RNDr. Martin Plešivčák, PhD.

Human geography division

e-mail: martin.plesivcak@uniba.sk
phone: +421/2/60 296 9625
room: CH1-B1/11


Research:


» Political Geography - special emphasis on the study of electoral geography - spatial patterns of voting behaviour in the national and regional context, electoral outcomes under the socio-economic stratification of the territory, conflict lines (cleavage structure) in a regional perspective, urban-rural differences of the electoral behaviour

» EU Cohesion Policy – knowledge (good practice) sharing between coordinating (managing) authorities across the EU member states, expert consulting and methodological activities, elaboration of specialized materials, manuals and presentations, evaluation of national sector strategies, socio-economic impact assessment of ESIF projects

» 2022 - Elaboration of analyses for the creation of strategic and conceptual documents of state administration and self-goverments in the area of EU cohesion policy - Comparative analysis of regions of Slovakia - assumptions in relation to the objectives of EU cohesion policy 2021-2027 (Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic, Central Coordination Authority)

https://eurofondy.gov.sk/programove-obdobie-2021-27/priprava-strategickych-a-programovych-dokumentov/

» Since 2015 - Socio-Economic Monitoring of LIFE Projects in Slovakia (BROZ - Conservation Association)

» 2020-2021 - Sector-driven innovations for an efficient labor market in the Slovak Republic - Analysis of the potential of human resources development in the public service and administration sector at the level of regions and districts of Slovakia (participation in preparation of Human Resources Development Strategy in the Public Service Sector and Administration in 2030, evaluation of Human Resources Development Strategy in the Agriculture, Veterinary and Fisheries Sector in 2030)
(Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic, Operational Program Human Resources)

» 2015-2017, 2019-2020 - IQ-Net Country Expert for Monitoring of EU Cohesion Policy in Slovakia (European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom / Technical University, Delft, Netherlands)

» 2018-2019 - Elaboration of analyses for the creation of strategic and conceptual documents of state administration and self-goverments in the area of EU cohesion policy - Comparative analyses of regions and districts of Slovakia - assumptions in relation to the objectives of EU cohesion policy 2021-2027 (Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic, Central Coordination Authority)

» 2015 - Education of University Employees in the Field of Future Administrative Capacities Building (Operational Programme Technical Assistance)


Teaching:


» Economics and Public Finance for Geographers (1st year of bachelor level - autumn semester)
» Basics of Political Geography and Geopolitics (1st year of bachelor level - spring semester)
» Geography of Agriculture and Forestry (2st year of bachelor level - spring semester)
» Urban Economics, Local Finance and Development (3rd year of bachelor level - spring semester)
» Local Development, Urban Economics and Public Finance (3rd year of bachelor level - spring semester) in English
» Current Problems of Geography and Demography of Slovakia (3rd year of bachelor level - spring semester)
» Bachelor Seminar (3rd year of bachelor level - autumn and spring semester)
» Policies of the European Union (1st year of master level - autumn semester)
» Project Management and Management of the Projects Financed by European Structural and Investment Funds (1st year of master level - spring semester)
» Complex Human Geography in the Era of Globalization (1st year of master level - spring semester)
» Geography, Public Policy and Urban Development (1st year of master level - spring semester)
» Diploma Seminar (1st and 2nd year of master level - autumn and spring semester)
» Political Geography (2nd year of master level - autumn semester)


Qualifications:


» 2000-2004: High school in Dubnica nad Váhom

» 2004-2007: Bachelor (Bc.) study programme: Geography in Administration (Department of Human Geography and Demogeography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava)
Bachelor thesis (2007): Global Trends and Base of International Migration
Supervisior: Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Dagmar Popjaková, PhD.

» 2007-2009: Master of Science (MSc.) Study Programme: Human Geography in Administration (Department of Human Geography and Demogeography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava)
Diploma thesis (2009): Analysis of Influence of Selected Socio-Economic Factors on Voter Preferences in Regions of Slovakia
Supervisior: Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Ján Buček, PhD.

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

Essay to the Dissertation Examination (2011): Electoral Systems, Turnout and Voting Behaviour – Territorial Diferentiation and its Change
Supervisior: Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Ján Buček, PhD.

Doctor of Natural Sciences (RNDr.) thesis (2012): Regional Dimension of Socio-Political Conflict between Rural and Urban Space in the Slovak Republic
Supervisior: Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Ján Buček, PhD.

Doctoral Dissertation (2013): Regional Socio-Economic Structure as a Determinant of Spatial Patterns in Voting Behaviour in Slovakia
Supervisior: Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Ján Buček, PhD.



Career:


January 2011 – May 2011 – Erasmus Study Scholarship – School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

June 2013 – MEP Study Traineeship – European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium

April 2015 – Erasmus Teaching Mobility – Institute of Geography, University of Bremen, Germany

Since September 2013 - Research Fellow / Teaching Fellow - Department of Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava

Further information:


Since 2018 - Member of Academic Senate of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava

Since 2017 - Member of Working Group on Partnership for EU Cohesion Policy 2020+ (Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic, Central Coordination Authority)

Since 2015 - Executive Editor of Acta Geographica Universitatis Comenianae (AGUC) Scientific Journal

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» Selected publications from Martin Plešivčák are available in Slovak version of this page