doc. PhDr. Slavomír Horák, Ph.D.

doc. PhDr. Slavomír Horák, Ph.D.

Posts:

  • Department of Russian and East European Studies

E-mail: slavomir.horak@fsv.cuni.cz , slavomir.horak@post.cz

Telephone: +420 602 495 454 , +420 267 224 262

Website

Supervised thesis

Rooms: No. B332, Jinonice, building B

ResearcherID: O-2066-2017

Scopus Author ID: 36547988100

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6721-2505

CV

Slavomír Horák is an Associate Professor of Political and Cultural Geography (2019) and holds a PhD in International Area Studies (2007). He works as an Academic Fellow at the Department of Russian and East European Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague. His research covers political, social and economic issues in the former USSR, with a focus on Central Asia. Slavomir Horak conducts systematic research on Turkmenistan's domestic politics, especially informal politics, elite formation, and state- and nation-building. He is the author of several books on Central Asian and Afghan politics as well as numerous articles. He provides expert consultations for the Czech Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bertelsmann Transformation Index and other companies and organisations.

Rok vydání

Monographs

Chapters in monographs

Articles

Contributions in the conference proceedings

Modern history of Central Asia nad the Caucasus
Energy policy in Eurasian area (related to Central Asia and the Caucasus)
Political regimes and political systems in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Conflicts in Eurasia and related areas (incl. Afghanistan)
State- and Nation-building in Central Eurasia
International relations in Greater Central Asia and the Caucasus
Conflict in Afghanistan (with relation to the post-Soviet Area)
De-facto states in Central Asia
National Minorities in the post-Soviet Area
Society and Culture in Central Asia and the Caucasus

SOCIAL. Sociology of Authoritarian Law: Insights from Central Asia, HORIZON-MSCA-2024-DN-01 (Lund University), Horizon EU, 2025-onwards.

MOCCA. Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia (Lund University), scholar exchange (incl. PhD. Students involvement) between Central Asia and EU. Horizons EU, 2023-2026.

Central Asia (focus on Turkmenistan), Caucasus, Afghanistan, Iran, post-Soviet Area
internal policy of Central Asian States, state- and nation-building, informal structures, ideology, modern history of Central Asia

Topics: Turkmenistan's internal politics, State- and nation-building in Central Eurasia, Informal structures in Central Asian regimes, Transport in Central Eurasia, National minorities in Central Eurasia, Mountainious Societies in Georgia (esp. Tusheti),

Regions: Central Asia (esp. Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), Georgia