Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Mgr. Erik Láštic, 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
Láštic
I.2 - Name
Erik
I.3 - Degrees
Doc., Mgr., Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1976
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Gondova ulica 2 811 02 Bratislava 1
I.7 - Position
Docent
I.8 - E-mail address
erik.lastic@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4015
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
political sciences

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Fakulta humanistiky, Trnavská univerzita
II.b - Year
1997
II.c - Study field and programme
political science
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University
II.b - Year
1999
II.c - Study field and programme
political science
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Law Faculty, Trnavská univerzita
II.b - Year
2005
II.c - Study field and programme
theory of state and law
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
politológia
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Docent (Associate Professor) Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 1.1.2012-
Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 1.1.2002- 31.12.2011

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
Excel training modules Centre for Information Technologies, Comenius 2024
Challenge based Education, training sessions for educators Enlight university alliance, Gent University, online 2024

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
Vláda a politika na Slovensku (Government and Politics in Slovakia) political science I., Bc. political sciences
Vláda a politika v USA (Government and Politics in USA) political science II., Mgr. political sciences
Doktorandský seminár k projektu dizertačnej práce (Phd. Thesis Seminar) political science III., PhD. political 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
political science I., II., III. political 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)
3
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
3
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
25
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
25
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
4
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
Úvod do práva politológia I., Bc. politické vedy
Úvod do komparatívnej politológie politológia I., Bc politické vedy
Výskumná stáž 1-4 politológia I., Bc., II., Mgr. politické vedy
Súčasné politické teórie a smery výskumu politológia III., PhD. politické vedy

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
77
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
6
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
102
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
20
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
22
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
5
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
6
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Malová, Darina & Láštic, Erik & Rybar, Marek. (2005). Slovensko ako nový členský štát Európskej únie: Výzva z periférie?. FES, Bratislava.

2

Láštic, Erik. 2006. Get the Balance Right: Institutional Change in Slovakia during EU Accession and Membership. In Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, vol. 38, no.6, pp. 533-545. 0049-1225.

3

Staroňová, Katarina & Láštic, Erik. (2012). Into the Labyrinth: The Rewards for High Public Office in Slovakia. In: B. Guy Peters and Marleen Brans (Eds.) Rewards for High Public Office in Europe and North America. London: Routledge, 2012. Pp. 248-269

4

Spac, Samuel & Láštic, Erik. (2017). Nedotknuteľní. Politika sudcovských kariér na Slovensku v rokoch 1993-2015. Bratislava. Univerzita Komenského.

5

Láštic, Erik & Steuer, Max. (2018). The Slovak Constitutional Court: The Third Legislator?. 10.4324/9780429467097-8. IN: Constitutional Politics and the Judiciary: Decision Making in Central and Eastern Europe (pp.184-212), Routledge

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

Erik Láštic, Max Steuer: The Slovak Constitutional Court: The promise of Dworkinian adjudication? In: Pócza, K. (Ed.). (2024). Constitutional Review in Central and Eastern Europe: Judicial-Legislative Relations in Comparative Perspective (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003399483

2

LÁŠTIC, E. (2024), Slovakia: Political Developments and Data in 2023. European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, 63: 428-446. https://doi.org/10.1111/2047-8852.12449

3

Erik Láštic& Martin Kovanič (eds.) Neustále pod dohľadom? Politika osobných údajov na Slovensku. Univerzita Komenského, 2021.

4

LÁŠTIC, E. (2023), Slovakia: Political Developments and Data in 2022. European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, 62: 436-447. https://doi.org/10.1111/2047-8852.12407

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

Erik Láštic, Get the balance right institutional change in Slovakia during EU accession and membership. Sociológia. - Roč. 38, č. 6 (2006), s. 533-545

  • [o1] Castillo Ortiz, P.J. (2015). EU Treaties and the Judicial Politics of National Courts: A Law and Politics Approach (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315715360

2

Erik Láštic (with Katarína Staroňová), Into the labyrinth the rewards for high public office in Slovakia. Rewards for high public office in Europe and North America. - London : Routledge, 2012. - ISBN 978-0-415-78105-3. - S. 248-268

  • Mause, K. Self-serving legislators? An analysis of the salary-setting institutions of 27 EU parliaments. Const Polit Econ 25, 154–176 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10602-013-9150-y

3

Erik Láštic, Referendum experience Referendum experience in Slovakia a long and winding road. In Direct democracy in Europe : developments and prospects. - Wiesbaden : VS Verlag, 2007. - ISBN 978-3-531-15512-8. - S. 189-198

  • Grotz, F. Direkte Demokratie in Europa: Erträge, Probleme und Perspektiven der vergleichenden Forschung. PVS 50, 286–305 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11615-009-0137-2

4

Erik Láštic (s Darina Malová, Marek Rybář)- Slovensko ako nový členský štát Európskej únie výzva z periférie?, FES, Bratislava, 2005.

  • [o1] 2009 - Copsey, M. - Haughton, T - In: Journal of common market studies, roč. 47, č. 2, 2009 ; s. 273 ; SSCI

5

Erik Láštic, Parties and government in Slovakia a fatal attraction? In: Party government in Slovakia. - Bratislava : IVO, 2004. - ISBN 80-88935-64-4. - S. 101-112

  • Haughton, T. (2005). Constraints and Opportunities of Leadership in Post-Communist Europe. Ashgate.
VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

Politics of Personal Data: Transparency, Accountability and Legitimacy in Digital Era. APVV, 2017- 2021, APVV-16-0389; principal investigator


2

Resisting Democratic Backsliding: Slovakia's Preparedness for Defense Against Attacks on Democracy (ReDemP) , leader of WP Bureacracy, APVV, 2022-2026, APVV-21-0484

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
člen Rada APVV pre spoločenské vedy 2021-
Varieties of Democracy project, country coordinator and expert, https://www.v-dem.net, , V-Dem Institute Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden 2018-

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

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned
  • 2017- Council of Via Iuris, civic association, member of council
  • 2018-, Investigative Journalism Fund, OSF, member of grant committee


Date of last update
2025-03-11