RNDr. Michal Klobučník, PhD.

Human geography division

e-mail: michal.klobucnik@uniba.sk
phone: +421/2/60 296 9695
room: CH1-B1/12


Research:

Theoretical and methodological approaches in human geography with a special attention to urban geography and geography of public administration. Research is focused on methodological approaches analysing the territorial structure of local self-government in the countries of the European Union. Area of interest consists of selected settlement issues concerning the territorial structure of local self-government (size, structure, territorial changes and status of local self-government in the regional structure of the EU, its typification, administrative reform, etc.) using both quantitative methods and indicators applied at the local level of EU countries, and tools of spatial analysis (ArcView). Work with databases at the lowest territorial level of EU countries self-government. Research is also concentrated on gaining the topical spatial and statistical data at the local and regional level of the EU. The research also specializes in some selected problems of spatial scales of different themes (quality of life, the phenomena of spatial autocorrelation, geography of sport, waste management etc.).

Teaching:


» Geography of sport - lecture and exercise
» Geography of tourism - exercise
» Management and communication - lecture
» MS Office application in geography - exercise
» Project management and management of projects financed from EU funds - lecture and exercise
» Urban geography - exercise

Qualifications:


» 2000-2004 High school in Dubnica nad Váhom

» 2004-2007 Bachelor study programme (Bc.):
Study programme: Geography in Administration (Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava)
Bachelor thesis: Multimedia promotion of the region and the cities Stredné Považie
Supervisior: Doc. RNDr. Vladimír Slavík, CSc.

» 2007-2009 Master of Science study programme (MSc.):
Study programme: Human Geography in Administration (Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava)
Diploma thesis: Internetization in SR with stress on analysis internet webpages municipalities in region of Stredné Považie
Supervisior: Doc. RNDr. Vladimír Slavík, CSc.

» 2009-2013 Philosophiae Doctor study programme (PhD.):
Study programme: Human Geography and Demography (Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava)

» 2012-Doctor of Natural Sciences (RNDr.):
Study programme: Human geography and Demography in the State administration and self-government (Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava)
Doctor of Natural Sciences thesis: The methodology of spatial autocorrelation and its application in human-geographic research
Supervisior: Doc. RNDr. Vladimír Slavík, CSc.

» 2013-Philosophiae Doctor (PhD.):
Dissertation thesis: Methodological approaches in the study of local self-government territorial structure in member states of the European Union and their typification
Supervisior: Doc. RNDr. Vladimír Slavík, CSc.

Career:


» 9/2013 - Lecturer/teacher - Department of Human Geography and Demography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava
» 7/2014 - Secretary - Department of Human Geography and Demography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava

Further information:


» Website project of Tour de France: geographical approach to the history of sport event: www.tdfrance.eu
» Profile ResearchGate
» Profile Database Scopus
» Profile Database Google Scholar



» Selected publications from Michal Klobučník are available in Slovak version of this page