Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Karen Henderson, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Henderson
I.2 - Name
Karen
I.3 - Degrees
doc., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1954
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Institute of European Studies and International Relations
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynské luhy 4, 821 05 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor 60%
I.8 - E-mail address
karen.henderson@fses.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/22292
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
political science
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-3023-8872

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Bradford, UK
II.b - Year
1978
II.c - Study field and programme
Modern Languages
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK
II.b - Year
1986
II.c - Study field and programme
Area studies
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Leicester, UK
II.c - Study field and programme
Politics
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Leicester, UK
II.b - Year
2003
II.c - Study field and programme
Politics
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
senior lecturer 60% FSEV UK Bratislava 2015 -
professor FSV UCM 2021 -
senior lecturer FSV UCM 2017-2021
researcher FSEV UK Bratislava 2014-2015
senior lecturer University of Leicester, UK, Faculty of Social Sciences 2003 - 2013
lecturer University of Leicester, UK, Faculty of Social Sciences 1990 - 2003
lecturer University of Bradford, UK, Faculty of Arts 1989-1990

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
EU Policies European Studies and Policies II. Political science
Comparative Politics: Principles European Studies and Policies I. Political science
PhD research seminar European Studies and Politics III. Political science
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
5
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
3
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
50
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
30
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
4
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
67
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
11
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
28
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
960
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
235
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
89
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
12
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
39
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Henderson, K. (100%) EU accession and the new Slovak consensus / Karen Henderson. In: West European politics [print] = WEP. ISSN0140-2382.-Roč.27, č.4(2004), 652-670[print] 

2

Henderson, K. (100%) Slovakia [print]: The escape from invisibility. -1.vyd. -Abingdon: Routledge publishing, 2002. -140 s. [print]. - ISBN 0-415-27436-2. 

3

Henderson, K. (100%) The Slovak Republic: Explaining defects in democracy. (Príspevok indexovaný v databáze Scopus.). In: Democratization. - ISSN 13510347. - Roč. 11, č. 5 (2004), 133-155 . 

4

Henderson, K. (100%) Slovakia and the democratic criteria for EU accession. 

In: Back to Europe: Central and Eastern Europe and the European Union. Londýn: University College London, 1999. - ISBN 1857288866, 1857288874. - 228-247 

5

Henderson, K. (100%) Exceptionalism or Convergence? Euroscepticism and Party systems in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Opposing Europe? : The Comparative Party Politics of Euroscepticism / Aleks Szczerbiak, Paul Taggart. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. - ISBN 978-0-19-925835-2. - s. 103-126 . 

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Oľga Gyárfášová (50%)- Karen Henderson (50%). Slovakia and the turnout conundrum. In: East European Politics [print, electronic] . - ISSN 2159-9165. - Roč. 34, č. 1 (2018) 

2

Henderson, K. (100%) Euroscepticism and the 'missing left': The Slovak case study / Karen Henderson. In: Politologický časopis[print] =Czechjournalofpoliticalscience.-ISSN1211-3247.-č.3(2017), s. 229-248 [print]. 

3

Erika Harris (50%)- Karen Henderson (50%) Slovakia since 1989. In: Central and Southeast European politics since 1989 / Sabrina P. Ramet, Christine M. Hassenstab. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019. - ISBN 978-1-108-49991-0, 978-1-108-71866-0. - s. 191-220 . 

4

Henderson, K. (100%) Immigration and free movement: Migration discourses in the UK and the Visegrad Four [print] / Karen Henderson. In: Migration - the challenge of European states [print] / Jaroslav Mihálik, Jakub Bardovič (eds.). - Stuttgard : ibidem-Verlag, 2019. - ISBN 978-3-8382-1344-6. - s. 47-60 [print]. 

5

Henderson, K. (100%) The spread of populism in Central Europe / Karen Henderson. In: Central and South Eastern Europe 2021[ print] /[bezzostavovateľa].-Abingdon:Routledge,2020. ISBN 978-0-367-44019-0. - ISSN 1470-5699. - s. 10-13 . 

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

Henderson, K. (100%) Slovakia [print]: The escape from invisibility.-1.vyd.-Abingdon: Routledge publishing, 2002.-140 s. [print]. - ISBN 0-415-27436-2. 

Aris Trantidis (2021). Building an authoritarian regime: Strategies for autocratisation and resistance in Belarus and Slovakia. British Journal of Politics and International Relations. Online first 1- 23 doi.org/10.1177/1369148120978964. ISSN: 1369-1481. S. 8, 18, 22. 

2

Henderson, K. (100%) Exceptionalism or Convergence? Euroscepticism and Party systems in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Opposing Europe? : The Comparative Party Politics of Euroscepticism / Aleks Szczerbiak, Paul Taggart. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. - ISBN 978-0-19-925835-2. - s. 103-126 . 

Benjamin Leruth (2015). Operationalizing national preferences on Europe and differentiated integration. Journal of European Public Policy. Vol. 22, No. 6. 816-835. ISSN 1350-1763. S. 820, 834. 

3

The Slovak Republic: Explaining defects in democracy / Karen Henderson. (Príspevok indexovaný v databáze Scopus.). In: Democratization. - ISSN 13510347. - Roč. 11, č. 5 (2004), 133-155  

Cassani, Andrea, Hybrid what? Partial consensus and persistent divergences in the analysis of hybrid regimes, International Political Science Review, 2014, Vol. 35, No. 5. 542-558. ISSN: 0192-5121. S. 545, 557. 

4

Slovakia and the democratic criteria for EU accession / Karen Henderson. 

In: Back to Europe: Central and Eastern Europe and the European Union / Karen Henderson. - Londýn : University College London, 1999. - ISBN 1857288866, 1857288874. - 228-247. 

  • Steven Levitsky & L.A. Way - Linkage versus leverage. Rethinking the international dimension of regime change - Comparative Politics, 2006, Vol. 38, No. 4, 379-400. ISSN 0010-4159. S. 390, 399. 


5

Slovakia and the turnout conundrum / Oľga Gyárfášová, Karen Henderson. 

In: East European Politics [print, electronic] . - ISSN 2159-9165. - Roč. 34, č. 1 (2018), s. 77-96 [print, online]. 

  • In Europe's Closet: the rights of sexual minorities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia 

By: Guasti, Petra; Bustikova, Lenka. East European PoliticS  Volume: 36   Issue: 2   Special Issue: SI   Pages: 226-246   ISSN: 2159-9165. S. 15, 19. Published: APR 2 2020. 

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
National Advisory Board, member Europe-Asia Studies 2012 -
Editorial Board, member Slovak Sociological Review 2018 -

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Tblisi, Georgia 05/2016 1 week Erasmus
UK Bratislava Bratislava, Slovakia 02-07/2008 1 semester Leverhulme Study Abroad Fellowship
Central European University Budapest, Hungary 09/2005-01/2006 1 semester work contract
University of Pécs Budapest, Hungary 03/2004 1 week Erasmus
UK Bratislava Bratislava, Slovakia 04/2000 & 04/2001 3 weeks British Council Joint Research Collaboration Programme
UK Bratislava and Univerzita Karlova SR, ČR 10/1986-07/1987 2 semesters British Council Scholar

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

European Commission Jean Monnet Module, EU Enlargement and Democratic Consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe, University of Leicester (2010-2013)

Chair of Scientific Committee, European Science Foundation Forward Look, ‘Central and Eastern Europe Beyond Transition: Convergence and Divergence in Europe’ (2008-12)

Joint coordinator, British Council Joint Research Collaboration Program, Center for European Studies, Comenius University, Bratislava / University of Leicester (1999-2002)

Date of last update
2022-03-11