Peace Research Center Prague – Charles University

PRCP (Czech Republic)

Peace Research Center Prague (PRCP) is a new interdisciplinary center of excellence established at the Charles University. The common analytical and normative focus of the interdisciplinary research team is on the prevention, management, and transformation of conflicts in world politics. The three priority research areas for the next five years are (1) Arms Control and Disarmament; (2) Frozen Conflicts; and (3) Power Shifts & World Order.

Contact information

Peace Research Center Prague – Charles University

Center for Security Policy
Faculty of Social Sciences
Charles University
Smetanovo nabrezi 6, Prague
Czech Republic

Tel: +420 723065858

E-mail: prcp@fsv.cuni.cz

Website: https://www.prcprague.cz/

Point of contact

Dr. Michal Smetana
smetana@fsv.cuni.cz
+420 723065858

The team

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Prof. em. Dr. Harald Müller

Principal investigator of PRCP

mueller@HSFK.de

Harald Müller is a professor emeritus of International Relations at Goethe University Frankfurt, former executive director, and presently senior associate of Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF).
  • Arms Control
  • Disarmament
  • Non-Proliferation
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • World Politics and Global Order
  • German and American Foreign and Security Politics
  • Terrorism
  • NATO
  • Iran
  • Transatlantic Relations
  • German Armed Forces

PhDr. Michal Smetana, Ph.D.

Coordinator of PRCP

smetana@fsv.cuni.cz

Carmen Wunderlich is a Senior researcher and lecturer at the University of Duisburg-Essen in the department of International Relations and Development Policy.
  • Arms Control
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation
  • Disarmament

Dr. Carmen Wunderlich

Research Fellow

carmen.wunderlich@uni-due.de

Dr. Michal Smetana is a Research Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, Charles University, and a Coordinator of Peace Research Center Prague. He is the co-author of Global Nuclear Disarmament: Strategic, Political, and Regional Perspectives (Routledge) and Indirect Coercion: Triangular Strategies and International Conflict (Charles University Press). His articles appeared in International AffairsBulletin of the Atomic Scientists, The Nonproliferation Review and other journals.
  • NPT and the nuclear non-proliferation regime
  •  Nuclear arms control and disarmament
  •  U.S. nuclear posture
  •  Deterrence theory
  •  North Korean nuclear and missile program

Mgr. Jan Ludvík, Ph.D.

Research Fellow

ludvik@fsv.cuni.cz

Jan Ludvík is an assistant professor at the Department of Security Studies, Charles University.
  • Frozen Conflicts
  • Arms Control
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation
  • Disarmament

Mgr. Jan Ludvík, Ph.D.

ludvik@fsv.cuni.cz

Research Fellow

Jan Ludvík is an assistant professor at the Department of Security Studies, Charles University.
  • Frozen Conflicts
  • Arms Control
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation
  • Disarmament

Mgr. Ing. Marek Vranka

marek.vranka@fsv.cuni.cz

Research Fellow

 

Marek Vranka is a researcher at ELISS, CEVÝZ, and PRCP. He also lectures at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University and leads the Prague Experimental Laboratory for Social Sciences (PLESS).
  • Arms Control
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation
  • Disarmament

Mgr. Ondřej Rosendorf 

ondrej.rosendorf@fsv.cuni.cz

Research Fellow

 

Ondřej Rosendorf is a Ph.D. student at the Institue of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University.
  • Arms Control
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation
  • Disarmament