About

Professor at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies Masaryk University, He is the guarantor of the study program Security and Strategic Studies and researcher of the International Institute of Political Science. He focuses on the research of violent extremism, terrorism, and security policy, namely in the Central European context. He is a member of the European Expert Network on Terrorism Issues (he chaired the subgroup Right-wing, left-wing, and separatist extremist violence in 2014-2017) and he is an expert in the expert pool of the Radicalisation Awareness Network and expert in the expert pool of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats. He is a co-author (with Astrid Bötticher) of the book Extremismus - Theorien - Konzepte - Formen (München 2012), co-editor (with Tore Bjørgo) of the book Vigilantism against Migrants and Minorities (London 2019), and author or co-author of more than 300 scientific articles, chapters, and books.

Research Interests

Europe (Central and Eastern), Extremism, Nationalism, Political Violence, Regionalism, Security, Terrorism

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Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Extremism and Democracy
• Political Violence
• Central and East European Politics
• Organised Crime