Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
 doc. Mgr. Erik Láštic, PhD.
Faculty:
FiF - Faculty of Arts

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

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)
6
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
3
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
20
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
20
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
71
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
12
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
4
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
16
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
6
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Slovensko ako nový členský štát Európskej únie výzva z periférie? (2005), https://alis.uniba.sk:8444/lib/item?id=chamo:169930&fromLocationLink=false&theme=EPC


2

Get the balance right institutional change in Slovakia during EU accession and membership, (2006), https://alis.uniba.sk:8444/lib/item?id=chamo:184359&fromLocationLink=false&theme=EPC


The article argues that despite the formal dominance of the Slovak parliament over the government as originally laid down in Slovak constitution, the government manages to dominate Slovak constitutional system at the expense of the parliament. Firstly, this happened through an extensive use of government’s legislative powers. Later on, the EU accession of Slovakia - predominantly an executive affair - 

strengthened this dominance and led to 2001 constitutional amendment. Despite another constitutional change initiated by the parliament in 2003, which was to re-establish the institutional balance, the parliament is still unable to control and influence the government with regard to EU matters.


3

Into the labyrinth the rewards for high public office in Slovakia, 2012, https://alis.uniba.sk:8444/lib/item?id=chamo:258174&fromLocationLink=false&theme=EPC

When the information on rewards to high public officials, both political and top career civil servants in Slovakia together with full information on local government officials’ salaries and bonuses were made publicly available from January 2006 through Free Access to Information Law, it seemed as a historical moment which was the culmination of the debate on the transparency of high public officials rewards. As the transition into modern democracy in the past fifteen years has led to many questions and problems connected with transparency, accountability and trust towards the public posts, both political and apolitical, this amendment was to be seen as part of a bigger reform that has focused particularly on re-defining accountability systems to provide a number of specific safeguards against the misuse of power by either politicians or civil servants, including reward system for public officials. This paper focuses on the analysis of the formal and informal mechanisms of rewarding the performance and work of the high public officials in Slovakia since the gain of independent sovereign statehood in January 1993. The main question is whether the institutional arrangements in rewarding of public officials brought about accountability mechanisms as hoped at the beginning of the transition era.

4

Nedotknuteľní? Politika sudcovských kariér na Slovensku v rokoch 1993-2015, (2017) https://alis.uniba.sk:8444/lib/item?id=chamo:337670&fromLocationLink=false&theme=EPC

5

The Slovak constitutional court the third legislator?, 2019, https://alis.uniba.sk:8444/lib/item?id=chamo:357811&fromLocationLink=false&theme=EPC


The chapter uses the analytical framework of the “negative” and “positive” legislator to address whether and if so why the SCC acted as a legislator during the three court terms. Data collected allowed us to identify how the SCC positioned itself vis-à-vis

changing legislative majorities between 1993 and 2015, and whether there has been a period in which it used its legislating capacities beyond the average standard. The analysis offers new findings about each of the three constitutional courts. During the period of the third, with a few exceptions, the SCC’s rulings gradually shifted towards ones favorable to the parliamentary majority (2006–2010) and the head of state. Moreover, the recent emptying out of the bench due to the conflict over the president’s authority regarding the appointment procedures further exacerbated the resignation of the majority over the legislating function of the SCC, and gave rise to some arguably unconstitutional decision-making practices. 

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

Nedotknuteľní? Politika sudcovských kariér na Slovensku v rokoch 1993-2015, (2017) https://alis.uniba.sk:8444/lib/item?id=chamo:337670&fromLocationLink=false&theme=EPC

2

The Slovak constitutional court the third legislator?, 2019, https://alis.uniba.sk:8444/lib/item?id=chamo:357811&fromLocationLink=false&theme=EPC

3

Neustále pod dohľadom? Politika osobných údajov na Slovensku. Univerzita Komenského, 2021 

4

Slovakia: Political Developments, European journal of political research : political data yearbook 2019 : Roč. 59. - : 1. vyd. Colchester : European consortium for political research, 2020. - S. 323-33

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
  • [o4] 2009 - Bilčík, V. - In: New member states and EU foreign policy: from outsiders to visible voices . - Bratislava : UK, 2009 ; S. 66[o4] 2010 - Rybář, M. - In: Preference formation in the new EU member states . - Bratislava : UK, 2010 ; S. 51[o4] 2008 - Bilčík, V. - In: Ročenka zahraničnej politiky Slovenskej republiky 2007 . - Bratislava : Výskumné centrum slovenskej spoločnosti pre zahraničnú politiku, 2008 ; S. 25
  • [o4] 2007 - Haughton, T. - Malová, D. - In: International issues & Slovak foreign policy affairs, roč. 16, č. 2, 2007 ; s. 21[o4] 2011 - Rybář, M. - In: Politologica actualis, roč. 1: Aktuálne otázky, problémy a súvislosti medzinárodnej a slovenskej politiky . - Bratislava : UK, 2011 ; S. 20
  • [o1] 2011 - Rybář, M. - In: Communist and post-communist studies, roč. 44, č. 3, 2011 ; s. 170 ; SSCI
  • [o3] 2012 - Bilčík, V. - Buzalka, J. - In: Life in post-communist Eastern Europe after EU membership . - London : Routledge, 2012 ; S. 72
  • [o2] 2013 - Staroňová, K. - Kisďurka, M. - In: Sociológia, roč. 45, č. 1, 2013 ; s. 70 ; SSCI
  • [o1] 2016 - Malová, D. - Dolný, B. - In: Problems of post-communism, roč. 63, č. 5-6, 2016 ; s. 311 ; SSCI



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
  • [o4] 2011 - Rybář, M. - In: Medzi štátom a spoločnosťou: Politické strany na Slovensku po roku 1989 . - Bratislava : Devin Print, 2011, ; S. 154
  • [o3] 2013 - Jacko, T. : Public administration and local government reform in Slovakia - an unfinished step forward. - In: Local Reforms in Transition Democracies . - Iasi : Institutul European, 2013 ; S. 106


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
  • Kosař, D., Spáč, S. Post-communist Chief Justices in Slovakia: From Transmission Belts to Semi-autonomous Actors?. Hague J Rule Law 13, 107–142 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40803-021-00150-w
  • Michael L. Smith. The Politics of Recall: An Innovative Tool for Promoting Transparency and Citizen Participation in Slovak and Polish Local Government. Sociológia 2011, Vol. 43 (No. 4: 338-361)
  • Massüger, Nina, and Beat Kuoni. “Viel Raum Für Politik — Die Rechtlichen Grundlagen Der Nationalen EU-Referenden.” Zeitschrift Für Staats- Und Europawissenschaften (ZSE) / Journal for Comparative Government and European Policy, vol. 9, no. 1, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2011, pp. 131–55, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24237006.


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
  • [o1] 2006 - Bilčík, V. - Buzalka, J. - In: Osteuropa, roč. 56, č. 10, 2006 ; s. 75 ; SSCI
  • [o1] 2012 - Mišík, M. - In: Listy cukrovarnícke a řepařské, roč. 129, č. 3, 2012 ; s. 109 ; SSC


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.
  • Marek Rybář (2006) Powered by the state: The role of public resources in party-building in Slovakia, Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 22:3, 320-340, DOI: 10.1080/13523270600855704
  • Učeň, Peter, Deegan-Krause, Kevin and Bértoa, Fernando Casal The three laws to rule them all: the consolidation of Slovakia’s party regulation, 1990–2016. In: Bértoa, Fernando Casal, and Ingrid van Biezen, eds. The regulation of post-communist party politics. London, New York: Routledge, 2018.
  • Staroñová, Katarína. "Pohl'ad politológie na fenomén korupcie." Sociológia 39, no. 4 (2007).
  • Rybář, M., 2017. Old parties and new: changing patterns of party politics in Slovakia (pp. 161-190). Routledge.
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

Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies (IRISS), 7. FP , EU, national coordinator, 2012-2017

3

Kto nás súdi? Politika sudcovských kariér na Slovensku v rokoch 1989 až 2014, VEGA, 2015-2017, hlavný riešiteľ

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

Date of last update
2023-09-22