Ústav mezinárodních vztahů

Employment

2018 – present: Editor of Book Reviews, Czech Journal of International Relations, IIR Prague
2017 – present: Researcher, Institute of International Relations Prague
2012 – 2017: Consultant, Researcher (e.g. Aperio, EPLO, C2C Solutions Group, Verité)
2007 – 2012: Open Society p.b.c. (Otevřená společnost, o.p.s.)
2006 – 2007: Open Society Fund Prague

Education

2016 - 2021: Doctoral study in International Relations and European Studies, Institute of International Relations and Metropolitan University Prague
International Relations and European Studies (Doctoral thesis focus: the role of feminist IR scholarship in policy making and practice of regional security organisations)
2006 – 2008: Master’s Degree in International Relations and Diplomacy, Anglo–American University, Prague
2003 – 2006: Bachelor’s Degree in Politics and Society, Anglo–American University, Prague

Foreign Research Fellowships, Internships

09/2017: Women, Peace and Security Course, London School of Economics and Political Science, Centre for Women, Peace and Security

Areas of Interest

Gender in international relations
Gender dimension of peace and security in theory and practice
Women, Peace and Security agenda in Czech foreign policy
Women, Peace and Security agenda in Ukraine and in the context of Central and Eastern Europe
Gender mainstreaming in institutions of global security governance

Languages

Czech – native
English – fluent
German – passive
Russian – passive

Publications

• O’Sullivan, Míla (2019): The Czech Agenda on Women, Peace and Security: Reflections on the first National Action Plan and Future Policy Recommendations. Prague: ÚMV. 
• O’Sullivan, M. and Šimůnková, B. (2018): Ticking off the Czech Republic’s UN Commitment as Completed: Reflecting on the First Czech National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security. In: Gender and (Military) Conflicts in Easter-European Countries through Feminist Lenses. Materials of the V International Gender Workshop. Lviv: Heinrich Boell Foundation.
• O’Sullivan, Míla – Šimůnková, Blanka: České nakročení k celosvětové podpoře ženských práv. Mezinárodní politika, 28. 2. 2017.
• O’Sullivan, Míla (2016): Co může přinést feministka s jestřábí povahou? Mezinárodní politika, 8. 11. 2016.
• O’Sullivan, Míla – Šimůnková, Blanka (2016): Mezinárodní dimenze naplňování Pekingské akční platformy. Ženy, ozbrojený konflikt a mezinárodní rozvoj. In: Kubálková, Petra (ed.): Ženy a česká společnost: Hodnocení implementace pekingské akční platformy na národní a mezinárodní úrovni (Peking +20). Cats2cats, 2016, 118 – 140.
• O’Sullivan, Míla – Šimůnková, Blanka (2015): Development cooperation and humanitarian assistance, Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. In: Shadow Report: Czech Republic. The 63rd CEDAW Session, Prague: Czech Women’s Lobby, 2015, 12 – 13.
• O’Sullivan, Míla (2013): Case Study: Czech Republic. In: UNSCR 1325 IN EUROPE: 20 case studies of implementation. Brussels: European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, 2013, 21 – 23.
• Horký, Ondřej, O’Sullivan, Míla, and Šimůnková, Blanka (2011): Gender in Development Matters: Resource book and training kit for development practitioners. Prague: Open Society, p.b.c. – ProEquality Centre, 2011.
• O’Sullivan, Míla (2010): Case study: Czech Republic. In: UNSCR 1325 in Europe: 21 case studies of implementation. Brussels: European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, 2010, 21 – 23.
• O’Sullivan, Míla, and Šimůnková, Blanka (2010): International Dimension of the Fulfilment of the Beijing Platform for Action, Women and Armed Conflict, Human Rights of Women. In: Wennerholm Čáslavská, Tereza, Kubálková P. (eds.): Women and the Czech Society. The Shadow Report on the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the Czech Republic (Beijing +15). ProEquality Centre/Open Society, p.b.c., 2010, 49 – 57.
• O’Sullivan, Míla, and Šimůnková, Blanka (2010): Mezinárodní dimenze naplňování Pekingské akční platformy. Ženy a ozbrojený konflikt, Lidská práva žen. In: Wennerholm Čáslavská, Tereza, Kubálková P. (eds.): Ženy a česká společnost: Hodnocení implementace Pekingské akční platformy na národní a mezinárodní úrovni (Peking + 15). Centrum ProEquality/Otevřená společnost, o.p.s., 2010, 125 – 147.
• Horký, Ondřej, and O’Sullivan, Míla (2010): Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Towards More Equitable and Effective Development Cooperation in the Czech Republic. FoRS Policy Brief, 5/2010.
• Horký, Ondřej, and O’Sullivan, Míla (2010): Genderová rovnost a posílení postavení žen. Cesta ke spravedlivější a efektivnější rozvojové spolupráci. FoRS Policy Brief, 5/2010.
• Horký, Ondřej, Lukášová, Míla (2009): Strategie začlenění genderu do české rozvojové spolupráce: ne móda, ale nutná podmínka efektivity. Policy paper ÚMV, 9/2009.
• Lukášová, Míla (2009): Development Effectiveness and Gender: the Czech Experience. In: Svoboda, Daniel (ed.): CSOs Development Effectiveness – Searching New Ways. FoRS, June 2009, 98 -110.

Scholarly Articles (in peer-reviewed journals and journals with impact factor)

• O’Sullivan, Míla and Krulisova, Kateřina. (2020). “This Agenda Will Never Be Politically Popular”: Central Europe’s Anti-Gender Mobilization and The Czech Women, Peace and Security Agenda, International Feminist Journal of Politics.
• O’Sullivan, Míla (2020): The Forgotten Lives: Connecting Gender, Security, and Everyday Livelihoods in Ukraine's Conflict, Politics & Gender, Cambridge University Press (online first).
• O’Sullivan, Míla (2019): “Being strong enough to defend yourself”: untangling the Women, Peace and Security agenda amidst the Ukrainian conflict, International Feminist Journal of Politics, 21:5, 746-767.
• O’Sullivan, Míla (2019): The Women, Peace and Security Agenda: The Unfinished Story of Feminist Revolution versus Compromise in Global Politics. Mezinárodní vztahy / Czech Journal of International Relations, vol. 54, no. 4.   

Conferences and Seminars

• Exploring Feminist Foreign Policy with Kristina Lunz. Seminar. IIR Prague, 22. 10. 2019.
• O’Sullivan, M. (2019): Making the Connection of Gender with Peace and Security in OSCE’s Multilateralism. In: Organisation for Security Cooperation in Europe: Searching for Effective Mechanisms in Resolving Long-term Conflicts, 24. 9. 2019. 11th International Symposium "Czech Foreign Policy", 23.-24. 9. 2019.
• Women, Peace and Security agenda in Ukraine in the midst of Neoliberal Policies, Militarization and Nationalist Feminism. 5th European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS), Groningen, 6. - 9. 6. 2018.
• Krulišová, K. - O’Sullivan, M. (2017): Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the Czech Republic & Central, Eastern and South-eastern Europe. Approaches to UNSCR 1325 in Central, South-eastern and Eastern Europe. UN CSW 62 side event, New York, 12 March 2018.
• Gender and NATO: From Military Operations to Defence in the Baltics. Panel Discussion. IIR Prague, 25. 6. 2018.
• Workshop "Implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, 16. -17. 2. 2018.
• Closed Seminar: Institutional Abuse in the Australian Military. How can it be addressed? IIR Prague, 7. 6. 2017.

Columns and Selected Media Appearances

• Všechno nejlepší a Istanbulskou úmluvu k tomu (citována). Respekt, 27. 10. 2019.
• Interview with Cynthia Enloe. IIR Commentary, 12. 12. 2017.
• Zapojme ženy do skutečného rozhodování o válce i míru. Rovné příležitosti, 29. 5. 2017.