Ondřej Císař Education 2003: Ph.D. in Political Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic 2000: M.A. in Political Science, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary 1999: Master s Degree in Political Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic 1997: Master s Degree in Economics, Technical University, Ostrava, Czech Republic Academic Positions 2012 present: Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts, Charles University 2009 present: Editor- in- Chief of the Czech edition of Czech Sociological Review, Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 2008 2012: Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University 2007 2008: Editor- in- Chief of the Czech Journal of International Relations, Institute of International Relations 2003 2008: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University 2003 2006: Editor- in- Chief of the Czech Journal of Political Science 2001 2003: Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Social Sciences, Masaryk University Fellowships 11/2010-2/2011: University of California, Irvine (Associate Researcher) 9/2006 6/2007: Columbia University, New York (Fulbright Fellow) 3/2002 2/2003: Open Society Institute, Budapest (International Policy Fellow) Research Projects 2013 2015: Protest in Context: Integrated and Comparative Analysis of Democratic Citizenship in the Czech Republic (Czech Science Council) participant 2011-2014: Collective Action and Protest in East- Central Europe (Czech Science Council) principal investigator 2009-2012: Processes Influencing Democratic Ownership and Participation (European Commission, Seventh Framework Programme) - participant 2007-2011: Interest Groups and Social Movements (Institute for Comparative Political Research, Masaryk University) principal investigator 2006-2007: Mechanisms of Internationalization in Central Eastern Europe: Transnational Dimensions of Social Movements, Nongovernmental Organizations, and Public Interest Groups in the Enlarged Europe (Fulbright Commission) principal investigator 2005-2007: Political Theory of Social Movements (Czech Science Council) principal investigator 2002-2003: Strategies for Using Information Technologies for Curbing Public- Sector Corruption: The Case of the Czech Republic (Open Society Institute, Budapest) principal investigator 2003: Political Theory of New Social Movements (Jana Hus Foundation) participant Teaching Supervisor of the graduate specialization Civil Society and Political Participation (Masaryk University, 2009 2012) 1
Organizer of the summer school How to Conduct Social Science Research (Masaryk University, 2009 2011) Organizer of the Advanced Research Seminar for graduate students (Masaryk University, 2007 2012) Selected Courses Political Sociology Strategy and Design of Research in the Social Sciences Political Research: Theories and Concepts Interest Groups and Social Movements Civil Society and Political Protest Political and Social Movements Theory of Political Mobilization and Social Movements Political Philosophy Modern Political Philosophy Political Ideologies International/Transnational Organizations and European Politics Supervised and Defended PhD Dissertations The Levels of Justice: Towards the Limits of Liberal Cosmopolitism The Development of the Czech Global Justice Movement Czech Pro- Roma Activism: The Development of Framing Selected Presentations 2013 Reinterpreting the Democracy Disillusionment in the CEE Democracies: Evidence from Protest Event Analysis, 1989 2010 (co- authored by Kateřina Vráblíková). Mainz, Germany (ECPR Joint Session of Workshops). 2012 The Emergence of a New Democracy and Critical Citizen Politics in Central- Eastern Europe (co- authored by Kateřina Vráblíková). Boston, USA (19th International Conference of Europeanists organized by the Council for European Studies). 2012 Green & Networked: The Dynamics of Protest Alliances within the Field of Post- Communist Environmental Contention in the Czech Republic (co- authored by Jiří Navrátil). Boston, USA, (19th International Conference of Europeanists organized by the Council for European Studies). 2011 Transnational Activism of Social Movement Organizations: The Effect of European Union Funding on Local Groups in the Czech Republic (co- authored by Kateřina Vráblíková). Reykjavik, Island (6th ECPR General Conference). 2011 Dependent Internationally, Networking Domestically: Transaction Politics of Czech Social Movement Organisations (co- authored by Jiří Navrátil). Reykjavik, Island (6th ECPR General Conference). 2011 The Transnationalization of Social Movement Organizations and its Determinants: An Overstudied Deviation or Transformative Trend? (co- authored by Kateřina Vráblíková). Boston, USA (EUSA Twelfth Biennial International Conference). 2
2011 Although International, Still Domestic: Transnational Activism of Czech Social Movement Organizations (co- authored by Kateřina Vráblíková). Chicago, USA (69th MPSA Annual National Conference). 2010 It s Transactions, Stupid! Networks of Czech Social Movement Organizations Twenty Years after Communism. (co- authored by Jiří Navrátil). Munster, Germany (ECPR Joint Session of Workshops). 2009 Representation without Participation? The Channeling of Environmental Movement Organizations in the Czech Republic after the Fall of Communism. Potsdam, Germany (5th ECPR General Conference). 2009 Organization of the Panel Political Activism, Civil Societies, and Social Movements in Eastern Europe: Twenty Years After the Fall of Communism (co- organized by S. Saxonberg). Potsdam, Germany (5th ECPR General Conference). 2008 Political Activism in the Czech Republic. ISERP, Columbia University, New York (Workshop on Contentious Politics). 2007 The Alter- globalization Movement and Democracy in the Czech Republic (co- authored by Ondřej Slačálek). Helsinki, Finland, 2007 (ECPR Joint Session of Workshops). 2007 Transnational Policy Networks: How International Institutions Influence the Activities of Nongovernmental Organizations. Cornell University, Ithaca, 2007 (The Politics of Transnationalism). 2007 Internationalization of Political Activism in the Czech Republic after 1989. ISERP, Columbia University, New York, 2007 (Workshop on Contentious Politics). Membership in Editorial Boards East European Politics, Sociologický časopis/czech Sociological Review, Mezinárodní vztahy, Politologický časopis Reviewer Theory and Society, Poetics, Qualitative Sociology, Current Sociology, Mobilization, Global Society, Politics, East European Politics, Journal of Intentional Relations and Development, Sociologický časopis/czech Sociological Review, Mezinárodní vztahy, Politologický časopis, Politologická revue Selected Publications Books 2008 Císař O. Politický aktivismus v České republice: Sociální hnutí a občanská společnost v období transformace a evropeizace. Brno: CDK. 2008 Barša, P. and Císař, O. Anarchie a řád ve světové politice. Kapitoly z teorie mezinárodních vztahů. Prague: Portál. 2004 Císař O. Transnacionální politické sítě: Jak mezinárodní instituce ovlivňují činnost nevládních organizací. Brno: IIPS. 2004 Barša, P. and Císař, O. Levice v postrevoluční době: Občanská společnost a nová sociální hnutí v radikální politické teorii 20. století. Brno: CDK. 3
Peer Reviewed Journals (Web of Knowledge) 2013 Císař, O. and Vráblíková, K. Transnational Activism of Social Movement Organizations: The Effect of European Union Funding on Local Groups in the Czech Republic. European Union Politics 14(1): 140 160. 2012 Císař, O. and Koubek, M. Include Em All? Culture, Politics and a Local Hardcore/Punk Scene in the Czech Republic. Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, the Media and the Arts 40(1): 1 21. 2011 Císař, O., Navrátil, J. and Vráblíková, K. Staří, noví, radikální: politický aktivismus v České republice očima teorie sociálních hnutí.. Sociologický časopis/czech Sociological Review, 47(1): 137 167. 2010 Císař, O. and Vráblíková, K. The Europeanization of Social Movements in the Czech Republic: The EU and Local Women s Groups. Communist and Post- Communist Studies 43(2): 209-219 (Reprinted in Góra, M. and Zielińska, K. eds. 2011. Democracy, State and Society: European Integration in Central Eastern Europe. Kraków: Jagiellonian University Press, 179-199). 2010 Císař, O. 2010. Externally- Sponsored Contention: The Channelling of Environmental Movement Organisations in the Czech Republic after the Fall of Communism. Environmental Politics 19(5): 736-755 (Reprinted in Fagan, A. and Carmin, J., eds. 2011. Green Activism in Post- socialist Europe and the Former Soviet Union. London: Routledge, 48-67). 2009 Císař, O. and Vráblíková, K. Les organisations de la société civile et l engagement civique en République tchéque après 1989. Revue d etudes comparatives Est- Ouest 40(1): 197-221. 2008 Císař, O. Internationalization of Social Movements in the Czech Republic: The Case of the Anti- Temelín Campaign. Polish Sociological Review 1: 89-102. 2000 Císař, O. Dekonstrukce jako politické jednání. Dvojí vyústění dekonstrukce v současné sociální teorii. Sociologický časopis/czech Sociological Review 36(1): 97-109. Peer Reviewed Journals 2013 Císař, O. The Diffusion of Public Interest Mobilization: A Historical Sociology View on the Advocates without Members in the Post- Communist Czech Republic. East European Politics 29(1): 69-82. 2010 Koubek, M. and Císař, O. Zápas o uvozovky: interpretační rámce v periodicích romského hnutí po roce 1989. Politologický časopis 10(4): 331-359. 2009 Císař, O. The Diversity of Forms: Social Movements and Political Mobilization in the Czech Republic after 1989. Transition, 49(1): 33-46. 4
2007 Císař, O. Between the National and Supranational? Transnational Political Activism, Conflict, and Cooperation in the Integrated Europe. Contemporary European Studies, 2(1): 21-36. 2007 Císař, O. and Vráblíková, K. Popelka na cestě do Bruselu: České skupiny prosazující rovnost mezi ženami a muži a Evropská unie. Sociální studia 3: 107-120. 2006 Císař, O. Epistemologie a "objektivita" sociálně- vědného poznání. Mezinárodní vztahy 41(5): 32-37. 2006 Barša, P. and Císař, O. Epistemologie a politika. Politologický časopis 13(2): 243-248. 2006 Císař, O. Koncepce mezinárodní spravedlnosti v komparativní perspektivě: realismus, liberalismus a marxismus. Politologický časopis 13(1): 55-76. 2005 Císař, O. Filosofické základy studia politického pluralismu. Politologický časopis 12(2): 201-212. 2005 Císař, O. Na cestě ke společnosti světoobčanů? Nevládní organizace, sociální hnutí a "noví" aktivisté vně státních hranic. Sociální studia 1: 87-109. 2004 Císař, O. Mezi Prahou a Bruselem: nevládní organizace, sociální hnutí a zájmové skupiny na cestě do EU. Sociální studia 1: 109-120. 2003 Císař, O. Globální a lokální boje proti korupci: případová studie Transparency International. Politologický časopis 10(3): 221-242. 2003 Císař, O. Teorie transnacionální demokracie: uzavřená kapitola? Politologický časopis 10(1): 38-54. 2003 Císař, O. The Transnationalisation of Political Conflict: Beyond Rationalism and Constructivism. Journal of International Relations and Development 6(1): 6-22. 2003 Císař, O. Vzniká globální občanská společnost? Nestátní aktéři ve světové politice. Mezinárodní vztahy 38(4): 5-23. 2002 Císař, O. Strategie a transnacionální vztahy: politická pole a protitemelínská kampaň. Politologický časopis 9(3): 280-296. 2002 Císař, O. Teorie mezinárodních vztahů a evropská studia. Politologický časopis 9(1): 50-67. 2001 Císař, O. Democratization of the EU: A Task for "Mission Impossible"? East Central Europe - L'Europe du Centre- Est. Eine wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift 28(2): 161-167. 2001 Císař, O. Ideational Structure in Flux: Uncertain Future for the IMF? Perspectives: The Central European Review of International Affairs 8(2): 5-20. Book Chapters 2013 Diani, M. and Císař, O. The Emergence of a European Social Movement Research Field. In: Routledge Handbook of European Sociology (Routledge 5
International Handbooks), eds. S. Koniordos and A. Kyrtsis. London: Routledge, forthcoming. 2013 Císař, O. Post- Communism and Social Movements In Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements, vol. 3, eds. D. Snow, D. della Porta, B. Klandermans, and D. McAdam. London: Blackwell, 994-999. 2013 Císař, O. Interest Groups and Social Movements. In Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements, vol. 2, eds. D. Snow, D. della Porta, B. Klandermans, and D. McAdam. London: Blackwell, 616-620. 2013 Císař, O. A Typology of Extra- parliamentary Political Activism in Post- communist Settings: The Case of the Czech Republic. In Beyond NGO- ization: The Development of Social Movements in Central and Eastern Europe, eds. K. Jacobsson and S. Saxonberg. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 139-167. 2009 Císař, O. and Kopeček, L. Czech Democracy, Politics, and Society from 1989 to Present. In Democracy in Western and Post- Communist Countries, eds. Buksinski, T. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 227 262. 2009 Císař, O. Džámee- je madaní dar markaz o šarq- e Orúpá dar ágház- e dahe- je navad- e qarn- e bístom. In Gozar be demokrasí dar kešvarhá- je Oropá- je markazí (Přechod k demokracii v zemích střední Evropy). Brno: CDK, 215-235. 2007 Císař, O. and Tomáš, P. Party Funding in the Czech Republic. In Political Finance and Corruption in Eastern Europe: The Transition Period, eds. Smilov D. and Toplak, J. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 71-89. 2006 Císař, O. Graždanskoe obščestvo i jego roľ v obščestvennoj transformacii. In Perechod k demokratii češskij opyt (Přechod k demokracii česká zkušenost). Brno: CDK, 272-291. 2006 Císař, O. and Vráblíková, K. Občanská společnost v Brně. In Lokální politický pluralismus: Brno ve třech stoletích. Brno: CDK ISPO, 113-138. 2005 Císař, O. Europeizace a obhajoba zájmů: základy analytického rámce. In Evropeizace. Nové téma politologického výzkumu. Brno: IIPS, 54-71. 2005 Císař, O. Sociální hnutí, nevládní organizace a zájmové skupiny ve víceúrovňové struktuře EU: přístup ke studiu. In Víceúrovňové vládnutí: teorie, přístupy, metody, eds. P. Fiala a M. Strmiska. Brno: CDK, 214-231. 2005 Císař, O. The Left in the Beginning of the 21st Century. In Trajectories of the Left. Social Democratic and (Ex- )Communist Parties in Contemporary Europe: Between Past and Future. Brno: CDK ISPO, 11-28. 6