I am a researcher at the Institute of International Relations in Prague. My research interests include China, political repression, and digital authoritarianism. My work spans academic research, policy work, public and media outreach, and teaching.
I earned a PhD in 2022 at the Prague University of Economics and Business, focusing on digital authoritarianism, and a master’s degree in Political Science with a minor in China Studies from the same university. I studied Chinese at Beijing Language and Culture University and Zhejiang University, and Russian at the Far East Federal University in Vladivostok.
From September to December 2025, I was a visiting fellow in Taipei at the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. Earlier, I was a visiting researcher at the Stockholm Center for Global Asia at Stockholm University and the Centre for Military Studies at the University of Copenhagen.
I have been teaching courses on China’s global influence and the social impacts of modern media at the Czech Technical University in Prague, and earlier taught political science courses at the Prague University of Economics and Business.