Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Juraj Majo, 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
Majo
I.2 - Name
Juraj
I.3 - Degrees
PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1981
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
juraj.majo@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5730?do=filterForm-submit&surname=majo&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Earth Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5525-9624

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University, Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences,
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
geography and cartography
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University, Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2006
II.c - Study field and programme
geography and cartography: demogeography and demography
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University, Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences,
II.b - Year
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
regional geography
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
assistant professor Comenius University, Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, since 2010
software localizer (English to Slovak) exe, s.r.o. 2006
senior researcher Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology, Slovak Academy of Sciences since 2023

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
Adding the Geographic Context to Demographic Analysis Lund University, Sweden 2015
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) British Council 2012
Hungarian Language and Culture Summer School University in Pécs, Hungary 2010
Hungarian Language and Culture Summer School University in Szeged, Hungary 2007

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
Demographic Development: Selected Causes and Consequences Teaching Training for Geography in Combination I. Teacher Training and Education Science
Historical Demography of Slovakia 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)
1
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
22
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
13
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
Geography of Religions Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development II. Earth Sciences
Geography of Economic, Social, and Political Change Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development II. Earth Sciences
Human Geography and Demography Excursion Abroad Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development II. Earth Sciences
World Population Development Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development II. Earth Sciences
World Religions, Religiosity, and Secularization Teaching Training for Geography in Combination II. Teacher Training and Education Science
Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development I Earth Sciences
Selected Chapters from Social and Cultural Anthropology Teaching Training for Geography in Combination I. Teacher Training and Education Science
Excursion from Physical and Human Geography Teaching Training for Geography in Combination I. Teaching Training for Geography in Combination
Families, Households and Selected Structures Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development I. Earth Sciences
Demography and Population Studies Evironmental Studies I. Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Cultural-geographical space of Slovakia Ethnology I. Ethnology

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
80
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
18
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
18
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
10
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
191
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
72
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
42
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
34
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
1
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Majo, J. 2021. Nové výzvy pre slovenskú geografiu náboženstiev v súčasnej dynamickej spoločnosti. Geografie 126, 1, 75-96.

2

Benža, M., Kusendová, D., et al..2011. Historický atlas Evanjelickej cirkvi a. v. na Slovensku. Liptovský Mikuláš: Tranoscius.

3

Kusendová, D., Majo, J. 2015. Náboženský atlas Slovenska. Bratislava: Dajama.

4

Majo, J. 2011. Shrinking Minority? Slovak Lutherans Fighting with Secularism. Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies, 10, 30, 39-55

5

Majo, J. 2012. Historicko-demografický lexikón obcí Slovenska 1880-1910. Bratislava: Štatistický úrad SR.

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

Majo, J. 2021. Nové výzvy pre slovenskú geografiu náboženstiev v súčasnej dynamickej spoločnosti. Geografie 126, 1, 75-96.

2

Voľanská, Ľ. Káčerová, M. Majo, J., 2021. On Nearness and Distance Seniors Lives in Urban Areas in Slovakia. Gramshammer-Hohl, D., Hergenröther, O. (eds.) Foreign Countries of Old Age East and Southeast European Perspectives on Aging. Berlin : De Gruyter, 149-178.

3

Voľanská, Ľ. Káčerová, M. Majo, J., 2019. People, space and culture - dimensions of intergenerational relationships. Slovenský národopis 67, 2, 122-143.

4

Majo, J. 2018. Giving Ethnic Diversity its Spatial and Temporal Meaning Examples from Slovakia. Sociológia 50, 6, 672-696.

5

Majo, J. 2015. Symbiosis in Diversity: The Specific Character of Slovakia’s Religious Landscape. In Brunn, S, (ed.) The Changing World Religion Map Drodrecht: Springer, 415-438.

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

Majo, J. 2011. Historicko-demografický... Citovane v: Jamrichova, E. - Hajkova, P. - Horsak, M. - Rybnickova, E. - Lacina, A. - Hajek, M.: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, Vol. 23, No. 5, 2014, s. 497-513 

2

Bleha, B., Šprocha, B., Majo, J. 2013. Moderná humánna geografia... Citovane v: Pazúr, R. - Feranec, J. Štych, P., Kopecká, M., Holman, L.: Land Use Policy, Vol. 61, February, 2017, s. 135-146.

3

Benža, M. et al. 2015. Národnostný atlas Slovenska... Citovane v: Matlovič R. - Matlovičová K. - Vlčková V.: Language of Rusyns in Slovakia : controversies, vagaries, and livalry of codification discourses. In: Handbook of the changing world language map. Cham : Springer, 2020, S. 1169

4

Bleha, B. Et al. Populačný vývoj Slovenska na prelome... Citovane v: Novotný, L.: Urban Geography, Vol. 37, No. 7, 2016, s. 1009-1029.

5

Majo, J. 2013. Vybrané charakteristiky... Civane v: Tížik, M.: Sociologia (Slovakia), Vol. 48, No. 5, 2016, s. 500-538.

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

2023-2027 APVV-22-0389 Research of religiosity, spirituality a non-religiosity among the Roma in Slovakia

2

2023-2027 APVV-22-0063 Reproductions of Religious and Worldviews Structures in Slovakia. A Hundred and Fifty Years of Change

3

2021-2025 APVV 20-0432 Suburbanization: Community, identity and everydayness


4

2019-2022 VEGA 2/0060/19 Ethnographic Research of Non-Religion and Secularism in Modern Slovak Society (life trajectories and stories)

5

2016-2020 APVV 15-0184 Medzigeneračné sociálne siete v starnúcich mestách, kontinuita a inovácie / Intergenerational Social Networks in Aging Cities, Continuity and Innovation

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
UniCert Committee Chairperson Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences since 2015
Geographical Journal - editorial board member Slovak Academy of Sciences - Institute of Geography since 2020

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 in California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California, USA 06/2014-08/2014 Study of the United States Program: Religion in the U.S.: Pluralism and Public Presence
University in Szeged Szeged, Maďarsko 01/2009-06/2009 Erasmus (PhD)

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2024-09-18