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31.7.2019 TEREZA NOVOTNÁ, Ph.D. Freie Universität Berlin/Free University of Berlin Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Studies, Center for European Integration Ihnestraβe 26, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Phone: +49-170-597-2767 [email protected] or [email protected] Web (academic): https://www.linkedin.com/in/tereza-novotna-1094618 or https://www.polsoz.fu- berlin.de/polwiss/forschung/international/europa/team/mitarbeiter/Novotna/index.html Web (think tank): http://europeum.org/en/user/default/64 CURRENT POSITIONS Freie Universität/Free University of Berlin, Center for European Integration, Berlin, Germany Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow December 2018-present • European Commission-funded “EUSKOR” Horizon 2020 2-year project (about 160,000EUR) examining the role of the EU vis-à-vis the DPRK/North Korea and in North East Asia Université Libre de Bruxelles, Institute for European Studies, Brussels, Belgium Academic Collaborator October 2017-present FNRS Post-Doctoral Researcher October 2014 – September 2017 • 3-year project in the amount of about 160,000EUR funded by F.R.S.-FNRS, the Belgian national research foundation at the Department of International Relations - REPI GR:EEN Post-Doctoral Research Fellow September 2012 - February 2015 (European Commission FP7 Project: The EU External Relations and Multilateral Cooperation) • Both projects on functioning of the EEAS (HRVPs, staff, impact) and coordination via EU Delegations; § Book project on Making the EU Foreign Policy through EU Delegations (Palgrave Pivot) § 80 interviews with EEAS officials in Brussels and EU Delegations (including HRVP Catherine Ashton), EU national diplomats and third country governments; § research trips to Beijing (1/2013); Tunisia (8/2013), India (4/2014), South Korea (9/2014), New York- UN (3/2015), Russia (5/2015), Japan (7/2015), Hong Kong (6/2016); Cyprus (6/2017), Kiev (7/2017) • Other research themes and publications on: transatlantic relations and TTIP negotiations; EU enlargement, democratization and unification processes (in Europe and on the Korean peninsula), the politics of Central and Eastern Europe (the Czech Republic in particular) as well as Germany • GR:EEN & ULB “Agora Forums” (policy platforms with up to 150 participants from academia, think tanks and EU institutions) and workshops (http://www.agora-forum.eu): EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, Prague, Czech Republic Senior Associate Research Fellow November 2015-present Acting Head of Brussels Office December 2016 – February 2017 OTHER RESEARCH PROEJCTS AND AFFILIATIONS Fudan Fellow, Fudan University, Center for European Studies/FDDI July-December 2018 Korea Foundation Fellow at Seoul National University October 2017-May 2018 EU Studies Centre, Institute of International Affairs, SNU Seoul South Korea (project on the EU and North/South Korea) Chatham House-Korea Foundation Next Generation Policy Expert Network Member (workshop at Chatham House, September 2016; meetings with the South Korean government on a study trip to Seoul, March 2017) September 2016-present COST ENTER Network on EU Foreign Policy Facing New Realities: Perceptions, Contestation, Communication and Relations (CA17119) Member May 2018-present UACES Collaborative Research Network: Differentiated Integration in the European Union after Brexit Member March 2017-present Tereza Novotna Page 2 EDUCATION Boston University, Boston, USA Ph.D. in Politics and European Studies 2012 Fields: Political Science, Modern History, Political Sociology, European Studies Department: University Professors Program Dissertation Title: “Negotiating the Accession: Transformation of the State during German Unification and the Eastern Enlargement of the EU” Dissertation Committee: Igor Lukes (chair), Vivien Schmidt, Stephen Kalberg, Thomas Berger Charles University Prague, Czech Republic M.A. in Political Science (summa cum laude) 2007 B.A. in Political Science and International Relations (summa cum laude) 2003 NON-DEGREE EDUCATION Harvard University Visiting Fellow 2008-2009 Harvard University, Department of Government and the Center for European Studies, Cambridge, USA Visiting fellow at the Department of Government and graduate student affiliate at the CES Audited courses: on political cultures in the East and West (Prof. Ekiert and Prof. Pharr), transatlantic relations (Prof. Kaiser and Prof. Morningstar) Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany EU Erasmus/Socrates II Programme 2003-2004 PREVIOUS RESEARCH POSITIONS Center for Transatlantic Relations at School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University Visiting Fellow, Washington, DC, USA, June-July 2012 Non-resident Fellow August 2012-September 2017 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)/German Institute for International and Security Affairs Visiting Researcher, Brussels Office May-July 2011 Institute for German Studies at University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Visiting PhD Researcher August 2009-September 2010 Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Societies/Max-Planck-Institut für die Gesellschaftsforschung Visiting Fellow, Cologne, Germany March-May 2009 Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen / Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna, Austria Junior Visiting Fellow January-June 2008 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP)/German Council on Foreign Relations/ Humboldt & Free Universities DAAD Visiting Researcher, Berlin, Germany July-December 2007 LANGUAGE SKILLS Czech: mother tongue; English: near native (proficient user C2: TOEFL - 290 out of 300, 10/2002); German: fluent (proficient user C2: Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung 6/2008), French: advanced (independent user C1: DALF C1 6/2014); basic standard Chinese, Korean (A1) Tereza Novotna Page 3 SECONDMENTS & TRAINEESHIPS Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the EU April-July 2015 Secondment to the CSDP Section (headed by PSC Ambassador David Konecký) Advised and collaborated on creating the Czech position and drafting of the Foreign Affairs and European Council Conclusions on CSDP and the EU Foreign Policy (Global) Strategic Review; Participated in preparatory working group meetings (PMG, PSC) and various other Council working groups (COASI, COEST, CODEV, COTRA, RELEX) as well as TPC (on TTIP), Coreper I and Coreper II; attended various committee meetings in the EP (AFET, INTA), ALDE conference on CSDP Represented the Czech Republic in the EUISS and Anna Lindh Foundation governing boards meetings EU Delegation to Washington, DC January-May 2012 Foreign policy trainee in the Political, Security and Development Section Attended meetings, took notes and drafted reports on unclassified and classified briefings at the State Department (2), the US Congress hearings (11), meetings of the EU27 political counsellors chaired by the European External Action Service/EU Delegation representative (9), internal EU Delegation meetings (8) and 42 think tank events in DC area (Atlantic Council, Brookings, Carnegie, CATO Institute, CSIS, Heritage Foundation, IRI, NDI, USIP, etc.); Focused on the US attitudes to the current foreign and security policy issues in various regions, primarily in the MENA region (Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen), but also Russia, Ukraine, Caucasus and Central Asia (Georgia, Kazakhstan), Turkey, China and Japan and their impact on the transatlantic relations; Helped with holding events organized by the EU Delegation (one-day seminar on CSDP; organic lunch at the Capitol Hill; Europe Week European External Action Service January –February 2011 European Commission, DG External Relations October-December 2010 “Blue book stagiaire” in the unit L2 Forward Studies Organized the first EEAS conference on climate change and China (inviting and supporting speakers and participants, coordinating collaboration with DGs CLIMA and ENER, including their input into the agenda, working with SCIC (conference unit) and Budget Unit to manage the conference logistics (e.g. contracts with service providers, such as AMEX, travel and hotel arrangements, catering, etc.); drafting final conference report; uploading the conference website http://eeas.europa.eu/china/climateconf/index_en.htm; Assisted Director Gerhard Sabathil with preparing Power Point presentations and other materials (reading list, syllabus, his published works) for his lectures on setting up of the EEAS at the College of Europe in Bruges and for Senior Member State diplomats Member of the Stagiaire Conference Subcommittee (organizing Farewell Trainee Conference on; invited and chaired session with Commissioner Ciolos as a former trainee) Attended, took notes and written reports on inter-service meetings, conferences and events (e.g. in the European Parliament, Friends of Europe, European Policy Center, Carnegie Europe) Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, DC June-July 2004 Intern in the Consular and Political Sections In the political section: attended meetings at other EU Member States' embassies in the Washington, DC area and at the State Department, drafted summaries; drafted a report on the Czech engagement in Afghanistan; In the consular section: responsible for cases of Czech citizens in need (e.g. car crashes, speeding fines, lost passports, detainments); drafted a report on a case of the Czech family living in the US and its restitution claims of property in the Czech Republic Tereza Novotna Page 4 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Boston University Study Abroad Program Summer Semesters 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 • Course Leader, CAS IR415/GRS IR709 The European Union in the 21st Century: Challenges and Prospects (overall