Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Mgr. Marcel Horňák, 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
Horňák
I.2 - Name
Marcel
I.3 - Degrees
doc. Mgr. PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1972
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Economic and Social Geography, Demography a Territorial Development, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava 4
I.7 - Position
Assoc. Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
marcel.hornak@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4262
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Earth Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-0071-4997

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, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1996
II.c - Study field and programme
techer education, biology and geography
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2005
II.c - Study field and programme
Human Geography
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2019
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
Junior researcher Nuclear Power Plant Research Institute, Trnava 1999 - 2000
Assistant Professor Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava 2000 - 2019
Assoc. Professor Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava 2019 -

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
State Leaving Exam, English Language Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava 1994

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
Economic Geography and Geography of Industry conomic and political geography and demography I. Earth Sciences
geography of Transport, Logistics and telecommunications conomic and political geography and demography I. Earth Sciences
Society, Economy, Space Teaching Training for Geography in Combination I. Teacher Training and Education Science
Spatial Planning and Application of GIS in Spatial Planning Economic and social geography, demography and territorial development II. Earth Sciences
Social geography Economic and social geography, demography and territorial development II. Earth 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.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)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
12
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
85
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
85
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
Excursion in physical and human geography Teaching Training for Geography in Combination I. teaching education and pedagogical sciences
Excursion in Geography and Demography of Slovakia Economic and Political Geography and Demography I. Earth Sciences
Recent Issues in Geography and Demography of Slovakia Economic and Political Geography and Demography I. Earth Sciences
Field Praxis in Economic, Social and Political Geography Economic and Political Geography and Demography I. Earth Sciences
Bachelor Thesis Seminar 1 - 2 Economic and Political Geography and Demography 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
86
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
16
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
12
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
346
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
102
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
109
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
63
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
2
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

HORŇÁK, M., PŠENKA, T., KRIŽAN, F. (2013): The competitiveness of the long-distance public transport System in Slovakia. In: Moravian Geographical Reports, Vol. 21, 4, 64-75

2

HORŇÁK, M., PŠENKA, T. (2013): Verejná doprava ako indikátor medzisídelných väzieb medzi mestami Slovenska (Public transportation as an indicator of inter-urban relationships between towns and cities of Slovakia). Geografický časopis, No 65, 2, 119-140

3

DŽUPINOVÁ, E., HALÁS, M., HORŇÁK, M., HURBÁNEK, P., KÁČEROVÁ, M., MICHNIAK, D., ONDOŠ, S., ROCHOVSKÁ, A. (2008): Periférnosť a priestorová polarizácia na území Slovenska (Peripherality and spatial polarization in Slovakia). Geografika, Bratislava, 186 p. ISBN 978-80-89317-06-6

4

KRIŽAN, F., BILKOVÁ, K., KITA, P., HORŇÁK, M. (2015): Potential food deserts and food oases in a post-communist city: Access, quality, variability and price of food in Bratislava-Petržalka. In: Applied Geography, 62, 8, 8-18

5

SEIDENGLANZ, D., TACZANOWSKI, J., KRÓL, M., HORŇÁK, M., NIGRIN, T. (2021). Quo vadis, international long-distance railway services? Evidence from Central Europe. Journal of Transport Geography, 92, 102998.

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

SEIDENGLANZ, D., TACZANOWSKI, J., KRÓL, M., HORŇÁK, M., NIGRIN, T. (2021). Quo vadis, international long-distance railway services? Evidence from Central Europe. Journal of Transport Geography, 92, 102998.

2

FILČÁK, R., ROCHOVSKÁ, A., HORŇÁK, M. 2021. Evaluation of Slovakia’s R1 expressway enhancement impacts on local socio-economic development: expert panel approach. Geografie 126, 1, 29-53

3

STANEK, R., KUSENDOVÁ, D., HORŇÁK, M. (2021). Metodika tvorby modelu dostupnosti územia Slovenska na báze dennej intenzity automobilovej dopravy s využitím geoinformačných nástrojov (Slovakia’s territory accessibility model design methodology based on daily car-traffic intensity using geoinformation tools). Geografický časopis, 73(1), 63-81

4

ĎURČEK, P. NOVÁKOVÁ, G. HORŇÁK, M. KUSENDOVÁ, D. (2020). How will new orbital motorways reshape accessibility in Bratislava metropolitan area? Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 50(50): 83-100

5

ĎURČEK, P., HORŇÁK, M. (2016): Population potential within the urban environment and intra-urban railway network opportunities in Bratislava (Slovakia). In: Moravian Geographical Reports, 24, 4, 52-64.

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

2020 - Garcia, X. - Garcia-Sierra, M. - Domene, E. - In: Applied Geography, Vol. 115, February, 2020 ; Art. No. 102140 (cit. KRIŽAN, F., BILKOVÁ, K., KITA, P., HORŇÁK, M. (2015): Potential food deserts and food oases in a post-communist city: Access, quality, variability and price of food in Bratislava-Petržalka. In: Applied Geography, 62, 8, 8-18)

2

2020 - Yang, M. - Wang, H. - Qiu, F. - In: Canadian Geographer, Vol. 64, No. 1, 2020 ; s. 135-154 (cit. KRIŽAN, F., BILKOVÁ, K., KITA, P., HORŇÁK, M. (2015): Potential food deserts and food oases in a post-communist city: Access, quality, variability and price of food in Bratislava-Petržalka. In: Applied Geography, 62, 8, 8-18)

3

2014 - Seidenglanz, D. - In: Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 41, December, 2014 ; s. 350-352 (cit. HORŇÁK, M., PŠENKA, T., KRIŽAN, F. (2013): The competitiveness of the long-distance public transport System in Slovakia. In: Moravian Geographical Reports, Vol. 21, 4, 64-75)

4

2020 - Aguiar, L.L. - Manzato, G.G. - Rodrigues da Silva, A.N. - In: Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 82, 2020 ; Art. No. 102565 (cit. HORŇÁK, M., KRAFT, S. (2015): Functional Transport Regions in Slovakia Defined by Passenger-Car Traffic Flows. In: Mitteilungen der Österrechischen Geographischen Gesellschaft, 157, 109-128)

5

2017 - Kraft, S. - Marada, M. - In: Geografiska Annaler Series B-Human Geography, Vol. 99, No, 1, 2017 ; s. 79-93 (cit. HORŇÁK, M. (2006): Identification of Regions of Transport Marginality in Slovakia. In Komornicki, T., Czapiewski, K. eds. Regional Periphery in Central and Eastern Europe, Europa XXI, 15, IGiPZ PAN, Warszawa, pp.35-41)

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

2018 - 2022, APVV-17-0141 Analysis of Barriers in Access to Employment for Marginalized Groups of Population: Selected regions of Slovakia in socio-economic, geographic and socio-anthropological perspective (Slovak Research and Development Agency) - co-researcher. The main objective of the research project is to define causality between spatial localisation of Roma settlements, including physical infrastructure conditions and spatial localisation of employment opportunities. The specific objective of the project is to identify: (i) living conditions including qualification profile of this segment of population, in selected three territories in marginalized regions of Slovakia and (ii) the localisation and structure of disposable employment opportunities in the same selected territories. Recommendations aimed at improvement of the access of marginalized groups to the labor market in these disadvantaged territories will be a part of the outputs of the project.

2

2021 - 2023, 047UK-4/2021 / Spatial Inequalities and Disadvantages in Human Geography Education: Innovative Geoinformatics (Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Rep.) - main researcher. This project deals with participatory higher eduaction formats designed for geographic programs. Standard course packages disaggregate the social reality and its contexts into a series of narrowly defined, mutually almost unrelated partial perspectives. As a result, the final product of education contains highly limited abilities of critical approach towards a relevant problem, the subject of study in current society generally at a high level of complexity, crucially of extraordinary dynamism, and also interpretive pluralism. Lack of skills to deal with real world research proves to be critical during experiments with team collaboration on numerous student projects, in contact with external environment of non-geographic disciplines, prospective employers for graduates, or research projects to which students contribute during studies accorsing to years of experience. Objectives of this project include audit of participatory formats of education, collection of multilayer feedback, redesign of relevant courses, and finally teacher trainings in soft skills. As the main result, participatory education processes are expected to become fully professionalized, shifted to a significantly higher qualitative level corresponding to the current and projected future requirements concerning graduates' skills and abilities in knowledge creation.

3

2017 - 2019, 1/0246/17 When work is not sufficient: multiple marginality in Slovak society - labour-market related social and spatial disadvantage (Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Rep.) - main researcher. The project was focused on the identification of processes in Slovak society that have long led to the marginalization of part of society in connection with low-paid jobs. The project focused on field research in some of the affected rural communities.

4

2015 - 2018, Strategic Grant Project No. 31510026 Transport Integration for Prosperity. The Importance of Rail Connections for the Internal Cohesion of Visegrad Countries (Visegrad Fund - Stragegic Grant) - co-researcher. The objective of the project was a comparison of transport policies of V4 member countries in the segment of public railway transport on the level of international long-distance, regional, and local cross-border connection, for which both qualitative and quantitative approaches were be used. The comparison was based on political-economic and transport-geographical analysis of the present situation, and on the identification of capacities and risks of possible future development. The project attempted to define variations of possible measures which will lead to harmonization of individual V4 countries’ approaches in such a way as to support the cohesion of cross-border regions as much as possible.

5

2013 - 2016, APVV VV-0018-12 Human-geographic and demographic interactions, nodes and contradictions in spatio-temporal network (Slovak Research and Development Agency) - co-researcher. The project was focused on modeling of some humangeographical and demographic phenomena in time and space, i.e. a standard geographical space-time network, in which the existence of interactions, nodes but also certain contradictions is assumed.

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
Student Scientific Conference - scientific committee member Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava 2013 -
Subject editor Transport Geography Papers of Polish Geographical Society (Prace Komisji Geografii Komunikacji PTG) 2020 -
Member of executive committee Slovak Geographical Society 2016 -

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)
University of Minho Largo do Paço, Braga, Portugal 1 week, Febr. 2010 ERASMUS Teacher Mobility
Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury, United Kingdom 1 week, March, 2011 ERASMUS Teacher Mobility
Queen Mary University of London, School of Geography London, United Kingdom 1 week, January 2011 ERASMUS Teacher Mobility
Bremen Universität Bremen, Germany 1 week, November 2011 ERASMUS Teacher Mobility
University of Portsmouth Portsmouth, United Kingdom 1 week, January, 2013 ERASMUS Teacher Mobility
A. Mickiewicz University Poznan, Poland 1 week, March, 2016 ERASMUS Teacher Mobility

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2022-02-09