Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname prof. M. Phil. Jozef Bátora, 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
The name of the faculty Faculty of Arts
The seat of the faculty Gondova 2, 81102 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Bátora
I.2 - Name
Jozef
I.3 - Degrees
Prof., PhD., MPhil.,
I.4 - Year of birth
1976
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Political Science, Faculty of Philosophy (Faculty of Arts), Comenius University
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 81102 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
professor
I.8 - E-mail address
batora3@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5101?mode=full&do=filterForm-submit&name=Jozef&surname=B%C3%A1tora&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
political science
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-1566-7652

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Philosophy (Faculty of Arts), Comenius University
II.b - Year
1997
II.c - Study field and programme
Bachelor of arts in political science
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Bergen
II.b - Year
1999
II.c - Study field and programme
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in public administration
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Oslo
II.b - Year
2006
II.c - Study field and programme
PhD in political science
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of social and economic sciences, Comenius University
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
theory of politics (political science)
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Philosophy (Faculty of Arts), Comenius University
II.b - Year
2016
II.c - Study field and programme
political science
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
professor Department of political science, Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University since July 1, 2016 - current
Associate professor Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016
researcher, associate professor, director Institute of European Studies and International Relations, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2015
lecturer, professor International Relations Department, Webster Vienna Private University January 1, 2007 - current
research fellow Institute for European Integration Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences April 1, 2006 - March 30, 2009
Senior research fellow ARENA - Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo Nov 1, 2005 - March 30, 2006
research fellow / PhD candidate Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo September 10, 2001 - October 30, 2005

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
Political institutions in a comparative perspective - Organizations and institutions political science PhD-degree political science
International Relations 1 political science MA-degree political science
Introduction to European integration political science Bachelor degree political science
Seminar on the project of PhD-dissertation (PhD-course in Slovak and English) political science PhD-degree political science
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
political science PhD political science
political science Master degree political science
political science Bachelor degree political science
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
political science political science
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)
5
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
4
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
5
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
24
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
12

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
109
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
24
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
44
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
155 registered in CREPČ, overall 1697 on Google scholar
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
9 registered in CREPČ, overall 741 on Google Scholar
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
173 (on selected 5 outputs based on Google Scholar and without self-citations)
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
106 (on selected 5 outputs based on Google Scholar and without self-citations)
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
48
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
21
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Bátora, J. (2021): “States, Interstitial Organizations and the Prospects for Adaptation of the Liberal International Order”, International Affairs, 97(5): 1433 – 1450

2

Bátora, J. and Hynek, N. (2014): Fringe Players and the Diplomatic Order: The ‘New‘ Heteronomy. Basingstoke: Palgrave

3

Bátora, J. (2013): “The ‘Mitrailleuse Effect’: The EEAS as an Interstitial Organization and the Dynamics of Innovation in Diplomacy”, Journal of Common Market Studies, 51(4): 598-614

4

Bátora, J. (2009): “European Defence Agency: A Flashpoint of Institutional Logics”, West European Politics, 32 (6): 1075-1098

5

Bátora, J. (2005): "Does the European Union Transform the Institution of Diplomacy?" , Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 44-66

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

Bátora, J. (2023): “Interstitial emergence of national defence entrepreneurial firms and re-configuration of the state as a defence actor: the

case of Sweden’s Vesper Group”, European Security, online first, Aug 2023

2

Bátora, J. (2021): “States, Interstitial Organizations and the Prospects for Adaptation of the Liberal International Order”, International Affairs, 97(5): 1433 – 1450

3

Bátora, J. (2021): Uznanie v Európskej únii: Zápasy o obvyklosť, spravodlivosť a identitu. [Recognition in the European Union: Struggles for ethical community, justice and identity. Bratislava: Comenius University Press (monograph)

4

Bátora, J., Osland, K., Qehaja, F. and Stojanovic, S. (2021): “Spaces and Institutional Logics in Post-Conflict Settings of Mitrovica”, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 15 (1): 114-131

5

Bátora, J. and Fossum, J.E. (2020, eds.): Towards a Segmented European Political Order: The EU’s Post-Crises Conundrum. London: Routledge

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

March, J.G. and Olsen, J.P. (2006): "Elaborating the New Institutionalism" in Goodin, R.E. (ed.): The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 3-20

2

Olsen, J.P. (2009): "Change and continuity: an institutional approach to institutions of democratic government", European Political Science Review, 1(1): 3-32

3

Adler-Nissen, R. (2014): "Symbolic power in European diplomacy: the struggle between national foreign services and the EU's External Action Service", Review of International Studies, 40(4): 657 - 681

4

Ansell, C. and Trondal, J. (2018): "Governing turbulence: An organizational-institutional agenda", Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, 1(1): 43–57

5

Bicchi, F. and Schade, D. (2021): "Whither European diplomacy? Long-term trends and the impact of the Lisbon Treaty" Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 45

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

2019 – 2023: EU3D – Differentiation, Dominance and Democracy in the EU; funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 program; consortium budget 3.4 million euro (work package coordinator and senior researcher at Comenius University)

2

2016 – 2019: EUNPACK – A Conflict Sensitive Unpacking of the EU Comprehensive Approach to Conflict and Crises Mechanism; funded by the EU’s Horizon2020 program; consortium budget 3.2 million euro (work package coordinator and senior researcher at Comenius University)

3

2016 - 2020: Usporiadanie uznania v EÚ a malé členské štáty (EURECOR), funded by the Slovak Research and Development Agency - APVV, project budget 229.000 euro (principal investigator)

4

2015 – 2016: Democratic Governance and Differentiation in Europe; funded by Norway EEA Grants; project budget 120.000 euro (principal investigator at Comenius University, with John E. Fossum as project co-leader at ARENA, University of Oslo)

5

2022 - 2026: Private Military and Security Companies and the dynamics of change in the European Union's security policy; Agentúra na podporu vedy a výskumu / Slovak research and development agency (APVV), budget: 249.991,- euro (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
Editor-in-chief Journal of International Relations and Development (Palgrave) 2012 - 2015
Jean Monnet Chair holder Institute of European Studies and International Relations, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University 2012 - 2015
Member Scientific Council, Comenius University since June 2023 - current
Member Scientific Council, Faculty of Arts since september 2016 - current
Member Board, Fulbright Commission Slovakia since 2017 - current
Member Board, Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV) 2021- súčasnosť
Member Scientific Council, Prague University of Economics and Business (VŠE) 2018 - 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)
Stanford University, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Stanford, Palo Alto, California, USA July 1 - December 18, 2013 Fulbright scholarship (upon invitation of prof. James G. March)
SCANCOR, Stanford University Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA July 1, 2003 - June 30, 2004 SCANCOR fellowship (upon invitation of prof. Walter W. Powell)

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Reviewer for the following journals:

Academy of Management; European Journal of International Relations; European Security; European Union Politics; Hague Journal of Diplomacy; International Organization; International Studies Quarterly; International Spectator; Journal of Common Market Studies; Journal of European Integration; Journal of European Public Policy; Journal of International Relations and Development; Journal of Peace Research; Mezinárodní vztahy; Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft; Sociológia; Swiss Political Science Review; West European Politics

Date of last update
23.09.2023