Curriculum vitae

Person Identification

• prof. PhDr. Vít Hloušek, Ph.D., date of birth: 6th May 1977

Workplace

• Department of International Relations and European Studies
• International Institute of Political Science
  Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University
• Joštova 10
  602 00 Brno

Employment Position

• Vice-Dean for Research and Doctoral Studies
• Professor

Education and Academic Qualifications

• 2015: professor in political science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
• 2007: associate professor in political science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
• 2003: PhD in political science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
• 2000: MA in history and political science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University

Employment Summary

• since September 2023: Vice-Dean for Research and Doctoral Studies, Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University
• since September 2023: research fellow, International Institute of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University (July 2012-August 2023: head, January - June 2012: senior research fellow and deputy director)
• since June 2022: research fellow, The National Institute for Research on Socioeconomic Impacts of Diseases and Systemic Risks (SYRI)
• since May 2015: professor of European politics, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University (December 2007 - April 2015: associate professor, September 2003 - November 2007: assistant professor, September 2002 - August 2003: junior lecturer)
• January 2005-December 2011: senior research fellow, Comparative Political Research Institute (ISPO), Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University
• September 2004 - December 2007: deputy director, International Institute of Political Science of Masaryk University (January 2002 - August 2004: research fellow)

Fields of Research Interest

• contemporary European political history
• political systems of European countries
• party systems of European countries
• Europeanization and Euroscepticism

Scientific and Research Activities

• 2022-2024: project "Party Euroscepticism in times of crises" (The Czech Science Foundation - GACR)
• 2017-2019: project "The Political Entrepreneurs: The Czech Republic in Comparative Perspective" (The Czech Science Foundation - GACR)
• 2013-2017: project "All Rights Reserved? Barriers towards EUropean CITIZENship (bEUcitizen)" (European Union / 7th Specific RTD Programme)
• 2013-2016: project "Europe 2020: A Horizon of Change of Relevant Actors of the Czech Republic’s Political System" (The Czech Science Foundation - GACR)
• 2010-2012: project "Party Systems of Central-Eastern-European Countries" (The Czech Science Foundation - GACR)
• 2009: project "Support of implementation of a new course Politics and Society in Western Europe after 1945" (Fund for the Development of Higher Education - FRVS)
• 2008-2010: project "Political Systems of Democratic Countries and their Changes at the Beginning of 21st Century" (The Grant Agency of the Czech Academy of Sciences - GAAV)
• 2004-2009: project "Political Actors in the Czech Republic in the Process of Europeanization and Internationalization of Political Space" (Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic)
• 2002-2004: project "Interdisciplinary Conceptualization of Democracy" (Jan Hus Educational Foundation)
• 1997-1999: interdisciplinary student program "Integration within the Central-European Area" (Open Society Fund, Prague)

Academical Stays

• November 2023: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
• December 2021: Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• October 2018: School of Governance, Law, and Society, Tallinn University, Estonia
• April 2016: Department of Political Science, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
• March 2013: Department of Politics, History and International Relations, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
• November 2009: European Research and Documentation Centre, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
• May 2008: Istituto per l Europa Centro-Orientale e Balcanica, University of Bologna, Forli, Italy
• April 2007: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• October 2006: International Visitor Leadership Program of the US Department of State "U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges (I)", Washington, Houston, New York, USA
• July 2003: Eastern Summer School, University of Warsaw, Poland
• November 2002 and November 2001: Institute of Political Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland
• February 2001: Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Lviv, Ukraine
• August 1998: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Bonn, Germany

University Activities

• since 2014: a member of the Science Advisory Board of the Masaryk University
• since October 2011: a member of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
• since December 2010: Chairman of the Doctoral Board of the PhD studies program in International Territorial Studies at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University (member of the Board since June 2010)
• March 2006 - December 2013: a member of the editorial board of Politologický časopis (Czech Journal of Political Science) (January 2007 - December 2011 editor-in-chief)
• January 2005 - December 2011: a member of the Council of Institute for Comparative Political Research, Faculty of Social studies, Masaryk University
• January 2004 - December 2018: a member of the editorial board of Středoevropské politické studie (Central European Political Studies Review)

Other Academic Activities

• since April 2022: a member of the Program Council of the Czech-Polish Forum
• since March 2022: a member of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague
• since July 2017: a member of the international editorial board of Montenegrin Journal for Social Sciences
• since December 2016: a member of the editorial board of Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics (formerly Annual of Language and Politics and Politics of Identity)
• since September 2016: a member of Political Parties, Party Systems & Elections Research Network (Council for European Studies at Columbia University)
• since June 2016: a member of the doctoral board of the PhD studies program in Political Science at the Metropolitan University in Prague
• since April 2014: a member of the Academic Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES)
• since March 2014: a member of the international advisory board of Przegląd Geopolityczny (Geopolitical Review)
• since January 2012: official representative of the Masaryk University at the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR); a member of standing groups on Central and East European Politics, Identity, Political Parties, and Presidential Politics
• since January 2012: a member of the advisory board of Athenaeum (Polish Political Science Studies)
• since March 2011: a member of the Doctoral Board of the PhD studies program in International Territorial Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague
• since February 2009: a member of the Doctoral Board of the PhD studies program in Political Science / International Territorial Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Western Bohemian University, Pilsen
• since 2009: a member of The European Parties Elections and Referendums Network (EPERN)
• since September 2003: a member of the Executive Committee of the Czech Political Science Association (ČSPV) (a member of the Association since 2000)
• since July 2003: a member of the East European Summer School Club (Warsaw University)
• June 2017 - October 2022: a member of the executive committee of the Inter University Center in Dubrovnik. (IUC)
• September 2003 - December 2021: a member of the editorial board of Politologická revue (Political Science Review)
• January 2014 - December 2020: a member of the editorial board of Czech Journal of Contemporary History
• February 2010 - January 2016: a member of the editorial board of Securitas Imperii journal
• December 2008 - January 2010: a member of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague

Appreciation of Expert Community

• November 2022: MUNI Scientist Award for significant research results (Grant Agency of Masaryk University)

Selected Publications

• HLOUŠEK, Vít and Lubomír KOPEČEK. Strange Bedfellows : A Hyper-pragmatic Alliance between European Liberals and an Illiberal Czech Technocrat. East European Politics and Societies and Cultures. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2022, vol. 36, No 1, p. 29-50. ISSN 0888-3254. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0888325420953487. URL info
• HAVLÍK, Vratislav and Vít HLOUŠEK. Differential Illiberalism : Classifying Illiberal Trends in Central European Party Politics. Online. In Astrid Lorenz, Lisa H. Anders (eds.). Illiberal Trends and Anti-EU Politics in East Central Europe. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, p. 111-136. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. ISBN 978-3-030-54673-1. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54674-8_5. chapter - open access; book - open access info
• BALÍK, Stanislav and Vít HLOUŠEK. Permanent Campaigning and Pitfalls of Proportional Representation with Fragile Parties. Elections and Party System in Czechia. In Astrid Lorenz and Hana Formánková. Czech Democracy in Crisis. 1st ed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, p. 89-110. ISBN 978-3-030-40005-7. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40006-4_5. URL info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít, Lubomír KOPEČEK and Petra VODOVÁ. The Rise of Entrepreneurial Parties in European Politics. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, 215 pp. Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. ISBN 978-3-030-41915-8. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41916-5. URL URL info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít and Petr KANIOK. The European Parliamentary Election of 2019 in East-Central Europe: Second-Order Euroscepticism. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, 297 pp. ISBN 978-3-030-40857-2. URL info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít and Lubomír KOPEČEK. The Role of the Leader in the Process of Institutionalisation of Entrepreneurial Parties : Czech ANO and the Public Affairs Party. In Robert Harmel and Lars G. Svåsand. Institutionalisation of Political Parties : Comparative Cases. 1st ed. London - New York: ECPR Press / Rowman & Littlefield International, 2019, p. 43-67. ISBN 978-1-78552-302-1. info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít. Liberalism in the Czech lands : between nationalism and party marginality. In Marcin Moskalewicz and Wojciech Przybylski (eds.). Understanding Central Europe. 1st ed. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018, p. 257-265. BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies, no. 115. ISBN 978-0-415-79159-5. info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít. The Czech Republic : minority rights since the days of the Habsburg Empire. In Francis Cheneval, Mónica Ferrín. Citizenship in segmented societies : Lessons for the EU. 1st ed. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018, p. 93-117. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on EU Citizenship. ISBN 978-1-78811-268-0. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781788112697.00011. URL info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít and Lubomír KOPEČEK. Leader as a focal point : New political entrepreneurs and candidate selection in the Czech Republic. In Xavier Coller, Guillermo Cordero, and Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo. The Selection of Politicians in Times of Crisis. 1st ed. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018, p. 66-80. Routledge Research on Social and Political Elites. ISBN 978-1-138-89521-8. URL info
• KANIOK, Petr and Vít HLOUŠEK. Brexit outside of UK politics : the case of Czech Eurosceptics. European Politics and Society. London: Routledge, 2018, vol. 19, No 5, p. 507-525. ISSN 2374-5118. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23745118.2018.1463841. URL info
• BALÍK, Stanislav, Vít HLOUŠEK, Lubomír KOPEČEK, Jan HOLZER, Pavel PŠEJA and Andrew Lawrence ROBERTS. Czech Politics : From West to East and Back Again. Opladen: Barbara Budrich Publishers, 2017, 278 pp. ISBN 978-3-8474-0585-6. web nakladatele info
• HAVLÍK, Vlastimil, Vít HLOUŠEK and Petr KANIOK. Europeanised Defiance - Czech Euroscepticism since 2004. 1st ed. Opladen: Barbara Budrich Publishers, 2017, 199 pp. ISBN 978-3-8474-2092-7. web nakladatele info
• DANČÁK, Břetislav, Vít HLOUŠEK, Vojtěch BELLING, Vít BORČANY, Petr FIALA, Adéla KADLECOVÁ, Oldřich KRPEC, Zdeněk KŘÍŽ, Michal SKULÍNEK, Jana URBANOVSKÁ, Petra VEJVODOVÁ and Michal VÍT. Towards Partnership: The Third Decade of Czech-German Relations. 1st ed. Brno: Muni Press, 2016, 309 pp. Monographs Series of the International Institute of Political Science. ISBN 978-80-210-8541-1. info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít. Two types of presidentialization in the party politics of Central Eastern Europe. Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica. Cambridge University Press, 2015, vol. 45, No 3, p. 277-299. ISSN 0048-8402. info
• DOSTÁL, Vít and Vít HLOUŠEK. Narratives of European Politics in the Czech Republic: A Big Gap between Politicians and Experts. Romanian Journal of Political Science. Societatea Academică din România, 2015, vol. 15, No 2, p. 86-125. ISSN 1582-456X. info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít and Petr KANIOK. Czech Republic. In Conti, Nicolo. Party Attitudes Towards the EU in the Member States: Parties for Europe, parties against Europe. 1st ed. Abingdon - New York: Routledge, 2014, p. 158-173. Routledge Advances in European Politics, vol. 100. ISBN 978-0-415-62231-8. info
• CABADA, Ladislav, Vít HLOUŠEK and Petr JUREK. Party Systems in East Central Europe. 1st ed. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2014, 220 pp. ISBN 978-0-7391-8276-5. info
• KANIOK, Petr and Vít HLOUŠEK. Shaping of Czech Debate on the Euro: Position of Václav Klaus in 1999–2002 Period. Romanian Journal of European Affairs. Institutul European din România, 2014, vol. 14, No 2, p. 42-62. ISSN 1582-8271. URL info
• HAVLÍK, Vlastimil and Vít HLOUŠEK. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: The Story of the Populist Public Affairs Party in the Czech Republic. Perspectives on European Politics and Society. Taylor & Francis, 2014, vol. 15, No 4, p. 552-570. ISSN 1570-5854. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15705854.2014.945254. info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít and Petr KANIOK. Strategic or Identity-Based Euroscepticism? The Euro Discourse of Vaclav Klaus. Romanian Journal of Political Science. Societatea Academică din România, 2014, vol. 14, No 1, p. 35-60. ISSN 1582-456X. URL info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít and Lubomír KOPEČEK. Caretaker Governments in Czech Politics: What to Do about a Government Crisis. Europe-Asia Studies. Taylor & Francis, 2014, vol. 66, No 8, p. 1323-1349. ISSN 0966-8136. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2014.941700. URL info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít. Is the Czech Republic on its Way to Semi-Presidentialism? Baltic Journal of Law & Politics. Vilnius: De Gruyter on behalf of Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy and the Faculty of Law of Vytautas Magnus University, 2014, vol. 7, No 2, p. 95-118. ISSN 2029-0454. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bjlp-2015-0004. URL info
• ŠIPULOVÁ, Katarína and Vít HLOUŠEK. Different Paths of Transitional Justice in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. World Political Science Review. Berkeley: Berkeley Electronic Press, 2013, vol. 9, No 1, p. 31-69. ISSN 1935-6226. info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít. The Political Role of Presidents in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe: Some Tentative Conclusions. In Vít Hloušek et al. Presidents above parties? Presidents in Central and Eastern Europe, Their Formal Competencies and Informal Power. 1st ed. Brno: muni press, 2013, p. 271-291. Monographs, No. 56. ISBN 978-80-210-6687-8. info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít and Lubomír KOPEČEK. Záchrana státu? Úřednické a polopolitické vlády v České republice a Československu (Stalvation of the state? Caretaker and semi-political cabinets in the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia). 1st ed. Brno: Barrister and Principal, 2012, 118 pp. Politika, Evropská unie, sv. 378. ISBN 978-80-87474-59-4. URL info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít, Lubomír KOPEČEK and Jakub ŠEDO. Politické systémy (Political Systems). Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2011, 292 pp. Politika, Evropská unie. ISBN 978-80-87474-23-5. URL info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít and Lubomír KOPEČEK. Origin, Ideology and Transformation of Political Parties. East-Central and Western Europe Compared. 1st ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2010, 280 pp. Politics and International Relations. ISBN 978-0-7546-7840-3. URL info
• DANČÁK, Břetislav and Vít HLOUŠEK. La République tchéque (The Czech Republic). Jean-Michel De Waele, Paul Magnette (eds.). In Les démocraties européenenes. 2nd ed. Paris: Armand Colin, 2010, p. 432-446. Collection "U" - Science politique. ISBN 978-2-200-24640-2. info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít and Pavel PŠEJA. Europeanization of Political Parties and the Party System in the Czech Republic. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics. Abingdon: Routledge. Taylor and Francis Group, 2009, vol. 25, No 4, p. 513-539. ISSN 1352-3279. info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít. Konflikt versus konsensus. Konfliktní linie, stranické systémy a politické strany v Rakousku 1860-2006 (Conflict versus Consensus. Cleavages, Party Systems, and Political Parties in Austria 1860-2006). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2008, 273 pp. Monografie, svazek č. 19. ISBN 978-80-210-4484-5. info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít and Lubomír KOPEČEK. Cleavages in Contemporary Czech and Slovak Politics: Between Persistence and Change. East European Politics and Societies. Am. Council of Learned Societies, SAGE, 2008, vol. 22, No 3, p. 518-552. ISSN 0888-3254. info
• DANČÁK, Břetislav and Vít HLOUŠEK. Central and Eastern Europe in the process of globalization and Europeanization: Comparing the Czech Republic and Poland. In FÁBIÁN, Katalin. Globalization: Perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe. 1st ed. Oxford - Amsterdam - San Diego: Elsevier JAI Press, 2007, p. 227-250. CSEFA, vol. 89. ISBN 978-0-7623-1457-7. info
• DANČÁK, Břetislav and Vít HLOUŠEK. The Concept of Leadership in Central Europe: discussing the Austrian and Polish cases. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft. Wien: NOMOS Verlag, 2006, vol. 35, No 2, p. 127-139, 12 pp. ISSN 1615-5548. info

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