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Environmental threats and security
18. November 2025 at 11:00-12:00
Social Sciences Seminar
All welcome to Social Sciences Seminar!
This time, Miriam Matejova will give the lecture: Environmental threats and security
- The Social Sciences Seminar will take place in English in room M101 and on Zoom
This lecture explores the definition and key ideas behind the concept of environmental security. The core focus is on two prevailing types of research in the field: environmental conflict and various environmental issues, problems, and threats such as disasters, pollution, and the impacts of climate change.
About the speaker
Miriam Matejova is an associate professor in political science at Masaryk University. She is formerly a fellow at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford, and a senior advisor at Canada’s Ministry of the Environment. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of British Columbia. She has published articles on environmental security, disaster politics, global environmental activism, and foreign intelligence.
All welcome!