Barbora is a doctoral candidate in Political Science (International Relations track), pursuing a minor in Social Science Methodology. She is a visiting researcher at Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), where she previously held the same position between January–July 2023. She was a fellow in the Civil War Paths project of the Centre for the Comparative Study of Civil War (University of York, 9/2023–8/2024) and a visiting researcher at Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (Spain, 2-5/2024). Barbora also worked as an instructor of undergraduate courses at CEU, mostly focusing on topics related to peacebuilding and international relations, and as a teaching fellow at the Global History Lab (University of Cambridge). Additionally, she was a teaching assistant for numerous methodological courses. Between 9/2021–8/2023, Barbora served the chair of the Conflict and Security Research Group at CEU.
Barbora undertakes research on social movement mobilisation, conflict prevention and resolution, and post-conflict reconstruction. She is particularly interested in issues related to power-sharing, autonomy, self-determination, secessionism, indigenous struggles, war recurrence, peacekeeping, and civil resistance. As regards methodology, Barbora's main focus lies with set-theoretic and qualitative methods, but she has also consistently worked to acquire a broad set of quantitative research skills.
Barbora graduated from Masaryk University and – as a part of her MA degree – also studied at the University of Essex. Prior to enrolling in the PhD, Barbora gained professional experience at miscellaneous non-governmental organisations, an academic centre (Czech Centre for Human Rights and Democracy), and the Parliament of the Czech Republic. She was the recipient of the Academic Achievement Award for First-Year Doctoral Students in 2021 and the CEU Award for Advanced Doctoral Students in 2024. She also received the Open Society University Network Graduate Research Mobility Grant supporting her field research with indigenous communities in Colombia, Chile, and Mexico.