Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Zsolt Gál, 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
Gál
I.2 - Name
Zsolt
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1978
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 81102 Bratislava 1, Slovakia
I.7 - Position
Assistant Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
zsolt.gal@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3934?mode=full&do=filterForm-submit&name=Zsolt&surname=G%C3%A1l&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Political Science
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-9312-9799

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
Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava
II.b - Year
2003
II.c - Study field and programme
Political Science
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Corvinus University Budapest
II.b - Year
2008
II.c - Study field and programme
Economics, International Relations PhD. Program
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
Assistant Professor Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava From 1. October 2006

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
Introduction to Political Science Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Sociology of means of mass communication Journalism II. Media and Communication Studies
2. (Master)
1. and 2. (Bachalor and Master)
2. (Master)
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)
1
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
3
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
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
Introduction to Economics Political Science I.+II. Political Science
Verejné financie - Public Finance Political Science II. Political Science
Economic Policies of the European Union Political Science II. Political Science
From socialism to EU economic transformation in Slovakia and the CEE countries Political Science I.+II. Political Science
Migration in Global and Local Context Political Science I.+II. Political Science

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
45
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
9
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
8
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
38
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
9
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
SCO SCOPUS: 28, WOS CC Web of Science Core Collection: 21
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
8
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
32
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
14
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Gál, Zsolt 2011. The 2007-2009 financial crisis: what went wrong and what went different? Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 167 p. ISBN: 978-80-223-2954-5.

2

Gál, Zsolt 2019. “Fiscal consequences of the refugee crisis.” In: International migration. Vol. 57 (5) 2019, pp. 341-354.

3

Gál, Zsolt – Malová, Darina 2021. „Slovakia in the Eurozone: Tatra Tiger or Mafia State inside the Elite Club?“ In: Arató, Krisztina – Koller, Boglarka and Pelle, Anita (eds.) The Political Economy of the Eurozone in Central and Eastern Europe. Why In, Why Out? Abindon: Routledge, pp. 165-183.

4

Gál, Zsolt 2021. “From economic transformation to energy transition the legacy of thirty years of Post-Communist development” In: Mišík, M – Oravcová, V. (eds.) From economic to energy transition: three decades of transitions in Central and Eastern Europe. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. pp. 29-61.

5

Gál, Zsolt – Malová, Darina 2018. “Slovakia: A Farewell to a Passive Policy Taker Role?” In: Schweiger, Christian – Visvizi, Anna (eds.) Central and Eastern Europe in the EU. Challenges and Perspectives Under Crisis Conditions. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 106-119 (Routledge studies in the European economy 47).

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

Gál, Zsolt 2025. The Hungarian Minority in Slovakia: An Extraordinary Tale from the Strongest Pillars of Democratic Transition to Post-communist Normality. In: Sabrina P. Ramet, S. P., Ðorđević, V. and Ch. M. Hassenstab (eds.). Civic and Uncivic Values in Slovakia. Culture, Media, Gender, and Ethnic Minorities. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 269-298.

2

Gál, Zsolt 2025. In Rosatom’s shadow: The uncertain role of nuclear in energy transition of Central and Eastern Europe. In: Mišík, M. and Figulová, A. (eds.): EU Energy and Climate Policy after COVID-19 and the Invasion of Ukraine Decarbonisation and Security in Transition. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 72-93.

3

Gál, Zsolt 2023. 2022 – stagflation, war economy, polycrisis and megathreats. In: Brezáni, P. (ed.): Yearbook of Slovakia’s foreign policy 2022. Bratislava: Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association, pp. 36-61.

4

Gál, Zsolt – Malová, Darina 2021. „Slovakia in the Eurozone: Tatra Tiger or Mafia State inside the Elite Club?“ In: Arató, Krisztina – Koller, Boglarka and Pelle, Anita (eds.) The Political Economy of the Eurozone in Central and Eastern Europe. Why In, Why Out? Abindon: Routledge, pp. 165-183.

5

Gál, Zsolt 2021. “From economic transformation to energy transition the legacy of thirty years of Post-Communist development” In: Mišík, M – Oravcová, V. (eds.) From economic to energy transition: three decades of transitions in Central and Eastern Europe. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. pp. 29-61.

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

de Lange, T., Berntsen, L., Hanoeman, R. and Haidar, O. (2021), Highly Skilled Entrepreneurial Refugees: Legal and Practical Barriers and Enablers to Start Up in the Netherlands. Int Migr, 59: 74-87. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12745 (Gál, Zsolt 2019. “Fiscal consequences of the refugee crisis.” In: International migration. Vol. 57 (5) 2019, pp. 341-354.)

2

Michael A Clemens, The economic and fiscal effects on the United States from reduced numbers of refugees and asylum seekers, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Volume 38, Issue 3, Autumn 2022, Pages 449–486, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grac012 (Gál, Zsolt 2019. “Fiscal consequences of the refugee crisis.” In: International migration. Vol. 57 (5) 2019, pp. 341-354.)

3

Bradby, H., Thapar-Björkert, S., Hamed, S., & Ahlberg, B. M. (2023). ‘You are Still a Guest in This Country!’: Understanding Racism through the Concepts of Hospitality and Hostility in Healthcare Encounters in Sweden. Sociology, 57(4), 957–974. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385221124827 (Gál, Zsolt 2019. “Fiscal consequences of the refugee crisis.” In: International migration. Vol. 57 (5) 2019, pp. 341-354.)

4

Visvizi, A., Pachocka, M. and Lytras, M.D. (2019), Managing International Migration: Rethinking Transaction Costs, Red Tape, and Their Impact. Int Migr, 57: 271-279. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.1264819, pp. 341-354. (Gál, Zsolt 2019. “Fiscal consequences of the refugee crisis.” In: International migration. Vol. 57 (5) 20)

5

Hana Mravcová & Vratislav Havlík (2022) Pragmatism and support for the EU in Slovakia’s politics, East European Politics, 38:1, 123-143, DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2021.1929187 (Gál, Z., and D. Malová. 2018. “Slovakia: A Farewell to a Passive Policy-Taker Role?” In Central and Eastern Europe in the EU: Challenges and Perspectives Under Crisis Conditions, edited by Christian Schweiger, and Anna Visvizi, 106–119. New York: Routledge)

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

ENLARGE 2025-, Spoluriešiteľ - Member of the research team: 'Jean Monnet Network ENLARGE: European Network on Learning, Assessing and Researching Governance in Enlargement'

2

Slovakia in European Differentiated Governance Regime (SKEUDIFGOVRE) 2022-2026, Spoluriešiteľ - Member of the research team, Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV).

3

‘EU Green Recovery in the post-Covid-19 Period’ 2021-2024 Spoluriešiteľ - Member of the research team, Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV: APVV-20-0012).

4

GLocalEAst 2020-, Spoluriešiteľ - Member of the research team: ‘Developing a new curriculum in Global Migration, Diaspora and Border Studies in East-Central Europe’ (2020-1-SK01-KA203-078263) supported by the Erazmus+ Programme.

5

ENERGIES 2017-2021, Spoluriešiteľ - Member of the research team: ‘Priorities of the Central and Eastern European Countries in the context of Energy Union’ Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV) APVV-16-0062.

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

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2026-08-12