Filip Šebok
Head of Prague Office
Filip's research primarily looks at Chinese domestic and foreign policy, especially relations between China and Central and Eastern European countries and China’s propaganda and disinformation. He graduated in International Relations and Chinese Cultural Studies at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, and Renmin University in Beijing, studying in a full-time program taught in Mandarin. He is currently pursuing his PhD. at the Asian Studies Department of the Palacký University in Olomouc.
Between 2019 and 2024, Filip worked as a China Research Fellow and Project Manager on the MapInfluenCE and China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE) projects at the Association for International Affairs (AMO), including as the editor of all CHOICE publications. He was already affiliated with CEIAS between 2014 and 2019 and also previously worked for Stratpol (now Adapt Institute). Filip was a Fall 2022 CEPA James S. Denton Fellow in Washington, D.C. and is an individual member of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE) Expert Pool.
Filip is the author of several reports, analyses and book chapters, including in the Routledge volume 'Contemporary China: A New Superpower?'.
Research interests: Chinese domestic and foreign policy, relations between China and CEE countries, Chinese propaganda and disinformation
Echoes and resistance: China’s discourse power and public perceptions in Central Europe
Filip Šebok, Veronika Blablová, Sebestyén Hompot, Marcin Jerzewski, Joanna Nawrotkiewicz, Kara Němečková, Matej Šimalčík, Róbert Vancel
Situation report: China’s AI in Central European social media narratives
Filip Šebok, Veronika Blablová, Sebestyén Hompot, Marcin Jerzewski, Joanna Nawrotkiewicz, Kara Němečková, Róbert Vancel, Matej Šimalčík
Central Europe-East Asia EV nexus: Tracking Chinese, South Korean and Japanese electric vehicle and battery investment in the V4 countries
Martin Šebeňa, Kara Němečková, Konrad Popławski, Agnes Szunomár, Veronika Blablová, Marcell Kovács, Benedykt Kurtyka, Filip Šebok, Richard Turcsányi
Situation report: Reflecting on the EU-China-US triangle on V4 social media
Filip Šebok, Veronika Blablová, Sebestyén Hompot, Marcin Jerzewski, Joanna Nawrotkiewicz, Kara Němečková, Róbert Vancel, Matej Šimalčík
EU Voters’ Views on China Tracker
Veronika Blablová, Richard Turcsányi, Filip Šebok
Situation report: Contested narratives about China on V4 social media
Filip Šebok, Veronika Blablová, Sebestyén Hompot, Marcin Jerzewski, Joanna Nawrotkiewicz, Kara Němečková, Róbert Vancel, Matej Šimalčík
Situation report: Debating Chinese EVs on social media in Central Europe
Filip Šebok, Veronika Blablová, Sebestyén Hompot, Marcin Jerzewski, Joanna Nawrotkiewicz, Kara Němečková, Matej Šimalčík, Róbert Vancel
China’s propaganda and disinformation campaigns in Central Europe
Ivana Karásková, Alicja Bachulska, Tamás Matura, Matej Šimalčík, Filip Šebok
Handbook for stakeholders: China’s sticks and carrots in Central Europe
Ivana Karásková, Alicja Bachulska, Barbara Kelemen, Tamás Matura, Matej Šimalčík, Filip Šebok
China’s Sticks and Carrots in Central Europe: The Logic and Power of Chinese Influence
Ivana Karásková, Tamás Matura, Alicja Bachulska, Barbara Kelemen, Matej Šimalčík, Filip Šebok
Why using the term ‘Chinese virus’ isn’t quite right
Matej Šimalčík, Richard Turcsányi, Kristina Kironska, Filip Šebok
Prečo nie je dobré používať pojem “čínsky vírus”
Richard Turcsányi, Kristina Kironska, Matej Šimalčík, Filip Šebok
Slovakia and China: Challenges to the future of the relationship
Barbara Kelemen, Kristina Kironska, Matej Šimalčík, Richard Turcsányi, Filip Šebok
Prospects for Developing the V4+China Cooperation Platform
Klára Dubravčíková, Martin Šebeňa, Matej Šimalčík, Richard Turcsányi, Filip Šebok
Chinese Media Watch: China-EU & China-CEEC Cooperation in 2019
Klára Dubravčíková, Runya Qiaoan, Matej Šimalčík, Filip Šebok
Potenciál Novej hodvábnej cesty pre Slovensko
Lucia Husenicová, Kristina Kironska, Matej Šimalčík, Richard Turcsányi, Filip Šebok
