Prof. RNDr. Robert Ištok, PhD.

FOTOGRAFIA 

Professor in 4.-1-35 Geography

robert.istok@unipo.sk    

Research and teacher profile

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Education and Qualification:

 

1981 - Master - Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, field of study: Geography

1983 - RNDr. - Faculty of Natural Science, Comenius University in Bratislava, field of study: Geography and Cartography

1997 - CSc. - Faculty of Natural Science, Comenius University in Bratislava, discipline: 13-03-9 Regional Geography

2001 – Associate professor - Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, discipline: 67-07-9 Policy Theory (specialization Political Geography)

2008 - Professor – Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Presov, discipline 4.1.35 Geography
 

Courses:

Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Presov:

Teaching of academic subjects – geography:

- Geography of nations and ethnicities

- Geography of public administration

- Global trends in development of the world

- Political geography and geopolitics 1, 2

Geography and applied geoinformatics:

• Geography of European integration

• Geography of public administration

• Globalization ang glocalization

• Political regionalistics

• Regional development in European and non-European countries

Basics of political and regional geography

Faculty of Arts, University of Presov:

• Geopolitics of Central Europe

• Political geography

Specialization of scientific research focus:

• political geography

• geopolitics

• cultural geography

• historical geography

Management of grant projects:

• researcher of the grant project of the Jan Hus Educational Foundation no. CIh 104 Political Geography and Geopolitics - Teaching Innovation within the Higher Education Support Program, 1999 - 2003

• leader of the VEGA grant project no. 1/1304/04 Transformation of Political-spatial Systems and Systems of Democracy in the Context of Globalization, 2004 - 2006

• leader of the KEGA grant project no. 3/4113/06 Geopolitics, Globalistics, International Politics - Theoretical Background and Educational Interpretation, 2006 - 2010

• leader of the VEGA grant project no. 1/0177/10 Slovakia and Poland - Geopolitical, Political, Historical and Human Geographic Context, 2010 - 2011

• leader of the VEGA grant project no. 1/0346/12 Spatial-political Systems at the Beginning of the 21st Century and Perspectives of Their Development, 2012-2014

• leader of the KEGA grant project no. 024PU-4/2012 Geoconflictology - Concept of Teaching a New Subject and Elaboration of a Textbook, 2012-2014

• leader of the VEGA grant project no. 10077/17 Political-spatial Structure of the State in the Conditions of Globalization, 2017-2019

• leader of KEGA grant project no. 045PU-4/2017 Political Regional Studies - the Concept of Teaching a New Subject and the Elaboration of a University Textbook, 2017-2019

 

• co-researcher of 10 grant projects

 

International study mobility:

1986, 1994 University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

1999 Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
2000 Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Membership in professional institutions and organisations:

 

• member of the Council of Universities of the Slovak Republic (2000 - 2003)

• member of the working group of the Accreditation Commission, an advisory body of the Government of the Slovak Republic - Research Area 9 Physics and Earth and Space Sciences (2003 - 2019)

• member of the Scientific Board of the University of Presov (2005 - 2007, from 2011 - ongoing)

• member of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences of the University of Presov (since 2003 - ongoing)

• member of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava (2006 - 2019)

• Vice-Dean for Science, Research and Doctoral Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Presov (2007 - 2009)

• member of the Academic Senate of the University of Presov (2011 - 2019)

• chairman of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences of the University of Presov (since 2011 - ongoing)

• member of the Departmental commission and supervisor of doctoral studies in the field of study 4.1.38 Regional Geography, the study programme: Regional Geography and Regional Development at the Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences of the University of Presov (since 2004 - ongoing)

• member of the Departmental commission for doctoral studies in the field of study 4.1.37 Human Geography at the Faculty of Natural Science, Comenius University in Bratislava (since 2014 - ongoing)

• guarantor of the master’s study program Geography within the field of study Teaching of Academic Subjects at the Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences of the University of Presov (since 2008 – ongoing)

• member of the Departmental Board and supervisor of doctoral studies in the field of study Political and Cultural Geography within the study program Geography at the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava in Ostrava (since 2007 - ongoing)

• member of the Editorial board, Folia geographica (since 1998 - ongoing)

• member of the Publishing Board of the Publishing House of the University of Presov (since 2008 – ongoing)

• member of the Editorial Board of the magazine Barometr Regionalny (published by College of management and administration in Zamość, Poland) (since 2012 - ongoing)

• member of the Scientific Council, Polish Geopolitical Society (since 2003 – ongoing)

• member of the International Advisory Board of the magazine Przegląd Geopolityczny (published by the Polish Political Society, Kraków) (since 2014 - ongoing)

• member of the International Advisory Board of the magazine European Journal of Geopolitics (published by the Polish Political Society, Kraków) (since 2017 - ongoing)

 

 

 

Publishing activity

 

Overview of publishing activities

 

AAA Scientific monographs published by foreign publishers 2

AAB Scientific monographs published by domestic publishers 3

ABB Studies in journals and proceedings of a scientific monograph published by domestic publishers 1

ABD Chapters in scientific monographs published by domestic publishers 1

ACB University textbooks published by domestic publishers 6

ADE Scientific work in foreign non-certified journals 6

ADF Scientific work in domestic non-certified journals 23

ADM Scientific papers in foreign journals registered in the Web of Science or SCOPUS databases 1

ADN Scientific papers in domestic journals registered in the Web of Science or SCOPUS databases 2

AEC Scientific works in foreign peer-reviewed scientific edited volumes 6

AED Scientific works in domestic peer-reviewed scientific edited volumes 33

AEF Scientific works in domestic non-peer-reviewed scientific edited volumes 1

AFC Published papers at foreign scientific conferences 10

AFD Published papers at domestic scientific conferences 22

AFG Abstracts of papers from foreign conferences 3

AFH Abstracts of papers from domestic conferences 8

AGI Reports on solved scientific research tasks 1

BAB Professional book works published by domestic publishers 1

BCB Textbooks for primary and secondary schools 2

BCI Scripts and textbooks 9

BCK Chapters in textbooks and textbooks 3

BDF Professional work in domestic non-certified magazines 13

BED Professional work in peer-reviewed domestic edited volumes 2

BEE Professional works in non-peer-reviewed foreign edited volumes (conference and non-conference) 2

BEF Professional work in non-peer-reviewed domestic edited volumes 3

DAI Qualification works 3

EDI Reviews in magazines and edited volumes 8

EDJ Review works, professional translations in magazines and edited volumes 12

FAI Editorial and compilation works 6

GII Various publications and documents 5

Invited lectures at domestic scientific conferences 2

Lectures at domestic scientific conferences 46

Lectures at foreign scientific conferences 19

 

 

List of publishing activities

(selected titles)

 

AAA Scientific monographs published by foreign publishers

AAA 001 IŠTOK, R. (2012): Eurázijstvo ako ideový smer ruskej geopolitiky. Ostravská

univerzita, Ostrava, 71 s.

AAA 002 IŠTOK, R. (2012): Moderné poľské geopolitické myslenie v kontexte poľskej

štátnosti. Ostravská univerzita, Ostrava, 83 s.

 

AAB Scientific monographs published by domestic publishers

AAB 001 DULEBA, A., IŠTOK, R., KÓNYA, P., MATLOVIČ, R., MUŠINKA, M.,

ŠVORC, P. (1995): Zakarpatsko. SAP, Bratislava, 248 s.

AAB 002 IŠTOK, R. (1997): Štát na politickej mape sveta. Politickogeografické a

geopolitické aspekty. Geografické práce, VII, 1. Katedra geografie a

geoekológie FHPV PU, Prešov, 170 s.

AAB 003 IŠTOK, R. (2003): Politická geografia a geopolitika. FHPV PU, Prešov, 392 s.

(Druhé doplnené vydanie 2004)

 

ABB Studies in journals and proceedings of a scientific monograph published by domestic publishers

ABB 001 IŠTOK, R. (2011): Poľská geopolitika a geopolitika Poľska. Pohľad zo Slovenska.

In: Ištok, R. (ed.): Slovensko a Poľsko – geopolitické, politologické, historické a

humánnogeografické súvislosti. Vybrané problémy. Vydavateľstvo Prešovskej

univerzity, Prešov, 6-60.

 

ABD Chapters in scientific monographs published by domestic publishers

ABD 001 MICHAELI, E., IŠTOK, R. (1998): Geografia Popradu a okolia. In: Chalupecký, I.

(ed.): Dejiny Popradu a okolia. Oriens, Košice, s. 8-21.

 

ACB University textbooks published by domestic publishers

ACB 001 IŠTOK, R., MATLOVIČ, R., MICHAELI, E. (1999): Geografia verejnej správy.

Vysokoškolské učebné texty. Fakulta humanitných a prírodných vied Prešovskej

univerzity, Prešov, 158 s.

ACB 002 IŠTOK, R., KOZIAK, T., HUDEČEK, T., MATTOVÁ, I. (2010): Geopolitika,

globalistika, medzinárodná politika. Komentovaný výber textov. FHPV PU,

Prešov, 359 s.

ACB 003 MICHAELI, E., MATLOVIČ, R., IŠTOK, R.: a kol. (2010): Regionálny rozvoj pre

geografov. Vydavateľstvo Prešovskej univerzity, Prešov, 717 s.

ACB 004 IŠTOK, R., KOZÁROVÁ, I. a kol.: Geokonfliktológia. Teoretické aspekty

a empirická aplikácia. (Vybrané problémy.) Vydavateľstvo Prešovskej univerzity,

Prešov 2015, 240 s.

ACB 005 IŠTOK, R., MADZIKOVÁ, A., FOGAŠ, A. (2015): Geografia Európy. Prešovská

univerzita v Prešove, Fakulta humanitných a prírodných vied, Prešov, 197 s.

ACB 006 IŠTOK, R., MICHAELI, E., ČECH, V. (2019): Politická regionalistika (Vybrané

problémy). Vydavateľstvo Prešovskej univerzity, Prešov 2019, 104 s.

 

ADE Scientific work in foreign non-certified journals

ADE 001 IŠTOK, R., SULIBORSKI, A. (1989): Humenne - centre tchécoslovaque de la

production de fibres chimiques. Problems in textile geography - Problemes de

geographie des textiles, 1989, 3, 101-109.

ADE 002 IŠTOK, R., PLAVČANOVÁ, D. (2013): Russian geopolitics and geopolitics of

Russia. Phenomen of space. European Journal of Geopolitics, 2013, 2, 61-94.

ADE 003 IŠTOK, R., NOVÁKOVÁ, Š. (2014): Geopolitical Position Analysis of

Transcarpathia with Emphasis on Period Between 1918 – 1939. Przegląd

Geopolityczny, 2014, 10, 7-22.

ADE 004 IŠTOK, R., PLAVČANOVÁ, D. (2015): Geostrategic position of Slovakia

(selected issues). European Journal of Geopolitics, 2015, 3, 4-20.

ADE 005 IŠTOK, R., PLAVČANOVÁ, D., WILCZYŃSKI , P. L. (2016): Sytuacja

geopolityczna Słowacji. Przegląd Geopolityczny, 2016, 16, 109-119.

ADE 006 IŠTOK, R., MARADYK, N. (2018): Problemi decentralizacii u krainach

Centraľno Schidnoj Evropy (na prikladi Slovaččiny). S.P.A.C.E. Society, politics,

Administration in Central Europe, 2018, 8, 29-32.

 

ADF Scientific work in domestic non-certified journals ADF 001 IŠTOK, R. (1985): K problematike adaptácie študentov pre učiteľské štúdium

geografie. Přírodní vědy ve škole, XXXVII, 2, 74-75.

ADF 002 IŠTOK, R. (1987): K riešeniu problémov adaptácie študentov na učiteľské štúdium

geografie. Přírodní vědy ve škole, XXVIII, 5, 195-197.

ADF 003 IŠTOK, R. (1992): Geopolitika, politická geografia a politická prax. Medzinárodné

otázky, I, 4, 32-37.

ADF 004 IŠTOK, R. (1993): Vplyv znakov územia štátu a jeho obyvateľstva na fungovanie

štátnej moci. Medzinárodné otázky, II, 1-2, 130-138.

ADF 005 IŠTOK, R., MATLOVIČ, R.(1993): Vplyv náboženstva na politický systém

v politickogeografickom kontexte. Medzinárodné otázky, II, 1-2, 139-147.

ADF 006 IŠTOK, R. (1993): Samostatná Eritrea - precedens ďalších zmien? Medzinárodné

otázky, II, 3, 81-88.

ADF 007 IŠTOK, R. (1994): Politickogeografická štruktúra oválu násilia. Medzinárodné

otázky, III, 1, 51-69.

ADF 008 IŠTOK, R. (1995): Savického geopolitika v kontexte súčasného vývoja v Rusku.

Medzinárodné otázky, IV, 1, 69-80.

ADF 009 MATLOVIČ, R., IŠTOK, R. (1998): Východokarpatský región a formovanie jeho

duchovnej a kultúrnej identity. Životné prostredie, XXXII, 2, 98-103.

ADF 010 IŠTOK, R. (2006): Súčasný národný štát a jeho perspektívy. Politickogeografické

aspekty. Geografická revue, 2, 2, 617-629. CD ROM.

ADF 011 IŠTOK, R. (2006): Geopolitické dimenzie priestorovo-politickej organizácie štátu.

Acta Facultatis Studiorum Humanitatis Naturae Universitatis Prešoviensis, Prírodné

vedy, XLV, Folia geographica, 10. FHPV PU, Prešov, 198-205.

ADF 012 IŠTOK, R., LOVACKÁ, S. (2006): North Border of Slovakia – Political-

Geographical and Historical-Geographical Context. Acta Geographica Universitatis

Comenianae, No. 48. UK, Bratislava, 77-88.

ADF 013 IŠTOK, R. (2008): Ruské bremeno priestoru v ruskom geopolitickom myslení.

Geografická revue, 4, 2, 80-101.

ADF 014 IŠTOK, R. (2008): Inner geopolitics and its meaning for quest of optimal spatial-

political structure of Russia – selected aspects. Acta Facultatis Studiorum

Humanitatis et Naturae Universitatis Prešoviensis, Prírodné vedy, XLVII, Folia

geographica, 12. Special Issue for the 31^th IGU Congress Tunis 2008. FHPV PU,

Prešov, 131-144.

ADF 015 IŠTOK, R., KOZIAK, T. (2009): Międzymorze as a polish geopolitical concept.

Acta Facultatis Studiorum Humanitatis et Naturae Universitatis Prešoviensis,

Prírodné vedy, XLVII, Folia geographica, 14. Special Issue for the 2^th EUGEO

Congress, Bratislava 2009. FHPV PU, Prešov, 89-97.

ADF 016 BUČEK, J., GURŇÁK, D., IŠTOK, R., SLAVÍK, V., SZŐLLŐS, J. (2009): A new

state in central Europe – the changing political geography. In: Ira, V., Lacika, J.

(eds.): Slovak Geography at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Geographia

Slovaca, 26. GÚ SAV, Bratislava, 17-47.

ADF 017 IŠTOK, R. (2010): Geopolitické aspekty západnej hranice Poľska. Geographia

Cassoviensis, 4, 1, 82-84.

ADF 018 IŠTOK, R. (2011): Problematika štátu v geopolitickom kontexte (Úvod do

geopolitickej analýzy Poľska). Acta Facultatis Studiorum Humanitatis et Naturae

Universitatis Prešoviensis, Prírodné vedy, LII, Folia geographica, 17. FHPV PU,

Prešov, 109-120.

ADF 019 IŠTOK, R. (2012): Arktída v geopolitických a politickogeografických súvislostiach.

Acta Facultatis Studiorum Humanitatis et Naturae Universitatis Prešoviensis,

Prírodné vedy, LIV, Folia geographica, 19. FHPV PU, Prešov, 93-109.

ADF 020 IŠTOK, R., ANGELOVIČ, M. (2012): Vybrané teoreticko-metodologické aspekty

výskumu kvality života s prihliadnutím na prihraničné regióny. Acta Facultatis

Studiorum Humanitatis et Naturae Universitatis Prešoviensis, Prírodné vedy, LIV,

Folia geographica, 20. FHPV PU, Prešov, 80-96.

ADF 021 IŠTOK, R. (2014): Halford J. Mackinder a jeho teória Heartlandu. Acta Facultatis

Studiorum Humanitatis et Naturae Universitatis Prešoviensis, Prírodné vedy, LVI,

Folia geographica, 56. FHPV PU, Prešov, 19-45.

ADF 022 IŠTOK, R., NOVÁKOVÁ, Š. (2014): Micronationalism as a phenomenon of the

Present. Acta Facultatis Studiorum Humanitatis et Naturae Universitatis

Prešoviensis, Prírodné vedy, LVI, Folia geographica, 56. FHPV PU, Prešov, 46-56.

ADF 023 IŠTOK, R., PLAVČANOVÁ, D. (2015): Geopolitical analyses of national regional

differentiation selected aspects of inner geopolitics of Russia. Acta Facultatis

Studiorum Humanitatis et Naturae Universitatis Prešoviensis, Prírodné vedy, 57,

Folia geographica, 2015, No. 1. FHPV PU, Prešov, 79-97.

 

 

ADM Scientific papers in foreign journals registered in the Web of Science or SCOPUS databases ADM 001 ANGELOVIČ, M., IŠTOK, R. (2016): How to asses quality of life. Theoretical

and metodological research aspects in cross-border regions. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economics Series, 2016, 32, 19-32.

 

ADN Scientific papers in domestic journals registered in the Web of Science or SCOPUS databases ADN 001 BUCHER, S., IŠTOK, R. (2015): Geopolitická poloha Srbska ako potenciálny

dezintegračný činiteľ. Geografický časopis, 67, 1, 63-83.

ADN 002 KLAMÁR, R., MATLOVIČ, R., IVANOVÁ, M., IŠTOK, R., KOZOŇ, J.: Local

action group as a tool of inter-municipal cooperation: cas e study of Slovakia. Folia

geographica, Vol. 61, 2019, No. 1, 36-67.