities in Afghanistan: Constructive or Destructive Attitude?). Obrana a strategie. Brno: Univerzita obrany, 2012, vol. 12, No 2, p. 45-52. ISSN 1214-6463. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3849/1802-7199.12.2012.02.045-052. URL info
  • KRAUS, Josef and Miroslav MAREŠ. Vliv cukru na íránskou politiku (Influence of Sugar on Iranian Politics). Listy cukrovarnické a řepařské. Praha: VUC Praha. a. s., 2011, vol. 127, 7/8, p. 261-262. ISSN 1210-3306. URL info
  • SOULEIMANOV, Emil and Josef KRAUS. Postsovětský Ázerbájdžán a militarizace Kaspického moře (Post-Soviet Azerbaijan and the Militarization of the Caspian Sea). Almanach (Actual Issues in World Economics and Politics). Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2011, vol. 6, No 2, p. 25-36. ISSN 1337-0715. info
  • KRAUS, Josef. Energetická bezpečnost Perského zálivu a její konfliktní potenciál (Energy Security of Persian Gulf and its Conflict Potential). In Emil Souleimanov a kol. Energetická bezpečnost. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2011, p. 105-127. ISBN 978-80-7380-331-5. info
  • ŠMÍD, Tomáš, Josef KRAUS, Lukáš DYČKA, Martin LARYŠ, Kateřina JANSKÁ, Jiří SUCHÁNEK and Barbora WINTEROVÁ. Vybrané konflikty o zdroje a suroviny (Resource Conflicts: Selected Cases). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010, 216 pp. Ediční řada Monografie, sv. č. 36. ISBN 978-80-210-5351-9. info
  • KRAUS, Josef. Konflikt mezi velmocemi o ropu v Perském zálivu (Conflict of superpowers about oil in Persian gulf). In ŠMÍD, Tomáš. Vybrané konflikty o zdroje a suroviny. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010, 37 pp. Ediční řada Monografie, sv. č. 36. ISBN 978-80-210-5351-9. info
  • KRAUS, Josef. Komparace strategie íránské podpory terorismu na příkladu Hamásu a Hizballáhu (The Comparison of Strategy of Iranian Terrorism Sponsorship: The Example of Hamas and Hezbollah). Obrana a strategie. Brno: Univerzita obrany, ÚSS, 2010, vol. 2010, No 2, p. 47-70. ISSN 1214-6463. info

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