PhDr. Zdeněk Ludvík, Ph.D.

Education:

- 2011 – Bachelor's Degree in International Relations and European Studies, summa cum laude (Metropolitan University Prague);

- 2013 – Master's Degree in International Relations and European Studies, summa cum laude (Metropolitan University Prague);

- 2018 – PhDr.'s and Ph.D.'s degrees in International Relations and European Studies (Department of International Relations, Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University)

Research interests:
Territorial violent non-state actors, Privatization of security, French geopolitics, French foreign policy, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East

Teaching activities:
- Lecturer at the Department of Security Studies, Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University
(courses: Territorial Violent Non-State Actors within the International System; Insurgency/Counterinsurgency [co-teaching]; Researching International Politics: Qualitative Methods [co-teaching])
- Lecturer at the the College of Regional Development and Banking Institut – Ambis
(courses: Introduction to Security Studies; Global Security Threats; Non-State Threats for International Security)

Publications:

- The Polarity of the International System in the Changing Global Age of Transnational Relations (Mezinárodní politika 3/2012)

- Sarkozy and Global Dimensions of French Foreign Policy (Mezinárodní politika 4/2012)

- François Hollande – In Search of Lost Faith and Odds Regained – What Actor in International Relations Now France Will Be? (Mezinárodní politika 6/2012)

- Case Study on the Role of Non-State Military Actors in the 2011 Libyan Conflict (CEJISS 3-4/2012, co-author of the article Radana Makariusová)

- The Role of French Private Military Companies in the Security Privatization Sector: Specific Features of the French Approach and a Comparison with Anglo-Saxon Private Military Companies (Obrana a Strategie 1/2013)

- Impact of Militant Non-State Actors: A Case Study on the 2011 Libyan Uprising, chapter in collective monograph Oldřich Bureš et al.: Privatization of Security: Czech and Foreign Experience (Grada Publishing 2013, co-author of the chapter Radana Makariusová)

- The Case of Northern Mali (Azawad) 2012-13: The State and Its Displacement by an Alternative Authority (Obrana a Strategie 2/2014)

- Territorially Anchored Islamist Non-State Actor Using Violence, and the Question of Regulation of System Anarchy (Vojenské rozhledy 3/2015)

- The Competence, Willingness, and Empowerment of Counterinsurgency Forces in Northern Mali in 2012–2013 (Mezinárodní vztahy 2/2016)

- Theoretical Schools of International Relations and Their Reflection in the Typologies of Strategic Approaches to Violent Non-State Actors (Bezpečnostní teorie a praxe 3/2017)

Conferences:

- The Role of Non-State Military Aactors in the Conflict in Libya in 2011 (conference at the Center for Security Studies, Metropolitan University Prague. November 2012)

- The Case of Northern Mali (Azawad) 2012-13: The State and Its Displacement by an Alternative Authority (Fourth Global International Studies Conference – the World International Studies Committee, Frankfurt am Main. August 2014)

- The Case of Northern Mali (Azawad) 2012-13: The State and Its Displacement by an Alternative Authority (African Studies Association of the UK ASAUK – Biennial Conference, Brighton. September 2014)

Grants:

- 2014/15 – co-grantee of a research project "Privatization of Security: Role of Private Sector Actors in Countering Contemporary Security Threats", grant No. P408/11/0395, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

- 2014/17 – co-grantee of the Specific Academic Research Project of the Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague

Language skills and competences:

- Native language – Czech

- Fluent in English, French, and Slovak languages

- Passive knowledge of German, Italian, and Russian languages

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