Jiří Hodný, PhD., born 1965. He received his MA in Sociology at the Brno Masaryk University, the Faculty of Arts (1990) and then completed his PhD in the Brno Military Academy's "Theory of National Defence" research program (2009). After the Brno Military Academy's dissolution in (2004), he worked at the Brno Masaryk University, the Faculty of Law. Since 2005, he has lectured Sociology in the rank of Assistant Professor at the Brno University of Defence, currently at its Department of Leadership. He read the subject of Psychological Operations at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, USA (2000). His current research and lecturing activities, that include the areas of Sociology and Leadership, mainly serve to the needs of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Slavic Military Studies (1997).

Country: Czech Republic

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