Staff
Robert Stojanov
University education a qualification
1993 – 1998
University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic,
Faculty of Education
Disciplines: History, Social Studies (Philosophy, Religions, Politology,
International Relations etc.), Geography
Master Degree (M.A.).
1998 – 2001
Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, Faculty of Social Studies
Discipline: Environmental Humanities (Social and Political Ecology)
Master Degree (M.A.).
October 2003 – yet
Ostrava University, Ostrava, Czech Republic, Faculty of Science
Discipline: Environmental Geography
PhD Degree.
Work experiences
1999 – 2002
Teacher at secondary schools (high school)
2002 - 2003
Dispatcher in private company (international trade)
2003 – 2005
Centre for Social and Economic Strategies, Faculty of Social Studies,
Charles University in Prague (external researcher)
2003 – yet
Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, Palacký University,
Olomouc (junior researcher, lecturer)
2006
People in Need Foundation (researcher)
2006 - 2007
Department of History, Philosophical Faculty, Palacký University, Olomouc (external lecturer).
2007 – yet
Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, University of Ostrava, Ostrava (lecturer)
2007 – yet
Institute of Migration and Development Research (IMDR), European Polytechnic Institute, Kunovice (director)
University lectures (selected)
In English
- International Migration in the 20th and 21st Century
In Czech
- Introduction to Development Studies
- Natural Resources and Security
- Development Issue of Africa
- Regional Geography of Africa
- China and the World
Other Experiences
1999 – yet
Participation with Czech environmental and development NGOs „Děti Země“
(Friends of Earth), Amnesty International (branch office in Brno City),
„Společnost pro trvale udržitelný život“ (Community for Sustainable Living),
„Vzdělávací a informační středisko Bílé Karpaty“ (The Educational and
Information Center White Carpathians Mountains), Volonté Czech“,
“People in Need Foundation”, “Development Watch” and “Ekoton”.
2003
Evaluation of international development education programme for European
universities to the Czech national conditions.
2003
Evaluation of commitments concerning the conservation of environment
result from international agreements and their using to others political
sectors in conditions of Czech Republic for Czech Ministry of Environment.
Research and Teaching Interest and Activities
- environment, development and security relations (especially in developed regions)
- international migration issue
- phenomenon of environmental and forced migration
- official development assistance evaluation
- global and development education
Study and Residence Abroad
August - September 1999
KOSOVO - volunteer in framework Czech humanitarian aid in the time of
Kosovo crisis (for nongovernment organization „People In Need Foundation“,
Prague; 7 weeks)
- the convoy-leader of trucks with humanitarian aid (route Prague – Budapest – Sofia – Skopje - Pristina in Kosovo)
- social worker in the asylum shelter for refugees in Peja (western Kosovo)
June 2000
AUSTRIA - participation in Summer School: „The Role of Development
Education in Process of Creating of Civil Society“ in Puchberg
organized by Trialog (one week).
November 2003
AUSTRIA - participation in conference „Environmental Policy and
Public Dialogue“ in Salzburg (Austria) organized by Salzburg Seminar (one week).
January/February 2004
CANADA - development studies programmes at Canadian universities
(Saint Mary´s University, Laval University, McGill University,
Carleton University, York University, University of Toronto) and
two development organizations – The Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA) and The Canadian Bureau for International Education
(CBIE) (two weeks).
October/November 2004
CHINA - research tour oriented on environmental and social impacts of
economic growth in Western China – region of Three Georges Dam (four weeks).
October/November 2005
ROMANIA - University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography; lectures in
the framework of Socrates Erasmus programme (two weeks)
February/March 2007
KENYA, TANZANIA – field research oriented on development capacity
impacts of environmental change (including climate change) in North
and West Kenya selected regions, refugees issue (district Kakuma),
and development capacity and benefits of Fair Trade production in
selected regions in North Tanzania (four weeks).
Invited Lectures
August 2000, 2001
"Development Education." Lectures in Summer School of Development
Assistance and Cooperation organized by Center of Interdisciplinary
Studies, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
April 2001
"Wars, Conflicts and Human Rights in sub-Saharan Africa.". Lecture for Amnesty
International at Faculty of Social studies, Masaryk university, Brno, Czech Republic.
November 2002
"The Environmental Problems of Africa in Relation to Breaking of Human
Rights." Lecture for Amnesty International at Faculty of Social studies,
Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
September 2004
"Environmental Migration - Determine Factors." Lecture in Third Central European
Countries' Summer School of Development Aid and Co-operation organized by Center
of Interdisciplinary Studies, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
October 2004
"Environmental Migration - Summary Analysis of The Process." Keynote
speech in section in 2nd International Conference on Environmental
Concerns: Innovative Technologies and Management Options to be held in
Xiamen, China, coorganized by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
and State Environmental Protection Administration of China.
August 2005
"Environmental Migration – do we expect "March of Poor South to rich
North?" Lecture in Summer School „The Phenomenon of Migration in
contemporary Europe“ organized by Faculty of Art, West-Bohemian
University, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
October 2005
„Finance Claims of Czech Republic towards Developing Countries“
Lecture in international seminar “Odious International Debts“
organized by Ecumenical Academy in Prague.
October 2005
„Chinese Environmental Scrape“ Lecture in framework of Socrates Erasmus
programme, Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, Romania.
October 2006
„Poverty, Development and Development Assistance – introduction”
Lecture at Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics
in Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
March 2007
„Development Capacity and Human Security in Environmental Change
Affected Areas”. Lecture in international conference „The Nineteenth
Climate Outlook Forum for the Greater Horn of Africa (GHACOF19)”, to
be held in Nairobi; coorganized by The IGAD Climate Prediction and
Applications Centre (ICPAC), WMO, USAID, IRI.
Exhibition
“CHINA – the World of Extremes and Paradoxes“.
The exhibition of documentary pictures mapping the environmental and social
conditions of people living in China. September 2, - October 2, 2005.
Youth Information Centre, Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic.
Research projects
2007 – 2008 – Environmental Change and Forced Migration Scenarios.
International research project. Call identifier “FP6-2005-SSP 5A – 2.5,
proposal No. 044468 (researcher; grant: European Commission, Brussels)
2005-2006 - The Causes of International Migration from the
Selected Regions to Asylum Infrastructure in the Czech Republic,
project No. UT – 56-22/2005 (coordinator; research grant: Ministry of
Interior of the Czech Republic)
2006 - EUROMODEL
(European model of Development Education at universities, LEONARDO -
Community vocational training action programme), model „Environment
and Development“ (researcher, People in Need Foundation; grant
European Commission)
2004-2005 - Systematic Development of Foresight Methodology
(external researcher; grant: Czech Science Foundation)
2004 - Environmental Refugees in the Three Georges Dam Area, China
(researcher; survey in the region)
2003 - Analysis of commitments concerning the conservation of
environment result from international agreements and their using to
others political sectors in conditions of Czech Republic.
(researcher; grant: Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic)
2000 - Towards Sustainable Development of the Czech Republic:
Creating the Conditions
(external researcher; Charles University in Prague; grant: UNDP,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic)
Another projects
2007 – 2008 - Innovation and internationalization of selected
study programmes at Ostrava University
(lecturer; grant: European Social Fund – Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic)
2006 - 2008 - Innovation of study course "International Development Studies"
(researcher; grant: European Social Fund – Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic)
2006 - „Multidisciplinary training course for development“
,module „Local Dimension of Development“
(lecturer; Volonté CZECH;
grant: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic)
2005 - Creation of GLODEV modules for choice and preparation of development trainers
responsibility for module „Local Dimension of Development“ (researcher;
Volonté CZECH; grant: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic)
2005 - Innovation of study courses in the framework of International
Development Studies
project No. 2923/2005 (solver; grant: Fund for Development of Universities, Czech Republic)
2003 - GLODEV (Training for Global Development)
international programme of EU - Leonardo da Vinci (programme evaluation;
grant: European Commission)
Publication
Monograph:
POTŮČEK, M.(ed); NEKOLA, M.; STOJANOV, R.; NEKOLOVA, M.; NOVÁČEK, P.; DUŽÍ, B.
Manuál prognostických metod [Handbook of Foresight Methodology].
Prague: Sociologické nakladatelství SLON, 2006.
ISBN 80-86429-55-5 (only in Czech)
Articles – scientific journals (reviewed):
STOJANOV, R.; NOVOSÁK, J.
Environmental Migration in China.
Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomoucensis, Facultas Rerum Naturalium, Geographica,
2006, Vol. 39, pp. 65-82.
ISSN 0231-9365
STOJANOV, R.
Environmental Refugees – Introduction.
Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomoucensis, Facultas Rerum Naturalium, Geographica
Vol. 38, 2004, pp. 77 - 84.
ISSN 0231-9365.
Articles – scientific journals:
STOJANOV, R.; NOVOSÁK, J.; DROBÍK, T.; SIWEK,T. Migrace jako globální fenomén
[Migration as the Global Phenomenon].
Mezinárodní politika [International Politics]. Vol. 30, No.10, 2006, pp.15-17.
ISSN 0543 – 7962 (only in Czech)
STOJANOV, R. Finanční pohledávky České republiky u rozvojových zemí
[The Debts of Developing Countries to the Czech Republic].
Mezinárodní politika [International Politics].
Vol. 30, No.6, 2006, str.28 – 30.
ISSN 0543 – 7962 (only in Czech)
STOJANOV, R. Jak dál s plněním Rozvojových cílů tisíciletí
[How to continue with meeting the Millennium Development Goals].
Mezinárodní politika [International Politics].
Vol. 29, No.12, 2005, str. 4 - 7.
ISSN 0543 - 7962 (only in Czech)
STOJANOV, R. Subsaharská Afrika – životní prostředí a bezpečnost
[Sub-saharan Africa – Environment and Security].
Mezinárodní politika [International Politics].
Vol. 26, No.11, 2002, str.35-37.
ISSN 0543-7962
Chapters in books:
STOJANOV, R.; NOVOSÁK, J. Poverty, Official Development Assistance,
Migration Remittences and Development – A Contribution to the Intricate Nexus.
Bratislava: University of Economics in Bratislava, 2007 (forthcoming).
STOJANOV, R. Vliv životního prostředí na rozvoj hospodářsky chudých regionů
[The Influence of Environment on Development of Economically Poor Regions].
In: Waisová, Š. a kol. Ve stínu modernity. Perspektivy a problémy rozvoje.
Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2005, pp. 260-280.
ISBN 80-86898-54-7 (only in Czech)
STOJANOV, R.; KOTECKÝ V. Globální problémy - životní prostředí
[Global Issue - Environment].
In: Globální problémy a rozvojová spolupráce.
Prague: Člověk v tísni, společnost při ČT, o.p.s., 2005, pp. 45-48.
ISBN 80-86961-00-1 (only in Czech)
NÁDVORNÍK, O.; VOLFOVÁ, A.; STOJANOV, R.; KAPLAN, M. Rozvoj [Development].
In: Globální problémy a rozvojová spolupráce.
Prague: Člověk v tísni, společnost při ČT, o.p.s., 2005, pp. 95 – 100.
ISBN 80-86961-00-1 (only in Czech)
PAZDERKA, J.; VOLFOVÁ, A.; KAPLAN, M.; VYŠANSKÁ , R.; STOJANOV, R.
Humanitární pomoc a rozvojová spolupráce [Humanitarian Aid and Development Cooperation].
In: Globální problémy a rozvojová spolupráce.
Prague: Člověk v tísni, společnost při ČT, o.p.s., 2005, pp. 101-109.
ISBN 80-86961-00-1 (only in Czech)
EXNEROVÁ, V.; VOLFOVÁ, A.; HLAVIČKOVÁ, Z.; STOJANOV, R. Rozvojové cíle tisíciletí
[Millennium Development Goals].
In: Globální problémy a rozvojová spolupráce.
Prague: Člověk v tísni, společnost při ČT, o.p.s., 2005, pp. 101-109.
ISBN 80-86961-00-1 (only in Czech)
STOJANOV, R. Životní prostředí a udržitelný rozvoj
[Environment and Sustainable Development].
In: Společný svět. Příručka globálního rozvojového vzdělávání.
Prague: Člověk v tísni, společnost při ČT, 2004, pp.159-170.
ISBN 80-903510-0-X (only in Czech)
STOJANOV, R., NOVÁČEK, P. Mezinárodní smlouvy.
In: K udržitelnému rozvoji České republiky: vytváření podmínek.
Svazek 2: Národní strategie udržitelného rozvoje a regionální rozvoj.
Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2002, str. 142-162.
ISBN 80-238-8378-X (soubor).
[International Agreements. In: Towards Sustainable Development of the Czech Republic:
Creating the Conditions. Volume no.5: National Strategy of sustainable Development.
Prague: Charles University, pp.142-162
ISBN 80-238-8378-X (complex)].
STOJANOV, R., NOVÁČEK, P. Zapojení České republiky do činnosti mezinárodních organizací.
In: K udržitelnému rozvoji České republiky: vytváření podmínek.
Svazek 5: Národní strategie udržitelného rozvoje a regionální rozvoj.
Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2002, str. 295 – 311.
ISBN 80-238-8378-X (soubor).
[Integration of the Czech Republic in International Agreement.
In: Towards Sustainable Development of the Czech Republic: Creating the Conditions.
Volume no.5: National Strategy of sustainable Development.
Prague: Charles University, pp.295-311.
ISBN 80-238-8378-X (complex )].
STOJANOV, R., NOVÁČEK, P. Zahraniční rozvojová a humanitární pomoc České republiky 1995 – 2000.
In: K udržitelnému rozvoji České republiky: vytváření podmínek.
Svazek 2: Národní strategie udržitelného rozvoje a regionální rozvoj.
Praha. Univerzita Karlova, 2002, str. 312-331.
ISBN 80-238-8378-X (soubor).(only in Czech)
[The Official Development and Humanitarian Assistance of the Czech Republic.
In: Towards Sustainable Development of the Czech Republic: Creating the Conditions.
Volume no.5: National Strategy of sustainable Development.
Prague: Charles University, pp.312-331.
ISBN 80-238-8378-X (complex)].
Articles – conference collections:
STOJANOV, R., HRČKOVÁ, N. Development Capacity and Human Security in Environmental
Change Affected Areas.
In: The Nineteenth Climate Outlook Forum for the Greater Horn of Africa (GHACOF19)
Nairobi: The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre, 2007 (forthcoming).
STOJANOV, R.
Official Development Assistance and Debt Relief in Central Europe – Case Study of the Czech Republic.
In: Official Development Assistance.
Bratislava: Ekonomická univerzita v Bratislave, 2006, pp. 125-135.
ISBN 80-225-2245-7.
STOJANOV, R.
Environmental Migration: How can be estimated and predicted?
In: Globalisation and its Impact to Society, Regions and States.
Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2006, pp. 302-311.
ISBN 80-7368-256-7
STOJANOV, R.: Environmental Refugees between Development and Poverty - case study of the Three Gorges dam area.
In: Insecurity and Development. Regional issues and policies for an interdependent world.
11th EADI General Conference. Bonn, 2005, pp.18. (CD ROM)
STOJANOV, R.
Environmental Migration in China - Case Study of the Three Gorges Dam Area.
In: Economic, Politic and Law Challenges in International Relations. Bratislava.
Bratislava: University of Economics in Bratislava, 2005, pp.77-78 (abstract),
pp. 731-763 (text in CD Rom version).
ISBN 80-225-2047-0
STOJANOV, R. Environmental Migration and The Complexity of Predicting.
In: International Relations 2004. Current Issues of Policy and Economy.
Bratislava: University of Economics in Bratislava, 2004, pp. 178-186.
ISBN 80-225-1888-3
STOJANOV, R.
Environmental Migration – Summary Analysis of The Process.
In: Clean Environment For All.
2nd International Conference on Environmental Concerns:
Innovative Technologies and Management Options.
Xiamen: United Nations Environment Programme, 2004, pp. 466-475.
Research Reports:
SIWEK, T.; STOJANOV, R.; NOVOSÁK, J.; POKRUPOVÁ, M.; BAŤOVÁ, D., KOVÁŘ, M.
The Causes of International Migration from the Selected Regions to Asylum Infrastructure
in the Czech Republic.
Report to July 31, 2006.
Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2006, p. 29. (only in Czech)
STOJANOV, R.; NOVÁČEK, P. .: Analysis of commitments concerning the conservation of
environment result from international agreements and their using to others political
sectors in conditions of Czech Republic.
Compose for Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic.
Prague: Center for Social and Economic Studies, Charles University, 2003, p. 50. (only in Czech)
Other publications:
STOJANOV, R. Lokální dimenze rozvoje [Local Dimension of Development].
In: Kol. autorů: Didaktické podklady pro školitele.
Praha: Volonté CZECH, 2005, pp. 4-9.(only in Czech)
TOŽIČKA, T., CHMELAŘ, P., STOJANOV, R., HORKÝ, O., NĚMEČKOVÁ, T.:
Rozvojové cíle tisíciletí. Manuál globálního rozvojového vzdělávání
[Millenium Development Goals. Manual of Global and Development Education].
Prague: Ekumenická Akademie Praha, 2005. pp.52. (only in Czech)
Popularized Articles - Selected (only in Czech):
STOJANOV, R.; JELÍNEK, P. Klimatická změna a rozvoj Afriky
[Climate Change and Development in Afric].
Czech Broadcast – Radion Leonardo, 21.3.2007
Available on
http://www.rozhlas.cz
STOJANOV, R. Afričané utíkají před suchem [Africans run away drought].
Daily journal: MF DNES, 29.4.2006, pp. 2.
Available on http://www.infoservis.net
STOJANOV, R. Finanční pohledávky České republiky u rozvojových zemí
[online].
Ekumenická akademie. 31.1.2006.
Available on
www.ekumakad.cz/clanky-a-publikace
STOJANOV, R.: Na cestě za lepším prostorem.
Životní prostředí. Bulletin o rozvojové spolupráci [On the Way to Better Environment].
People in Need Foundation
Prague, 2005, p.12.
Available on
http://www.infoservis.net
STOJANOV, R.: Rozvojové cíle tisíciletí po pěti letech [Millennium Development Goals after Five Years]. Zpravodaj pro učitele středních škol "Svět ve třídě". Člověk v tísni, společnost při ČT, o.p.s., Praha 2005, p. 4 - 6.
STOJANOV, R.: Boj o přežití. Roku 2000 jsme se sice dočkali, neznamená to ale, že ekologická krize neexistuje [Fight for survival. We have been living to see the year 2000, but it does not mean that environmental crisis does not exist]. Respekt, č.38, 2002, p.20.
STOJANOV, R.: Ropa či prosperita. Literární noviny č.35, 2002, str.7.
Graduation theses:
STOJANOV, R.: Environmentální problémy subsaharské Afriky v postkoloniální
éře a perspektivy rozvojové pomoci.
Masarykova univerzita, Brno 2001.
STOJANOV, R.: Účast Československa v korejské válce (1950 - 1953).
Vysoká škola pedagogická, Hradec Králové 1998.
Jiří Novosák
University education a qualification
1997 – 2002
Palacky University in Olomouc, Faculty of Science
Disciplines: Mathematics and Geography
Master Degree (M.A.)
2003 - present
Ostrava University in Ostrava, Faculty of Science
Discipline: Environmental Geography
Internal PhD Studies
October 2004 – February 2005
Germany – scholarship at the University of Bonn, Department of Geography
Work experiences
2001 – 2004
Private enterprise – Education activities
2003 – 2006
Ostrava University in Ostrava – Internal PhD studies
2006 – present
Tomas Bata University in Zlin – lecturer
2007 – present
Ostrava University in Ostrava – external participant in the project
“Innovation and Internationalisation of Selected Study Courses at the University of Ostrava.”
2007 – present
Research Institute for Migration and Development, European Polytechnical
Institute in Kunovice
Participation in projects
2005-2006 - Sources and Causes of Arrival from Countries of Origin to the Asylum Infrastructure of the Czech Republic. Identifier UT-56-22/2005 (Coordinators: Assoc. Prof. Tadeusz Siwek, Robert Stojanov, M.A.; Research grant: Ministry of Interior, Czech Republic)
2007–2008 - Innovation and Internationalisation of Selected Study Courses at the University of Ostrava. Call identifier CZ.04.1.03/3.2.15.3/0439 (grant: European Social Fund, Ministry of Education, Czech Republic)
Publications
NOVOSÁK, J., SZCZYRBA, Z. Frýdek-Místek: Konverze tradičních průmyslových ploch, širší geografické vztahy (Frýdek-Místek: Conversion of traditional industrial sites, wider geographical relations). Urbanismus a územní rozvoj, 2004, roč. 7, č. 2., s. 36-45. (only in Czech)
NOVOSÁK, J. Využití průmyslových brownfields pro loftové bydlení (Use of industrial brownfields for loft living). In Nové formy a dimenze bydlení. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2005. (only in Czech)
NOVOSÁK, J. Brownfields jako nástroj ekonomického rozvoje, politické přístupy USA a vybraných zemí EU (Brownfields as a tool of economic development, political approaches of USA and selected EU countries). In Ekonomické, politické a právne otázky medzinárodných vzťahov. Bratislava: Ekonomická Univerzita v Bratislavě, Fakulta mezinárodních vztahů, 2005, s. 494-516. (only in Czech)
NOVOSÁK, J. Brownfieldy ve městech Ostravské průmyslové oblasti jako hrozba i nevyužitý potenciál, pohled městské správy (Brownfields in cities of Ostrava industrial area as threat and unused potential, viewpoint of municipalities). In Geografické aspekty středoevropského prostoru. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, Pedagogická fakulta, 2005, s. 573-579. (only in Czech)
NOVOSÁK, J. What is the future of urban brownfields in the Czech Republic? Prezentace na mezinárodní konferenci Struktura i tendencje przemian przestrzeni dużych miast w Polsce i w wybranych krajach Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej na początku XXI wieku pořádaná Univerzitou v Rzeszowě, červen 2005.
STOJANOV, R., NOVOSÁK, J.
Environmental migration in
China. Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomoucensis, Facultas Rerum
Naturalium, Geographica, 2006, vol. 39, pp. 65-82.
NOVOSÁK, J. Old industrial regions in the era of globalization and regionalization: Implications for brownfield policy. In: Globalisation and its impact on society, regions and states. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, Přírodovědecká fakulta, 2006.
STOJANOV, R., NOVOSÁK, J., DROBÍK, T., SIWEK, T. Migrace jako globální fenomén (Migration as a global phenomenon). Mezinárodní politika, 2006, vol. 30, no.10, pp.15-17. (only in Czech)
BEDNÁŘ, P., WILAM, P., NOVOSÁK, J. Světlá budoucnost černého města I (Bright future of a black city I). Stavební fórum [online]. 15. listopadu 2006. Dostupné z: < www.stavebni-forum.cz >(only in Czech)
BEDNÁŘ, P., WILAM, P., NOVOSÁK, J. Světlá budoucnost černého města II (Bright future of a black city II). Stavební fórum [online]. 20. listopadu 2006. Dostupné z: < www.stavebni-forum.cz >(only in Czech)
BEDNÁŘ, P., WILAM, P., NOVOSÁK, J. Světlá budoucnost černého města III (Bright future of a black city III). Stavební fórum [online]. 28. listopadu 2006. Dostupné z: < www.stavebni-forum.cz >(only in Czech)