Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Alena Rochovská, 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
Rochovská
I.2 - Name
Alena
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr. PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1971
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Ilkovičova 6, Mlynská dolina, 842 15 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
researcher
I.8 - E-mail address
alena.rochovska@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4421
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Earth Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6126-7700

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 Bratislava
II.b - Year
1996
II.c - Study field and programme
Teaching general subjects mathematics and geography
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava
II.b - Year
2005
II.c - Study field and programme
Human 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
researcher Comenius University Bratislava since2002
researcher Queen Mary, University of London 2005-2006

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
Training for academics in practice PDCS Bratislava 2015
Multinational Institute of American Studies: Study of the Unites States Institute on U.S. Culture and Society New York University, New York, USA 2016
English Teacher Training + Academic Writing & Presentation Skills Galway Cultural Institute, Galway, Írsko 2022

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
Social geography Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development II. Earth Sciences
Social inequalities, identities and space Teaching Training for Geography in Combination II. Teacher Training and Education Science
Sociology for geographers Economic and Political Geography I. Economic and Political Geography
Qualitative research methods in human geography Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development II Earth Sciences
Economic and Social Geography Environmental studies II. Earth Sciences
Geography of Agriculture Economic and Political Geography I. Earth Sciences
Rural 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)
2
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)
86
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
84
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
Sociology for geographers Economic and Political Geography and Demography Ekonomická a politická geografia a demografia Earth Sciences
Current issues in geography and demography of Slovakia Economic and Political Geography and Demography I. Earth Sciences
Practical research methods in economic, social and political geography Economic and Political Geography and Demography I. Earth Sciences
Field works in economic, social and political geography Economic and Political Geography and Demography I. Earth Sciences
Sociology for geographers 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
78
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
8
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
1132
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
457
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
350
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
150
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
4
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Stenning, A., Smith, A., Rochovská, A., Swiatek, D. 2010. Domesticating neo-liberalism. Spaces of economic practice and social reproduction in post-socialist cities. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-6991-2

2

Stenning, A., Smith, A., Rochovská, A., Swiatek, D. 2010. Credit, Debt and Everyday Financial Practices: Low-Income Households in Two Postsocialist Cities. Economic Geography, Vol. 86, No. 1, s. 119-145.

3

Smith, A., Stenning, A., Rochovská, A., Swiatek, D. (2007). The emergence of a working poor: Labour markets, neoliberalisation and diverse economies in post-socialist cities. Antipode, Vol. 40, Issue 2, pp. 283-311.

4

Smith, A., Rochovská, A. 2007. Domesticating neo-liberalism: Everyday lives and the geographies of post-socialist transformations. Geoforum. Vol. 38, No. 6. , 1163-1178.

5

Rochovská, A. Rusnáková, J. 2018. Poverty, segregation and social exclusion of Roma communities in Slovakia. Bulletin of Geography, Socio-economic Series, No. 42, p. 195-212.

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

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, p. 29-53.  

2

Chlebišová, K., Ondoš, S., Šušaníková, I., & Rochovská, A. 2020. Harrého identita u ľudí s Alzheimerovou chorobou: spomienky na miesta a vzťahy. Sociologia, 52(5). p. 452-474.

3

Káčerová, M., Majo, J., Ondoš. S., Rochovská , A. 2019. OLD AGE IN THE CITY. Life of seniors in Urban Slovakia. Comenius University, Bratislava, ISBN 978-80-223-4870-6, 5,6 AH. K dispozíci tu: stiahnutie/Monografia_OldAgeInCity_final.pdf 

4

Horňák, M., Hluško, R., Rochovská, A., & Lelkesová, V. (2023). Public transport accessibility and spatial exclusion in Roma settlements: A case study of three regions in Eastern Slovakia. Moravian Geographical Reports, 31(1), 27-38.

5

Borowska-Stefańska, Marta, et al. "Spatial mobility of the inhabitants of the countries of NATO’s eastern flank in the event of a military conflict." Moravian Geographical Reports 32.1 (2024): 51-65.

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

Jones, Andrew, James T. Murphy. "Theorizing practice in economic geography: Foundations, challenges, and possibilities." Progress in human geography 35.3 (2011): 366-392. (cit. Smith, A., Rochovská, A. 2007. Domesticating neo-liberalism: Everyday lives and the geographies of post-socialist transformations. Geoforum. Vol. 38, No. 6.)

2

Brown, Gavin. "Thinking beyond homonormativity: Performative explorations of diverse gay economies." Environment and planning A 41.6 (2009): 1496-1510. (cit. Smith, A., Rochovská, A. 2007. Domesticating neo-liberalism: Everyday lives and the geographies of post-socialist transformations. Geoforum. Vol. 38, No. 6.)

3

French, Shaun, Andrew Leyshon, Thomas Wainwright. "Financializing space, spacing financialization." Progress in human geography 35.6 (2011): 798-819. (cit. Stenning, A., Smith, A., Rochovská, A., Swiatek, D. 2010. Credit, Debt and Everyday Financial Practices: Low-Income Households in Two Postsocialist Cities. Economic Geography. Vol. 86, No. 1, s. 119-145.)

4

Pollard, Jane. "Gendering capital: Financial crisis, financialization and (an agenda for) economic geography." Progress in Human Geography 37.3 (2013): 403-423. (cit. Stenning, A., Smith, A., Rochovská, A., Swiatek, D. 2010. Credit, Debt and Everyday Financial Practices: Low-Income Households in Two Postsocialist Cities. Economic Geography. Vol. 86, No. 1, s. 119-145.)

5

Blazek, M. , Šuška, P. Towards dialogic post-socialism: Relational geographies of Europe and the notion of community in urban activism in Bratislava. Political Geography, Vol. 61, 2017 ; s. 46-56 (cit. Rochovska, A. Majo, J. 2013. Domáce je domáce, alebo už sa to pestovanie v dnešnej dobe neoplatí? Slovenský národopis, 61, 1, 7-30.)

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

2023 - 2027 - grant APVV-22-0389 "Research on religiosity, spirituality and non-religiosity among Roma in Slovakia" - co-researcher with the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Republic



2

2021- 2024 Inequalities in education and educational ambitions of Roma children (VEGA project - member of the research team)




3

2018 - 2022 Analysis of Barriers in Access to Employment for Marginalized Groups of Population: Selected regions of Slovakia in socio-economic, geographic and socio-anthropological perspective (project APVV - member of the research team)



4

2016 - 2020 Intergenerational social networks in an aging city, continuity and innovation (APVV project - member of the research team)

5

2015-2018 Methodology and evaluation of the impact of cohesion policies on marginalized Roma communities: analysis of results and forecasts of further development (VEGA project - member of the research team)


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
nvolvement of students in project activities, participation of students in data collection in the field Comenius University 2007 -
implementation of participatory education in institutions cooperation of UK with TK Danube 2019
Organization of lectures for students with invited experts and discussions with students on relevant topics with economic and social geography Comenius University 2015 -

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)
Queen Mary University of London London, United Kingdom 01/2005-04/2007 employment contract
New York University New York, USA 06/20016-07/2016 Fulbright program
Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland 1 week in 2014 and 1 week in 2015 Erasmus mobility program
Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbur, United Kingdom 1 week in 2012 Erasmus mobility program
University of Minho Guimaraes, Portugal 1 week in 2011 Erasmus mobility program
Queen Mary University of London, School of Geography London, United Kingdom 1 week in 2008 and 1 week in 2010 Erasmus mobility program
Galway Cultural Institute Galway, Ireland 2022 - September English Teacher Training + Academic Writing & Presentation Skills,
Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden 2023/2024 Just Sustainable Cities course within Enlight Programme

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

since 2010 obtained the title of scientific qualification level IIa.

Date of last update
2024-05-31