I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Valkovičová

I.2 - Name

Veronika

I.3 - Degrees

Mgr., PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1990

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Račianska 59, 813 34 Bratislava

I.7 - Position

assistant to department / fellow

I.8 - E-mail address

veronika.valkovicova@uniba.sk

I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/31503

I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university

teaching and pedagogical sciences

I.11 - ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1299-9988

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

II.b - Year

2011

II.c - Study field and programme

Political Sciences

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations of Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica; Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the University of Versailles - St.Quentin-en-Yvelines, France

II.b - Year

2013; 2013

II.c - Study field and programme

Political Sciences; Violence and Conflict Analysis

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of the Comenius University in Bratislava; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium

II.b - Year

2019 ; 2019

II.c - Study field and programme

European Studies and Policies ; Political Sciences

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 - part-time	Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences	1.1.2022 - 31.12.2024
Assistant / fellow	Faculty of Education - Comenius University in Bratislava	1.9.2023 - on-going
Researcher - part-time	Faculty of Education - Comenius University in Bratislava	1.2.2021 - 31.8.2023
Researcher/analyst for gender equality	Institute for Labour and Family Research	1.9.2018 - 31.12.2021
External teacher - contractual work	Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava	21.9.2020 - 12.2.2021

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
Course "Communication in Conflict"	PDCS (Partners for Democratic Change Slovakia)	2020
Course "Introduction to Institutional Etnography"	University of Southampton, UK	2022
Course "Crisis Intervention in School"	Inklucentrum	2022
Teacher training "Introduction to Sexuality and Relationships Education"	InTYMYta	2023
Workshop for LGBTIQ researchers "at risk"	University College London (UCL)	2023
Accredited seminar "Trans students: inclusion in the school environment"	Transparent	2023
Training "Working with Excel Sheets"	Comenius University in Bratislava	2023
Introduction to cyber security at Comenius University	Comenius University in Bratislava	2024
Workshop "How to Improve Active Citizenship Outcomes"	Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT)	2024
Workshop "Schools that change the world"	Inštitút pre aktívne občianstvo (NGO)	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.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)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

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
Methodology of writing an academic text in citizenship education	Teaching citizenship education (combined)	I.	Teacher Training and Education Science
Bachelors Thesis writing seminar	Teaching citizenship education (combined)	I.	Teacher Training and Education Science
Introduction to Gender Studies	Teaching citizenship education (combined)	I.	Teacher Training and Education Science
Introduction to Sexual Education	Teaching citizenship education (combined)	II.	Teacher Training and Education Science
Political Science I.	Teaching citizenship education (combined)	I.	Teacher Training and Education Science
Gender aspects of education	Teaching citizenship education (combined)	II.	Teacher Training and Education Science
Human Rights Education	Teaching citizenship education (combined)	II.	Teacher Training and Education Science
Political Science II.	Teaching citizenship education (combined)	I.	Teacher Training and Education Science
Current issues of citizenship	Teaching citizenship education (combined)	II.	Teacher Training and Education Science

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

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Valkovičová, V. (2017). Regrettably, it seems that breaking one border causes others to tumble. Politique européenne, 55(1), 86-115.

Valkovičová, V., & Meier, P. (2022). “Everyone has the right to their opinion”:“Gender Ideology” Rhetoric and Epistemic Struggles in Slovak Policymaking. Social Politics, 29(3), 1080-1099.

Valkovičová, V., & Hardoš, P. (2020). „PRIDAJ ŽENY A ZAMIEŠAJ?": K POZICIONALITE RODOVÝCH ŠTÚDIÍ V POLITICKÝCH VEDÁCH NA SLOVENSKU A VO SVETE. Political Sciences/Politické Vedy, 23(1).

Maďarová, Z., & Valkovičová, V. (2021). Is feminism doomed? Feminist praxis in the times of ‘gender ideology’in Slovakia. European Journal of Women's Studies, 28(2), 274-281.

Valkovičová, V., & Schiffl, C. (2024). A Safe Space Behind Revolving Doors: Opportunity Structures and the Multiple Layers of LGBTQ+ Business-Based Activism in a Hostile State. Partecipazione e conflitto, 17(2), 385-400.

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

Valkovičová, V., & Jesenková, A. (2025). Who is Responsible for Sex Education?: The divisions of family and school, private and public after 1989 in Slovakia. In The Routledge Handbook of Sexuality in East Central Europe (pp. 449-456). Routledge.

Darakchi, S., Valkovičová, V. Doing “Dirty Work” in Academia: Personal and Institutional Experiences of Researchers Working on LGBTQI + Topics in Europe. Sex Res Soc Policy 22, 1934–1950 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-025-01082-y

Valkovičová, V., & Maďarová, Z. (2025). The Practices and Subjects of Feminist Digital Activism: Experiences from Slovakia and Czechia. Gender a výzkum/Gender and Research, 26(1), 59-84.

Valkovičová, V., & Meier, P. (2024). Evidence-based policy-making in normatively divided policy fields: European Institute for Gender Equality, Agency for Fundamental Rights and Slovak policies tackling violence against women. European Journal of Politics and Gender, 7(1), 118-134. Retrieved Dec 13, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.1332/251510821X16684424825294

Valkovičová, V., Sekeráková Búriková, Z. (2024). Introduction to the Thematic Issue. Beyond the Ideal: Surveillance, Control, and the Complexities of Care. Sociológia, 56(4), 285-301.

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

ADM Valkovičová, Veronika (100 %): "Regrettably, it seems that breaking one border causes others to tumble" Nationalism and homonegativity in the 2015 Slovak Referendum. In: Politique Européene. - Vol. 55, No.1 (2017), s. 86 - 115. - ISSN 1623-6297. Ohlasy (5). [o1] 2019 - Gherghina, S. - Silagadze, N. : And yet it matters: referendum campaigns and vote decision in Eastern Europe. - In: Contemporary Politics, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2019 ; s. 29-46 ; SCOPUS

[o1] 2019 - Gherghina, Sergiu - Racu, Alexandru - Giugal, Aurelian - Gavris, Alexandru - Silagadze, NanulI - Johnston, Ron : Non-voting in the 2018 Romanian referendum: the importance of initiators, campaigning and issue saliency. - In: Political Science, roč. 71, č. 3, 2019 ; s. 5 ; SSCI ; SCOPUS

[o3] 2020 - Svatoňová, Eva : Where have all the normal men and women gone? : the representation of masculinity and femininity in the anti-feminist discourses of the women’s far right organisation angry mothers. - In: Conjunctions. Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation, roč. 7, č. 1, 2020 ; s. 4

[o3] 2020 - Kováts, Eszter : Post-socialist conditions and the Orbán government's gender politics between 2010 and 2019 in Hungary. - In: Right-wing populism and gender : European perspectives and beyond . - Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, 2020 ; S. 83

[o3] 2021 - Kováts, Eszter : Anti-gender politics in East-Central Europe: right-wing defiance to West-Eurocentrism. - In: GENDER - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, roč. 13, č. 1, 2021 ; s. 87

ADM Valkovičová, Veronika (100 %): The struggle of benchmarking and ranking gender equality: The case of the European institute for gender equality. In: Croatian International Relations Review. - Vol. 23, No. 77 (2017), s. 9-38. - ISSN 1848-5782. Ohlasy (1). [o1] 2020 - Minto, Rachel : Sticky networks in times of change: the case of the European women's lobby and Brexit*. - In: Journal of Common Market Studies, roč. 58, č. 6, 2020 ; s. 1593 ; SSCI ; SCOPUS

GHG Valkovičová, Veronika (50 %) - Maďarová, Zuzana: From weirdos to political actors - the journey of Slovak gender ideology rhetoric. [Online] Berlin: Heinrich-Boll-Stiftung. Dostupné z: https://www.gwi-boell.de/en/2019/05/03/weirdoes-political-actors-journey-slovak-gender-ideology-rhetoric [elektronický dokument], 2019. Ohlasy (2).

[o4] 2019 - Mesochoritisová, Adriana : Posilnenie ľudskoprávneho rámca verejného diskurzu v SR o Dohovore Rady Európy o predchádzaní násiliu na ženách vo svetle rozhodnutia Benátskej komisie. - In: Možnosť voľby : publikácie k téme ľudské práva žien a rodová rovnosť násilie páchané na ženách [elektronický dokument], 2019 ; s. 4, 51 [online]

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

Scientific grant agency MŠVVaČ SR and SAS: VEGA no. 1/0742/19: Institutionalization of gender studies in Slovak political sciences (member of the research team)

Agency for the support of research and development: APVV-15-0234: Sexual education in the context of ethics of care (member of the research team)

Scientific grant agency MŠVVaŠ SR and SAS: VEGA no. 2/0079/14: Imagining Contact as a Prejudice Mitigation Tool? Verification of the methodology in the Slovak context (member of the research team)

Scientific grant agency MŠVVaŠ SR and SAS: VEGA no. 1/0504/22: New forms of education and raising awareness about sexual violence and harassment (representative of the principal investigator)

Scientific grant agency MŠVVaŠ SR and SAS: VEGA no. 2/0063/23: Power, control and vulnerability in intimate relationships - digital technologies and care

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
Membership in the editorial board of the periodical Political Sciences for the special issue "Feminist perspectives in political sciences in Central and Eastern Europe" (December 2021)	Politické vedy / Political Sciences (ISSN 1338-5623) - Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica	12/2020 - 12/2021
Editorial Board member of European Journal of Gender and Politics (ISSN 2515-1088)	European Journal of Gender and Politics (ISSN 2515-1088) - Bristol University Press	9/2021 - on-going
Member of international academic association European Communication Research and Education Association	European Communication Research and Education Association	9/2022 - 9/2024
Managing Committee Member (for SK) and working group 3 leader, COST ACTION - CA23149 - Democratization at stake? Comparing Anti-Gender Politics in CEE and NME countries (Antigender-Politics)	COST Action	2024 - ongoing

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)
Faculty of Humanities, Charles University	Pátkova 2137/5. 182 00 Praha 8 - Libeň, Czech Republic	17/10/2023 - 27/10/2023	Cooperation scholarship of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic
Faculty of Arts, Charles University	nám. J. Palacha 1/2, 116 38 Staré Město, Česko	13/5/2024 - 9/6/2024	Visegrad Fellowship for post-doctoral researchers

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Project manager: 2020-2022 - Counter Euroscepticism with your Vote - 615308-CITIZ-1-2019-1-SI-CITIZ-CIV, Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)

Date of last update

2025-12-13

Name and surname:	Mgr. Veronika Valkovičová, 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