Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. RNDr. Daniel Gurňák, 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
Gurňák
I.2 - Name
Daniel
I.3 - Degrees
doc. RNDr. PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1974
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Regional Geography and Regional Development
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Ilkoviča 6, Bratislava 842 15
I.7 - Position
associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
daniel.gurnak@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4248
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Earth Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7398-5195

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
Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava,
II.b - Year
1997
II.c - Study field and programme
Teaching geography-history
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava,
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
Regional Geography
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Presov University of Presov
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
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
associate professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2011-present
assistant professor Comenius university in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2006-2011
researcher Comenius university in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2000-2006

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
Specifics of determining cognitive processes according to Bloom in the educational field of Man and Society National Institute for Certified Educational Measurements 2014
Creation of testing tools course National Institute for Certified Educational Measurements 2014

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
Thematic cartography Geography, regional development and european integration I. Earth Sciences
Geography of Europe – selected problems and regions Geography, regional development and european integration I. Earth Sciences
The basics of political and regional geography for teachers Teaching Training for Geography in Combination I. učiteľstvo a pedagogické vedy
Macro-regions of the Earth Teaching Training for Geography in Combination I. Teacher Training and Education Science
Regions of Eurasia Teaching Training for Geography in Combination I. Teacher Training and Education Science
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
Geography, regional development and european integration I. Earth Sciences
Regional Geography, regional development and european integration II. Earth Sciences
Regional Geography III.
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)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
79
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
83
V.4.c - Dissertation (third 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
Historical geography Geography, regional development and european integration ; Economic and Political Geography and Demography I. Earth Sciences
Introduction to political and regional geography Geography, regional development and european integration ; Geography, cartography and geoinformatics I. Earth Sciences
Excursion in Slovakia Geography, regional development and european integration I. Earth Sciences
Excursion in regional geography (abroad) Geography, regional development and european integration; Teaching Training for Geography in Combination I. Earth Sciences
Practical geography for naturalists 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
239
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
45
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
13
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
350
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
115
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
92
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
65
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
4
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Mikuš, R., Gurňák, D., Máriássyová, A. (2016). Analýza volebnej podpory Mariána Kotlebu ako reprezentanta krajnej pravice v krajských voľbách 2013. Sociológia, 48(1), 48-70.

2

Máriássyová, A., Gurňák, D. (2016). Analýza domového fondu ako jedného z faktorov identity mesta (na príklade Modry). Geographia Cassoviensis. 10(1), 18-28.

3

Kasagranda, A., Gurňák D., Danielová K. (2017). Congress tourism and fair tourism of Slovakia-quantification, spatial differentiation, and classification. Regional Statistics, 7(2), 75-100.

4

Šandor, F., Gurňák, D., Bilka, M. (2024). Do Interstate Visits Matter? Political-Geographic Analysis of Slovak Economic Diplomacy. The professional geographer, 76(1), 24-36.

5

Najdený, R., Gurňák, D. (2024). Spatio-temporal changes in rural settlements: A case study of the Bošácka dolina valley. Geografický časopis, 76(3), 279-295.

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

Šandor, F., Gurňák, D., Bilka, M. (2024). Do Interstate Visits Matter? Political-Geographic Analysis of Slovak Economic Diplomacy. The professional geographer, 76(1), 24-36.

2

Najdený, R., Gurňák, D. (2024). Spatio-temporal changes in rural settlements: A case study of the Bošácka dolina valley. Geografický časopis, 76(3), 279-295.

3

Šandor, F., Gurňák, D. (2023). Development of the geopolitical orientation of the Slovak Republic since 1993. Geografický časopis, 75(3), 219-233.

4

Najdený, R., Gurňák, D. (2022). Transformácia historickej krajiny Bošáckej doliny od predindustriálnej do postindustriálnej éry. Geografický časopis, 74(3), 257-276.

5

Gurňák, D., Tolmáči, L. (2021):Afrika - starobylá kolíska ľudstva, in Geografia Afriky, Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, ISBN 978-80-223-5126-3, s. 15-90

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

[o1] 2018 - Marchevská, M. - Kotulič, R. - In: Journal of Applied Economic Sciences, Vol. 13, No. 6, 2018 ; s. 1773-1781/

Gurňák, D., Lauko, V., Križan, F. (2011). Aktuálne tendencie vývoja dochádzkových regiónov verejných vysokých škôl na Slovensku. Acta Geographica Universitatis Comenianae, 55(1), 39-66.

2

[o1] 2011 - Siska, P. - Lauko, V. - In: Applied Geography, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2011 ; s. 829-838 ; SCI /

Gurňák, D. (2004). Štáty v premenách storočí: Dejepisný atlas. Bratislava (Mapa Slovakia Plus).

3

[o1] 2017 - Polonyová, E. - Horňák, M. - Zelko, I. - Lux, A. - Rost, T.L. - In: Geographia Polonica, Vol. 90, No. 2, 2017 ; s. 111-122 ; SCOPUS /

Lauko, V., Gurňák, D., Križan, F., Tolmáči, L. (2011). Školstvo na Slovensku v kontexte regionálnych disparít. Prešov (Vydavateľstvo Michala Vaška).

4

[o1] 2019 - Novotná, J. - Novotný, L. - In: Moravian Geographical Reports, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2019 ; s. 62-78 ; SCOPUS ; SCI /

Máriássyová, A., Gurňák, D. (2016). Analýza domového fondu ako jedného z faktorov identity mesta (na príklade Modry), In: Geographia Cassoviensis, 10(1), 18-28.

5

[o1] 2020 - Derco, J. - Romaniuk, P. - Cehlár, M. - In: Sustainability (Switzerland), Vol. 12, No. 8, 2020 ; Art. No. 3384 ; SCI ; SCOPUS /

Kasagranda, A., Gurňák D., Danielová K. (2017). Congress tourism and fair tourism of Slovakia-quantification, spatial differentiation, and classification. Regional statistics, 7(2), 75-100.

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

VEGA 1/0540/16: / Social, economic and environmental determinants of regional development and transformation: a regional geographic approach (since 2017 principal investigator)

2

KEGA 039UMB-4/2018 Geography of Africa, changes and perspectives: methodology and textbook (member of the research team)

3

APVV-16-0232: Consumer Society and Consumer Regions. Stratification of Post-Communist Society (member of the research team)

4

APVV-21-0286: Nurseries and kindergartens for everyone? Insights into pre-school education in Slovakia from the perspectives of spatial accessibility and social justice (member of the research team)

5

KEGA 054UK-4/2024 Geography of Australia, Oceania and polar regions - textbook and interacting educational topics (principal investigator)

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
Secretary Slovak Geographical Society (Slovak Academy of Sciences) from 2018
Member of the editorial board Geografia from 2014, until 2023
Member of the editorial board Geografické rozhledy from 2019
Member of the Executive Committee Slovak Geographical Society (Slovak Academy of Sciences) 2006-2010

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

Awards:

2008 - Award of the Rector's Memorial Letter (2008) on the occasion of the International Student Day

2010 - Award of the Literary Fund Prize (Section for Scientific and Professional Literature and Computer Programs) for Scientific and Professional Literature for 2009 in the category of dictionary and encyclopaedic literature to the author's collective for the work: Otto's Historical Atlas of Slovakia, Ottovo nakladatelství (author of 281 maps in the scope of 20,6 AH)

2010 - Award of the Plaque J. A. Comenius from the Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava

2010 - Award of the Commemorative Graphic Letter of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava for outstanding achievements in pedagogical and scientific research activities at the department

2014 -Supervisor for the creation of testing tools for geography (NÚCEM, 2014)

2015 - Award of the Dean's Letter of Appreciation for outstanding pedagogical contribution and student feedback on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava

2020 - The Most Beautiful Books of Slovakia 2020 award (Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Bibiana, Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic, Slovak National Library, Association of Polygraphy in Slovakia) - for the publication Encyclopedia of Wars. From the earliest times to the present (Segeš, V. et. al. 2020) - illustrative material: D. Gurňák author of maps

Date of last update
2025-02-26