PhDr. Petra Guasti, Ph.D., Dr. Habil.
Department: Values and Politics
Job: Senior Research Fellow
Email:
Phone: 210 310 204
Internal Line: 204
Themes: Elites, European Union, Legitimacy, Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- 2005-2014, Ph.D. in Political Science, Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies, defended Thesis "Democratic Discrepancies: The Role of Civil Society in Legitimizing European Political Union" (Magna cum Laude). The work based on research project “Citizenship, Publics and the Constitution for Europe: The Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia and Poland in European Integration” (Led by Prof. Dr. Ulrike Liebert), Bremen Univeristy, Bremen, Germany
- 2002-2007, Ph.D. in Sociology, Joint program between Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2001-2002, M.A. in Political Sociology, Central European University, School for Social Research, Warsaw, Poland
- 1999-2001, B.A. in International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Focus
democratic processes and democratic institutions at national and international level, legitimacy, human rights and minority rights and the rule of law in the CEE countries, political participation of women, parliaments and parliamentarism, civil society and citizenship, ballance between security and freedom
Teaching Activities
2015/2016
Introduction to International Relations, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Student working groups:
Eastern Europe, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
2015
Introduction to International Relations, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Methodology of Social Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany (together with Dr. L. Siroky)
2014
EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.
Methodology of Social Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.
2013/2014
Comparative Europeanization, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.
Student working groups:
Contemporary questions in European Integration, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Eastern Europe, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
2013/2013
Political Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague.
Student working groups:
Contemporary questions in European Integration, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Eastern Europe, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
2012/2013
Eastern Enlargement, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Introduction to International Relations, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Student working groups:
Peace and Conflict Research, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Eastern Europe, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
2012/2012
Introduction to International Relations, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
2011/2012
Introduction to International Relations, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
2007/2008
New Theories and Methods in Comparative Politics, Bremen University (together with T.Evas, A. Maatsch and K. Packham).
2003/2004
Sociological Perception of Suicide – theoretical course and seminar (BA and MA level), Institute of Sociological Studies, Faculty of social Sciences, Charles University, Prague.
2002/2003
Fall semester – Political sociology I. (MA level) theoretical course and seminars together with Associate Professor Dr. Lubomir Brokl, responsible for seminars, readings and practical implementation of theoretical issues, Institute of Sociological Studies, Faculty of social Sciences, Charles University, Prague.
Spring Semester – Political sociology II. (MA level) together with Associate Professor Dr. Lubomir Brokl, responsible for seminars, readings and practical implementation of theoretical issues, Institute of Sociological Studies, Faculty of social Sciences, Charles University, Prague.
Foreign Study Visits and Internships
- 2016 Queens University Belfast, Visiting Researcher, Individual Research Project “The Efficacy of the European Human Rights Regimes”, sponsored by Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schieck
2015 Arizona State Univeristy, as a Guest of Melikian Center: Russia, Eurasian and Eastern European Studies, project "Human Rights in Europe"
2012 Taiwan – Soochow University, visiting lecturer, preparation of joint project
2011 Bulgaria, Institute for the Research of Societies and Science, Sofia, part of a joint project „Trust and European Integration – a Comparison between Bulgaria and the Czech Republic“
- 2005- 2008, Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies, Bremen Univeristy, Bremen, Germany
- August 2005, ECPR a DAAD graduate summer school Governance and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, Lüneburg, Germany
- November 2004, research visit to Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences based on joint project: Political Parties and Parliamentary Elites in the Czech Republic and Poland in the Period of Democratic Consolidation, Warsaw, Poland
- August 2004, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection, course: Models for Multi-Level Voting Behavior (Prof. Soren R. Thomsen), University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
- June 2004, one month research visit to Social Science Research Center Berlin (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung) based on project Participation, Democratization and Citizenship, Berlin, Germany
- July-August 2001, Democracy & Diversity Institute, Graduate Faculty, New School University Courses: Sustaining Democracy and Theories of Gender in Culture Krakow, Poland
- May-June 2000, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Institut für Gesellschafts- und Sozialpolitik: 5th Intensive Program: Democratization in Europe: European Union and Enlargement, Linz, Austria
Medallion
- German Political Science Association, member, 2013 - present
- Czech Political Science Association, member, 1998 – present
- Masaryk Czech Sociological Society, 2002 – present
- European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Standing Group Central and Eastern Europe, 2003 - present
- Research Committee of Legislative Specialists, International Political Science Association (IPSA), 2004 - present
Selected Publications
Comparing Citizen Attitudes towards Security and Liberty in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
2019, Mansfeldová, Zdenka, Guasti, Petra, Petrúšek, Ivan, Gyárfášová, Olga
Democracy Under Stress. Changing Perspectives on Democracy, Governance and Their Measurement
2018, Guasti, P., Mansfeldová, Z. (eds.)
Projects
Global Conflicts and Local Interactions: Cultural and Social Challenges
Project Duration: 2016 - 2022