PhDr. Mgr. Libor Štěpánek, Ph.D.

Curriculum vitae

Name, first names, scientific degrees

• PhDr Libor Stepanek, PhD

Department/Faculty/University

• Language Centre, Masaryk University Brno

Function, current position

• Director

Education and academic qualifications

• 2008: EU Net-Trainer Certification
• 2005: PhD in Political Science (Masaryk University): The Counter-Terrorism Policy of the EU in the Period after the Maastricht Treaty
• 1998: Master Degree in History/ English and American Studies (Masaryk University): Historical Novels of Gore Vidal

Professional experience

• 2015-now Director of the Masaryk University Language Centre (April 2023-March 2024 unpaid leave)
• 2023 – 2024 Teaching and Learning Expert, Max Weber Programme, EUI (April 2023-August 2024, Responsibilities: teacher trainer, coordinator of academic activities, member of the EUI Exploratory Working Group on AI generative models, co-author of the EUI Gen-AI Guidelines document; member of the EUI Quality Assurance Working Group)
• 2012-2015 Vice-Director for ICT and Internationalisation; Assistant Professor in EAP; Masaryk University Language Centre, Brno, Czechia
• (Responsibilities: teacher trainer, organising international collaboration, preparation of strategies for the LC, manager of the internationalisation team, teaching and research in communication soft skills)
• 2005-2012 Assistant Professor in EAP; Manager of the LC Information and Multimedia Centre Masaryk University Language Centre, Brno, Czechia
• 1997-now: free-lance translator/interpreter

Teaching activities

• English for Academic Pruposes
• Videoconferencing English
• Effective Public Speaking Course (e-learning)
• Academic Writing in English
• Creative Approach to Language Teaching

Project activities:

• 2023 EPSULA - (EU Erasmus+ K2 Capacity Building in the Field of HE: Educational Portal for Sustainable Cultural Diversity in Latin America: Project Developer)
• 2019-2022 EDUC Alliance (EU university alliances: language courses and E-tandem activities coordinator)
• 2018-2022 HR4MU - (EU/CZ Structural Funds: Masaryk University Language Policy and Internationalisation Support Section manager)
• 2018-2022 CUDIHMA - (EU Erasmus+ K2 Capacity Building in the Field of HE: Curriculum Development: An Innovative Master in History and Archaeology: Quality of Teaching supervisor)
• 2017-2022 MUNI4.0 - (EU/CZ Structural Funds: Masaryk University “EMI” Support Section manager)
• 2017 Masaryk University Language Policy - Rector´s Expert Board member
• 2012-2015 IMPACT (EU/CZ Structural Funds: Masaryk University Internationalisation Support Section coordinator)
• 2013-2015 Internationalisation and Visiting Teachers Support Project (Masaryk University Funds: Language Centre coordinator)
• 2009-2012 COMPACT (EU/CZ Structural Funds: Masaryk University Language Centre Virtual Study Space coordinator; Academic Soft Skills Section coordinator)
• 2006-2008 INVITE (EU Leonardo da Vinci Programme; Videoconferencing Use in EAP coordinator)
• 2006 The Effective Public Speaking (Masaryk University Project: project coordinator; online video-course author)

Non-university activities

• 2002-now European Association of University Language Centres (CERLCES), Coordinating Committee member (2019-2023); CercleS representative at the Council of Europe´s European Centre for Modern Languages and Professional Network Forum
• 2002-now Czech and Slovak Association of University Language Centres (CASALC), President (2019-2023)

Major publications

• ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor. "Indigenous Heritage, War Refugees or LAP: Exploring language centres´ social justice and vulnerable communities empowerment potential". 2024. info
• LENNON, Joseph, Alena HRADILOVÁ, Petra TRÁVNÍKOVÁ a Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK. Locking down and opening out: Creating new virtual spaces for writers and presenters during the pandemic. In James Fenton, Julio Gimenez, Katherine Mansfield, Martin Percy, Mariangela Spinillo. International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Academic English in Turbulent Times. New York and London: Routledge, 2023, s. 178-188. 1st edition. ISBN 978-1-032-25478-4. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003283409-19. URL info
• ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor, Regina MOIRANO, Marisa A. SANCHEZ a Gastón VILCHES. Human Resources 4.0: Use of Sociometric Badges to Measure Communication Patterns. In Dr. Daniel Alejandro Rossit, Fernando Tohmé, Dr. Gonzalo Mejía Delgadillo. Production Research. 1. vyd. Neuveden: Springer International Publishing, 2021, s. 265-279. Communications in Computer and Information Science. ISBN 978-3-030-76306-0. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76307-7_20. URL info
• ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor, Kateřina SEDLÁČKOVÁ a Nick BYRNE. Videoconferencing in University Language Education. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2018, 255 s. ISBN 978-80-210-9003-3. info
• ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor, Janice DE HAAFF, Alena HRADILOVÁ, Colin KIMBRELL a David SCHÜLLER. Academic English - Akademická angličtina: Průvodce anglickým jazykem pro studenty, akademiky a vědce. 2. aktualizované vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, a. s., 2018, 224 s. ISBN 978-80-271-0842-8. info
• ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor. Creativity: When Activity, Autonomy and Autenticity Meet. In 6th International Conference on Teaching English as a Foreign Language: Communication, culture and creativity in ELT classroom. 2016. info
• ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor, Alena HRADILOVÁ, Hana REICHOVÁ a Kateřina SEDLÁČKOVÁ. Humanising Language Teaching. Velká Británie: Pilgrims, 2016. ISSN 1755-9715. URL info
• ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor a Alena HRADILOVÁ. Designing ICT-enhanced language programmes: Academic writing for postgraduate studies. Language Learning in Higher Education; Journal of the European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education (CercleS). 2013, Volume 2, Issue 1, s. 163-171. ISSN 2191-611X. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2012-0010. URL info
• ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor. ACADEMIC WRITING. 2013. info
• ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor, Janice DE HAAFF, Alena HRADILOVÁ a David SCHÜLLER. Academic English – Akademická angličtina: Průvodce anglickým jazykem pro studenty, akademiky a vědce. Praha: Grada, 2011, 224 s. ISBN 978-80-247-3577-1. info
• ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor. Flexibilní učení a u-learning: kombinace mnohotvaré a individualizované formy multimediální výuky jazyků. In Multimedia in Foreign Language Teaching IV. Nitra: Slovenská polnohospodárska univerzita v Nitre, 2008, s. 101-108. ISBN 978-80-552-0001-9. URL info
• ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor. Flexibilní jazyková výuka: případová studie využití multimédií na CJV MU. In Multimedia in Foreign Language Teaching IV. Nitra: Slovenská polnohospodárska univerzita v Nitre, 2008, s. 109-115. ISBN 978-80-552-0001-9. URL info
• ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor, Alena HRADILOVÁ a Hana KATRŇÁKOVÁ. Designing a Multi-Cultural Video Conferencing Language Programme. In 10th International Cercles Conference. 2008. URL info
• HRADILOVÁ, Alena a Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK. Implementing Videoconferencing Project Results into Lifelong Education. In Diverse 2008. 2008. URL info
• ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor a Jana VEJVODOVÁ. The European Dimension of the Net-Trainers Course: Tutor´s and Learner´s Perspectives. Bratislava: e-ACADEMIA SLOVACA, 2008. ISBN 978-80-89316-10-6. URL info
• HRADILOVÁ, Alena a Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK. Designing a multi‐cultural, multi‐purpose videoconferencing learning programme. In VideoFunet Conference 2007. 2007. URL info
• HRADILOVÁ, Alena a Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK. Negotiating design in video conferencing. In MORGAN, John a Geoff CONSTABLE. Diverse 2006. 2006. URL info

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