PhDr. Vojtěch Belling, PhD.

Secretary of State for European Affairs, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic.

Curriculum Vitae

Work experience

2009 – : Charles University, Faculty of Law, Teacher (EU Law)
2008 – 2009: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Institute for Political
Science, teacher (2008/09)
2006 – 2007: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Rep.,
advisor to the Minister
2005 – 2006: University of Public Administration and International
Relations, teacher (Int. Relations)
2004 – 2006: University of Finance and Public Administration, teacher
(EU-Policy, EU Law)
2002 – 2004: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Rep., officer

Education

2007 – 2010: Charles-University, Faculty of Social Science, Ph.D.
2007 – :  Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg,
Department for Political Science, Ph.D. – student in political theory
2006 – 2010: Charles University, Faculty of Law
1999 – 2005: Charles University, Faculty of Arts
1999 – 2003: Charles University,Faculty of Social Science,
Institute of International Studies,
1995 – 1999: Secondary education: Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium

Courses abroad and internships

2006/8: Visiting scholar at Institute für Zeitgeschichte, Munich
2003/10: Course for junior diplomats in European Studies at the
Catholic University of Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve
2002: Fellowship at the Ludwig-Maximillian-Universität in Munich

Languages

Czech: fluent
German: fluent
English: fluent
French: fluent
Latin, Greek

Research

Research interests: political theory, european law, legitimacy of the
supranational law order, philosophy of law
Member of the Scientific Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2004 –
2006)
Member of the Edition Board of the International Politics Review (since
2004)
Member of the Council of the Czech-German Discussion-Forum (2004 –
2006, since 2006 permanent guest of the Council)

Last publications (selection):

Legitimacy of Power in the Postmodern Period. Why does the EU need it´s
Member States?, Brno, Masaryk University Press 2009 (in Czech) - book
The Open Method of Coordination in the European Union (Otevřená
metoda koordinace v Evropské unii), Juridical Review (Pravni rozhledy)
24/2009 (in Czech) - article
The new interinstitutional agreement between the European Parliament
and the Comission and its problems (Nová interinstitucionální dohoda a
její problémy), Juridical Review (Pravni rozhledy) 13/2010 (in Czech) –
article
The Judicial Competence in Competence Matters Between National and
Supranational Law (together with J. Malir and Lenka Pitrova), Czech
Academy of Science, Ales Cenek, 2010 (in Czech) – book
The Emancipation of Power and the Constitution, Pravnik (The Lawyer),
11/2010 (in Czech) – article
Strengthening the Sovereignty or Weaking the Fundamental Rights
Protection? Legal Aspects of the so called „Opt-Out“ from the Charter,
European Law Review, in preparation for printing in 2011, after
revisions (in English) - article