doc. Mgr. Monika Brusenbauch Meislová, Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

Person-Related Identification Information

• Doc. Mgr. Monika Brusenbauch Meislová, Ph.D.

Department

• Department of International Relations and European Studies, International Institute of Political Science

Employment - Position

• Associate professor

Education and Academic Qualifications

• 2022: Habilitation in political science ("Docent" title): Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
• 2012: Ph.D. in political science (Department of Politics and European studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacky University Olomouc)
• 2008: Master’s degree (Department of Politics and European studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacky University Olomouc)
• 2007: Mobility Exchange Programme, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Philips-Universität Marburg, Germany
• 2003–2004: Socrates Exchange Programme, Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies, Loughborough University, UK

Employment

• since 2022: associate professor, Department of International Relations and European Studies, International Institute of Political Science, Masaryk University, Brno
• 2021: assistant professor, International Institute of Political Science, Masaryk University, Brno
• 2018-2022: assistant professor, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Masaryk University, Brno
• 2016-2022.: lecturer and researcher, Department of Politics and European studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacky University Olomouc

Teaching Activities

• Diplomacy and Communication in the Digital Era: Insights from the EU; EU Diplomacy in a Digital Age; Britain and the European Union; Brexit: Politics, Policies and Processes; How do they see us? The Czech Republic and its European; Tajemný půvab diplomacie; Theory of International Relations and European Integration; European Union in European Politics since 1989; Politiky v EU; Základy analýzy v Evropských studiích; Analýza a metody výzkumu evropské politiky

Scientific and Research Activities

• 2025-pres.: work package leader "Foreign Interference in the Context of Current Geopolitical and Technological Changes (INTERFER)”, Jan Ámos Komenský Operational Programme
• 2025-pres.: partner, researcher "The British-German relationship: understanding the dynamics of change”, DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)
• 2025-pres.: principal investigator “Jean Monnet Chair in EU Digital Diplomacy” (European Commission)
• 2025-pres.: member, “Linking Euroscepticism and Populism: Causes and Consequences” (EUPopLink), COST Action
• 2024-pres: participation in the “Living with the Neighbours” project, UK in a Changing Europe
• 2023-pres.: Principal investigator of the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) project: Self-Legitimation Practices of EU Institutions in an Age of Permanent Emergency: A Discursive Perspective
• 2019-2022: Coordinator of the UACES Research Network “The Limits of EUrope: Challenging the Crisis of European Integration”
• 2019-2021: Principal investigator of the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) project: Czech Political Discourse on the EU’s Polycrisis and the Future of the European integration in the Era of its Destabilisation
• Research interests: British European policy and Brexit; Czech foreign policy; Czech-British relations; Brexit implications for the Czech Republic and CEE
• Member of the UACES Research Network “Communicating EU” (2019-2021)

Fellowships and interships

• Since 2025: Visiting Fellow in Diplomacy and International Affairs at Loughborough University London
• Since 2022: Visiting Professor at Aston University in Birmingham
• Since 2024: Associate Member of the Centre for Research on English-speaking World, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris
• 2022: Loughborough University (Erasmus+)
• 2020: University College London (International visiting scholar)
• 2020: University of Essex (Erasmus+)
• 2019: Aston University in Birmingham (International visiting scholar)
• 2019: University of Southampton (Erasmus+)
• 2017: Implications of Brexit for the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy: Strategic Challenges for the Czech Republic (Research stay in Brussels; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Europeum)
• 2009: Research stay in London (LSE Library)
• 2007: Internship at the European Parliament, Brussels

University Activities

• Programme Director of the European Studies programme (Mgr./MA)
• Member of the FSS MU Scientific Board
• Member of the Doctoral Board: Mezinárodní vztahy a evropská politika and International Relations and European Politics

Activities Outside University

• Member of the Scientific Board, Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Editor, Contemporary European Studies book series (Routledge)
• Associate Editor, Journal of International Relations and Development (Palgrave Macmillan, Springer Nature)
• Member of the Editorial Committee of the Journal of Contemporary European Studies (Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group)
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of British Politics (Palgrave Macmillan)
• Member of the editorial board of the Central European Journal of International and Security Studies
• Evaluator of the National Accreditation Bureau for Higher Education
• Member of the Doctoral Board: International Relations and European Studies, Metropolitan University Prague
• Member of the Doctoral Board: Area Studies, Charles University Prague
• MEDIA COLLABORATIONS
• Czech: Czech TV, ČT24, Czech Radio (Český rozhlas), Respekt, Hospodářské noviny, Aktuálně, Lidovky, Idnes.cz, Euractiv.cz, Vinohradská 12, Seznam Zprávy, EuroZprávy, Rádio Z, Rádio Proglas, Forum 24, Prima CNN News, Refresher, Novinky.cz
• International: “A Diet of Brussels” podcast (UK), “Breaking Britain” podcast (UK), National/Sunday National (newspaper) (UK), Deník SME (SK), Rádio Expres (SK), The New European, El País (ES), BBC.
• Blogs: Oxford University Politics Blog; LSE (London School of Economics and Political Science) Blogs – LSE European Politics and Policy Blog, LSE British Politics and Policy Blog; the Loop (European Consortium for Political Research blog); UK in a Changing Europe blog; Antalya Diplomacy Forum; Ideas on Europe (blog by the Journal of Common Market Studies), Language and Politics Blog

Awards Related to Science and Research

• 2025 Rector’s Award for Outstanding Research Achievements in Social Sciences and Humanities for Young Scholars under 40
• 2024 MUNI Scientist 2024
• 2021 FSS MU Dean's Award in the field of research
• 2023 FF UPOL Dean's Award for promoting good name of the university

Major Publications

• BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ, Monika. Game of deals : bargaining behaviour of the European Parliament in the Brexit process. Journal of Legislative Studies. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2025, roč. 31, č. 3, s. 594-611. ISSN 1357-2334. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2023.2233202. article - open access info
• DIANOVÁ, Simona a Monika BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ. Navigating Brexit through fear An appraisal analysis of 2016–2024 British Prime Ministerial discourse. Journal of Language and Politics. JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY, 2025, 36 s. ISSN 1569-2159. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.25151.dia. URL info
• BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ, Monika a Birgit BUJARD. Prime ministerial political leadership and the domestic politics of Brexit : Theresa May and Boris Johnson compared. British Politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, roč. 19, č. 2, s. 268-287. ISSN 1746-918X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41293-023-00240-3. article - open access info
• BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ, Monika a Andrew GLENCROSS. From multilateralism to bilateralism : Making sense of the UK’s security cooperation with EU member states after 2016. British Journal of Politics and International Relations. SAGE Publications, 2024, roč. 26, č. 4, s. 1322-1342. ISSN 1369-1481. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481231208146. article - open access info
• BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ, Monika. Not now! Construction of the “now-is-not-the-time” discourse of Theresa May and Boris Johnson vis-à-vis the second Scottish independence referendum. British Politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023, roč. 18, č. 3, s. 321-341. ISSN 1746-918X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41293-022-00214-x. URL info
• BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ, Monika. In Quest for Discursive Legitimation of Ongoing Policy Processes : Constructing Brexit as a Success Story. JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies. Hoboken: Wiley, 2023, roč. 61, č. 3, s. 815-833. ISSN 0021-9886. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13427. URL info
• BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ, Monika. In the Spotlight, or behind the Scenes? The European Parliament as an Actor in Article 50 Withdrawal Negotiations. In Julien Navarro. A Litmus Test for Democratic politics in Europe. Abigdon: Routledge, 2023, s. 125-141. ISBN 978-1-032-39957-7. info
• GLENCROSS, Andrew a Monika BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ. Parties. In John E. Fossum and Christopher Lord. Handbook on the European Union and Brexit. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, s. 56-69. ISBN 978-1-83910-068-0. URL info
• URBANOVSKÁ, Jana; Martin CHOVANČÍK a Monika BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ. German-UK defence cooperation amid Brexit : prospects for new bilateralism? European Security. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2022, roč. 31, č. 1, s. 39-57. ISSN 0966-2839. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2021.1948402. URL info
• BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ, Monika a Steve BUCKLEDEE. Discursive (re)construction of populist sovereignism by right-wing hard Eurosceptic parties in the 2019 European parliament elections : Insights from the UK, Italy, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Journal of Language and Politics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2021, roč. 20, č. 6, s. 825-851. ISSN 1569-2159. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20024.bru. URL info
• BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ, Monika. The European Parliament in the Brexit Process : Leading Role, Supporting Role or Just a Small Cameo? In Thomas Christiansen, Diane Fromage. Brexit and Democracy : the Role of Parliaments in the UK and the European Union. 1. vyd. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, s. 235-261. European Administrative Governance. ISBN 978-3-030-06042-8. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06043-5_10. URL info
• BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ, Monika. Great Expectations or Misplaced Hopes? The Role of the Visegrád Group in the Brexit Process. Europe-Asia Studies. Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2019, roč. 71, č. 8, s. 1261-1284. ISSN 0966-8136. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2019.1643825. URL info
• BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ, Monika. Centenary celebrations meet a farewell party : British-Czech bilateral relations in the times of Brexit. British Journal of Politics and International Relations. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2019, roč. 21, č. 4, s. 689-708. ISSN 1369-1481. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1177/1369148119868153. URL info
• BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ, Monika. Brexit Means Brexit—or Does It? The Legacy of Theresa May’s Discursive Treatment of Brexit. Political Quarterly. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 2019, roč. 90, č. 4, s. 681-689. ISSN 0032-3179. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12767. URL info

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