Commitees
Local Programme Committee
International Scientific Board
The Local Programme Committee consists of a good mix of internationally experienced Slovak scientists representing various SSH disciplines.
The role of the committee:
- Consultation on the draft programme of the conference
- Ensuring a good balance of the European, regional, national and local aspects in the conference agenda
- Contributing to the organisation of social events and satellite events of the conference.
Alexandra Bitušíková (Chair)
Assoc. Professor of Ethnology and Social Anthropology
Vice-Rector for Research at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
National Delegate in H2020 SSH Programme Committee „Europe in a Changing World: Inclusive, Innovative and Reflective Societies”
Vladimír Baláž
Research Professor at the Institute for Forecasting of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Radoslav Delina
Assoc. Professor of Economics, Head of Department of Banking and Investment at the Faculty of Economic, Technical Unievrsity, Košice, Slovakia
Gabriela Kilianová
Senior Researcher in Ethnology and Social Anthropology at the Institute of Ethnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Silvia Miháliková
Professor of Sociology, Director of the Institute of Sociology at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Slavomír Michálek
Senior Researcher in History, Director of the Institute of History at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Alexander Mušinka
Senior Reseacrher at the Institute of Roma Studies, University of Prešov, Prešov, Slovakia
Juraj Šedivý
Assoc. Professor of History and Archival Studies, Vice-Dean for Science and Doctoral Education at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Emil Višňovský
Professor of Philosophy at Comenius University, Vice-President of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Research in Social Communication of the SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
The International Scientific Board consists of well-established international scientists from different fields of social sciences and humanities and different European countries. The role of the International Scientific Board is to contribute to the successful conference preparation and organisation by:
- Ensuring a relevant structure and contents of the programme, and providing a proposal of a wide range and quality of speakers
- Proposing possible conference outcomes and ways of their disseminating, and the overall improvement of the conference´s visibility.
Julia Stamm (Chair)
Founder and Director of SCIENCE LEADS, Berlin, Germany
Alexandra Bitusikova (Vice-Chair)
Assoc. Professor of Ethnology and Social Anthropology
Vice-Rector for Research, Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
Michal Buchowski
Head of Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Adam Miczkiewicz University of Poznan, Poland
Ulrike Felt
Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna, Austria
Didier Georgakakis
Political Science Professor at the University Paris 1- Panthéon-Sorbonne, member of the European Centre for Sociology and Political Science (CNRS-Paris/Sorbonne-EHESS)
Poul Holm
Professor of Environmental History at Trinity College Dublin, President of the European Alliance for the Social Sciences and Humanities and a fellow of Academia Europaea
Ruta Petrauskaite
Professor of Linguistics at Vytautas Magnus University, Vilnius, Lithuania, Vice-Chair of the Research Council of Lithuania and Chair of the Committee of the Social Sciences and Humanities
Ladislav Rabušic
Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute of Population Studies, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic
Sylvie Rohanová
Policy Officer at DG Research & Innovation, Unit B6 Open and Inclusive Societies, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
