Curriculum Vitae

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 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
• 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, p. 65-84. Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right. ISBN 978-1-032-56626-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003436737-6. URL info
• MAREŠ, Miroslav and 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, p. 309-327. ISBN 978-3-031-17874-0. Available from: 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, vol. 31, No 1, p. 38-50. ISSN 1210-3292. Available from: 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 and Ondřej HERMAN. Challenging Online Propaganda and Disinformation in the 21st Century. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, 273 pp. Political Campaigning and Communication. ISBN 978-3-030-58623-2. Available from: 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, vol. 7, No 1, p. 136-149. ISSN 2416-089X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.17356/ieejsp.v7i1.572. article - open access info
• GREGOR, Miloš and Petra MLEJNKOVÁ. Facing Disinformation : Narratives and Manipulative Techniques Deployed in the Czech Republic. Politics in Central Europe. De Gruyter Open, 2021, vol. 17, No 3, p. 541-564. ISSN 1801-3422. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pce-2021-0023. Article available online info
• MLEJNKOVÁ, Petra and Ondřej KOLÁŘ. Training prison staff to recognize inmate radicalisation. Security Journal. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, vol. 33, No 4, p. 552-564. ISSN 0955-1662. Available from: 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, vol. 28, No 3, p. 83-96. ISSN 1210-3292. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3849/2336-2995.28.2019.03.083-096. článek - open access info
• DOLEŽALOVÁ, Jitka, Vlastimil HAVLÍK, Antonín SLANÝ and 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, vol. 39, No 1, p. 27-48. ISSN 1588-9726. Available from: 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 and Petr KUPKA. Challenges To Democracies in East Central Europe. London: Routledge, 2016, 145 pp. 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, p. 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, p. 231-257. ISBN 978-80-210-8541-1. info
• VEJVODOVÁ, Petra and 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, p. 59-66. ISBN 978-1-61499-477-0. info
• VEJVODOVÁ, Petra. Neonacistická vize sjednocené Evropy a její kořeny v nacistické ideologii (Neo-Nazi Vision of Unified Europe and its Roots in Nazi Ideology). Politické vedy. Banská Bystrica: Univerzita Mateja Bela, 2015, vol. 18, No 3, p. 194-213. ISSN 1335-2741. info
• MAREŠ, Miroslav, Jiří BAROŠ, Pavel DUFEK, Vlastimil HAVLÍK, Michal MOCHŤAK, Oskar VARGA, Petra VEJVODOVÁ and Štěpán VÝBORNÝ. Ne islámu: Protiislámská politika v České republice (No Islam: Anti-Islam Politics in the Czech Republic). Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2015, 219 pp. Politologická řada. ISBN 978-80-7325-397-4. info
• PAPIEŽOVÁ VEJVODOVÁ, Petra and Josef SMOLÍK. Die faszinierende Welt der Jugendsubkulturen. Jugendsubkulturen in der Tschechischen Republik (Fascinating world of youth subcultures. Youth subcultures in the Czech Republic). Kriminalistik. Hamburg: Kriminalistik, 2014, roč. 68, No 6, p. 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 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7148-3. info
• SMOLÍK, Josef and Petra PAPIEŽOVÁ VEJVODOVÁ. Nové trendy české krajní pravice (New trend Czech extreme right). Rexter - časopis pro výzkum radikalismu, extremismu a terorismu. Brno: CBSS, 2013, XI., 1., p. 91-116. ISSN 1214-7737. URL info
• SMOLÍK, Josef and Petra PAPIEŽOVÁ VEJVODOVÁ. Brainstorming. Bezpečnostní teorie a praxe. Praha: Policejní akademie České republiky, 2013, vol. 19, No 1, p. 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, p. 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, p. 215-228. volume 46. ISBN 978-3-525-36922-7. extrakt info
• SMOLÍK, Josef and Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Vybrané techniky sběru dat v prostředí krajní pravice (Chosen Data Gathering Techniques in the Area of the Far Right). Rexter - časopis pro výzkum radikalismu, extremismu a terorismu. Brno: CBSS, 2012, X, No 1, p. 36-71, 35 pp. ISSN 1214-7737. URL info
• MAREŠ, Miroslav and Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Transnacionální dimenze soudobého českého neonacismu (The Transnational Dimension of Contemporary Czech Neo-Nazism). Mezinárodní vztahy. Praha: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, 2011, vol. 46, No 1, p. 75-90, 15 pp. ISSN 0323-1844. URL info
• BASTL, Martin, Miroslav MAREŠ, Josef SMOLÍK and Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Krajní pravice a krajní levice v ČR (Far Right and Far Left in the CR). 1st ed. Praha: Grada, 2011, 288 pp. Politologie. ISBN 978-80-247-3797-3. URL info
• MAREŠ, Miroslav, Josef SMOLÍK and Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Extremismus - věc vojenská? Analýza poznatků z přednášek o problematice extremismu pro AČR (Extremism - a military matter? Analysis of knowledge from lectures about Extremism in the Czech Armed Forces). In SVOBODA, Ivo and 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, p. 94-98. ISBN 978-80-7231-567-3. info
• VEJVODOVÁ, Petra. Transnacionální novopohanské neonacistické organizace (Transnational Neopagan neo-Nazi Organizations). In Náboženské korene pravicového extrémizmu. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Ústav pre vzťahy štatu a církví, 2010, p. 119-127. ISBN 978-80-89096-42-8. info
• SMOLÍK, Josef and Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Politický extremismus jako bezpečnostní hrozba? (Political extremism as a security threat?). In Smolík, J., Šmíd, T. a kol. (2010): Vybrané bezpečnostní hrozby a rizika 21. století. 1st ed. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2010, p. 43-67. Monografie. ISBN 978-80-210-5288-8. info
• MAREŠ, Miroslav and Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Dělnická strana: profil české pravicově extremistické strany (Worker´s Party: profile of the Czech right-wing extremist party). Rexter - časopis pro výzkum radikalismu, extremismu a terorismu. Brno: CBSS, 2010, vol. 8, No 2, p. 42-74, 32 pp. ISSN 1214-7737. URL info
• MAREŠ, Miroslav, Josef SMOLÍK and Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Extremismus z pohledu vojáků. Analýza sociologické sondy o problematice extremismu v AČR (Extremism from the point of view of soldiers. An analysis of sociological survey about issue of extremism in the Army of the ČR). Vojenské rozhledy. Praha: Ministerstvo obrany České republiky-PIC, 2010, 19(51), No 4, p. 163-173. ISSN 1210-3292. URL info
• VEJVODOVÁ, Petra. Autonomní nacionalismus (Autonomous Nationalism). Rexter - časopis pro výzkum radikalismu, extremismu a terorismu. Brno: CBSS, 2008, vol. 7, No 2, p. on-line, 55 pp. ISSN 1214-7737. URL info

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