Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Ágnes Simon, 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
Simon
I.2 - Name
Ágnes
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1977
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Pedagogical Sciences
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 81102 Bratislava, Slovakia 
I.7 - Position
Researcher
I.8 - E-mail address
agnes.simon@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/27465
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Pedagogy
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5641-796X

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Szeged
II.b - Year
2001
II.c - Study field and programme
History, MA
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Central European University
II.b - Year
2002
II.c - Study field and programme
International Relations and European Studies, MA
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Missouri
II.b - Year
2012
II.c - Study field and programme
Political Science, PhD
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
Researcher Comenius University Bratislava 2022-present
Evaluation Team Leader Masaryk University 2019-2022
Educational Developer Advisor Masaryk University 2016-2019
Adjunct Instructor University of Economics in Bratislava 2017-2021
Instructor of Political Science Saginaw Valley State University 2014-2016
Teaching and Research Fellow OSCE Academy 2014
Online Adjunct Instructor Park University 2013-2014
Online Adjunct Faculty Arkansas Tech University 2012-2014
Visiting Scholar University of Missouri 2012-2013
Visiting Instructor Westminster College, MO 2011-2012

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
Inclusive teaching Various III. Various
Innovative teaching that inspires good learning. Empowering Practice with GenAI Various III. Various
Effective teaching for internationalisation Various III. Various
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.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
3
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
Inclusive Education - Blended Intensive Programme Various I.+II. Teacher Training and Education Science
Presenting your research (workshop) Doctoral School III.
Teaching at the University workshop (workshop) Doctoral School III.

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
24
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
11
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
108
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
72
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
26
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
19
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
3
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

“Teaching and Learning about Foreign Policy Decision-making via Board-gaming and Reflections.” 2020. European Political Science 19:1, pp. 9-28. DOI: 10.1057/s41304-018-0185-4

2

“Internationalisation Without International Students? Internationalising the Curriculum and Student Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Slovakia.” (With Lucia Hlavatá) 2023. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 61:6, pp. 1258-1272. DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2023.2274474

3

“Internationalising Student Learning at the Meso Level: The Impact of Grassroots Leadership in a University in Central Europe.” (With Gabriela Pleschov Pleschová) 2024. European Political Science, 24:2, pp. 198-216. DOI: 10.1057/s41304-024-00475-8

4

“Doctoral Students as Early Career University Teachers. What Hinders and What Helps them to Embrace the Essentials of Good Teaching?” (With Gabriela Pleschová) 2021. In The Future of Doctoral Research. Challenges and Opportunities, by Anne Lee and Rob Bongaardt (eds), Routledge, pp. 182-194. ISBN 9781003015383

5

“Trusting through the Moscow-Washington Hotline: A Role Theoretical Explanation of the Hotline’s Contribution to Signal Interpretation and Crisis Stability.” (With Eszter Simon) 2020. Journal of Global Security Studies 5:4, pp. 658–674. DOI: 10.1093/jogss/ogz062

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

“Doctoral Students as Early Career University Teachers. What Hinders and What Helps them to Embrace the Essentials of Good Teaching?” (With Gabriela Pleschová) 2021. In The Future of Doctoral Research. Challenges and Opportunities, by Anne Lee and Rob Bongaardt (eds), Routledge, pp. 182-194. ISBN 9781003015383

2

“Internationalisation Without International Students? Internationalising the Curriculum and Student Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Slovakia.” (With Lucia Hlavatá) 2023. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, Online First. DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2023.2274474

3

“Internationalising Student Learning at the Meso Level: The Impact of Grassroots Leadership in a University in Central Europe.” (With Gabriela Pleschov Pleschová) 2024. European Political Science, Online First. DOI: 10.1057/s41304-024-00475-8

4

“Enhancing medical physiology education in Slovakia: The combined impact of gamification and peer learning.” (With J. Babková), 2025, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, Online first, DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2025.2574461

5

“Fostering the trustworthiness of coaches in a trust-based academic development program.” (With G. Pleschová and E. Simon), 2026, International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education 15:1, pp. 65-80.  DOI: 10.1108/IJMCE-09-2024-0106

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

Early Career Academics’ Reflections on Learning to Teach in Central Europe. (With Gabriela Pleschová) 2018. London: SEDA. ISBN 978-1-902435-63-3 (Citations: 8)

2

“Doctoral Students as Early Career University Teachers. What Hinders and What Helps them to Embrace the Essentials of Good Teaching?” (With Gabriela Pleschová) 2021. In The Future of Doctoral Research. Challenges and Opportunities, by Anne Lee and Rob Bongaardt (eds), Routledge, pp. 182-194. ISBN 9781003015383 (Citations: 8)

3

“Teaching and Learning about Foreign Policy Decision-making via Board-gaming and Reflections.” 2020. European Political Science 19:1, pp. 9-28. DOI: 10.1057/s41304-018-0185-4 (Citations: 7)

4

Internationalising Teaching in Higher Education. Supporting Peer Learning. (With Gabriela Pleschová). 2022. Delft: Delft University of Technology. ISBN: 978-94-6366-537-7 (Citations: 7)

5

“The Soviet Use of the Moscow-Washington Hotline in the Six-Day War.” (With Eszter Simon) 2017. Journal of Transatlantic Studies 15:3, pp. 284-305. DOI: 10.1080/14794012.2017.1337700 (Citations: 10)

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

Project COSOTL, Project coordinator, ENLIGHT University Alliance ENLIGHT+ grant, April 2026-March 2027, € 1,656

2

Project HealthyU, contributor and coach, Erasmus+ Cooperation partnerships, 2025-2028, €400,000, https://fphil.uniba.sk/sluzby/projekty/projekt-healthyu/

3

Project BELONG, Research team leader, coordinating coach and contributor, Erasmus+ Cooperation partnerships, 2022-2025, €394,400, www.fphil.uniba.sk/belong

4

Project IMPACT, Research team leader, coordinating coach, and contributor, Erasmus+ Strategic partnerships, 2019-2022, €275,254, www.fphil.uniba.sk/impact

5

Project ENLIGHT, Work Package 4 contributor, Erasmus+ European University initiative, https://enlight-eu.org/university-about-us/about-enlight

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
Steering Committee Member Standing Group on Teaching and Learning Politics, European Consortium for Political Science 2020-present
Co-designer and coordinating coach, Effective teaching for internationalisation Project IMPACT, Masaryk University 2019-2022
Designer and contributor, Summer/Autumn School on Teaching and Learning Politics European Consortium for Political Science 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2024
Co-designer and contributor, Academic Writing for Publication I, II Comenius University Bratislava 2022-2023
Member of Expert Group organizing ENLIGHT T&L Conferences ENLIGHT, Comenius University Bratislava 2023- present
Leadership team member Staff and Educational Development Association, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Community of Practice (SEDA SOTL COP) 2025-present

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)
Uppsala University Dag Hammarskjöldsväg 7, 752 37 Uppsala, Sweden 2 days Erasmus+ Staff Training Mobility
Wroclaw Medical University Wybrzeże Ludwika Pasteura 1, 50-367 Wrocław, Poland 2 days Erasmus+ Staff Training Mobility
University College Cork College Road, Cork T12 K8AF, Ireland 2 days Erasmus+ Staff Training Mobility
University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom 2 days European University Association Thematic Peer Group
Jagiellonian University Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland 2 days Erasmus+ Staff Training Mobility

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Member, European University Association, Thematic Peer Group on "Exploring strategies for institutions to leverage the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning", 2023-2024

Member, European University Association, Thematic Peer Group on "Enhancing teacher engagement and expanding staff development opportunities", 2024-present

Date of last update
2026-03-26