prof. PhDr. Michal Kubát, Ph.D.

Michal Kubát is a Professor of Political Science at the Institute of International Studies of the Faculty of Social Science, Charles University. He studied Political Science at Charles University. In 2005, he obtained a doctoral degree in Area Studies. Four years later, he became an Associate Professor and, in 2019, a full professor of Political Science. Apart from teaching at his alma mater, Michal Kubát has also been a lecturer at 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 (mainly democratic and non-democratic regimes), presidential politics, and the political systems of Central Europe, especially the Czech Republic and Poland.

Area: Central Europe Focus: comparative politics, democratic and non-democratic regimes, presidential politics, political systems in Central Europe

Monographs

• Kubát M. (2010). Political opposition in theory and Central European practice. Peter Lang.
• Kubát M. (2010). Teoria opozycji politycznej. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego.
• Kubát M., & Lebeda T. (2014). O komparativní politologii a současné české politice. Karolinum.
• Kubát M. (2013). Současná česká politika. Co s neefektivním režimem?. Barrister & Principal.
• Kubát M., Mejstřík M., Kocián J., Karasová N., Handl V., Šrámková J., Dimitrov M., Skálová B., & Perottino M. (2016). Populismus v časech krize. Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum.
• Kubát M., Mejstřík M., Pasquino G., Massari O., Beyme K., Strmiska M., Novák M., & Bankowicz M. (2019). Giovanni Sartori : Challenging Political Science. ECPR Press.
• Kubát M., Kopeček L., Hloušek V., & Kysela J. (2026). Central European Presidents, Prime Ministers, and War. Executive Dualism and Foreign Policy in International Conflicts. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Brunclík M., & Kubát M. (2017). Kdo vládne Česku? : poloprezidentský režim, přímá volba a pravidla hry. Barrister & Principal.
• Balík S., & Kubát M. (2012). Teorie a praxe nedemokratických režimů. Dokořán.
• Brunclík M., & Kubát M. (2019). Semi-presidentialism, Parliamentarism and Presidents : Presidential Politics in Central Europe. Routledge.
• Kysela J., Kubát M., Bělohradský V., Agha P., Píša R., Preuss O., Potocký T., Bílková V., Marešová A., Slavík M., Ondřejková J., Wintr J., & Urban M. (2019). Populismus v demokratickém právním státě: hrozba, nebo výzva?. Leges.
• Balík S., & Kubát M. (2015). Undemokratische Regime: theoretische Verortung und Fallbeispiele. Verlag Barbara Budrich.
• Bankowicz M., & Kubát M. (2021). Co je politika a jak ji zkoumat? Politická věda Giovanniho Sartoriho. Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury.
• Brunclík M., Kubát M., Vincze A., Kindlová M., Antoš M., Horák F., & Hájek L. (2023). Power Beyond Constitutions : Presidential Constitutional Conventions in Central Europe. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Bankowicz M., & Kubát M. (2025). The Political Scholarship of Giovanni Sartori: Beyond All Conventions. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Brunclík M., Hájek L., & Kubát M. (2023). Nepsané hranice moci : Ústavní zvyklosti v české politice. Books & Pipes.

Chapters in monographs

• Kubát M. (2026). Czechia: From Quasi-Polarised to True Polerised Pluralism. The Impact of Populism on the Party System: The Experience of European Democracies (2000–2020) (pp. 76-85).
• Kubát M. (2015). Przywództwo partyjne w Czechach : pod znakiem gwałtownych przeobrażeń politycznych. Przywództwo partyjne w państwach postkomunistycznych (pp. 79-100).
• Kubát M. (2016). Komuniści po komunizmie. Opozycja antysystemowa we współczesnych Czechach. Rola opozycji w systemach demokratycznych (pp. 173-194).
• Kubát M. (2019). An Italian in New York, an Alien to Political Science? An Intellectual Portrait of Giovanni Sartori. Giovanni Sartori: Challenging Political Science (pp. 27-40).
• Kubát M. (2018). Maltská republika. Politika nejmenších evropských států (pp. 139-162).
• Kubát M. (2019). Populismus v minulosti, a hlavně v současnosti. Populismus v demokratickém právním státě: hrozba, nebo výzva? (pp. 44-57).
• Kubát M. (2026). Theoretical Framework. The Impact of Populism on the Party System: The Experience of European Democracies (2000–2020) (pp. 15-24).
• Kubát M., & Balík S. (2021). Political science in the Czech Republic in the time of pandemic. Political science in Central Europe in the time of Pandemic (pp. 21-31).
• Kubát M. (2024). Třicet let Ústavy ČR v české politice a politologii: možnosti, rizika a výzvy. O demokracii a o všem, co s ní souvisí: Miroslav Novák sedmdesátiletý (pp. 35-46).
• Kubát M. (2025). Authoritarianism. Encyclopedia Tyrannica: A Research Guide to Authoritarianism (pp. 30-35).
• Kubát M. (2025). Totalitarianism. Encyclopedia Tyrannica: A Research Guide to Authoritarianism (pp. 221-226).
• Kubát M., & Van den Bosch J. (2025). Coup-Proofing. Encyclopedia Tyrannica: A Research Guide to Authoritarianism (pp. 334-341).
• Kubát M., Lindstaedt N., & Van den Bosch J. (2025). Coup d’État. Encyclopedia Tyrannica: A Research Guide to Authoritarianism (pp. 547-559).
• Kubát M. (2025). Sartori – Purifying Classifications & Typologies. Encyclopedia Tyrannica: A Research Guide to Authoritarianism (pp. 290-291).
• Kubát M. (2025). Dictatorship. Encyclopedia Tyrannica: A Research Guide to Authoritarianism (pp. 68-71).
• Kubát M. (2025). Aron – Constitutional Pluralistic vs. Monopolistic Party Regimes. Encyclopedia Tyrannica: A Research Guide to Authoritarianism (pp. 275-276).
• Kubát M. (2025). The Role of Political Leaders in the Institutionalization of Parties and the Exercise of Executive Power in Czechia in the Years 1993–2024. A Companion to Political Leadership in Central and Eastern Europe after 1990: Democratization – Political Parties – Elections (pp. 51-67).
• Císař O., & Kubát M. (2021). Czech Republic: Running the State Like a Family Business. Populism and the Politicization of the COVID-19 Crisis in Europe (pp. 101-114).
• Hartliński M., & Kubát M. (2021). Leaders of parties or parties of leaders? The position of party leaders and models of their selection on the example of Poland and the Czech Republic. The Future of Political Leadership in the Digital Age : Neo-Leadership, Image and Influence (pp. 124-139).
• Císař O., & Kubát M. (2024). Český populismus ve středoevropském kontextu. O demokracii a o všem, co s ní souvisí: Miroslav Novák sedmdesátiletý (pp. 133-151).

Articles

• Kubát M. (2016). Komunistyczna Partia Czech i Moraw - skuteczne połączenie protestu socjalnego i nacjonalistycznego. Polityka i Społeczeństwo, 14(1), 79-90.
• Kubát M. (2013). On the classical theories of non-democratic regimes and their usefulness in examining Eastern Europe 1944-1989. Studia nad Autorytaryzmem i Totalitaryzmem, 35(1), 7-25.
• Kubát M. (2014). 25 lat czeskiej demokracji - sukces czy fiasko?. Arcana, 19(117), 49-59.
• Kubát M., & Kysela J. (2013). L'élection du Président au suffrage direct en République tchèque : beaucoup de paroles, peu d'arguments. Est Europa : Revue d'études politiques et constitutionnelles, Neuveden(2013), 231-245.
• Kubát M., & Hartliński M. (2019). Party Leaders in the Czech Populist Parties and Movements. Polish Political Science Review, 7(1), 107-119.
• Kubát M. (2020). Parlamentní režim v ČR po třiceti letech. Kontexty, 12(1), 19-23.
• Kubát M. (2013). Jak wybierać prezydenta Czech?. Arcana, 19(110), 83-100.
• Kubát M. (2021). Ústavní soud a volební systém opět na scéně. Kontexty, 13(1), 4-8.
• Kubát M. (2023). Presidential election in the Czech Republic, 13-14 January 2023. Electoral Bulletins of the European Union, 2023(4), nestránkováno.
• Kubát M., & Pink M. (2025). Regional and Senate Elections in the Czech Republic, September 2024. Electoral Bulletins of the European Union, 4(5), nestránkováno.
• Brunclík M., & Kubát M. (2016). Contradictory Approaches: Discussing Semi-Presidentialism in Central Europe. Analele Universitati Bucuresti. Seria Ştiinte Politice, 18(1), 67-79. UT-WOS link
• Brunclík M., & Kubát M. (2016). The Czech Parliamentary Regime After 1989: Origins, Developments and Challenges. Acta Politologica, 8(2), 5-29.
• Brunclík M., & Kubát M. (2016). Český demokratický režim po roce 2012: přechod k poloprezidencialismu?. Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 52(5), 625-646. UT-WOS link
• Kubátová H., & Kubát M. (2018). Were There 'Bystanders' in Topol'čany? On Concept Formation and the 'Ladder of Abstraction'. Contemporary European History, 27(4), 562-581. UT-WOS link
• Brunclík M., & Kubát M. (2014). The Crisis of the Czech Politics 25 Years After the Velvet Revolution. Politeja, 11(28), 163-179.
• Kubátová H., & Kubát M. (2021). The priest and the state: Clerical fascism in Slovakia and theory. Nations and Nationalism, 27(3), 734-749. UT-WOS link
• Císař O., & Kubát M. (2021). Populismus in Tschechien: Ein ostmitteleuropäischer Regionalvergleich. Osteuropa, 71(4–6), 115-130. UT-WOS link
• Bankowicz M., & Kubát M. (2021). Giovanni Sartori o demokracii. Kontexty, 13(2), 6-15.
• Brunclík M., & Kubát M. (2023). Constitutional Conventions in Central Europe: Presidents in Government Formation Process. Problems of Post-Communism, 70(1), 42-54. UT-WOS link
• Antoš M., Brunclík M., Hájek L., Kindlová M., Kubát M., & Vincze A. (2025). Constitutional Conventions in Central Europe: Insights from Experts. Problems of Post-Communism, 72(1), 88-96. UT-WOS link

Contributions in the conference proceedings