Prof. PhDr. Petr Fiala, Ph.D., LL.M.

Basic CV Supervisor Qualifications Publications Projects Teaching

Person Identification

Petr Fiala, political scientist, Rector Emeritus of Masaryk University (2004-2011) and President of the Czech Rectors Conference (2009-2011), from 2011 Vice-Rector of the Masaryk University and Chief Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic.

Function, current position

Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs
Professor, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Faculty of Social Science, Masaryk University
Director, International Institute of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University

Education and academic qualifications

1988: Mgr. (M.A.) in Czech Language and Literature and History, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University (called J. E. Purkyně University)
2008: LL.M. in Corporate Law, Nottingham Trent University/Faculty of Law, Masaryk University)
1989: PhDr. in History, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
1996: Ph.D. in Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
1996: Doc. (Associate Professor) in Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
2002: Prof. in Political Science (Masaryk University)

Professional experience

1988 - 1989: historian, Museum of the Kroměříž region, Kroměříž
1990: editor, “Lidová demokracie” daily newspaper
1990: editor, “Atlantis” publishing house
1990 - 1991: Assistant, Department of Economics and Political Science, Faculty of Arts, MU
1991 - 1996: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, MU
1993 - 2002: Head, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies (at Faculty of Arts before 1997), MU
1996 - 2002: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies (at Faculty of Arts before 1997), MU
1996 - 2004: Director, International Institute of Political Science, MU
2002 - : Professor, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, MU
2002 - 2004: Head, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, MU
2000 - 2004: Vice-Dean for International Relations and Doctoral Study, Faculty of Social Studies, MU
2004 - 2011: Director, Institute for Comparative Political Research, Faculty of Social Science, MU
2004: Dean, Faculty of Social Studies, MU
2004 - 2011: Rector, Masaryk University
2011 - : Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Masaryk University
2011 - : Chief Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister, Government Office of the Czech Republic
2012 - : Director, International Institute of Political Science, Faculty of Social Science, MU

Research

Areas of interest: comparative politcs, political parties and interest groups, political dimension of religion and European politics.
Author of 14 monographs and more than 200 papers in various languages.
Latest books: "Laboratoř sekularizace" (The Laboratory of Secularization, 2007), "Evropská unie" (The European Union - et M. Pitrova, 2009), "Evropský mezičas" (European Meantime, 2007, 2010), "Politika, jaká nemá být" (What Politics Should Not Be, 2010)

Projects (selection)

1995 - 1996: Právo politických stran (Law of Political Parties, funded by the Czech Science Foundation) – co-researcher
1995: Politické zprostředkování zájmů (Political Mediation of Interests, funded by the Jan Hus Educational Foundation) – researcher
1996 - 1997: Politické strany v západních demokraciích (Political Parties in Western Democracies, funded by Czech Science Foundation ) – researcher
1996: Zájmové skupiny v politice (Interest Groups in Politics, funded by the Jan Hus Educational Foundation) – researcher
1996 - 1997: Politický extremismus v České republice (Political Extremism in the Czech Republic, Czech Ministry of Interior) – researcher
1996 - 1998: Sociální trendy (Social Trends, funded by the Czech Science Foundation , K 120) – research team member, political science section leader
1997 - 1999: Moderní politická teorie (Modern Political Theory, funded by the Jan Hus Educational Foundation) – researcher
1997 - 2000: European Political Integration (Jean Monnet Project/EU) – researcher
1998 - 1999: "Aufbruch": Positionierung der Kirchen in Ost- und Mitteleuropa project – researcher for "Religion und nationale Identität" theme in the CR
2000 - 2002: Moravský katolicismus ve 20. století (Moravian Catholicism in the 20th Century, funded by the Czech Science Foundation) – researcher
2001 - 2003: Volební reformy a stranické systémy (Election Reforms and Party System, funded by the Czech Science Foundation) – research team member
2001 - 2002: Kirche und Gesellschaft in 20. Jahrhundert (Robert Bosch Stiftung) – co-researcher
2001 - 2003: Church and Education in Europe (International Federation of Catholic Universities, Paris, prof. K. G. Ballestrem) – CR team leader
2002 - 2005: European Studies Research and Education Development (Jean Monnet Project/European Commission) – researcher (Jean Monnet Chair)
2004 - 2009: Političtí aktéři v procesu europeizace a internacionalizace politického prostoru v ČR (Political Actors in the Process of Europeanization and Internationalization of Czech Politics, Modern Society and its Transformation Programme, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs) – researcher
2005 - 2007: Český politický katolicismus v letech 1848 - 2005 (Czech Political Catholicism 1848 – 2005, funded by the Czech Science Foundation) – co-researcher
2005 - 2011: Politické strany a reprezentace zájmů v moderních demokraciích (Political Parties and the Representation of Interests in Contemporary European Democracies, Research Plan) – senior researcher

Membership in Academic Bodies (selection)

1994 - : Member, editorial board, Czech Journal of Political Science
1995 - 2002: Member, Doctoral Board in Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague
1995 - 1997: Chair, editorial board, Political Science Studies (SPFFBU, series T)
1997 - 2010: Member, Doctoral Board in Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
1997 - 2002: Chair, editorial board, Politika v České republice (Politics in the Czech Republic)
1997 - 1998: Member, Scientific Board, Military Academy, Brno, Czech Republic
1997 - 2003: Member, "Legal and Political Science" committee, Czech Science Foundation
1997 - 2000: Member, Scientific Board, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
1997 - 2010: Board member, Czech Association of Political Science
1999 - : Member, editorial board, German Policy Studies/Politikfeldanalyse (USA)
2000 - 2006: Deputy Chair, Czech Association of Political Science
2000 - 2004: Chair, Social Sciences working group of the Accreditation Commission
2001 - : Permanent Senior Fellow, Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI), Bonn (Germany)
2002 - 2004: Member, Doctoral Board in Political Science, Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
2002 - 2004: Member, Accreditation Commission of the Czech Republic
2003 - : Member, Scientific Board, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
2004 - 2007: Member, Scientific Board, Institute of International Relations, Prague, Czech Republic
2005 - 2007: Chair, Brno Centre of European Studies (BCES)
2005 - : Member, Academic Board, Academie Rerum Civilium – Political and Social Sciences University, Kolín, Czech Republic
2005 - 2010: Vice-President, Czech Rectors Conference
2006 - : Member, Scientific Board, National Economy Faculty, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 - : Member, Academy Assembly, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
2006 - 2010: Member, Scientific Board, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
2007 - : Member, Academic Council, CEVRO Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
2007 - : Member, Scientific Board, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2007 - : Member, Board of The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Czech Republic
2007 - 2009: Member of the European University Council for the Jean Monnet Action by the European Commission
2007 - : Member, Scientific Board, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno
2008 - : Member of the Research and Development Council (Government of the Czech Republic)
2009 - : Member of the Council for Higher Education Reform (Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic)
2009 - 2011: President of the Czech Rectors Conference
2009 - 2011: Member, Council of the European University Association
2011 - : Vice-Chairman of Research, Development and Innovation Council (Government of the Czech Republic)

Last update: 2012/03/28

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