Dr Jan Ruzicka
BA Charles University Prague MA Brandeis University; Central European University PhD University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Lecturer in Security Studies
Department of International Politics
Contact Details
- Email: jlr@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0001-8084-6185
- Office: 3.15, International Politics Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 628673
- Research Portal Profile
Profile
Jan was appointed as Lecturer in Security Studies in August 2011. Since October 2013 he serves as Director of the David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies. Previously, he worked in the Department as a research assistant on the project 'The Challenges to Trust-Building in Nuclear Worlds'. From 2006 to 2009 he was Marie Curie doctoral fellow in the Department, where he defended his thesis in 2010. The thesis combined a theoretical critique of securitization theory with historical case studies of the French and Russian revolutions. Prior to coming to Aberystwyth, he served as the chief aide to a ranking member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Security of the Senate of the Czech Republic from 2004 to 2006. A graduate of Charles University in Prague, he received his MA degrees in politics at Brandeis University (Fulbright Scholarship) and in international relations at Central European University (Soros Foundation Scholarship).
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- IPM0060 - Dissertation
- GWM0060 - Traethawd Hir
- IP30420 - The Strategy and Politics of Nuclear Weapons
- IP20420 - The Strategy and Politics of Nuclear Weapons
- IPM1220 - Emerging Security Issues
Moderator
- IP10320 - War, Strategy and Intelligence
- IP30720 - Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
- IPM2120 - Research in Politics and International Studies
- IPM4620 - Global Politics of Middle Powers
- IPM8220 - Warfare in the 21st Century
- IQ25620 - Refugee Simulation
- PGM0210 - Principles of Research Design
- GW12620 - Y Tu ôl i'r Penawdau
- GW20120 - Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol: Safbwyntiau a Thrafodaethau
- IP26020 - The Past and Present of US Intelligence
- IP36020 - The Past and Present of US Intelligence
- IPS1160 - Work Placement
- IQ25120 - Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
- GWM0060 - Traethawd Hir
- IP12420 - Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills
- IP20720 - Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
- IQ35620 - Refugee Simulation
- GW30040 - Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
- IP12620 - Behind the Headlines
- IQ23920 - People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
- EN19920 - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change
- GQ23920 - Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
- GW12420 - Cyflwyniad i Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol 1: Cysyniadau Canolog a Sgiliau Craidd
- IP12820 - The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
- IP20120 - International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
- IP29220 - International Politics and Global Development
- IP30040 - Dissertation
- IPM0420 - Intelligence, Security and International Relations in the 20th Century
- GW12920 - Gwleidyddiaeth yn yr Unfed Ganrif ar Hugain
- IP12520 - Globalization and Global Development
- IPM0060 - Dissertation
- IPM1920 - International Politics
- IPS1260 - Work Placement
- IP25320 - Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918
- IPM0620 - Indigenous Politics
- PGM0410 - Ways of Reading
- PGM1610 - Public Engagement and Impact
- GW12520 - Globaleiddio a Datblygiad Byd-eang
- IP12920 - Politics in the 21st Century
- IP22320 - The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module
- IPM3720 - Knowledge and Expertise in International Politics
- IQ30020 - Race in Global Politics
- IP29820 - China From the Opium War to the Present
- IQ20020 - Race in Global Politics
- IQ37120 - Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy
- IP36720 - Gender, Conflict and Security
- IQ33820 - UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?
- IQ34320 - Economic Diplomacy and Leadership
- IP39620 - Women and Global Development
- IP33620 - European Security in the 21st Century
- GW35820 - Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell
- IQ30920 - The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
- GQ33820 - Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?
- IP30420 - The Strategy and Politics of Nuclear Weapons
- IP32720 - The Long Shadow of the Second World War
- GW39920 - Cenedlaetholdeb Mewn Theori a Realiti
- IP31320 - The Arab-Israeli Wars
- IQ36020 - The Politics and Paradoxes of International Organisations
- IP38820 - Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800
- IQ35520 - Global Politics and the Refugee Regime
- IQ34420 - Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics
- IP39920 - Nationalism in Theory and Practice
- IP31820 - Russian Security in the 21st Century
- IQ32620 - Britain and World Politics from Global Empire to Brexit: the Diplomacy of Decline:
- IP23620 - European Security in 21st Century
- IP29620 - Women and Global Development
- GQ23820 - Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?
- IP26720 - Gender, Conflict and Security
- IQ24320 - Economic Diplomacy and Leadership
- IP22720 - The Long Shadow of the Second World War
- IP29920 - Nationalism in Theory and Practice
- IQ22620 - Britain and World Politics from Global Empire to Brexit: The Diplomacy of Decline
- IP21320 - The Arab-Israeli Wars
- IQ23820 - UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?
- IP28820 - Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800
- IP20420 - The Strategy and Politics of Nuclear Weapons
- IP39820 - China From the Opium War to the Present
- IQ25520 - Global Politics and the Refugee Regime
- GW29920 - Cenedlaetholdeb mewn Theori a Realiti
- GW25820 - Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell
- IQ24420 - Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics
- IQ20920 - The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
- IP21820 - Russian Security in the 21st Century
- IQ27120 - Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy
- IPM6020 - Russia at War since 1812
- IPM0220 - The EU: Crises and Challenges
- IPM1220 - Emerging Security Issues
- IPM3020 - Logistics in War
- IPM8820 - British Counterinsurgency Warfare in the Twentieth Century
- IQ26020 - The Politics and Paradoxes of International Organisations
- IPM2820 - Order-Making in International Politics
Coordinator
- IPM0060 - Dissertation
- GWM0060 - Traethawd Hir
- IP30420 - The Strategy and Politics of Nuclear Weapons
- IP20420 - The Strategy and Politics of Nuclear Weapons
- IPM1220 - Emerging Security Issues
Grader
Tutor
- IP30420 - The Strategy and Politics of Nuclear Weapons
- IP20420 - The Strategy and Politics of Nuclear Weapons
- IPM1220 - Emerging Security Issues
Lecturer
- IP20420 - The Strategy and Politics of Nuclear Weapons
- PGM2210 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210)
- PGM9005 - Ethics, Plagiarism and Academic Practice for Research Students
PhD Supervision
Security Studies
International Relations Theory
Research
Jan's research interests can broadly be divided into three main areas: security studies; international relations theory; and area studies with emphasis on Central Europe. In security studies his research focuses on theories of security, the relationship between politics and security, nuclear weapons and emerging security threats. Jan's work in international relations theory concentrates on the problem of theorizing trust at the international level. He has developed the concept of trusting relationship and currently works on anchoring the concept in a more general theory of international politics. Finally, he has had a long-standing research interest in area studies. This research has led to several articles on regional politics of Central Europe.
Office Hours (Student Contact Times)
- Tuesday 1130-1230
- Friday 1130-1230