Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Mgr. Martin Šveda, 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
Šveda
I.2 - Name
Martin
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr, PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1983
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Regional Geography Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
PRIF UK, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava 4
I.7 - Position
assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
martin.sveda@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/27357
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Earth Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0617-5448

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius university in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2005
II.c - Study field and programme
Geography
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
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
Regional Geography
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
2012
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
2024
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
senior researcher Institute of Geography SAS 2012-
assistant professor Comenius university in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2017-2022

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

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 I. Earth Sciences
Geography of Slovakia (2) Geography, regional development and european I. Earth Sciences
Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization (1) Geography, regional development and european II. Earth Sciences
Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization (2) Geography, regional development and european II. Earth Sciences
Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization (3) Geography, regional development and european 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.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
4
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
3
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
20
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
18
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
PC geoaplications (2) Geography, regional development and european integration I. Earth Sciences
Excursion around Slovakia Geography, regional development and european integration I. Earth Sciences
Urban geography Geography, regional development and European integration; Economic and Political Geography and Demography I. Earth Sciences
Rural geography Geography, regional development and european integration I. Earth Sciences
Geography of Slovakia (1) Geography, cartography and geoinformatics 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
69
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
34
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
19
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
313
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
263
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
157
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
67
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

Šveda, M., & Madajová, M. S. (2023). Estimating distance decay of intra-urban trips using mobile phone data: The case of Bratislava, Slovakia. Journal of Transport Geography, 107, 103552. IF (JCR) 2021=5.9,Q1 [Geography] 2021

2

Šveda, M., Hurbánek, P., Madajová, M. S., Rosina, K., Förstl, F., Záboj, P., & Výbošťok, J. (2024). When spatial interpolation matters: Seeking an appropriate data transformation from the mobile network for population estimates. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 110, 102106. IF (JCR) 2023=7.1, Q1 [Geography] 2023

3

Šveda, M., Výbošťok, J., Gurňák, D. (2024): Cesta (z) mesta: Atlas suburbanizácie Bratislavy [The way out of town: The Atlas of Suburbanization]. N press:Bratislava.

4

Holec, J., Šveda, M., Szatmári, D., Feranec, J., Bobáľová, H., Kopecká, M., & Šťastný, P. (2021). Heat risk assessment based on mobile phone data: case study of Bratislava, Slovakia. Natural Hazards, 108(3), 3099-3120. (2020: 3.102 - IF, Q2 - JCR, 0.760 - SJR, Q1 - SJR).

5

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. (2.48 - IF2019)

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

Šveda, M., & Madajová, M. S. (2023). Estimating distance decay of intra-urban trips using mobile phone data: The case of Bratislava, Slovakia. Journal of Transport Geography, 107, 103552. IF (JCR) 2021=5.9,Q1 [Geography] 2021

2

Šveda, M., Hurbánek, P., Madajová, M. S., Rosina, K., Förstl, F., Záboj, P., & Výbošťok, J. (2024). When spatial interpolation matters: Seeking an appropriate data transformation from the mobile network for population estimates. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 110, 102106. IF (JCR) 2023=7.1, Q1 [Geography] 2023

3

Šveda, M., Výbošťok, J., Gurňák, D. (2024): Cesta (z) mesta: Atlas suburbanizácie Bratislavy [The way out of town: The Atlas of Suburbanization]. N press:Bratislava.

4

Holec, J., Šveda, M., Szatmári, D., Feranec, J., Bobáľová, H., Kopecká, M., & Šťastný, P. (2021). Heat risk assessment based on mobile phone data: case study of Bratislava, Slovakia. Natural Hazards, 108(3), 3099-3120. (2020: 3.102 - IF, Q2 - JCR, 0.760 - SJR, Q1 - SJR).

5

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. (2.48 - IF2019)

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

Šveda, M., & Madajová, M. S. (2023). Estimating distance decay of intra-urban trips using mobile phone data: The case of Bratislava, Slovakia. Journal of Transport Geography, 107, 103552. IF (JCR) 2021=5.9, Q1 [Geography] 2021

[n1] 2024 zz ~ Nalin, A., Vignali, V., Lantieri, C., Cappellari, D., Zamengo, B., & Simone, A. (2024). Assessing veracity of big data: An in-depth evaluation process from the comparison of Mobile phone traces and groundtruth data in traffic monitoring. Journal of Transport Geography, 118, 103930.

[n1] 2024 zz ~ Yuan, L., Sho, K., Eom, S., Nishi, H., Hasegawa, D., Zhao, H., ... & Masumura, A. (2024). Changes in visitor behaviour across COVID-19 pandemic: Unveiling urban visitation dynamics and non-linear relationships with the built environment using mobile big data. Habitat International, 154, 103216.

[n1] 2024 zz ~ Pian, Q., Zhang, L., Zhou, D., & Xia, D. (2024). Structural characteristics of urban agglomeration transportation networks under sustainable development goals. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 18(7), 618-632.

[n1] 2025 zz ~ Verma, R., & Ukkusuri, S. V. (2025). What determines travel time and distance decay in spatial interaction and accessibility?. Journal of Transport Geography, 122, 104061.

[n1] 2024 zz ~ He, Z., Zhao, P., Xiao, Z., Huang, X., Li, Z., & Kang, T. (2024). Exploring the distance decay in port hinterlands under port regionalization using truck GPS data. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 181, 103390.

[n1] 2025 zz ~ Zhang, G., Wang, D., Chen, M., Zeng, J., & Cai, Z. (2025). Assessing urban-scale spatiotemporal heterogeneous metro station coverage using multi-source mobility data. Journal of Transport Geography, 123, 104081.

[n1] 2024 zz ~ Wang, Y., Yao, X., Wang, J., Kang, C., Meng, X., Hu, G., ... & Li, X. (2024). Investigating the effect of industry-specific economic distance on the prediction of intercity population movement. Cities, 150, 105047.

[n1] 2024 zz ~ Zhao, Z., Jin, M., Jin, J., Liu, L., Gong, Y., & Liu, Y. (2024). Discovering the spatial heterogeneous constraints of distance on migration from counties to Shenzhen in China. Applied Geography, 171, 103384.

[n1] 2024 zz ~ Halás, M. (2025). Distance-decay function alternatives based on mobile phone location data. Journal of Transport Geography, 123, 104097.

[n1] 2024 zz ~ Deng, Y., Wu, J., Yu, C., Deng, J., Tu, M., & Wang, Y. (2024). Investigating influential factors on railway passenger flow utilizing multi-source data fusion and flow space theory: A case study of the Yangtze River Delta megalopolis, China. International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology.

[n1] 2024 zz ~ Kita, P., Maciejewski, G., Žambochová, M., & Križan, F. (2024). Geomarketing as an important element of a food retailer’s business model: A managerial view. International Journal of Management and Economics.

[n1] 2024 zz ~ Leitch, S., & Wei, Z. (2024). Improving spatial access to healthcare facilities: an integrated approach with spatial analysis and optimization modeling. Annals of Operations Research, 1-18.

[n1] 2024 zz ~ Madanayake, A. R. S., Lee, K., & Lee, I. (2024). Mining contacts from spatio-temporal trajectories. AI Open, 5, 197-207.

[n1] 2024 zz ~ Zhang, J., Cai, J., Zhang, X., & Zhang, W. (2024). The Spatiotemporal Organizational Order of Living Circle Units Based on the Law of Walking Time-Distance Distributions. Land, 13(12), 2105.

[n1] 2024 zz ~ Verma, R., Debnath, M., Mittal, S., & Ukkusuri, S. V. (2024). Towards a generalized accessibility measure for transportation equity and efficiency. arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.04985.

[n1] 2024 zz ~ Wang, J., Luo, G., Huang, Y., Liu, M., & Wei, Y. (2023). Spatial characteristics and influencing factors of commuting in central urban areas using mobile phone data: A case study of nanning. Sustainability, 15(12), 9648.

[n1] 2024 zz ~ Zhang, B. (2024). Modelling Functional Spatial Structure in Mega-city Region Based on Human Mobility Pattern (Doctoral dissertation, King’s College London).

[n1] 2024 zz ~ Jaroš, V. (2023, May). Geolocation Data as a Research Tool for the Organization of the Settlement System and Mobility Mapping–Case Study of the Spatial Mobility Model in Czechia. In International Symposium on AI, Data and Digitalization (pp. 1-15). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

[n1] 2024 zz ~ Ogbuju, E., Aliyu, A., Imoize, A. L., Rufai, M. A., Muhammad, A. S., & Oladipo, F. Government Policies and Economics of Computational Modelling in Wireless Networks. In Computational Modeling and Simulation of Advanced Wireless Communication Systems (pp. 260-296). CRC Press.

2

[01] KOVACS, Zoltan - FARKAS, Zsolt Jeno - EGEDY, Tainas - KONDOR, Attila Csaba - SZABO, Balazs - LENNERT, Jozsef - BAKA, Dorian - KOHAN, Balazs. Urban sprawl and land conversion in post-socialist cities: The case of metropolitan Budapest. In CITIES. ISSN 0264-2751, 2019, vol. 92, p. 71-81.

ADC Šveda, M., Madajová, M., Podolák, P.: Behind the Differentiation of Suburban Development in the Hinterland of Bratislava, Slovakia. In Czech Sociological Review, 2016, 52(6): 893-925. 

3

[01] Klapka, P., Ellegård, K., & Frantal, B. (2020). What about Time-Geography in the post-Covid-19 era?. Moravian Geographical Reports, 28(4), 238-247.

ADC Šveda, Martin - Madajová, Michala. Merging diaries and GPS records: The method of data collection for spatiotemporal research. In Moravian Geographical Reports, 2015, 23(2): 12-25.

4

[01] Kovács, Z., Vida, G., Elekes, Á., & Kovalcsik, T. (2021). Combining social media and mobile positioning data in the analysis of tourist flows: A case study from Szeged, Hungary. Sustainability, 13(5), 2926.

ŠVEDA, Martin - BARLÍK, Peter. Daily commuting in the Bratislava metropolitan area: case study with mobile positioning data. In Papers in Applied Geography, 2018, vol. 4, no. 4, p. 409-423. 

5

[01] Hadachi, A., Pourmoradnasseri, M., & Khoshkhah, K. (2020). Unveiling large-scale commuting patterns based on mobile phone cellular network data. Journal of Transport Geography, 89, 102871.

ŠVEDA, Martin - BARLÍK, Peter. Daily commuting in the Bratislava metropolitan area: case study with mobile positioning data. In Papers in Applied Geography, 2018, vol. 4, no. 4, p. 409-423. 

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


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

2


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

3


APVV-16-0462: SUBURBANIZATION - DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACTS ON SOCIO-SPATIAL STRUCTURE IN BRATISLAVA HINTERLAND (principal investigator)

4


APVV-19-0281: Mapping population distribution and mobility in Slovakia using mobile network data (investigator)

5


APVV 20-0432 Suburbanization: Community, identity and everydayness, 2021-2023, 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
Member of the editorial board Moravian Geographical reports (CC) 2020-
Member of the editorial board Institute of Geography SAS 2018-
Memeber of supervisory board of Bratislava Metropolitan Institute Bratislava Metropolitan Institute 2021-
Member of the Council for Public Administration Reform The Ministry of Interior SR 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)
Charles Univesity in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development Albertov 6, 128 00 Praha 2 (CZ) 3-6.12.2019 requested lectures

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2025-02-28