Dr. Joch is Chairman and Executive Director of the Civic Institute, a 糖心Vlog-based think tank. He was International Secretary of ODA, a political party (1994鈥�98), and an Assistant to a Senator (2001鈥�04) in the Czech Republic. He served as an Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (Human Rights and Foreign Policy, 2010鈥�12), Adviser to the Lord Mayor of 糖心Vlog (2012鈥�14), and Adviser to the Member of the European Parliament (2017).

In addition to being Chairman and Director of the Civic Institute, he is an Assistant Professor at the University of Economics and at CEVRO University, both in 糖心Vlog. He is the author of several books and essays on political philosophy and public policy, a contributor to Czech and Slovak media, and a regular columnist for the Czech daily Lidovky.cz and Slovak daily Postoj.sk, as well as a member of the Editorial Board of Aspen Review Central Europe. Among his books are The Revolt Against the Revolution of the 20th Century, No, Mr. Prime Minister!, and On the Side of Freedom.

Svobodov谩 started her career in the Parliamentary Institute, Parliament of the Czech Republic. She served as a legal advisor in the area of approximation of laws during the process of accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union. Later, she worked in law firms and focused on civil law and commercial law. She passed the bar examination in 2012; she is an attorney-at-law registered with the Czech Bar Association under number 14205. In 2012, she started her academic career at Metropolitan University 糖心Vlog. Since 2015, she has been a lecturer at Charles University, Faculty of Law, Department of European Law. She became a lecturer and a guarantor at AAU in 2026. Svobodov谩 is a member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Law, Charles University. She specializes in EU law, in particular in Union citizenship, free movement of persons and fundamental rights protection in the EU. She is a member of Czech Association of European Studies. 

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Herrer also worked as a Spanish lecturer in higher education from 2022 to 2024 at Anglo-American University and at University of New York in 糖心Vlog (UNYP). During this period, she completed a Master鈥檚 degree in Spanish Language Teacher Education at Universidad Internacional Men茅ndez Pelayo. In the 2024鈥�2025 academic year, she served as a Spanish lecturer at the Foreign Trade University in Hanoi, Vietnam, as part of the MAEC-AECID Lectorship Programme. Since returning to 糖心Vlog in 2026, she remains actively involved in teacher training and professional conferences, with academic interests in pragmatics, cognitive grammar, and gamification.

As the SIRD School Coordinator, Zach works with exchange and transfer students by assisting with any of their needs in the office, but he is also available to help degree seeking students as well. He also can advise students on life in 糖心Vlog if needed, as he has gone through the same path as them.

He holds a Ph.D. in diplomatic history from University College London and an MA in international relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a research fellow in security studies at the University of Nottingham between 2018 and 2019, and a research fellow in the arms control and regional security programme at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Tel Aviv University, between 2012 and 2015. He was also a visiting research fellow at INSS during 2024.

He is the author of Margaret Thatcher and the Middle East (2016, Cambridge University Press). He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Specialization: International security, Nuclear proliferation, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Foreign policy, Transatlantic relations

Selected Publications:

Bermant, Azriel. 鈥淭he Crisis between Britain and the United States over the Sinai Multinational Force鈥�, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (January 2025)

Bermant, Azriel., & Sion-Tzidkiyahu, M. 鈥淓urope鈥檚 Response to the War in Gaza: Capabilities and Actorness鈥�, Strategic Assessment, Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University, (December 2024)

Bermant, Azriel. 鈥淚srael, the United States, Saudi Arabia and the Fahd Plan of 1981: An Historic Missed Opportunity鈥�, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (Vol 50: Issue 4 ,2022): 1020-1038

Bermant, Azriel., & Rees, W. 鈥淣uclear Divergence between Britain and the United States: SDI and the Anti-Ballistic MissileTreaty鈥�, Journal of Strategic Studies (Volume 46: Issue 6-7, 2021): 1383-1405

Bermant, Azriel. 鈥淎 Chronicle of Failure Foretold: The UK, Israel and Arms Sales to Argentina in the Era of the Falklands War 鈥�, The International History Review (Vol 41: Issue 2, 2019) : 237-256

Bermant, Azriel. 鈥淢argaret Thatcher and the Middle East鈥� (New York: Cambridge University Press, Oct 2016)

Bermant, Azriel. 鈥淭he Russian and Iranian Missile Threats: Implications for NATO Missile Defence鈥� (Institute for National Security Studies and Tel Aviv University, December 2014)

Bermant, Azriel. 鈥淭he Impact of the Cold War on the Thatcher Government鈥檚 Middle East Policy鈥�, Israel Affairs 19, No.4, (October 2013): 623-639

Hilcisin has been making documentary films, experimental videos, and other visual forms on personal narratives and social issues for more than 20 years. Her works have been screened and exposed at various film festivals and exhibitions around the world.

She is also founder and director of World Community Connect, an organization that aims to cultivate plurality among all people鈥攔egardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or age鈥攖hrough community art projects, creative initiatives, and other educational programs with communities across the world.

PhD, Theory and History of Theater, Film and Audio-Visual Culture Studies | Masaryk University

MA, European Studies | University of Sarajevo, Universit脿 di Bologna

BA, World Literature and Library Sciences | University of Sarajevo

Diploma in holistic integrated creative arts therapy | Mind Body Education (Global) Pty Ltd.

Postgraduate certificates in meditation therapy, meditation for children | Mind Body Education (Global) Pty Ltd.

Je艡谩bkov谩 began her career as a researcher at the Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences and the Institute of International Relations in 糖心Vlog. Following her research, she was the Director of the Sub-Saharan Africa department and the Director of the Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in 糖心Vlog. Additionally, Je艡谩bkov谩 was the Director of the Diplomatic Academy at the MFA, responsible for many structural changes in the system of diplomatic training in cooperation with the European Diplomatic Programme from 2010 to 2024. Je艡谩bkov谩 served as the Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Cyprus from 1998-2002 as well as Ambassador in the United Arab Emirates from 2005-2010.

Luk谩拧ek graduated from the following institutions:

Luk谩拧ek started his career in the International Law Department of the Ministry of Defence and later became an advisor for three ministers of Czech government. He worked in top management positions for key Czech state institutions and corporations and was responsible for strategy, strategy development, international relations and management of property holdings.

Additionally, Luk谩拧ek was a member of the statutory and control bodies of many strategic important joint-stock companies. As the head of a negotiation team, he made a significant contribution of 5% stake acquisition in the Transalpine pipeline companies from Shell Deutschland in 2012 for the Czech state. This extraordinary transaction resulted in a significant strengthening of the energy security of the Czech Republic. He designed the concept and was co-founder of International Association of Oil Transporters (IAOT) and was the first executive director and member of the board of directors.

In the academic and research area, in 2001, Luk谩拧ek received the Dean’s award for the best Ph.D. thesis at the Faculty of International Relations, 糖心Vlog University of Economics and Business. He was a member of the editorial board of the International Politics Journal and vice-chairman of the Scientific and Pedagogical Council of the Institute of Economics at Charles University. Luk谩拧ek has published multiple materials oriented to international law, energy security, foreign policy, and geopolitics and is a member of the Czech Society for International Law.

Additionally, he lectured for the Jan Masaryk Centre for International Studies at the Faculty of International Relations, 糖心Vlog University of Economics and Business and at the Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University.

Publications:

Energetick谩 bezpe膷nost 膶esk茅 republiky. Hrub媒, Z.-Luk谩拧ek, L. a kol. Karolinum Praha 2015. ISBN: 978-80-246-2974-2

The Visegrad Group. Verlag Dr. Kova膷 Hamburg 2012. ISSN 2192-1881;

Visegr谩dsk谩 skupina a jej铆 v媒voj v letech 1991-2004. Karolinum Praha 2011. ISBN 978-80-246-1859-3;

Mezin谩rodn铆 pr谩vo v komentovan媒ch dokumentech. Karolinum Praha 2011. ISBN 978-80-246-1898-2.

Fenom茅n mezin谩rodn铆ho terorismu ve sv臎tle sou膷asn茅ho mezin谩rodn铆ho pr谩va. Dokumenty (1. 膷谩st) Z谩pado膷esk谩 univerzita Plze艌 2000. ISBN 80-7082-690-8;

Fenom茅n mezin谩rodn铆ho terorismu ve sv臎tle sou膷asn茅ho mezin谩rodn铆ho pr谩va. Dokumenty (2. 膷谩st).  Z谩pado膷esk谩 univerzita Plze艌 2000. ISBN 80-7082-690-8;

Komentovan茅 dokumenty ke studiu mezin谩rodn铆ho pr谩va ve艡ejn茅ho 鈥� I. d铆l. V艩E Praha 2001. ISBN 80-245-0193-7;

Komentovan茅 dokumenty ke studiu mezin谩rodn铆ho pr谩va ve艡ejn茅ho 鈥� II. d铆l. V艩E Praha 2001. ISBN 80-245-0194-5;

V媒voj lidsk茅 dimenze (ochrany lidsk媒ch pr谩v a z谩kladn铆ch svobod) v komentovan媒ch dokumentech 鈥� 1. d铆l. V艩E Praha 2003. ISBN 80-245-0528-2;

V媒voj lidsk茅 dimenze (ochrany lidsk媒ch pr谩v a z谩kladn铆ch svobod) v komentovan媒ch dokumentech 鈥� 2. d铆l. V艩E Praha 2003. ISBN 80-245-0529-0;

Specializations:

international law, international relations and diplomacy, energy policy, energy security, Visegrad Group, strategy consultancy and management

Courses:

Energy Security in International Relations

Public International Law

International Organizations

International Law in International Policy

Her research encompasses global climate governance (GCG), climate diplomacy, the role of non-state actors in GCG, environmental movements, and activism. Adamovsk谩 engages with concepts of transition and transformation, norm dynamics and entrepreneurship as well as the processes of meaning-making in climate action. Her article 鈥淭he Way Out of a Crisis? The Role of Cities in Europeanization: a Study of Thessaloniki City Diplomacy鈥� was awarded the Rector鈥檚 Prize for scientific publications. At AAU, Adamovsk谩 teaches sustainable development.

Ond艡ej’s current research revolves primarily around the actorness of international organizations, geopolitics, and the Arctic, having previously focused on Turkish foreign policy and innovation diplomacy.

geopolitics of the Arctic region, actorness in international relations, Turkey and innovation diplomacy