Jan Komárek

prof. JUDr. Jan Komárek, DPhil, LL.M.

Professor at Centre of Excellence for International Courts and Governance at University of Copenhagen, Denmark (on leave)

Professor at Faculty of Law, Charles University

Donatio Universitatis Carolinae Chair 2025-2026

Expertise and focus:

European constitutional law and theory, comparative law, jurisprudence; 2019-2025 ERC Starting Grant PI; member of editorial boards of two top journals in the field, European Constitutional Law Review and European Law Open (both published by the CUP); frequent reviewer for top publishers and research foundations (including ERC and British Academy).

Form of mentoring meetings:

Either way, online or offline

Has an experience in:

Academic career, Career in the public sector

Link to CV

Previous mentoring experience:

- Informally, advising a number of younger colleagues both from the Czech Republic and abroad. I have founded an interest group - part of ICON-S (an international learned society on public law), which discusses pros and cons of international and combined careers.

- Charles University Mentoring Programme

Motivation:

I have been extremely lucky to meet the right people at the right moment - be it before I left legal practice and went to do a PhD (DPhil) in Oxford, or later, at different points of my career. I just want to give back and do the same for people who try to enter academia now, when everything is so much more difficult for them. And as a "researcher-expat" I especially want to advise colleagues from here, my home country.

Career guidance topics you can discuss with the mentor:

Asking essential life questions

Differences between academic and non-academic careers

Navigating the job market, employment opportunities

Research related experience the mentor is ready to share with the mentee:

Preparation of scientific publications - how to do it correctly, efficiently, and with quality

Grant writing process, grant application consultation

Management of science and research in an academic institution

Consultation on preparation for a job interview;Networking - introducing people in the field

Participating in events together with a mentee (conferences, symposia, fairs, etc.)

Utilizing the potential of international internships, conferences, etc.

Path to an academic position abroad

Project management

Navigating the job market in the sector I operate in

Poslední změna: October 14, 2025, 14:55

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Expertise and focus:	European constitutional law and theory, comparative law, jurisprudence; 2019-2025 ERC Starting Grant PI; member of editorial boards of two top journals in the field, European Constitutional Law Review and European Law Open (both published by the CUP); frequent reviewer for top publishers and research foundations (including ERC and British Academy).
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has an experience in:	Academic career, Career in the public sector
	Link to CV

Previous mentoring experience:	- Informally, advising a number of younger colleagues both from the Czech Republic and abroad. I have founded an interest group - part of ICON-S (an international learned society on public law), which discusses pros and cons of international and combined careers. - Charles University Mentoring Programme
Motivation:	I have been extremely lucky to meet the right people at the right moment - be it before I left legal practice and went to do a PhD (DPhil) in Oxford, or later, at different points of my career. I just want to give back and do the same for people who try to enter academia now, when everything is so much more difficult for them. And as a "researcher-expat" I especially want to advise colleagues from here, my home country.
Career guidance topics you can discuss with the mentor:	Asking essential life questions Differences between academic and non-academic careers Navigating the job market, employment opportunities
Research related experience the mentor is ready to share with the mentee:	Preparation of scientific publications - how to do it correctly, efficiently, and with quality Grant writing process, grant application consultation Management of science and research in an academic institution Consultation on preparation for a job interview;Networking - introducing people in the field Participating in events together with a mentee (conferences, symposia, fairs, etc.) Utilizing the potential of international internships, conferences, etc. Path to an academic position abroad Project management Navigating the job market in the sector I operate in