Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Bačík, 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
Bačík
I.2 - Name
Vladimír
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1978
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Department of Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Ilkovičova 6, Mlynská dolina, 842 15 Bratislava 4
I.7 - Position
assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
vladimir.bacik@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4156
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Earth Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0001-6883-9863

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2001
II.c - Study field and programme
Geography - Cartography: Human Geography
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
Human geography
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2022
II.c - Study field and programme
Human geography
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 Department of Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava since 09.2020
researcher Department of Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava 10.2005 - 08.2020

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
Computer Aided Mapping Economic and Political Geography and Demography I. Earth Sciences
Application of GIS tools in geographical research Economic and Political Geography and Demography I. Earth Sciences
Current theoretical and methodological issues in human geography
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)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
27
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
33
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
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
Tourism Geography Economic and Political Geography and Demography I. Earth Sciences
Geography of sport Economic and Political Geography and Demography I. Earth Sciences
Geoinformatics for Demography, Economic, Social and Political Geography Economic and Political Geography and Demography I. Earth Sciences
Informatization, social networks and globalization Economic and Political Geography and Demography I. Earth Sciences
Database Designing and Information Systems Geography, Regional Development and European Integration I. Earth Sciences

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
43
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
15
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
17
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
14
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
104
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
44
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
46
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
33
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
2
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

BLEHA, B., VAŇO, B., BAČÍK, V., a kol. (2014): Demografický atlas Slovenskej republiky, Bratislava, Geo-Grafika, 163 str.

2

SLAVÍK, V., KOŽUCH, M., BAČÍK, V. (2005): Big cities in Slovakia - Development, planning, contemporary transformation. In: European spatial research and policy., Vol. 12, No.2, 47-69.

3

MÁLIKOVA, L., KLOBUČNÍK, M., BAČÍK, V., SPIŠIAK, P. (2015): Socio-economic changes in the borderlands of the Visegrad Group (V4) countries. Moravian Geographical Reports, 23(2): 26–37. 

4

KLOBUČNÍK, M., BAČÍK, V. (2016): Local self‐government structure in the EU member states in 2011, Journal of Maps, Volume 12, Issue 4 (2016), 671-675.

5

BAČÍK, V., KLOBUČNÍK, M. (2017): Stage finishes - Mapping the locations and results of Tour de France (1903-2016), Journal of Maps, Volume 13, Issue 1, 82-89. 

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

BAČÍK, V., KLOBUČNÍK M., MIGNOT, J.F. (2021). What made the tour successful? Competitive balance in the tour de France, 1947–2017, Sport in Society, DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2019.1621844

2

ŠKAMLOVÁ, L., WILKANIEC, A., SZCZEPAŃSKA, M., BAČÍK, V., HENCELOVÁ, P. (2020). The development process and effects from the management of community gardens in two post-socialist cites: Bratislava and Poznań, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening Vol. 48, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126572

3

BAČÍK, V., KLOBUČNÍK, M. (2018): Possibilities of using selected visualization methods for historical analysis of sporting event – an example of stage cycling race Tour de France, Quaestiones Geographicae, Volume 37, Issue 3 (2018), 5-24, doi: 10.2478/quageo-2018-0022

4

KLOBUČNÍK, M., BAČÍK, V. (2016): Development of local authorities in EU-member states between 1950–2011., Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography, Volume 116, Issue 2 (2016), 159-175. DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2016.1208110

5

HALÁS, M., KLAPKA, P., BAČÍK, V., KLOBUČNÍK, M. (2017): The spatial equity principle in the administrative division of the Central European countries, PLOS ONE 12(11): e0187406. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187406 

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

Mignot, J.-F. : An Economic history of the Tour de France, 1903-2015. - In: Sports through the lens of economic history . - Cheltenham : Edward Elgar publishing, 2016 ; S. 54-70 ; citovaná práca/cited work: Bačík, Klobučník (2013): History of Tour de France from the geographical point of view, Sport Science Review

2

Halás, M., Klapka, P., & Tonev, P. (2016). The use of migration data to define functional regions: The case of the Czech Republic. Applied Geography, 76, 98-105., citovaná práca/cited work: KLOBUČNÍK, M., BAČÍK, V. (2016): Local self‐government structure in the EU member states in 2011, Journal of Maps

3

Ding, W. L., Ding, X., Chen, K., Wan, Z. X., Xu, Y., & Feng, Y. J. (2020). A Computer Model for Simulating the Bicycle Rider's Behavior in a Virtual Riding System. KSII Transactions on Internet & Information Systems, 14(3)., citovaná práca/cited work: BAČÍK, V., KLOBUČNÍK, M. (2018): Possibilities of using selected visualization methods for historical analysis of sporting event – an example of stage cycling race Tour de France, Quaestiones Geographicae, Volume 37, Issue 3 (2018), 5-24, doi: 10.2478/quageo-2018-0022

4

Varnajot, A. (2020). The making of the Tour de France cycling race as a tourist attraction. World Leisure Journal, 62(3), 272-290., citovaná práca/cited work: BAČÍK, V., KLOBUČNÍK, M. (2017): Stage finishes - Mapping the locations and results of Tour de France (1903-2016), Journal of Maps, Volume 13, Issue 1 (2017)

5

Feng, R., & Wang, K. (2021). Spatiotemporal effects of administrative division adjustment on urban expansion in China. Land Use Policy, 101, 105143., citovaná práca/cited work: HALÁS, M., KLAPKA, P., BAČÍK, V., KLOBUČNÍK, M. (2017): The spatial equity principle in the administrative division of the Central European countries, PLOS ONE 12(11): e0187406

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

2018 - 2021 Analysis and forecast of demographic development of the Slovak Republic in the horizon 2080: identification and modelling of impacts on socioeconomic spheres in different spatial scales (Slovak Research and Development Agency - SRDA)

2

2015 - 2017 Urban agglomerations in the Slovak Republic (VEGA)

3

2013 - 2016 Human and demographic interactions, nodes and contradictions in the space-time network (SRDA) 

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

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

During my professional career, I was a reviewer, among others, of articles submitted for publication in the following scientific journals: Journal of Maps, Bulletin of Geography - Socio-economic series, Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Administratio Locorum, Geograpfia Cassoviensis. I am also the administrator of the website of the scientific journal Acta Geographica Universitatis Comenianae (www.actageographica.sk)