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Lukas Hajek

Lukas Hajek

Student Research Assistant

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  • About me

    Assistant Professor

  • Education

    • University of Ottawa

      2016 - 2016
      Political Science

      One-semester exchange study (September - December) of courses on comparative politics, international relations, and public policy.

    • Charles University in Prague

      2011 - 2014
      Bc. Marketing Communication and Public Relations

      Graduated with honours. Bachelor's thesis: "The Crisis Communication of the Government of the Czech Republic during the Bootleg Alcohol Affair in 2012". Received scholarship for excellent study results.

    • Charles University in Prague

      2011 - 2014
      Bc. Political Science and International Relations

      Graduated with honours. Bachelor's thesis: "Quantitative Analysis of the Parliamentary Activities of Members of the Parliament of the Czech Republic". Received scholarship for excellent study results.

    • Masaryk University Brno

      2014 - 2016
      Mgr. Political Science

      Graduated with honours. Diploma thesis: "Multiple-office Holding of the Deputies in the Parliament of the Czech Republic". Formal specialisation in the Czech Politics. Awarded the F. L. Riegr Prize (2017). Received Masaryk's Scholarship for Talented Political Scientists (2015). Attendee of the Spring School "Politics, Media and Iron Curtain" (2015).

    • Charles University

      2016 - 2020
      Ph.D. Political Science

      Dissertation thesis: "Legislative Behaviour of Deputies in the Czech Republic". Received funding from the Charles University Grant Agency. Attended ECPR Summer School on Parliaments in Lisbon, Portugal (2019). Taught courses on political science methods and parliamentarism. Executive editor of Acta Politologica.

    • University of Mannheim

      2015 - 2017
      M.A. Political Science

      Diploma thesis: "Ideological Polarization of the Party System in the Czech Republic". Worked as a student research assistant during the study.

  • Experience

    • Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES)

      Oct 2015 - Jul 2017
      Student Research Assistant

      Assisted in research on European Election Study 2014. Prepared European election manifestos for the coding process. Coded data sets, gathered data, and communicated with relevant European Parliament authorities. Created and adjusted codebooks.

    • Česká televize

      Jul 2017 - May 2020

      Analyzed political events (2017 legislative election, 2018 government formation, 2018 presidential election, 2018 local election, 2019 European Parliament election, brexit etc.) on Czech Television website (ct24.cz) and in live nationwide broadcasting. Was a member of a top team preparing final pre-election debates. Assisted in preparing TV specials on 50-year-anniversary of Prague Spring, 80-year-anniversary of the Munich Agreement, or 100-year-anniversary of the establishment of Czechoslovakia, including the very first TV debate of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and president Miloš Zeman. Broadcasted his analyses in Události, the most-watched news show of Czech Television. Covered coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Show less

      • Analyst

        Nov 2017 - May 2020

      • Researcher

        Jul 2017 - Jan 2018

    • Charles University

      Sept 2017 - now

      Teaching courses on political science methods and politics in the Czech Republic. Researcher of the project Constitutional Conventions in Central Europe (GACR). Teaching courses on political science methods (Methodological Pre-seminar, Quantitative Methods of Political Research, Quantitative Methods in Political Sciences) and parliamentarism (British Parliamentarism, Czech Parliament and Parliamentarism).

      • Assistant Professor

        Feb 2021 - now

      • Lecturer

        Sept 2017 - Jan 2021

    • Acta Politologica

      Jan 2020 - Oct 2021
      Executive Editor

      Responsible for executive management of manuscripts. Preparation of a special issue on the parliamentary elections in 2021.

    • České priority

      Nov 2020 - Oct 2021
      Senior Analyst

      Senior analyst involved in the preparation of partial reforms of public service and the governance process in the Czech Republic through the implementation of principles of evidence-based policy-making.

    • Statutární město Liberec

      Sept 2022 - now
      Local Representative

      Local representative nominated by Mayors for the Liberec Region, chair of the group of representatives.

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Lukas Hajek
      Golden Course Teaching Award Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University Nov 2020 The award for the best bachelor level political science course Quantitative Methods of Political Research together with Michal Parízek and Sarah Komasová.
    • Awarded to Lukas Hajek
      František Ladislav Riegr Prize The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Apr 2017 The award for the best thesis on parliamentarism bestowed by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
    • Awarded to Lukas Hajek
      Masaryk's Scholarship for Talented Political Scientists Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University Jun 2015 Associated with Mgr. program in Political Science.
    • Awarded to Lukas Hajek
      Scholarship for Excellent Study Results Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University Dec 2013 Associated with Bc. program in Marketing Communication and Public Relations.
    • Awarded to Lukas Hajek
      Scholarship for Excellent Study Results Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University Dec 2013 Associated with Bc. program in Political Science and International Relations.
    • Awarded to Lukas Hajek
      Award of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic The Learned Society of the Czech Republic May 2011 Acknowledged for the paper "The New Homeland, 1950-1968: On The Exile Newspaper of Czechoslovaks In Canada"

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Caregiver

      Issued by Domov důchodců Jablonecké Paseky on Oct 2020
      Domov důchodců Jablonecké PasekyAssociated with Lukas Hajek