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The master course Current challenges in Europe was especially designed for the European Politics and Society – Václav Havel Joint Master Programme and is a part of obligatory EPS courses. It consists mainly of guest lectures delivered by guest lecturers from Partner universities, Charles University academics, associated partners representatives and experts giving the students a multidimensional perspective (academic and non-academic) on current challenges Europe and European Union have been recently facing.
The course will be held in Jinonice in the room B103 The course is open only for students of master's degree programmes. Last update: Hrubá Kateřina, Mgr. (28.01.2026)
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The goal of this subject is to introduce the current challenges in Europe. Last update: Mejstřík Martin, PhDr. (15.09.2025)
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Final paper – 8-10 pages, students may choose from different lecture topics, deadline for topic upload: 30/11/2025, deadline for submission January 15, 2026. The Final Paper (100 points) will be evaluated based on the following rubric:
All documents will be uploaded to moodle: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=15786 Course evaluation: A - "výborně - A" - "excellent - A" For more detail on evaluation system see the Dean´s provision https://www.fsv.cuni.cz/opatreni-dekanky-c-172018aj • A mandatory part of the paper is a detailed statement of whether and how you used generative artificial intelligence tools (chatbots) in its preparation. If it is missing or incomplete, the paper may be considered plagiarism. Whenever you use text generated by ChatGPT or another generative artificial intelligence tool, you must indicate this in your paper and cite the tool. • AI may only be used as a tool for obtaining and processing information, not as a means of generating entire papers or substantial parts thereof: o You are free to use AI tools for language corrections. o You are free to use generative AI for preparatory tasks (brainstorming and generation of ideas, search for relevant literature) o You may not use, however, any generative AI tool for the generation of the text you are submitting as its author. That is, no part of your submitted text itself may be AI-generated. • The student is responsible for any errors in the text, not the AI tool used. It is the student's responsibility to verify the accuracy of all generated information and sources. • Further recommendations regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence at Charles University available at https://ai.cuni.cz/AIEN-13.html Last update: Mejstřík Martin, PhDr. (25.09.2025)
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Articles and book chapters (20-40 pages/week) available on moodle: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=5468 Last update: Mejstřík Martin, PhDr. (15.09.2025)
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The course will be held in Jinonice in the room B103 Use of generative AI tools: The use and citation of generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT or MS Copilot) in seminar papers and other coursework must comply with the decrees of the IMS Director No. 7/2023 and 9/2023. Generative AI tools may be used unless explicitly prohibited by the instructor. However, they may not be used to generate substantial sections of the text or replace the student’s own intellectual contribution. The student remains fully responsible for any content generated with assistance of AI tools. Presenting AI-generated content, whether verbatim, rephrased, or only slightly modified, as one's own work constitutes plagiarism. Every submitted paper must include a transparent statement specifying which generative AI tools were used, in which stage of the work they were employed, and how they were used, or confirming that no generative AI tools were used. If this statement is missing or incomplete, the instructor is not permitted to accept the paper for evaluation. Unless the instructor explicitly prohibits the use of generative AI tools, the decision to use or not to use them rests fully with the student. The student has the right to request that the instructor does not use AI assistance for evaluating their work.
Last update: Lochmanová Sára, Mgr. (07.10.2025)
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3/10 Introduction + Cleavages in Europe: religious, ethnic, economic, social Discussion about main cleavages in European society and their changes in recent years Kriesi, H., Restructuration of Partisan Politics and the Emergence of a New Cleavage Based on Values, West European Politics, 33:3, 2010, pp. 673-685. Minkenberg, M., Religion and Euroscepticism: Cleavages, Religious Parties and Churches in EU Member States, West European Politics, 32:6, 2009, pp. 1190-1211. 10/10 NO CLASS 17/10 Democratic Consolidation and Backsliding This session aims to theoretically and empirically explore and understand the dynamics and changes in European democracy. Bogaards, M. (2018). De-democratization in Hungary: Diffusely Defective Democracy, Democratization. 25(8), 1481-1499. Lührmann. A & Lindberg, S. I. (2019) A third wave of autocratization is here: what is new about it?, Democratization, 26(7), 1095-1113. 24/10 Current Populism in Europe Discussion about main populist topics and actors in contemporary Europe Kriesi, Hanspeter. 2014. "The Populist Challenge". West European Politics 37, 2, 361-378. Mudde, Cas. 2004. „The Populist Zeitgeist“. Government and Opposition 39, 4: 542-563. 31/10 Digital Challenges in Media Guest lecture from Zuzana Lizcová TBA 7/11 Post-communist countries: a successful transformation? Discussion about how the post-communist countries performed during the process of transformation towards democracy and how they are doing now. Kitschelt, H., Mansfeldová, Z., Post-Communist Party Systems, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 19-42. Ágh, A., Increasing europopulism as a megatrend in East Central Europe: from facade democracies to velvet dictatorship, Baltic Journal of Political Science, Vol. 5, 2016, pp. 21-39. 14/11 Guest lecture from Carlo Masala (University of Munich) - (11:00 - 12:20) TBA 21/11 EU-Russia Relations Since 2014 Guest lecture from Maxine David (Leiden University) Siddi, M., The partnership that failed: EU-Russia relations and the war in Ukraine, Journal of European Integration, 2022, 44:6, pp. 893-898. 28/11- I Let´s be the first one: Climate neutrality in Europe (12:30 – 13:50) Guest lecture from Eliška Ullrichová Jordan, A., Gravey, V. and Adelle, C. (2021). EU Environmental Policy at 50: Retrospect and Prospect. In Jordan, A. and Gravey, V. (eds) Environmental Policy in the EU: Actors, Institutions and Processes. (Routledge), pp. 357-374. 28/11 – II European green transition and related securities (14:00 – 15:20) Guest lecture from Eliška Ullrichová Jerzyniak, T. (2024). The EU De-Risking of Energy Dependencies: Towards a New Clean Energy Geopolitical Order? Politics and Governance 12. 5/12 Migration to Europe: challenges and opportunities Mathias Czaika, Marta Bivand Erdal & Cathrine Talleraas (2023) Exploring Europe’s external migration policy mix: on the interactions of visa, readmission, and resettlement policies, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 49:12, 3140-3161 Erik Snel, Özge Bilgili & Richard Staring (2021) Migration trajectories and transnational support within and beyond Europe, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47:14.
12/12 European Left: what happened after the end of the welfare state? Discussion about the development of left-wing ideologies in the 21st century. Císař, O., The Left in the beginning of the 21st century, in Kopeček, L., Trajectories of the Left. Social Democratic and Ex-Communist Parties in Contemporary Europe: Between Past and Future, Brno: CDK, 2005, pp. 11-28. March, L., Radical Left Success before and after Great Recession, in March, L. and D. Keith, Europe´s Radical Right: From Marginality to Mainstream?, London: Rowman, 2016, pp. 27-50 19/12 Final session + discussion Last update: Mejstřík Martin, PhDr. (25.09.2025)
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