Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Pavol Baboš, 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
Baboš
I.2 - Name
Pavol
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1984
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 811 02 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Position of Associate Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
pavol.babos@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/21795?mode=full
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Sociology and social antropology
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7536-9027

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
II.b - Year
2009, 2012
II.c - Study field and programme
Political science, Sociology - Social Policy Analysis
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2013
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
Senior Analyst, Head of Department 2muse, s.r.o. April 2020 - April 2022
Assistant Professor Dept. of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava September 2013 - August 2020
Researcher Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences April 2013 - May 2017
Assistant Professor Dept. of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava May 2022 - August 2023
Associate Professor Dept. of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava September 2023 - now

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

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Masterclass on MaxDiff: What’s below the tip of the iceberg Strategy Analytics / ESOMAR 2022
Communication with people that is in line with brain functioning. University of West Bohemia 2021
Model Thinking University of Michigan 2014

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
Market Research Sociology a social anthropology II. Sociology a social anthropology
Introduction to Political Science Journalism I. Media and communication studies
Sociology of mass communication Journalism II. Media and communication 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.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Sociology a social anthropology I.+II. Sociology a social anthropology
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)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
22
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
16
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Basic Economics Sociology and Social Anthropology I. Sociology and Social Anthropology
Introduction to political science Sociology and Social Anthropology I. Sociology and Social Anthropology
Market Research Basics Sociology and Social Anthropology I. Sociology and Social Anthropology
Experiment in sociology Sociology and Social Anthropology II. Sociology and Social Anthropology
Electoral behaviour Sociology and Social Anthropology II. Sociology and Social Anthropology
Introduction to stastical software for data analysis Sociology and Social Anthropology I. Sociology and Social Anthropology
LSD: Laboratory research in societal debates Sociology and Social Anthropology I., II. Sociology and Social Anthropology
Selected issues in political science Journalism I. Journalism
Sociology of mass communication Journalism II. Journalism

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
55
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
27
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
16
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
10
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
64
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
38
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
43
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
29
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
7
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Baboš, Pavol, Világi, Aneta. Just a show? Effects of televised debates on political attitudes and preferences in Slovakia. East European Politics and Societies and Cultures: EEPS. Berkeley: SAGE Publications, 2018, Vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 720-742

2

Baboš, Pavol, Világi, Aneta, Oravcová, Veronika. Spoločenské problémy, politické (ne)riešenia : voľby 2016. 1. vyd. [Social problems, political non/solutions: the 2016 elections; 1st ed.] Bratislava: Stimul, 2016. ISBN 978-80-8127-162-5.

3

Baboš Pavol, Lubyová Martina. Effect of Labour Code reform on unemployment duration in the course of crisis. 2016. Ekonomický časopis. - ISSN 0013-3035. - Vol. 64, no. 3 (2016), pp. 218-237.

4

Dolný Branislav, Baboš Pavol. Voter-representative congruence in Europe. 2015. West European politics. - ISSN 0140-2382. - Vol. 38, no. 6 (2015), pp. 1274-1304

5

Baboš Pavol. Step or trap?. 2014. Post-Communist Economies. - ISSN 1463-1377. - Vol. 26, no.1 (2014), pp. 39-52.

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

Baboš, P. (2026). Sociálne médiá, vláda a (ne)podpora demokracie: Ako online priestor formuje postoje na Slovensku. Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, 58(1), 5-31. 0049-1225. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2026.58.1.1

2

Vilagi, A., & Babos, P. (2025). Unpacking negative public attitudes towards European Union integration: insights from a qualitative study in Slovakia. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 33(2), 449-469.

3

Buštíková, Lenka, Baboš, Pavol. Best in covid: populists in the time of pandemic. Politics and Governance. Lisbon: Cogitatio Press, 2020, Roč. 8, č. 4, s. 496-508 

4

Dolný, Branislav. Vnímanie liberálnej demokracie na Slovensku: latentné profily občanov. Sociológia 2021, Roč. 53, č. 2, s. 91-118 

5

Bátora, J., & Baboš, P. (2025). Thought Communities and Pre‐conditions for Polity Formation in the European Union: Evidence From Six EU Member States. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 63(1), 197-226.

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

Vachudova, M. A. (2021). Populism, Democracy, and Party System Change in Europe. Annual Review of Political Science, 24, 471-498. [Buštíková, Lenka, Baboš, Pavol. Best in covid: populists in the time of pandemic]

2

Aktürk, Ş., & Lika, I. (2021). Varieties of Resilience and Side Effects of Disobedience: Cross-National Patterns of Survival during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Problems of Post-Communism, 1-12. [Buštíková, Lenka, Baboš, Pavol. Best in covid: populists in the time of pandemic]

3

Cutts, D., & Haughton, T. (2021). Winning votes and influencing people: campaigning in Central and Eastern Europe. East European Politics, 37(2), 239-266. [Baboš, Pavol, Világi, Aneta. Just a show? ...]

4

Richter, S., & Stier, S. (2021). Learning about the unknown Spitzenkandidaten: The role of media exposure during the 2019 European Parliament elections. European Union Politics, https://doi.org/10.1177%2F14651165211051171. [Baboš, Pavol, Világi, Aneta. Just a show? ...]

5

Lloyd, R., Bello, A., & Rennó, L. (2020). Preaching to the Choir? Presidential debates and patterns of persuasion in a multiparty presidential system. Public Opinion Quarterly, 84(4), 892-914. [Baboš, Pavol, Világi, Aneta. Just a show? ...]

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

Trust in media in the digital age (TRUMED) / Principal investigator / EUNextGeneration Project no. 09I01-03-V04

2

Trust in European Democracies (TRUEDEM) / EU Horizon Program Grant No 101095237 / Principal Investigator

3

Improving Communication on Democracy and EU Deficits / Principal Investigator / APVV-17-0464

4

Súkromné vojenské a bezpečnostné spoločnosti a rekonfigurácia EÚ ako aktéra v oblasti obran (RECONDEF) / 09I03-03-V04-00232 / Member of the research team.

5

EU Differentiation, Dominance and Democracy (Diferenciácia, nadvláda a demokracia v EÚ) / H2020, Rámcový program EÚ pre výskum a inovácie, výzva SC6-GOVERNANCE-2018-2019 / member of the research team.

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
Erasmus coordinator Dept. of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2014 - 2018
Member of the VEGA Committee no.13 for economic and legal sciences VEGA 2016 - 2017
Member of the Standing Committee on Methodology European Consortium for Political Research 2014 - 2020

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)
Bologna University Bologna, Italy June 2019 Erasmus+, Teaching Mobility
Think Tank Europa Copenhagen, Denmark September 2019 Erasmus+ Job Shadowing
Hokkaido University, Slavic Research Center Sapporo, Japan June 2016 - February 2017 Research Fellowship
European Trade Union Institute Brussels, Belgium May - August 2011 internship

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Holder of the Jan Hus Educational Foundation scholarship for the year 2016

Date of last update
2022-05-23