I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Navrátil

I.2 - Name

Matej

I.3 - Degrees

Mgr., PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1987

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Institute of European Studies and International Relations

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Mlynské luhy 4, 821 05, Bratislava, Slovakia

I.7 - Position

researcher

I.8 - E-mail address

navratil8@uniba.sk

I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff

https://fses.uniba.sk/en/departments/institutes/institute-of-european-studies-and-international-relations/members-of-institute/

I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university

political science / european studies

I.11 - ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7288-8502

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University

II.b - Year

2010

II.c - Study field and programme

political science / european studies

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University

II.b - Year

2012

II.c - Study field and programme

political science / european studies

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University

II.b - Year

2017

II.c - Study field and programme

political science

II.4 - Associate professor

II.5 - Professor

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position	III.b - Institution	III.c - Duration
researcher	Department of Political Sciecne, Comenius University	2016-2019
researcher	Institute of Political Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences	2020
researcher	Institute of European Studies and International Relations, Comenius University	2022 - present

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
Slovak Foreign Policy	political science	II.	european studies
Crises, Institutional Turbulences and Differentiated Integration: The Politics of Contemporary European Integration	political science	II.	european studies
EU Foreign Policy	political science	II.	european studies
Contemporary Theories of International Relations	political science	II.	european studies
Security Studies	political science	II.	european studies

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.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

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

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Navrátil, M. (2025). Navigating politicization dynamics: Czechia and Slovakia’s role in advancing functional integration through rebalancing EU’s four freedoms. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2024.2355524

Navrátil, M., & Lovec, M. (2024). From new to indispensable: How the 2004 enlargement reshaped the EU’s transformative powers. Politics and Governance, 12. https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/7516

Navrátil, Matej, and Petra Grigelová. (2024). "European Green Deal: Creeping supranationalism in the EU governance?." EU Energy and Climate Policy after COVID-19 and the Invasion of Ukraine. Routledge, 17-32.

Bátora, J., & Navrátil, M. (2016). Extending the EU’s security community amidst conflict: The case of Ukraine. External governance As security community building: The limits and potential of the European neighbourhood policy, 19-48.

Navrátil, M. (2020). The EU Delegation Sarajevo as an Organisational Proxy of the EU’s Administrative Co-governance. The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 15(3), 252-278. https://brill.com/view/journals/hjd/15/3/article-p252_2.xml

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

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

Petri, F. (2025). Within ‘Our European Family’? The Role of the Local EU Delegation as an Intermediary in EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Relations. Geopolitics, 1-22.

Mišík, M., & Brusenbauch Meislová, M. (2025). 20th anniversary of the EU Eastern enlargement: Stocktaking of the membership experience, challenges, and opportunities. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 33(2), 313-323.

Bátora, J., & Rieker, P. (2018). EU-supported reforms in the EU neighbourhood as organized anarchies: the case of post-Maidan Ukraine. Journal of European Integration, 40(4), 461–478. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2018.1467412

Králiková, M. (2022). Importing EU norms: the case of anti-corruption reform in Ukraine. Journal of European Integration, 44(2), 245–260. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2021.1872559

Maass, A. S. (2020). The Actorness of the EU’s state-building in Ukraine-before and after Crimea. Geopolitics, 25(2), 387-406.

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

SKEUDIFGOVRE: Slovakia in European Differentiated Governance Regime

Role: Principal investigator and project coordinator

Donor: Slovak Research and Development Agency (budget 210 000 eur)

Making Sense of EU Enlargement for, with and by Citizens

Role: researcher

Donor: EU, HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-DEMOCRACY-03

EU3D Differentiation, Dominance and Democracy

Role: researcher

Project coordinator: Prof. John Erik Fossum (ARENA Centre for European Studies)

Donor: EU, Horizon 2020

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

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)
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs		2014	Erasmus

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Main investigator APVV project (21-0237) Slovakia in European Differentiated Governance Regime (2021-2026)

Seal of Excellence award from the European Commission (2026)

Member of the research team for the Horizon call (2026)

Date of last update

2026-09-29

Name and surname:	Mgr. Matej Navrátil, 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