Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Juraj Janto, 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
Janto
I.2 - Name
Juraj
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1976
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova Street Nr. 2 SK-811 02 Bratislava 1
I.7 - Position
associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
juraj.janto@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3980
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Historical Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0001-5502-2723

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
II.b - Year
1999
II.c - Study field and programme
ethnology and history
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
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
ethnology
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
university teacher Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 9/2011 - until now
manager of development cooperation SAVIO o. z. 9/2008 - 3/2014
local community development worker Center for Community Development 8/2000 - 12/2007
university teacher Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Trnava 10/1999 - 8/2002

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
Training for working with the e-learning system Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2020
Training for internal academic staff in the field of Global Development Education PDCS 2017
Training for internal academic staff in the field of development education PDCS 2015
Training for working with software atlas.ti for qualitative analysis of the data Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2015

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
Traditional Material Culture 1, 2 ethnology I. Historical Sciences
Socioultural Development of Slovakia ethnology I. Historical Sciences
Ethnological research of Urban Areas ethnology I. Historical Sciences
History and the Present of Urban Areas ethnology I. Historical Science
Filedwork data Analyses ethnology I. Historical Science
Bachelor´s Professional Training ethnology I. Historical Science
Applied Ethnology ethnology and cultural anthropology II. Historical Sciences
Community Studies ethnology and cultural anthropology II. Historical Sciences
Development Anthropology ethnology and cultural anthropology II. Historical Sciences
Pre-gradute professional Training ethnology and cultural anthropology II. Historical Sciences
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
ethnology I. Historical Sciences
ethnology and cultural anthropology II. Historical Sciences
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)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
9
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
9
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
Ethnology of Socialism ethnology I. Historical Sciences
Folk Culture of Slovakia for Non-Ethnologist ethnology I. Historical Sciences
Excursion ethnology I. Historical Sciences
Anthropology of Space ethnology and cultural anthropology II. Historical Sciences

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
86
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
34
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
18
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
13
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
151
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
31
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
64
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
14
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
5
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Sociálne siete a obnova mestských panelových sídlisk. In: Slovenský národopis. Roč. 60, č. 1 (2012), s. 18-37

2

Kultúrny a sociálny kapitál lokality ako prostriedok miestneho rozvoj. In: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo. Roč. 1, č. 1 (2013), s. 83-99

3

Verejný priestor v procese kultúrnej akcelerácie. In: Slovenský národopis. Roč. 62, č. 1 (2014), s. 45-58

4

Socialistická Bratislava - premeny fyzického a sociálneho priestoru mesta. In: Journal of Urban Ethnology. Roč. 15, 2017, s. 173-184

5

Slovenské bryndziarstvo a vagačovská výrobňa v Detve k 230. výročiu vzniku prvej bryndziarne. In: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo. Roč. 5, č. 2 (2017), s. 51-59

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

Niektoré súčasné podoby pseudoľudovej kultúry vo verejnom priestore. In: Národopisný věstník. Roč. 82, č. 2 (2023), s. 55-66

2

Život v „ideálnom socialistickom meste“: naratívne reprezentácie minulosti Novej Dubnice. In: Národopisná revue, Roč. 32, č. 4 (2022), s. 267-279

3

Úvod do štúdia tradičnej ľudovej kultúry. Bratislava: Stimul, 2021

4

Etnológia v praxi. Vybrané oblasti. Bratislava: Aleph, 2021

5

Priestor a pamäť. Spomienky pracovníkov nemocnice v Topoľčanoch. Český lid. Roč. 108, č. 1 (2021), s. 3-28

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

Janto, Juraj: Sociálne siete a obnova mestských panelových sídlisk. In: Slovenský národopis. - Roč. 60, č. 1 (2012), s. 18-37.

2023 [01/20] / CZE - Drápala, Daniel. Bytový dům pro zemědělce: k procesu adaptace městských standardů bydlení v prostředí vesnických sídel. DOI 10.59618/NV.2023.1.05 In: Národopisný věstník. Praha: Česká národopisná společnost, 2023, Roč. 82, č. 1, s. 84-114. - SCO.

2

Janto, Juraj: Sociálne siete a obnova mestských panelových sídlisk. In: Slovenský národopis. - Roč. 60, č. 1 (2012), s. 18-37.

2013 [01/20] / CZE - Ferenčuhová, Slavomíra - Jayne, Mark. Zvyknúť si na Petržalku: každodenný život, bežná spotreba a vzťah k socialistickému sídlisku In: Český lid: etnologický časopis: ethnological journal. Praha: Akademie věd České republiky. Etnologický ústav AV ČR, 2013, Roč. 100, č. 3, s. 303-318. - SCO ; WOS CC ; SSCI.

3

Janto, Juraj: Komunitný rozvoj na sídliskách.In: Etnologické rozpravy. – Roč. 23, č. 1 (2016), s. 7-22.

2025 [01/20] / GBR - Szalay, Peter. The Modernist Ideal of Socialist Mass Housing Reconsidered: The Revival of Petržalka. DOI 10.1080/09668136.2025.2457405 In: Europe-Asia Studies. Oxon: Taylor & Francis Group. Routledge, 2025, Roč. 77, č. 7, s. 1099-1118. - CCC ; SCO ; WOS CC ; SSCI.

4

Janto, Juraj: Slovenské bryndziarstvo a vagačovská výrobňa v Detve k 230. výročiu vzniku prvej bryndziarne. In: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo. - Roč. 5, č. 2 (2017), s. 51-59.

2025 [01/20] / USA - Zajác, Peter - Čapla, Jozef - Čurlej, Jozef - Tkáčová, Jana - Partika, Adam - Benešová, Lucia. Composition profile of traditional Slovak ewe lump cheese. DOI 10.3168/jds.2024-25809 In: Journal of Dairy Science: Official journal of the American Dairy Science Association®. New York: Elsevier, 2025, Roč. 108, č. 3, s. 2227-2242. - SCO ; CCC ; WOS CC ; SCIE.

5

Janto, Juraj: Kultúrny a sociálny kapitál lokality ako prostriedok miestneho rozvoj. In: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo. - Č. 1 (2013), s. 83-99

2022 [01/20] / SVK - Lenovský, Ladislav - Kurajda, Lukáš. Cultural Heritage and Cultural Potential: The Use of Cultural Heritage on the Example of an Ethnographic Group. DOI 10.46284/mkd.2022.10.1.5 In: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo: vedecký recenzovaný časopis. Bratislava: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo, 2022, Roč. 10, č. 1, s. 79-104. - SCO ; WOS CC ; ESCI, s. 102.

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

Representations of the city during socialism; VEGA 1/0584/25 (2025-2027)

  • The aim is to research interpretations of life in the city during socialism.
  • Project leader / principal investigator
2

Passenger shipping in Slovakia in the 1970s and 1980s; VEGA 1/0778/25 (2025-2027)

  • The aim of the project is to research the history and memories of shipping.
  • Project member, deputy of the principal investigator
3

Czechoslovak cargo and passenger transport on the Danube in the 1970s and 1980s; VEGA 1/0689/22 (2022-2024)

  • The aim of the project is to research, document, and analyze shipping on the Danube in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • Project member
4

Image of a socialist city; VEGA 1/0187/20 (2020-2022)

  • The aim of the project is to examine social representations of the past and present of the locality among the inhabitants of the former "model socialist city" of Nová Dubnica.
  • Project leader / principal investigator

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
member, economist, auditor Ethnographic Society of Slovakia 2015 - 2021 -
Editor in Chief, journal Ethnologické rozpravy / Ethnological Debates Ethnographic Society of Slovakia 2024 -
member of the Editorial Board of the yearbook Ethnologia Slovaca et Slavica Comenius University in Bratislava 2018 - until now

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)
University of Wroclav, Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology; University of Wrocław; Plac Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wrocław, Poland; https://uni.wroc.pl/struktura-uczelni/jednostka/?j_id=113794 10.6.2019-16.6.2019 ERASMUS+
Department of European Ethnology, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University Jaselská 201/18, 602 00 Brno 26.4.2016- 29.4.2016 exchange university program of Comenius University
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Juja, Kenya Juja, Kiambu County, Kenya; https://www.jkuat.ac.ke/ 31.1.2016-8.2.2016 Global University III, Pontis Foundation

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned
  • Interviews for the massmedia on the issues of the city, socialist Bratislava and on folk culture, holidays, customs
  • Public presentations
  • Regular lectures at the University of the Third Age
Date of last update
2026-01-14