Zuzana Šimek is AMO Research Fellow focusing on French politics and French-Czech relations.
She received her first Master degree in French at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University and her second Master degree in European Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University. She also participated in the Vaclav Havel EUROPAEUM MA Programme, which is a two-year MA Programme in European Studies offering specialisation in European politics, modern history of Europe and Europe in International Relations. She studied French Linguistics and literature for two semesters at Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux III and one semester programme Gouvernance européenne at Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. During her study stay in Paris she worked as an intern at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Paris. She also did an internship at the editorial team of the Czech Internet Portal EurActiv.