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Documents Etc.): Russian, Croatian/Serbian, Polish, Bulgarian, Macedonian Curriculum Vitae Ladislav Cabada, Ph.D., born 19 November 1973 Present Position: • Vice-Rector for Research, Quality and Development; Associate Professor at Dept. of Political Science and Anglophone Studies, Metropolitan University Prague • Visiting Scholar, National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary Address: Metropolitan University Prague Dubečská 900/10 10031 Praha 10 - Strašnice Czech Republic Tel: +420 725 337 816 E-mail: [email protected] Office No. 112 Marital status: married, spouse Šárka Cabadová Waisová, two daughters (Hanna and Maya) Languages: Active knowledge: English, German, Slovenian, Czech, Slovak Passive Knowledge (reading scientific texts, political documents etc.): Russian, Croatian/Serbian, Polish, Bulgarian, Macedonian Education: • 2004 – Associate Professor of Political Science, Masaryk University in Brno • 1996-1999 – Ph.D. in Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague (one year spent at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana/Slovenia) • 1994-1996 – M.A. in Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague • 1991-1994 – B.A. in Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague Working experience: • Since 22 September 2017: Vice-Rector for Research and Creative Work, Metropolitan University Prague • 1 September 2013 – 22 September 2017: Vice-Rector for Academic Development, Metropolitan University Prague • 2002 – today: Associated Professor, Metropolitan University Prague, Dept. of Politics and Humanities • October 2009 – today: Associate Professor, Dept. of Politics and International Relations, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (part-time job) • April 2005 - September 2009: Dean, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen • 2000 – 2005: Head of Dept. of Politics and International Relations, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen • 2000 – 2007: Associated Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague (part-time job) Working experience in abroad • 1998: two months stay in Slovenia supported by Open Society Fund (research project “Slovenia in international relations”) • 1998-1999: One year of Ph.D. studies at University of Ljubljana/Slovenia • 2000: 3 weeks stay at Central European University in Budapest/Hungary; Programme Intercultural Citizenship • 2000-2005: research and teaching stays at University of Ljublana – preparations of habilitation thesis “Example of successful transformation – Republic of Slovenia” • 2007: visiting professor Hochschule Vechta/Germany (one month) • 2008: visiting professor Hochschule Vechta/Germany (one month) • 2009: 3 weeks stay US Foreign Policy Challenges, Washington, San Francisco and New York/USA • Since 2009: every winter fall, lectures for PhD students in Contemporary Politicas Sociology at the School of Applied Social Sciences (Fakulteta za uporabne družbene študije) Nova Gorica/Slovenia (since 2014 also for the the PhD students of Communicology at Faculty of Media, Ljubljana/Slovenia) • 2014: 5 weeks at stay at Hannah Arendt Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism, Dresden/Germany, research project Challenges of Consolidation in East Central European countries with Specific Focus on Czech Republic and (East) Germany • September 2016 – July 2017 (one academic year) – International Chair at National University of Public Service (Nemzeti Köszolgálati Egyetem) in Budapest/Hungary • 2017/2018 (fall term) – Visiting Teacher in the PhD students College at the Andrássy University in Budapest, course Constitutional and electoral ingeneering in East- Central Europe • Since November 2017 – permanent position of Visiting Scholar at National University of Public Service (Nemzeti Köszolgálati Egyetem) in Budapest/Hungary • 2017/2018 (summer term) – Visiting Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations, Matej Bel University in bansky Bystrica/Slovakia • 2017/2018 (fall term) – Visiting Teacher in the PhD students College at the Andrássy University in Budapest, course Traditional and New Formats of Central European Cooperation • 1. February 2020 – 31 July 2020 – Visiting Research Fellow at the Andrássy University Budapest (programme Pallas Athena Domus Educationis) Member of Scientific Associations and Editorial Boards: • 2018-today: Journal symbolaE eUropaeae (Poland) • 2018-today: Journal of Comparative Politics (Slovenia) • 2017-today – European Mirror (Maďarsko) • 2016-today – Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis (Poland) • 2016-today – Research in Social Change (Slovenia) • 2014-today – Politické vědy / Political Sciences (Slovakia) • 2012-today – President of Central European Political Science Association • 2006-2012 – President, Czech Political Science Association • 2006-today – President, Czech Association of European Studies • 2005-today – editor, Politics in Central Europe (together with Š. Waisová) • 2003-2006 – member of Executive Committee, Central European Political Science Association • 2003-2006 – Scientific Secretary, Czech Political Science Association • International Political Science Association • Slovenian Political Science Association • Czech Association of European Studies • 2012-today – Polish Political Science Review / Polski Przegląd Politologyczny (Poland) • 2009-today – Editorial Board of Střed. Časopis pro mezioborová studia střední Evropy 19. a 20. století • 2009-today – Editorial Board of Kuděj • 2008-today – Editorial Board of Politologický časopis/Czech Journal of Political Science • 2007-today – Editorial Board of Central European Journal of International and Security Studies • 2006-today – Editorial Board of Družboslovne razprave (Slovenia) • 2003-today – Editorial Board of Politologická revue • 2003-today – Editorial Board of Central European Political Science Studies Member of Scientific Boards: • Institute of Cultural Relations Policy, Budapest (since 2013) • Institute for the Studies of Totalitarian Regimes, Prague (2013-2014, since 15 January 2014 the Chair-person) • Expert Committee for Social Sciences and Humanities of the Council for Research and Development (2008-2010) • University of West Bohemia (2007-2010) • University of Hradec Králové (2008-2012) • Faculty of Philosophy and Arts UWB in Pilsen (since 2002) • Metropolitan University Prague (since 2005; in 2005-2007 University of Public Administration and International Relations) • Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, Charles University (2006-2008) • Faculty of Philosophy, University Pardubice (2006-2008) • Institute of International Relations Prague (2004-2006) Membership in Foundations and Committees • 2015-until: external evaluator of the projects for European research Agency (ERA) – programme Horizon 2020; and for European Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) – programme Civil Society Projects • 2008-2009: Chair of Sub-Committee of Czech Science Foundation No. 4 (Sociology) • 2006-2009: Committee of Czech Science Foundation No. 4 (Social Sciences and Humanities) • 2006-2009: Subcommission No. 403 (Sociology) Czech Science Foundation • 2003-2006: individual expert in INTAS (International Association for Promotion of co-operation aminy scientists from EU and New Independent States of the formel Soviet Union) Grants and Research Projects: • 2020-2023: Strenghtening of concurrency prefeences in external economic relatios of the Czech Republic, Technological Agency of Czech Republic, Éta Programme, project code TL03000150 (main investigator Šárka Waisová, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen) • 2020-2022: Media Literacy Observatory for Active Citizenship and Sustainable Democracy, Interreg, Danube Transnational Programme Programme (main invsetigator Matevž Tomšič, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences Nova Gorica; main investigator for the Metropolitan University Prague in the consortium) • 2019-2021: Urban Policy System in the Strategic Perspective – from V4 to Ukraine, grant of International Visegrad Fund No. 21920304 (main investigator Kamil Glinka, University of Wroclaw) • 2019-2021: Entrepreneurship Weekend – V4 Entrepreneurship experience, grant of International Visegrad Fund No. 21920309 (main investigator Arlinda Qehaja, Universum College Prishtina) • 2018-2020: Understanding Idetitites and Regions – Perspectives on Visegrad Group and Western Balkans, grant of International Visegrad Fund No. 21820078 (main investigator Christina Eva Greissler, Andrássy Universität Budapest). • 2016-2020: Public Administration and Public Service Development Operational Programme project (Republic of Hungary), sub-project „Public service development as basis of good governance”. The holder National University of Public Service (Nemzeti Közszólgalati Egyetem), project acronym and number KÖFOP-2.1.2.- VEKOP-15 (member of Supervisory Board and main researcher for the Metropolitan University Prague) • 2016-2020: COST project European Network for Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (participant) • 2015-2018: The Visegrad Group and Central European Cooperation, grant of International Visegrad Fund No. 61450025 (togehter with J. Ušiak, Kálmán Pócza, Piotr Sula and Christina Eva Greissler). • 2013-2017: Varieties of Democracy, research project based on collaboration of Dept. of Political Science, University of Gothenburg(Göteborg)/Sweden; Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame/USA; Dept. of Political Science, Lund University/Sweden; Dept. of Political Science, Boston University/USA. Country
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