ancient philosophy, political thought, social ethics, ethics

2004–2007 International Academy for Philosophy in Liechtenstein: Ph.D. in Philosophy. Thesis supervised by prof. G. Reale and prof. F. L. Lisi

2002–2003 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn; Politics and Philosophy

1997–2004 Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University, Prague: MA in Political science, specialisation Political philosophy

since 2021 Charles University, Catholic Theological Faculty, Associate Professor; since 2022 Vice-Dean for Research

2019 Appointed as Associate Professor, Palacký University Olomouc

2018 – 2023 University of Pardubice, Faculty of Arts, Assistant Professor; since 2019 Associate Professor

2018 – 2021 Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic: OIKOYMENH Publishers, Head of Department

2011 – 2019 Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague: Assistant Professor, Research Fellow

2008 – 2018 Co-Editor of the philosophical journal Reflexe

2007 – 2011 Faculty of Theology of South Bohemian University in České Budějovice: Assistant Professor, Vice-Dean for Research

2004 – 2007 International Academy for Philosophy in Liechtenstein: Assistant

Czech Plato Society

Czech Society for Aristotelian Studies

International Plato Society

Collegium Politicum – a research network for ancient political philosophy (2018–2019 as president)

Working Group on the Social Doctrin of the Church at the Czech Bishops’ Conference (since 2019 as member of the executive board)

COMECE Social Affairs Commission (national delegate)

J. Jinek, Naming God as „King“ and the Figure of the Legislator in Plato’s Cratylus, in: G. Giorgini – E. Irrera (eds.), God, Religion, and Society, Baden-Baden 2023, pp. 213–228.

J. Jinek, Platons Theologie der Götternamen, in: V. Mikeš (ed.), Plato’s Cratylus. Proceedings from the Eleventh Symposium Platonicum Pragense (Brill's Plato Studies Series, 8), Leiden 2022, pp. 107–123.

J. Jinek, Pleasure and Pain in Plato’s Laws and the Penal Code of the Second Best City, in: Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics, 23, 2021, pp. 425–442.

J. Jinek, Plato’s Socrates and the Law Code of Athens, in: Filosofický časopis, Special Issue, 2021, 2 (The Rule of the People and the Rule of Law in Classical Greek Thought), pp. 103–124.

J. Jinek (ed.), The Rule of the People and the Rule of Law in Classical Greek Thought, in: Filosofický časopis, Special Issue, 2021, 2.

J. Jinek – L. Kollert (eds.), Emergency Powers. Rule of Law and the State of Exception, Baden-Baden 2020.

J. Jinek, The Welfare State and Modern Sovereignty, in: Politologický časopis, 3, 2018, pp. 206–226.

J. Jinek, A Critical Approach to Moral and Political Theory: The Case of Plato’s Republic, in: M. Migliori – F. Eustacchi (eds.), Per la rinascita di un pensiero critico contemporaneo. Il contributo degli antichi, Milano – Udine 2017, pp. 181–204.