Dr. Jozef Zelinka
Current affiliations
- Professorship für international and comparative educational sciences (Prof. Parreira do Amaral)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Higher Education Research, especially focusing the transformation of higher education and the geopolitics of knowledge production
- Life Course Research, with a particular focus on opportunity structures and vulnerabilities of young people
- Michel Foucault’s Power Analytics with a particular focus on the methods of discourse analysis and dispositive analysis
- Research on subjectivation
Academic Education | |
| 09/2013 - 01/2020 | Doctoral Studies of Political Science at the University of Muenster |
| 09/2010 - 06/2012 | Master Studies of World Politics at the State University of Saint-Petersburg |
| 09/2007 - 06/2010 | Bachelor Studies of the International Economic Relations at the University of Economics in Bratislava |
Work Experience | |
| since 07/2021 | Research assistant |
| 08/2020 - 06/2021 | Gymnasium teacher |
| 03/2020 - 12/2020 | Foreign language teacher |
| 04/2018 - 04/2019 | Research assistant |
| 04/2017 - 09/2018 | Lecturer |
| 10/2014 - 03/2018 | Lecturer |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 03/2022 | Working Group Subjectivation, The German Sociological Association (GSA) |
| since 03/2022 | Subdivision International Comparative Education, The German Educational Research Association (GERA) |
| since 11/2021 | WWU Centre for Europe |
| since 04/2019 | RYOT NETWORK - Research on Youth Opportunities and Transitions |
Publications
The Dynamics of Education and Space: Examining the spatial dichotomies of Lifelong Learning Policies Zelinka, Jozef, Parreira do Amaral, Marcelo (2025) In: Cheng, Yi’En, Kraftl, Peter, Holloway, Sarah & Kučerová, Silvie Rita (eds.), Handbook on Geographies of Education . Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Zelinka, Jozef; Amorim, José Pedro; Parreira do Amaral, Marcelo; Jablonczay, Nikoletta; Kovacheva, Siyka; Kyttälä, Minna; Papadimitriou, Achilleas; Rambla, Xavier; Siri, Anna; Tikkanen, Jenni (2025) In: Tikkanen, Jenni; Parreira do Amaral, Marcelo; Järvinen, Tero; Alves, Natália (eds.), Constructing Learning Outcomes: Problematizing (Under)Achievement in Europe. London et al.: Bloomsbury Publishing. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Parreira do Amaral, Marcelo; Zelinka, Jozef; Kovacheva, Siyka; Rambla, Xavier (2025) In: Tikkanen, Jenni; Parreira do Amaral, Marcelo; Järvinen, Tero; Alves, Natália (eds.), Constructing Learning Outcomes: Problematizing (Under)Achievement in Europe. London et al.: Bloomsbury Publishing. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Zelinka, Jozef; Parreira do Amaral, Marcelo (2025) In: Scuola democratica (eds.), Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the journal Scuola Democratica. Education and/for Social Justice. Vol. 1: Inequality, Inclusion, and Governance. Rome: Associazione "Per Scuola Democratica" . Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Zelinka, Jozef (2023) In: Bloemen, Henrike; Bomert, Christiane; Dziuba-Kaiser; Stephanie; Gebhardt, Mareike (eds.), Machtverhältnisse. Kritische Perspektiven auf Geschlecht und Gesellschaft. Frankfurt; New York: Campus Verlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) |
Projects
Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2026 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Research Unit Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2026 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Research Unit Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2025 Funded by: EC Horizon Europe - Research and innovation action Type of project: EU-project hosted at University of Münster |
Talks
| Das (ausgebrannte) Subjekt im Präventionsdispositiv – Materialität und Macht des psychischen Leidens Zelinka, Jozef (13/02/2025) Materialität – Psychoanalyse – Subjekt, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Situating and Dynamizing Life Courses – The Analysis of Young People’s Subjectivation Processes in Finland, Germany, and Italy Zelinka, Jozef; Scandone, Berenice; Tikkanen, Jenni (30/08/2024) European Conference on Educational Resarch, The University of Cyprus Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Between Spatial and Social Justice – The Case of Lifelong Learning Policymaking Zelinka, Jozef; Parreira do Amaral, Marcelo (04/06/2024) Third International Conference of the Journal “Scuola Democratica”, University of Cagliari, Cagliari Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Crises, Knowledge production, and non-scalable Epistemologies: (De-) Legitimizing (Education) Research Parreira do Amaral, Marcelo; Zelinka, Jozef (11/04/2024) On the (De)Legitimization of Epistemic Authority , Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Fähigkeiten, Erwartungen, Subjekte: Technologien der Macht im Diskurs um Schlüsselkompetenzen des 21. Jahrhunderts Zelinka, Jozef (15/09/2022) 15. Bundeskongress der Zentren für Lehrer:innenbildung und Professional Schools of Education, Heidelberg Type of talk: scientific talk |
Prizes
| DAAD Forschungsstipendium für Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden Awarded by: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Award given to: Zelinka, Jozef Announced at: 01/07/2014 Type of distinction: Scholarship |