Miriam Matejova, Ph.D.

Assistant professor, Department of Political Science


Office: 4.57
Joštova 218/10
602 00 Brno

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Curriculum vitae

Name
  • Miriam Matejova, PhD
Department/Faculty/University
  • Department of Political Science
    Faculty of Social Studies
    Masaryk University
    Joštova 218/10
    602 00 Brno
    Czech Republic
Current position
  • Assistant Professor
Education and academic qualifications
  • 2019: PhD in Political Science; University of British Columbia; dissertation: "Mobilizing after disasters in advanced industrial democracies"
  • 2012: MA in International Affairs; Norman Paterson School of International Affairs; Carleton University
  • 2009: BA (Honours) in International Studies; University of Northern British Columbia
Professional experience
  • 2020 - : Assistant Professor, Political Science, Masaryk University
  • 2018 - 2020: Economic Advisor, Canada's Ministry of the Environment
  • 2018: Instructor, Political Science, University of British Columbia
  • 2014 - 2016: Research Assistant, University of British Columbia
  • 2013 - 2018: Teaching Assistant, Political Science, University of British Columbia
  • 2011 - 2013: Economist, Canada's Ministry of the Environment
  • 2011: Analyst, Canadian International Development Agency
  • 2010 - 2011: Analyst, United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
  • 2010 - 2011: Consultant, Canada's Ministry of the Environment
  • 2009 - 2011: Teaching Assistant, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
  • 2007 - 2009: Research Assistant, University of Northern British Columbia
  • 2006 - 2008: Teaching Assistant, University of Northern British Columbia
Professional stays abroad
  • 2018: three-month research stay at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
  • 2017: two-month research stay at John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, MA, USA
  • 2014: one-month research stay at the National Archives, Kew, UK
  • 2010-2013: intermittent research at the Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Other academic activities, research projects, grants
  • 2019: University of British Columbia Faculty of Arts Graduate Research Award
  • 2018: University of British Columbia Department of Political Science Doctoral Research Grant
  • 2017: J.F.K. Presidential Library Marjorie Kovler Research Fellowship
  • 2014-2017: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
  • 2014-2015: Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Doctoral Fellowship
  • 2014: SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (declined)
  • 2013-2017: Four Year Doctoral Fellowship, University of British Columbia
  • 2010:2011:SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master's
  • 2008: Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation Research Grant
Non-university activities
  • The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
  • International Studies Association
  • American Political Science Association
  • Canadian Political Science Association
  • Bridging the Gap Network
  • Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research
Most significant professional accomplishments
  • AWARDS
    2020: University of Alaska-Anchorage E. Tower Endowment for Canadian Studies
  • 2019: Emerging Scholar Award, Common Ground Research Networks
  • 2017: Graduate Student Award of Merit, Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada
  • 2014 - 2017: Liu Scholar, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia
  • 2016: Kakehashi Scholar Award, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • 2015: Graduate Scholar Award, Common Ground Publishing
  • 2014: Donald N. Byers Memorial Prize, University of British Columbia
  • 2014: Regulatory Excellence Award, Canada’s Ministry of the Environment
  • 2013-2014: Olav Slaymaker Fellowship in Environment, University of British Columbia
  • 2012: Alumnus of the Year in Professional Excellence Award, University of Northern British Columbia
  • 2009-2010: Dean of Graduate Studies Academic Excellence Scholarship, Carleton University
  • 2008: Rhodes scholarship university nomination, University of Northern British Columbia
  • 2007: Co-op Student of the Year Award, University of Northern British Columbia
  • 2006-2008: Millennium Excellence In-course Award, Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation

  • INVITED LECTURES AND EVENTS
  • 2021: Columbia University, The Earth Institute. Online
  • 2020: University of Alaska-Anchorage, AK, USA
  • 2019: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC, USA
  • 2018: University of Oxford, International History of East Asia seminar, Oxford, UK
  • 2018: POLI 110 Introduction to Scientific Political Analysis, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • 2017: Bridging the Gap New Era Foreign Policy Conference, Washington DC, USA
  • 2017: Continuing Studies, International Scene Lecture Series, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • 2017: POLI 110 Introduction to Scientific Political Analysis, University of British Columbia
  • 2016: POLI 375 Global Environmental Politics, University of British Columbia
  • 2016: POLI 367 IR Theory and the International System, University of British Columbia
  • 2015: POLI 367 IR Theory and the International System, University of British Columbia
  • 2012: Jean Monnet Seminar: Ukraine-EU Cooperation in Crisis Management and Disaster Risk Reduction, Kiev, Ukraine 2012: International Polar Year Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada

  • EDITORIAL BOARDS
  • 2016-2018: Project Nightingale Literary Journal
  • 2010: Paterson Review of International Affairs

  • CONFERENCE PANEL CHAIR/DISCUSSANT
  • 2018: International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • 2017: POLI 492 – Thesis Conference, University of British Columbia
  • 2015: International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • 2015: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Global Carbon Supply Chain, University of British Columbia
  • 2014: International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, Reykjavik, Iceland
  • 2014: Dept. of Political Science – International Relations Colloquium, University of British Columbia
  • 2011: Model NATO annual conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Major publications
  • MATEJOVA, Miriam a Chad M. BRIGGS. Embracing the Darkness : Methods for Tackling Uncertainty and Complexity in Environmental Disaster Risks. Global Environmental Politics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2021, roč. 21, č. 1, s. 76-88. ISSN 1526-3800. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1162/glep_a_00591. URL info
  • BRIGGS, Chad a Miriam MATEJOVA. Disaster Security: Using Intelligence and Military Planning for Energy and Environmental Risks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019, 248 s. ISBN 978-1-108-45937-2. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108560023. info
  • MATEJOVA, Miriam, Stefan PARKER a Peter DAUVERGNE. The Politics of Repressing Environmentalists as Agents of Foreign Influence. Australian Journal of International Affairs. 2018, roč. 72, č. 2, s. 1-18. ISSN 1035-7718. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2017.1421141. info
  • MUNTON, Don a Miriam MATEJOVA. Spies without Borders? Western Intelligence Liaison, the Tehran Hostage Affair and Iran’s Islamic Revolution. Intelligence and National Security. 2012, roč. 27, č. 5, s. 739-760, 21 s. ISSN 0268-4527. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2012.708526. info

2021/08/31

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