Prof. PhDr. Petr Fiala, Ph.D. Member of the Editorial Board of Central European Political Studies Review Head of the Department of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno FSS MU, Gorkého 7, 602 00 Brno tel: +420 541 615 123, fax: +420 541 615 100 email: pfiala@fss.muni.cz

Fields of Research Interest

• Comparative Political Science
• Modern Political Theory
• European Integration
• Political System of the Czech Republic
• Social and Political Dimensions of Religion

Graduated from

• Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University in Brno

Academic Background and Professional Record

• August 1988 - January 1990: historian in the Museum Kroměřížsko in Kroměříž
• January 1990 - May 1990: journalist in Lidová demokracie in Brno
• May 1990 - September 1990: journalist of Proglas Review
• October 1990 - May 1996: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University in Brno
• June 1996 - December 1997: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University in Brno
• September 1993 - till present: Head of the Department of Political Science
• July 1996 - till present: Director of the International Institute of Political Science of Masaryk University in Brno

Realized Grant Projects

• Political Mediation of Interests (Jan Hus Educational Foundation)
• Political Parties Law (Grant Agency of the Czech Republic)
• Interest Groups in Politics (Jan Hus Educational Foundation)
• Political Parties in Western Democracies (Grant Agency of the Czech Republic)
• Political Extremism in the Czech Republic (Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic)
• Modern Political Theory (Jan Hus Educational Foundation)
• European Political Integration (Jean Monnet Project - EU Commission)

Current Membership

• Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (DVPW)
• Centre for Study of Democracy and Culture
• Czech Society of Political Science
• International Institute of Political Science of Masaryk University in Brno
• Review for Politics and Culture - Proglas
• Theological Collection
• Political Science Studies (SPFFBU, T)
• member of the Editorial Board of Politologický časopis (Political Science Journal)
• member of the Editorial Board of Politika v České republice (Politics in the Czech Republic)
• German Policy Studies

Major Publications

• Strmiska, M., Fiala, P. (1998), Teorie politických stran (Political Parties Theory), Barrister & Principal, Brno, 250 pp., ISBN 80-85947-31-5.
• Fiala, P. (ed.), (1998): Politický extremismus a radikalismus v České republice (Political Extremism and Radicalism in the Czech Republic), Masarykova univerzita, Brno, ISBN 80-210-1798-8.
• Fiala, P.; Mikš, F., (1998): Úvahy o české politické krizi (Reflections on the Czech Political Crisis), CDK, Brno, ISBN 80-85959-34-8.
• Fiala, P. (ed.), (1997): Křesťanské alternativy v politice (Christian Alternatives in Politics), CDK, Brno, ISBN 80-85959-20-8.
• Fiala, P., (1995): Německá politologie (German Political Science), CDK, Brno, ISBN 80-85959-06-2.
• Fiala, P., (1995): Katolicismus a politika (Catholicism and Politics), CDK, Brno, ISBN 80-85959-01-1