Short biography

Michal Kubát studied Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University. In 2005 he obtained a doctoral degree in International Area Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University. Four years later he became an Associate Professor of Political Science, awarded by the Masaryk University. In 2019, he was appointed a professor. Apart from teaching at his alma mater, Michal Kubát has been also a lecturer at the New York University in Prague. He has also taught at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow where he spent part of his studies. Michal Kubát has published several monographs in Czech, English, Polish and German. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and the recipient of multiple grants. In his research, Michal Kubát focuses on comparative politics (especially democratic and non-democratic regimes and party politics) and the political systems of Central Europe, especially Czech Republic and Poland.

Positions

Education

- Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Political science, habilitation (Assoc. prof.), 2009

- Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Area studies, dissertation (Ph.D.), 2005

- Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Area studies, “rigorous exam” (“small dissertation”, PhDr.), 2000

- Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Political science, Master’s degree, 1997–1999

- Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Political science, Bachelor’s degree, 1994–1997

- Institute of Political Science, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Political science, Master’s degree, 1993–1994

Research grants

- 2018– HORIZON 2020 DEMOS, no 822590, Democratic Efficacy and the Varieties of Populism in Europe; principal investigator: Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

- 2017– HORIZON 2020 FATIGUE, no 765224, Delayed Transformational Fatigue in Central and Eastern Europe: Responding to the Rise of Illiberalism/Populism; principal investigator: University College of London.

- Czech Science Foundation, Does Direct Election Matter? Analysing the Effect of Direct Election of President on the Working of the Political Regime in the Czech Republic (15–01907S), co-reseacher, 2015–2017

- Charles University Research Development Schemes, Sciences of Society, Politics, and Media under the Challenge of the Times (P17), program coordinator, 2012–2016

- Charles University, Specific Academic Research Projects Competition, Populism in the Time of Crisis (260114/2014), main researcher, 2014

Research fellowships

- Institute of Political Science, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, 1994–2017 (regular study stays)

- Institute of Political Science, University of Wrocław, 2015

Recent conferences

1. How to Classify and Measure Presidential Powers? Experience from Central Europe, 12th ECPR General Conference Hamburg, University of Hamburg, August 2018

2. Presidential Power and Cabinet Coordination in Presidential and Semi-Presidential Regimes (panel chair) 12th ECPR General Conference Hamburg, University of Hamburg, August 2018

3. Mode of Election or Powers? Presidents and Regime Types in Central Europe (panel chair), 11th ECPR General Conference, University of Oslo, Oslo, September 2017

4. What Regime? Differences in Classifying Central European Democratic Regimes in Contemporary Political Science, 10th ECPR General Conference, Charles University, September 2016

5. Patterns of Presidential and Party Leadership in the Czech Republic, 21th Central European Political Science Association Conference Challenges for Political Leaders in Central and Eastern Europe, University of Ljubljana, June 2016

Memberships

- Scientific Board at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University (member)

- Subject Board of Doctoral Studies Area Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University(chairman and the program guarantor)

- Subject Board of Doctoral Studies Political Science at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University(member)

- Standing Group on Presidential Politics (European Consortium for Political Research) (member)

- Polish Association of Political Science (member)

- Central European Political Science Association (member, Executive Committee member in 2012–2015)

- Czech Political Science Association (member, Executive Committee member from 2003, vice-chairman in 2012–2015)

Selected publications

1. Brunclík, Miloš, Kubát, Michal: Semi-Presidentialism, Parliamentarism and Presidents. Presidential Politics in Central Europe. Routledge: London and New York, 2019, ISBN 978-1138054714.

2. Kubát Michal, Mejstřík Martin (eds.). Giovanni Sartori: Challenging Political Science. Lanham/Colchester: Rowman & Littlefield International/ECPR Press, 2019, ISBN 978-1-78552-287-1.

3. Kubátová Hana, Kubát Michal, Were the “Bystanders” in Topoľčany? On Concept Formation and Ladder of Abstraction. Contemporary European History 2018, published online: 10 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1017/S096077731800022X

4. Brunclík, Miloš, Kubát, Michal, Kdo vládne Česku? Poloprezidentský režim, přímá volba a pravidla hry. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2017, ISBN 978-80-7485-122-3.

5. Brunclík Miloš, Kubát Michal, Contradictory Approaches: Discussing Semi-Presidentialism in Central Europe. Analele Universitati Bucuresti. Seria Ştiinte Politice 18(2), 2016: 67–79.

6. Brunclík Miloš, Kubát Michal, The Czech Parliamentary Regime After 1989: Origins, Developments and Challenges. Acta Politologica (Special Issue Czech Democracy 1989–2016. Its Development and Challenges), 8(2), 2016: 5–29.

7. Kubát Michal, Komunistyczna Partia Czech i Moraw – Skuteczne połączenie protestu socjalnego i nacjonalistycznego. Polityka i Społeczeństwo 14(1), 2016: 79–90.

8. Balík Stanislav, Kubát Michal: Undemokratische Regime. Theoretische Verortung und Fallbeispiele. Verlag Barbara Budrich: Opladen – Berlin – Toronto, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8474-0728-7.