Mgr. et Mgr. Tomáš Kučera, Ph.D.

Tomáš Kučera is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Security Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague. He holds a PhD in International Politics from Aberystwyth University, UK. His research brings together military sociology, civil–military relations, and European security studies. He focuses particularly on the role of armed forces in democratic societies, transformations of military professionalism, and the role of military elites in international defence cooperation and integration. He is the author of The Military and Liberal Society (Routledge, 2018) and numerous articles in international academic journals. He serves on the editorial board of Vojenské rozhledy (Czech Military Review) and is a member of the Active Reserve of the Czech Armed Forces.