Vincenc Kopecek is Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Human Geography and Regional Development, University of Ostrava, Czechia. His research focuses on ethnicity, de facto states, and informal politics in the South Caucasus. He is the co- editor of De Facto States in Eurasia (Routledge, 2020). His recent articles have been published in Europe- Asia Studies, Problems of Post- Communism, and Caucasus Survey.
Martin Lepic is Assistant Professor at Charles University, Prague, Czechia. In his research, Martin focuses on centre- periphery tensions and their impact on the geography of secessionist movements, inter- ethnic relations, and the electoral prospects of regionalist parties, particularly in Southern Europe and the Caucasus. His work has been published in Political Geography and Nationalities Papers.
Libor Jelen is Assistant Professor at Charles University, Prague, Czechia. He focuses on nationalism and geopolitics in post- Soviet Eurasia. He is the author of the monograph Conflict Regions of the World - Europe (in Czech, 2021), and his work has been published in Geopolitics, the Czech Journal of International Relations, and the Bulletin of Geography.
