Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. RNDr. František Križan, 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
Križan
I.2 - Name
František
I.3 - Degrees
doc. RNDr. PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1979
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
frantisek.krizan@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4316
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Earth Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4969-4587

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
2003
II.c - Study field and programme
Biológia-geografia
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
2008
II.c - Study field and programme
Regional Geography
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius university in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2013
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 2014- present
assistant professor Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Prírodovedecká fakulta Comenius university in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2009-2014
assistant Comenius university in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2006-2009

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
Certificate for work with geographic information systems (ArcGIS) ArcGEO Information Systems 2006
European Computer Driving Licence certificate Comenius university in Bratislava 2006

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
Geography of Slovakia (1) Geography, regional development and european integration I. Earth Sciences
Geography of Slovakia (2) Geography, regional development and european integration I. Earth Sciences
Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization (1) Geography, regional development and european integration II. Earth Sciences
Comprehensive geographical analysis of a small region Geography, regional development and european integration; Teaching Training for Geography in Combination II. Earth Sciences
Global problems of the World Geography, regional development and european integration 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.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. Earth Sciences
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.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
Geography Earth Sciences
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
28
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
36
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
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
Sustainable development and its regional dimension Geography, regional development and european integration I. Earth Sciences
PC geoaplications (1) Geography, regional development and european integration I. Earth Sciences
PC geoaplications (2) Geography, regional development and european integration I. Earth Sciences
Essentials of marketing for geographers Geography, regional development and european integration I. Earth Sciences
Excursion around Slovakia 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
170
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
48
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
49
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
23
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
780
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
401
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
324
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
229
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
3
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

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. Applied Geography, 62, 8-18.

2

Kunc, J., Križan, F., Bilková, K., Barlík, P., Maryáš, J. (2016). Are there differences in the attractiveness of shopping centres? Experiences from the Czech and Slovak Republics. Moravian Geographical Reports, 24(1), 27-41.

3

Najdený, R., Križan, F., Gurňák, D., Bilková, K. (2022). Buy Domestic? Emerging Food Nationalism in Slovakia. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 113(4), 382-396.

4

Bilkova, K., Križan, F., Horňák, M., Barlik, P., Kita, P. (2017). Comparing two distance measures in the spatial mapping of food deserts: The case of Petržalka, Slovakia. Moravian Geographical Reports, 25(2), 95-103.

5

Kunc, J., Križan, F. (2018). Changing European retail landscapes: New trends and challenges. Moravian Geographical Reports, 26(3), 150-159.

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

Bilková, K., Čuláková, K., Križan, F. (2024). The COVID-19 pandemic impact on changes in retail and service sales over time and space: A case study of Slovakia. Geografický časopis, 76(3), 203-219.

2

Križan, F., Bilková, K., Novotná, M., Kunc, J., Hencelová, P. (2023). Consumer perception of food value: A comparative study of global supermarkets and local farmers' markets in Slovakia. Moravian Geographica Reports, 31(4), 184-193.

3

Šveda, M., Madajová, M. S., Barlík, P., Križan, F., Šuška, P. (2020). Mobile phone data in studying urban rhythms: Towards an analytical framework. Moravian Geographical Reports, 28(4), 248-258.

4

Čuláková, K., Bilková, K., Križan, F., Danielová, K., Hencelová, P. (2022). Dosah pandémie COVID-19 na zmeny v nákupnom správaní spotrebiteľov na Slovensku. Sociológia, 54(5), 385-411.

5

Kunc, J., Novotná, M., Križan, F., Bilková, K., Sikos, T., Ilnicki, D., Wyeth, R. (2022). Thirty years of retail transformation in V4 countries. Warsaw (De Gruyter).

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

[o1] 2014 Seidenglanz, D.: Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 41, December, 2014, s. 350-352 /

Horňák, M., Pšenka, T., Križan, F. (2013). The competitiveness of the long-distance public transportation system in Slovakia. Moravian Geographical Reports, 21(4), 64-75.

2

[o1] 2017 Su, S. - Li, Z. - Xu, M.: Habitat International, Vol. 64, June, 2017, s. 22-40 /

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. Applied Geography, 62, 8-18.

3

[o1] 2017 Amcoff, J.: Geografiska Annaler Series B-Human Geography, Vol. 99, No, 1, 2017, s. 94-105 /

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. Applied Geography, 62, 8-18.

4

[o1] 2016 Teller, C. - Wood, S. - Floh, A.: Journal of Marketing Management, Vol. 32, No. 17-18, 2016, s. 1537-1561 /

Križan, F., Bilková, K., Kita, P. (2014). Urban retail market in Bratislava (Slovakia): Consumers perception and classification of shopping centres. Management & Marketing, 9(4), 483-500.

5

[o1] 2018 Spilková, J.: Moravian Geographical Reports, Vol. 26, No. 3, 2018, s. 186-198 /

Kunc, J., Križan, F., Bilková, K., Barlík, P., Maryáš, J. (2016). Are there differences in the attractiveness of shopping centres? Experiences from the Czech and Slovak Republics. Moravian geographical reports, 24(1), 27-41.

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

APVV-20-0302: Alternative food networks: a shift from consumerism to sustainable consumption (principal investigator from cooperative organisation)

2

APVV-16-0232: Consumer Society and Consumer Regions. Stratification of Post-Communist Society (principal investigator)

3

VEGA 2/0113/19: Urban and suburban environment: space for inovations and alternatives in retail and services (principal investigator from cooperative organisation)

4

VEGA 1/0082/15: Specifics of spatio-temporal human behavior under the influence of socio-economic changes (principal investigator)

5

KEGA 031UK-4/2017:Geography of consumption and Geomarketing (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) 2010-2018
Member of the editorial board Geografia 2019-
Member of the editorial board Geografické rozhledy 2019-2020
Member of the editorial board Geographia Tehcnica 2021-
Member of the editorial board Geografický časopis/Geographical Journal 2022-

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)
Palacký university Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography Olomouc (CZ) 8.-12.9.2014 ERASMUS Staf Mobility - Teaching Assignment, doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Szczyrba, Ph.D.
Masaryk University, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Department of Regional Economics and Administration Brno (CZ) 6.-10.11.2017 ERASMUS Staf Mobility - Teaching Assignment, doc. RNDr. Josef Kunc, Ph.D.
Charles Univesity in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development Prague (CZ) 26.-29.11.2018 ERASMUS Staf Mobility - Teaching Assignment, doc. RNDr. Pavel Chromý, Ph.D.
Charles Univesity in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development Prague (CZ) 6.6.-10.6..2016 ERASMUS Staf Mobility - Teaching Assignment, doc. RNDr. Bc. Jana Šiftová, Ph.D.
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Economics, Department of Trade and Tourism České Budějovice (CZ) 18.-21.4.2018 Teacher mobility and invited lectures, Ing. Viktor Vojtko, Ph.D.
International Geography Olympiad Hong Kong (HK) 28.7.-6.8.2019 team leader, Iuventa, RNDr. Roman Lehotský
Masarykova univerzita v Brne, Ekonomicko-správní fakulta, Katedra regionální ekonomie Brno (CZ) 11.-15.11.2024 Bilaterálny pobyt "BURZA POBYTOV 2024" - Teaching Assignment, doc. RNDr. Josef Kunc, Ph.D.

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

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

Objectives of the KEGA project (031UK-4/2017) fulfilled excellent (Certificate No. 2019/10353: 1A-1120)

Invited lecture: Food deserts in small villages in Slovakia (Institute of Sociology SAS, 2020)

Date of last update
2025-03-21