Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
M. A. Martin Kovanič, 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
Kovanič
I.2 - Name
Martin
I.3 - Degrees
M.A., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1985
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Sociology
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, Bratislava, 811 02
I.7 - Position
Assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
martin.kovanic@uniba.sk
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9151-6541

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First 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
political science
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Central European University
II.b - Year
2012
II.c - Study field and programme
political science
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
2016
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
Assistant professor Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2015 - now
Analyst Office for Whistleblower Protection 2021-2024
Assistant professor Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno 2016-2021
Post-doctoral researcher Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2017-2020

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
Fundamentals of university pedagogy Institute of Lifelong Learning, Mendel University in Brno 2019

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.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)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
7
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
15
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
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
35
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
22
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
10
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
8
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
19
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
19
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
7
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
1
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Kovanič, Martin and Max Steuer. Fighting against COVID-19: With or Without Politics? Social Science & Medicine. Vol. 337 (2023), p. [1-9], art. no. 116297.

2

Kovanič, Martin and Samuel Spáč. Conceptions of Privacy in the Digital Era Perceptions of Slovak Citizens. Surveillance and Society. Vol. 20, no. 2 (2022), p. 186-201.

3

Steuer, Max and Martin Kovanič. Militarisation of democracy in Slovakia. In: Neo-militant democracies in post-communist member states of the European Union. 1. ed. ISBN 978-1-032-15634-7. London: Routledge, 2022. P. 165-180.

4

Kovanič, Martin. The Construction of Threats by Intelligence Agencies: Analysing the Language of Official Documents in Slovakia. Critical Studies on Terrorism. Vol. 14, no. 1 (2021), p. 117-138.

5

Kovanič, Martin and Aneta Coufalová. The legitimacy of intelligence surveillance: the fight against terrorism in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Intelligence and National Security. Vol. 35, no. 1 (2020), p. 115-130.

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

Kovanič, Martin and Max Steuer. Fighting against COVID-19: With or Without Politics? Social Science & Medicine. Vol. 337 (2023), p. [1-9], art. no. 116297.

2

Kovanič, Martin and Samuel Spáč. Conceptions of Privacy in the Digital Era Perceptions of Slovak Citizens. Surveillance and Society. Vol. 20, no. 2 (2022), p. 186-201.

3

Steuer, Max and Martin Kovanič. Militarisation of democracy in Slovakia. In: Neo-militant democracies in post-communist member states of the European Union. 1. ed. ISBN 978-1-032-15634-7. London: Routledge, 2022. P. 165-180.

4

Kovanič, Martin. The Construction of Threats by Intelligence Agencies: Analysing the Language of Official Documents in Slovakia. Critical Studies on Terrorism. Vol. 14, no. 1 (2021), p. 117-138.

5

Kovanič, Martin and Aneta Coufalová. The legitimacy of intelligence surveillance: the fight against terrorism in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Intelligence and National Security. Vol. 35, no. 1 (2020), p. 115-130.

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

Stoian, Valentin. "Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight in Romania: Between Consolidation and Controversy." International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence 37.1 (2024): 265-285. [Kovanič and Coufalová, The legitimacy of intelligence surveillance: the fight against terrorism in the Czech Republic and Slovakia]

2

Kolaszyński, Mateusz, and Grzegorz Małecki. "Intelligence oversight and accountability in Poland: has anything changed?." International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence (2024): 1-29. [Kovanič and Coufalová, The legitimacy of intelligence surveillance: the fight against terrorism in the Czech Republic and Slovakia]

3

Mazur, Przemysław. "Islamist Terrorism in Poland—A Threat or Securitization for Political Interests?." Democracy and Security (2025): 1-30. [Kovanič and Coufalová, The legitimacy of intelligence surveillance: the fight against terrorism in the Czech Republic and Slovakia]

4

Hino, Kimihiro. "Changes in public attitudes toward CCTV installations in residential areas between 2008 and 2019." Cities 128 (2022): 103810. [Kovanič, Individual experiences of surveillance: attitudes towards camera surveillance in Slovakia]

5

Vékony, Dániel, and Egdūnas Račius. "Governance of religious diversity in Central Europe: A religious nationalism inspired illiberal turn in Hungary and Slovakia?." Ethnicities 24.2 (2024): 270-289. [Kovanič, The construction of threats by intelligence agencies: analysing the language of official documents in Slovakia]

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

Internal Grant Agency of Mendel University in Brno. Project: Anti-pandemic Measures in the Context of Democratic Theory: A Comparison of the Czech and Slovak Republics. Principal Investigator. Implementation period 2021-2022.

2

Internal Grant Agency of Mendel University in Brno. Project: Construction of Threats by the Intelligence Services of the Czech and Slovak Republics. Principal Investigator. Implementation period: 2020.

3

APVV. Project PODATA: The Politics of Personal Data: Transparency, Accountability, and Legitimacy in the Digital Age, APVV-16-0389. Research Team Member. Implementation period: 2017-2020.

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)
Vienna Center for Societal Security Vienna, Austria march - august 2016 Ernst Mach Fellowship
Vienna Center for Societal Security Vienna, Austria february - july 2015 National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Member of the editorial board of the Central European Journal of International and Security Studies (CEJISS) from January 2020 to July 2022.

Date of last update
2025-02-26