Jana Birova is a member of the editorial board of Advanced Education. She works as an associate professor (docent) at the Department of the French Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague. She is a member of editorial boards and a reviewer of several international scientific journals, including those indexed by Scopus and Web of Science. Her scientific interests are teaching methodology of teaching French and English, French linguistics, plurilingualism and interculturality, adult education, lifelong learning. Jana Birova is the author of more than 80 publications, including articles published in Scopus / Web of Science-indexed journals, Slovak pedagogical journals, conference papers, monographs, university textbooks, and secondary school textbooks. She is also the president of Slovak Teachers of French since 2008. Jana Birova is a member of the European Observatory for Plurilingualism in Paris. Her association is a member of FIPF (Federation of Teachers of French). She evaluated universities for Times Higher Education University rankings in 2014/2015 and 2022/2023, Scimago university ranking, and Quacquarelli Symonds. She was invited to the President's palace on December 13, 2022 as a thanking guest for the activities with youth. She received also a thanking letter Gorazdov ďakovný list from the minister of education in 2022..

Jana Birova also received some rector´s prices for publications.