Scientific, Artistic and Teaching Profile: VUPCH
Research Outputs: VTC1 | VTC2 | VTC3 | VTC4 | VTC5
Education and Professional Qualifications
1976 – Promoted Philologist (prom. fil.), Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Sociology.
1985 – PhDr., Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Sociology.
1987 – CSc. (equivalent to PhD), Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Sociology.
1997 – Associate Professor (Docent), Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Field of Study: Political Science.
2005 – Associate Professor, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava.
2009 – Professor, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Field of Study 3.1.8: Theory of Politics.
Professional Experience
Since 2015 – Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, Trnava University in Trnava.
Since 2014 – Director, Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences.
2010–2014 – Dean, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava.
Since 2009 – Professor and Director, Institute of European Studies and International Relations, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava.
2005 – Associate Professor and Director, Institute of European Studies and International Relations, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava.
2002–2005 – Associate Professor (Docent), Department of Political Science, Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University in Bratislava.
Since 2003 – Visiting Professor, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, University of Vienna.
Since 2001 – Research Fellow and PhD Supervisor, Forschungsstelle Osteuropa, University of Bremen.
1999–2001 – Researcher, Forschungsstelle Osteuropa, University of Bremen, Germany.
1990–1999 – Assistant Professor and Associate Professor (Docent), Department of Political Science, Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University in Bratislava.
1976–1990 – Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University in Bratislava.
Long-Term Study and Research Stays (selection)
September 1999 – November 2001, Research Fellow, Forschungsstelle Osteuropa, Universität Bremen (project: Between Tradition and Modernity – Political Symbolism in Slovakia – individual research project).
January – March 1998, Collaborating Researcher, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Florence (project: Slovakia on the Verge of Isolation? Divided Society – Divided Political Culture and the Process of EU Enlargement).
September – December 1997, Research Fellow, Centre for European Security Studies, University of Groningen (project: Democratizing Slovak Society – Civil-Military Relations after 1989).
September 1995 – January 1996, Visiting Scholar Fellowship awarded by the Social Science Research Council, New York; New School for Social Research, New York (research project: Democratic Political Culture as a Pre-Condition for Developing Stable Democracy in Eastern European Countries. The Case of Slovakia).
June – July 1994, Montreal, Canadian Human Rights Foundation (participant in the course: International Human Rights Training Programme).
May 1994, Department of Government, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland – Visiting Lecturer.
December 1993, European University Center for Peace Studies, Stadtschlaining, Austria – Expert Lecturer in a retraining course for secondary and university teachers from Central Europe.
May 1993, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Wien – Visiting Lecturer.
March – July 1992, TEMPUS project, Katolieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (Curricula Development in Political Science).
Most Significant Recognition of Research Achievements
1991–1995 – Member of the VEGA Grant Commission, Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic.
1993–2012 – Member of the Scientific Council, Institute of Political Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences.
1993–2012 – Executive Director, UNESCO Centre for Human Rights Education, Comenius University in Bratislava.
1994–1998 – President, Slovak Political Science Association.
Since 1995 – Member of the international research association Forum Eastern Europe; Head of the European Section.
Since 1997 – Member of the Editorial Board, Kritika & Kontext.
Since 1999 – Member of the Editorial Board, Politologická revue (published by the Czech Political Science Association).
Since 2000 – Member of the Editorial Board, Politické vedy (Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica); since 2007 – Member of the Editorial Board, IESIR Working Papers (Institute of European Studies and International Relations, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava).
2002–2005 – Holder of the Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration – Political Science.
2005 – Awarded the Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence.
Since 2004 – Member of the Scientific Council, Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica.
Since 2012 – Member of the Scientific Council, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava.
2003–2006 – Member of the Working Group for Political Science, Accreditation Commission of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic.
Since December 2004 – Member of the PhD Collegium for Humanities, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna.
2004–2010 – Member of the Standing Committee for Social Sciences, European Science Foundation.
2006–2009 – President, Central European Political Science Association.
2010–2012 – Member of the Accreditation Commission, Slovak Academy of Sciences.
2010–2014 – Member of the Scientific Council, Comenius University in Bratislava.
Since 2011 – Member of the Government Council for Human Rights, National Minorities and Gender Equality, Slovak Republic.
Since 2014 – Member of the Evaluation Panel, Accreditation Commission of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Since 2014 – Chair of the Scientific Collegium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Since 2016 – Member of the Scientific Council, Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University in Bratislava; Member of the Scientific Council, Faculty of Philosophy, Trnava University in Trnava.
Selection of Research Projects in the Last Six Years
Values in the Dynamics of Social Change in Slovakia and Europe (HODYSE). Duration: 01.07.2016–30.06.2020. Programme: APVV-15-0653. Principal Investigator: Prof. PhDr. Silvia Miháliková, PhD.
Recognition Order in the European Union and Small Member States (EURECOR). Duration: 01.07.2016–30.06.2020. Programme: APVV-15-0732. Researchers (Institute of Sociology): Prof. PhDr. Silvia Miháliková, PhD.; Mgr. Róbert Klobucký, PhD. Principal Investigator: Prof. Jozef Bátora, PhD. (Department of Political Science, Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University in Bratislava).
Rural Communities and the Countryside in the Process of Change. Project No.: VEGA 2/0068/16. Duration: 2016–2018. Principal Investigator: Mgr. Ľubomír Falťan, CSc. Deputy Principal Investigator: Prof. PhDr. Silvia Miháliková, PhD.
Communicating Europe. European Science Foundation. Project No.: GB09-SC4-SS-SO-00. Duration: 2009–2010. Principal Investigator: Prof. PhDr. Silvia Miháliková, PhD.
Forward Look: Central and Eastern Europe Beyond Transition: Convergence or Divergence in Europe. European Science Foundation. Project No.: GB09-FL-SS-022. Duration: 2009–2011. Principal Investigator for Slovakia: Prof. PhDr. Silvia Miháliková, PhD.
Small European States and the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis. Norwegian Funds, Project No.: NIL-II-007. Duration: 2010–2012. Principal Investigator: Doc. Jozef Bátora, PhD. (Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava). Team Member: Prof. PhDr. Silvia Miháliková, PhD.
Most Significant Publications
Miháliková, Silvia : Zwischen Kreuz und Europastern : politische Symbolik in der Slowakei. - Münster : LIT, 2004. - 172 s. ISBN 3-8258-7623-3
Miháliková, Silvia: Miesto politickej symboliky v politickej kultúre Slovenska. Towarzystwo Słowaków w Polsce, 180 s. , 2018, ISBN 978-83-811-104-1
Miháliková, Silvia : "Hej Slováci" : symbolische Repräsentation der Slowakei. In: Osteuropa. - Jahrg. 53, Heft. 7 (2003), s. 921-932
Miháliková, Silvia : The making of the capital of Slovakia. In: International review of sociology. - Vol. 16, No. 2 (2006), s. 309-327
Miháliková, Silvia : Slovakia : pathways to a democratic community. In: Democracy and political culture in Eastern Europe. - London : Routledge, 2006. - S. 172-203. - ISBN 0-415-38602-0
Most Significant Publications in the Last Six Years
Miháliková, Silvia - ZEMAN, Milan. Demokracia à la carte? In Odděleně spolu? : Česko a Slovensko optikou vývoje hodnot po roce 1991. - Bratislava : SLOVART, spol. s r. o., 2019, s. 359-386. ISBN 978-80-556-4590-2
Mihaĺiková, Silvia. Ein Image für eine Unbekannte Nation Erfinden? Der Fall Slowakei. In Imaginäre Räume in Zentraleuropa : Kulturelle Transformationen, politische Repräsentationen und trans/nationale identitätsentwürfe. - Herne : Gabriele Schäfer Verlag, 2019, s. 221-263. ISBN 978-3-9444-8766-3
Miháliková, Silvia. Symboly v interpretácii revolúcií v 20. storočí. In Anatómia revolúcie: Historické poučenia a sociologické analýzy [elektronický zdroj]. Editorka: Dilbar Alieva. - Bratislava : Sociologický ústav SAV, 2020, s. 84-99. ISBN 978-80-89897-21-6.
Malová, Darina - Miháliková, Silvia. Vznik a rozvoj politológie na Slovensku v deväťdesiatych rokoch v kontexte pôsobenia Miroslava Kusého. In Studia Politica Slovaca : časopis pre politické vedy, najnovšie politické dejiny a medzinárodné vzťahy, 2018, roč. 11, č. 2, s. 50-68. ISSN 1337-8163.
Teaching Activities
Sociology of Politics
General Sociology III
Sociology of Culture
Sociological Theories of Modern and Postmodern Society
Theories of Social Change
European Political Cultures
Symbols and Myths in Social Life