Monika Brusenbauch Meislová

(MENAFN- The Conversation)

• Visiting Professor, School of Law and Social Sciences, Aston University

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Monika Brusenbauch Meislová is a visiting Professor at Aston University and was appointed in 2025 as Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs at Loughborough University. Monika is an Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations and European Studies at Masaryk University in Brno (Czech Republic), where she directs the Master's programme in European Studies. She holds Jean Monnet Chair in EU Digital Diplomacy. She is currently also a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge (Department of Politics and International Studies and Robinson College). Her additional roles include an Associate Membership of the Centre for Research on English-Speaking World (CREW) at Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris and membership of the Scientific Council of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2026, she was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).

Monika's research focuses on political discourse, legitimacy, and EU–UK relations. She also holds several prominent editorial appointments: Associate Editor of the Journal of International Relations and Development (Palgrave Macmillan, Springer Nature), and Editor of the Contemporary European Studies book series at Routledge. In addition, she serves on the Editorial Committee of the Journal of Contemporary European Studies (Routledge, Taylor & Francis) and on the Editorial Advisory Board of British Politics (Palgrave Macmillan).

Alongside her publishing and editorial work, she is actively involved in several national and international research projects, both as principal investigator and work package leader.

She also contributes extensively to high-profile public and policy outreach, offering expert commentary in Czech and international media and writing for leading policy platforms such as the Oxford University Blog and LSE Blogs. A sought-after speaker, she has been repeatedly invited to deliver talks, for instance, at the British Parliament, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and numerous academic and policy events across Europe and beyond.

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• –present Visiting Fellow in Diplomacy and International Affairs,, Loughborough University

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