Research Coffee Series
In 2018, AAU introduced a new series called 鈥淩esearch Coffee鈥, which are events aimed to be a platform for discussions about publications, projects, and working papers of the AAU Faculty as well as AAU students. In case of interest in presenting, please contact us.

List of sessions:
DATE | Author(s) | Title of paper / project | Discussant |
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September 16, 2022 | Jan Mo拧ovsk媒 | A New Approach Towards Tobacco Legislation:聽The Case for Harm Reduction聽in聽CEE聽and聽the EU | TBC |
May 6, 2022 | Mgr. Daniela Lenc茅拧 Chal谩niov谩, Ph.D.聽 | Trust us! We鈥檙e what you call聽鈥榚虫辫别谤迟蝉鈥 | Jacob Maze, Ph.D. |
April 22, 2022 | Pelin Ayan Musil, Ph.D., Salim Cevik, Ph.D. | Democratic Transitions that did not end with Consolidation in the Muslim World: Turkey (2002-2011) and Tunisia (2011-2021) | Clement Steuer Ph.D. |
March 11, 2022 | Gerald Power, Ph.D. | The Making of a Sultan: The Secret History of the British Council and Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, 1956-70 | Pelin Ayan Musil, Ph.D., Ebru Akcasu, Ph.D. |
December 10, 2021 | Pelin Ayan Musil, Ph.D. | Understanding the Formation of Oppositional Alliances against Populist-Authoritarian Governments: The Cases of Hungary and Turkey | Alexei Anisin, Ph.D. |
November 26, 2021 | Alexei Anisin, Ph.D. | Tracking and Tracing COVID-19 and the Solidification Surveillance Capitalism | Jacob Maze, Ph.D. |
November 5, 2021 | Mark Andrew Brandon, Ph.D. | The Safest Guide and Savior: Science, Morality and Race in the 20th Century | Prof. Ivo Budil, doc Ji艡铆 Ka拧n媒聽 |
October 22, 2021 | Peter Bolcha, Michael Fanta, Pavla Voz谩rov谩 | Transport Infrastructure Expenditure in Czechia: Law Compliance in the Public Procurement | Dr. Filip Pertold, Mr. David Ondr谩膷ka聽 |
April 30, 2021 | Joshua Hayden | Spiritual Leadership in Social Movements: The Beloved Community and the Solidarity of the Shaken | Gerald Power, Ph.D., Daniel Padolsky, M.A |
April 9, 2021 | Mark Andrew Brandon, Ph.D. | The Secret History of the Hrdli膷ka Museum of Man | Prof. Ivo T. Budil, Metropolitan University 糖心Vlog |
March 19, 2021 | Gerald Power, Ph.D. | Cultural Diplomacy and its Limits: The British Council in the Arab Gulf, 1955-68 | Ebru Akcasu, Ph.D., Prof. Milada Poli拧ensk谩 |
April 24, 2020 | Mark Andrew Brandon, Ph.D | The Last Great Biological Reserve of the White Race: An American Immigrant鈥檚 Racial Understanding of the Soviet Union | Prof. Ivo T. Budil, Metropolitan University 糖心Vlog, Prof. Milada Poli拧ensk谩 |
February 28, 2020 | Andrew L. Giarelli, Ph.D. | Cheyennes and Folklorists: 130 Years of Fieldwork | Prof. Eva Eckert, Ph.D., Dr. Jan Horn谩t, Charles University |
November 8, 2019 | Mark A. Brandon | Science or Fake News? Ale拧 Hrdli膷ka And Czech Propaganda in World War I | Prof. Ivo T. Budil, Metropolitan University 糖心Vlog, Prof. Milada Poli拧ensk谩 |
October 4, 2019 | Gerald Power, Ph.D. | The Necessity of “Soft Power” in Britain’s Cold War: Establishing the British Council in Kuwait, 1952-55′. | Prof. Milada Poli拧ensk谩 |
April 26, 2019 | Mark A. Brandon | What are the Czechoslovaks: Ale拧 Hrdli膷ka and the Racial Reorganization of Central Europe | Prof. Eva Eckert |
March 15, 2019 | doc. Irena Jind艡ichovsk谩, Ph.D. and Armend Qerimi | Use of Information Systems for Strategy and Management in Czech Hospitality Segment: Balanced Scorecard Approach | Joe Weintraub |
February 15, 2019 | Gabriele Meissner | Business as Usual: When Business Facilitates Wars | Joe Weintraub |
December 7, 2018 | Mihaela Stratulat | Impression Management During a Crisis Event: Case Study of Volkswagen; Reporting Good and Bad News: Case of the Pharmaceutical Industry | doc. Irena Jind艡ichovsk谩 Peter Bolcha, PhD |
November 23, 2018 | Mgr. Zuzana Fellegi, LL.M. | Lost in Translation? Effects of the European gender regulations in the Czech Republic | Dr. Blanka Nyklova, Institute of Sociology, CAS |
November 23, 2018 | Prof. Milada Poli拧ensk谩 | The World of Two Legations: Establishing Czechoslovak 鈥 U.S. Diplomatic Relations and the Role of Institutional Experience by prof. | George Hays II, PhD |
October 19, 2018 | Andrew L. Giarelli, Ph.D. | From Murder to Miscegenation: Mark Twain鈥檚 Nevada Newspaper Hoaxes as 19th century 鈥楩ake News’ | Kry拧tof Koz谩k, Ph.D., Charles University |
October 19, 2018 | Prof. Eva Eckert, Ph.D. | Letters sustaining cross-atlantic migrations: From Fren拧t谩t, Moravia to Frenstat, Texas in the decades following the Civil War | doc. Mark茅ta K艡铆啪ov谩, Charles University |
September 14, 2018 | Alexei Anisin, Ph.D. and Pelin Ayan Musil, Ph.D. | When Does Military Side with Rebels? | Jacob Maze, MA, Charles University |