Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Poland (since October 2023). Before joining the diplomatic service, he occupied the position of Vice-Rector for Internationalization at Masaryk University (2019-2023) and Associate professor at the Department of International Relations and European Studies of Faculty of Social Studies, MU (since 2008). Previously, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University (2011-2019). In his professional career he spent academic year (2003/2004) as Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in New York. He successfully attended East European Summer School in Warsaw in 1998 and was Executive Director of the East European Summer School Club (2002-2004). Under his leadership was organized the 2nd meeting of Alumnus of EESS at Masaryk University in Brno, the Czech Republic.
His research and teaching activities are focusing on energy security and international relations, with emphasis on the Central European countries in the context of the Trans-Atlantic energy security debate. He was a guarantor and a leading person of the MA study program Energy Security Studies, launched in 2009.
Dr. Břetislav Dančák, born in 1973, is an esteemed academic specializing in political science with a focus on energy security, geopolitics, and transatlantic relations. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations and European Studies at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic.
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