Ondřej Rosendorf
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ondřej Rosendorf is a researcher at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) and the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University. He is also affiliated with the Peace Research Center Prague (PRCP), where he is a member of the ERC–funded MICROCODE project.
Research focus
He earned his Ph.D. in International Relations from Charles University in Prague. His research examines public and elite attitudes toward the use of military force, emerging and disruptive technologies, and alliance politics.
In his research, Ondřej Rosendorf focuses on preventive arms control and military innovation, with an empirical focus on autonomous weapon systems, and international cooperation, with an empirical focus on strategic partnerships. His work has appeared in leading peer-reviewed journals, most recently in the European Journal of International Relations, Research & Politics, and Security Studies.
Selected publications
Smetana, M., Vranka, M., & Rosendorf, O. (2025). Public support for arms control in the third nuclear age: cross-national survey and elite cues experiment in NATO countries. European Journal of International Relations
Smetana, M., Vranka, M. & Rosendorf, O. (2024). Elite-public gaps in support for nuclear and chemical strikes: New evidence from a survey of British parliamentarians and citizens. Research & Politics
Rosendorf, O., Smetana, M., & Vranka, M. (2023). Algorithmic aversion? Experimental evidence on the elasticity of public attitudes to “Killer robots.” Security Studies
Smetana, M., Vranka, M., Rosendorf, O. (2023). The “Commitment Trap” Revisited: Experimental Evidence on Ambiguous Nuclear Threats. Journal of Experimental Political Science
Smetana, M., Vranka, M., & Rosendorf, O. (2022). The lesser evil? Experimental evidence on the strength of nuclear and chemical weapon "taboos". Conflict Management and Peace Science
Rosendorf, O., Smetana, M., & Vranka, M. (2022). Autonomous weapons and ethical judgments: Experimental evidence on attitudes toward the military use of "killer robots". Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology
Rosendorf, O., Smetana, M., & Vranka, M. (2021). Disarming arguments: Public opinion and nuclear abolition. Survival
Rosendorf, O. (2020). Predictors of support for a ban on killer robots: Preventive arms control as an anticipatory response to military innovation. Contemporary Security Policy
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Contact
Email address: ondrej.rosendorf@fsv.cuni.cz