Matúš Mišík, PhD.

Matúš Mišík, PhD is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia. His research interests include small states and energy security in the EU. He is the author of External Energy Security in the European Union (Routledge, 2019), co-author of Energy Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2024) and co-editor of From Economic to Energy Transition. Three Decades of Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe (Palgrave, 2021) and Energy Humanities. Current State and Future Directions (Springer, 2021). He has published articles in leading journals including Nature Energy, Energy, Energy Policy, Energy Research and Social Science, Geopolitics, Czechoslovak Psychology, Journal of Popular Culture, Comparative European Politics, Asia Europe Journal and Slovak Sociological Review.

POSITIONS AND EDUCATION

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS AND EDITED VOLUME

Mišík, M. and Figulová, A. (Eds.) (2025) A decarbonised, secure, and united EU? EU energy and climate policy following Covid-19 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Routledge: London.
Maltby, T. and Mišík, M. (2024) The Political Economy of Climate and Energy Policy in Central and Eastern Europe. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
Högenauer, A.-L. and Mišík, M. (2024) (Eds.) Small States in EU Policy-Making: Strategies, Challenges, Opportunities. Routledge: London.
Mišík, M. and Oravcová, V. (2021) (Eds.) From Economic to Energy Transition. Three Decades of Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe. Palgrave: London.
Mišík, M. and Kujundžić, N. (2021) (Eds.) Energy Humanities and Energy Transition. Current State and Future Directions. Springer: Cham.
Mišík, M. (2019) External Energy Security in the European Union. Small Member States' Perspective. Routledge: London.
Mišík, M. (2017) An Introduction to European Integration. Comenius University Press: Bratislava. In Slovak.
Mišík, M. (2016) Decision-making Mechanism of the European Union after the Easter Enlargement. Comenius University Press: Bratislava. In Slovak.
Mišík, M. (2013) Energy policy in the enlarged EU. Institute of International Relations: Prague. In Slovak.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Vicenová, R., Oravcová, V. and Mišík, M. (2023) Not so green after all: Visual representation of green issues by the far-right Kotlebovci - People's Party Our Slovakia In: Bernhard Forchtner (Ed.) Visualising far-right environments. Communication and the politics of nature. Manchester University Press.
Mišík, M. and Oravcová, V. (2021) The myth of homogeneity: Visegrad Group's energy transition. In: Geoffrey Wood and Vincent Onyango (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Zero Carbon Energy Systems and Energy Transitions. Palgrave, London.
Mišík, M., Oravcová, V. and Plenta, P. (2021) The European Union's energy policy: From market liberalisation to convergence with climate policy. In: Thomas Hoerber, Gabriel Weber and Ignazio Cabras (eds.) Routledge Handbook of European Integration. Routledge, London.
Mišík, M. and Oravcová, V. (2021) Energy Diversification in Central and Eastern Europe: The Case of Slovakia. In: Scott N. Romaniuk, Manish Thapa, Péter Marton (eds.) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies. Palgrave, London.
Mišík M. and Kujundžić, N. (2021) The Future Is Nuclear: Energy Weapon in Isaac Asimov's Foundation. In: Mišík, M. and Kujundžić, N. (Eds.) Energy Humanities. Current State and Future Directions. Springer: Cham, pp. 149-167.
Mišík, M. and Prachárová, V. (2021) Perfect Compliance? Nuclear Power in Central and Eastern Europe and the EU Membership. In: Mišík, M. and Oravcová, V. (Eds.) From Economic to Energy Transition. Three Decades of Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe. Palgrave: London, pp. 249-256.
Mišík, M. and Oravcová, V. (2020) Energy Governance in Slovakia. In: Knodt M. and Kemmerzell J. (Eds.) Handbook of Energy Governance in Europe. Springer: Cham, pp. 1-25.
Nosko, A. and Mišík, M. (2020) Pricing Security or Pricing Perceptions: Differences in Energy Security Perspectives of Oil and Gas. In: Belyi, A. (Ed.) Beyond Market Assumptions: A Global Institution of the Oil Price. Springer: London, pp. 125-142.
Mišík, M. (2019) EU's Democratization: Normative Power Europe meets external EU perception literature. In: Neuman, M. (ed.) Normative Power Europe Meets Democracy Promotion: The European Union in (South-)Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Springer: New York, pp. 37-51.
Nosko, A. and Mišík, M. (2017) No united front: The political economy of energy in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Sitter, N., Goldthau, A. and Andersen, S.S. (Eds.) Energy Union: Europe's New Liberal Mercantilism? Palgrave: London.
Mišík, M. (2010) Security First: Energy policy in the new member states of the European Union. In. Malová et.al.: New Member States in the EU: From Listening to Action. Bratislava: Devín press, pp. 101-128.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

Mišík, M. (online first) From an Amplifier to a Silencer: The Slovak EU Presidency and Energy Policy. Journal of Contemporary European Studies.
Vicenová, R. and Mišík, M. (forthcoming) Far-right greenwashing: the twisting of sustainability, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal.
Haneklaus, N., Kaggwa, M., Misihairabgwi, J. et al. The phosphorus negotiation game (P-Game): first evaluation of a serious game to support science-policy decision making played in more than 20 countries worldwide. Discov Sustain 6, 1 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-024-00693-6
Vakhal, P., Yakovenko, K., Mišík, M., Oravcová, V. and Mattera, R. (2024) Gender and authorship in energy studies: Is there an impact? Energy Strategy Reviews 56, November, 101581
Mišík, M. Oravcová, V, Plenta, P. and Hrabušajová, M. (2024) Keepin' it regional: Pseudo-internationalisation of Slovak political science. Higher Education 88, August, pp. 703-726
Mišík, M., Oravcová, V. and Vicenová, R. (2024) Energy efficiency of buildings in Central and Eastern Europe: room for Improvement. Energy Efficiency 17 (32)
Mišík, M. and Oravcová, V. (2024) Policy persistence vis-à-vis a crisis: the curious case of Slovak energy policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Energy Efficiency 17 (33).
Žuk, P., Buzogány, A., Mišík, M., Osička, J., Szulecki, K. (2023) Semi-peripheries in the world-system? The Visegrad Group countries in the geopolitical order of energy and raw materials after the war in Ukraine. Resources Policy 85, Part B, August 2023, 104046.
Mišík, M. and Nosko, A. (2023) Each one for themselves: Exploring the energy security paradox of the European Union. Energy Research & Social Science 99, 103074.
Mišík, M. and Nosko, A. (2023) Post-pandemic lessons for EU energy and climate policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine: Introduction to a special issue on EU green recovery in the post-Covid-19 period. Energy Policy 177, 113546.
Mišík, M. , Jursová Pracharová, V. (2023) Coal Is a Priority for Energy Security, until It Is Not: Coal Phase-Out in the EU and Its Persistence in the Face of the Energy Crisis. Sustainability 15(8), 6879
Vicenová, R., Oravcová, V. and Mišík, M. (2022) What do far-right parties talk about when they talk about green issues? Slovak Sociological Review 54(6), 570-594
Mišík, M. and Oravcová, V. (2022) Ex Ante Governance in the European Union: Energy and climate policy as a 'test run' for the post-pandemic recovery. Energy Policy 167, 113076
Oravcová, V., Yakovenko, K., Mišík, M. (2022) Complete but Fragmented: Research on Energy in Central and Eastern Europe. Energies, 15(17), 6185
Mišík, M. (2022) The EU needs to improve its external energy security. Energy Policy 165, 112930
Krupnik, S., Wagner, A., Koretskaya, O., Rudek, T.J., Wade, R., Mišík, M. et al. (2022) Beyond technology: A research agenda for social sciences and humanities research on renewable energy in Europe. Energy Research and Social Science 89, 102536
Mišík, M. (2021) When the accession legacy fades away: Renewables goals of Central and Eastern European countries. The International Spectator 56(3), 56-70.
Yakovenko, K. and Mišík, M. (2020) Cooperation and Security: Examining the Political Discourse on Natural Gas Transit in Ukraine and Slovakia. Energies 22(13), 5969.
Kratochvíl, P. and Mišík, M. (2020) Bad external actors and good nuclear energy: Media discourse on energy supplies in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Energy Policy 136, 111058.
Struháriková, R., Mišík, M. and Spáč, S. (2020) Perception of EU Member States by Slovak Decision Makers. Slovak Sociological Review 52(5), 475-498. In Slovak
Mišík, M. and Oravcová, V. (2019) Decarbonisation in the V4 countries: Renewables goals in National Climate and Energy Plan drafts. International Issues & Slovak Foreign Policy Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 3-4, pp. 10-25.
Kujundžić, N. and Mišík, M. (2018) Powering up the Technodrome: Energy sustainability in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Journal of Popular Culture 51(3), 575-594.
Mišík, M. and Szulecki, K. (2018) On the complexity of energy policy inquiry. Response to Krzykowski and Krzykowska. Energy Policy 118, 106-108.
Oravcová, V. and Mišík, M. (2018) EU funds and limited cooperation: energy infrastructure development in the Visegrad Group. International Issues & Slovak Foreign Policy Affairs, Vol. 27, No. 3-4, pp. 11-26.
Mišík, M. and Nosko, A. (2017) Eastring gas pipeline in the context of Central and Eastern European gas supply challenge. Nature Energy 2(11), 844-848.
Mišík, M. (2017) Comments on "The Energy Union and security-of-gas supply" by Ole Gunnar Austvik. Energy Policy 102, 27-29.
Mišík, M. (2016) On the way towards the Energy Union: Position of Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia towards External Energy Security Integration. Energy 111, 68-81.
Mišík, M. and Prachárová, V. (2016) Before 'Independence' Arrived: Interdependence in Energy Relations between Lithuania and Russia. Geopolitics 21(3), 579-604.
Lášticová, B. and Mišík, M. (2016) Image theory in the contemporary political psychology. Czechoslovak Psychology 60(2), 211-224. In Slovak
Mišík, M. (2015) The Influence of Perception on the Preferences of the New Member States of the European Union: The Case of Energy Policy. Comparative European Politics 13(2), 198-221.
Mišík, M. (2015) National interest in the first place: perception of the new member states of the EU. Slovak Sociological Review 47(1), 66-88. In Slovak.
Kratochvíl, P. and Mišík, M. (2015) Newcomer, Normal Player or Regional Leader? Perceptions of Poland in the EU. Politics in Central Europe, Vol. 11, No. 1.
Mišík, M. (2014) Good partners make good relationships: Perception of the new member states of the EU. Mezinárodní vztahy 21(4), 28-42. In Slovak
Mišík, M. (2014) Our New Allies? Perception of the New Member States of the EU by the Old Members. Czech Journal of Political Science, Vol. 21, No. 3
Mišík, M. (2013) How can Perception Help us to Understand the Dynamic between EU Member States? The State of the Art. Asia Europe Journal 11(4), 445-463.
Mišík, M. (2012) Eastern Enlargement and the EU Policy on Energy: towards Common European Energy Policy? Central European Political Studies Review, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 573-602. In Slovak.
Mišík, M. (2012) Crisis as a Remedy? The 2009 Gas Crisis and its Influence on Increase of Energy Security of Visegrad Group Countries. International Issues and Slovak Foreign Policy Affairs, Vol. 21, No. 1-2, pp. 56-72.
Mišík, M. (2008) Fish vs. national identity: Iceland and the EU from constructivist point of view. Slovak Sociological Review 40(4), 299-325. In Slovak.

OTHER SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Mišík, M. and Oravcová, V. (2019) Decarbonisation in the V4 countries: Renewables goals in National Climate and Energy Plan drafts. International Issues & Slovak Foreign Policy Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 3-4, pp. 10-25.
Oravcová, V. and Mišík, M. (2018) EU funds and limited cooperation: energy infrastructure development in the Visegrad Group. International Issues & Slovak Foreign Policy Affairs, Vol. 27, No. 3-4, pp. 11-26.
Mišík, M. (2016) EU’s Energy Union: Few Notes on the Central European Perspective. Panorama of global security environment 2015. Stratpol: Bratislava.
Mišík, M. (2015) Three countries, three views? Loop and transit flows in electricity grids from Austrian, Czech and Slovak point of view. In: Bator, P and Ondrejcsak, R. (Eds.) Panorama of global security environment 2014. CENNA: Bratislava 2015, p. 545-556
Mišík, M. (2014) Our New Allies? Perception of the New Member States of the EU by the Old Members. Czech Journal of Political Science, Vol. 21, No. 3
Mišík, M. (2013) Energy security challenges of small EU member states: the case of Slovakia. In: Panorama of global security environment. CENNA: Bratislava, pp. 107-119
Mišík, M. (2012) Eastern Enlargement and the EU Policy on Energy: towards Common European Energy Policy? Central European Political Studies Review, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 573-602. In Slovak.
Mišík, M. (2012) Crisis as a Remedy? The 2009 Gas Crisis and its Influence on Increase of Energy Security of Visegrad Group Countries. International Issues and Slovak Foreign Policy Affairs, Vol. 21, No. 1-2, pp. 56-72.

CONFERENCES

Stocktaking of Research on Energy Security, Justice and Sustainability in The Baltic Sea Region and Eastern Europe, workshop, Södertörn University, 24 and 25 October 2024, Stockholm
ECPR General Conference, 12-15 August 2024, Dublin
Energy and Connectivity at the European Political Community, CEPS, 9 June 2024, Brussels
ECPR General Conference, 4-6 September 2023, Prague
Workshop “20th anniversary of the 2004 EU enlargement: Stocktaking of the membership experience, challenges, and opportunities”, 19 May 2023, Online
EU’s energy security policy and solidarity in times of (energy) war. Workshop “The Energy Trilemma in the Baltic Sea Region” Greifswald, Germany, 20 October 2022
Central Europe, the EU and the UK: Building understanding and strengthening relationships. Joint event with Aston University (Birmingham), Comenius University (Bratislava), and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (London). Comenius University, Bratislava, 17-18 March 2022
“Energy Humanities. New Toolbox for Examining Climate Change Scepticism?” Presentation at Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku, Zagreb, Croatia, 29 March 2022.
Clean Energy Transition conference, organized by the British Embassy in the Slovak and Czech Republic, hybrid, 1 March 2022.
Central European Energy Conference, Bratislava, 22 November 2021
UACES Annual Conference 2021, online, 6-8 September 2021
15th Congress of the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore, online, 19-24 June 2021
Small states in EU policy-making: Strategies, Challenges, Opportunities" workshop, online, 17-18 June 2021
2021 Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union, online, 10-12 June 2021
European Union in International Affairs' Conference in Brussels, online, 26-28 May 2021
ECPR Joint Session of Workshops, online workshop, 14-17 April 2020.
Energy Connectivity in Central Europe: issues, challenges, opportunities workshop, 25 November 2019, Paris, France.
The Routledge Handbook of European Integrations workshop, 25-27 November 2019, Lyon, France.
Central European Energy Conference 2019, 18-19 November 2019, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Political Ecologies of the far right, 15-17 November 2019, Lund University, Sweden.
Winter Training School - Images of Europe at Times of Global Challenges: Perceptions of EU (foreign) policy making inside and outside Europe - Theoretical, Methodological and Empirical Reflections", 11-14 November 2019, Aarhus, Denmark.
4th Energy Panel, Eastern Partnership conference, 17-18 October 2019, Vilnius, Lithuania
Workshop Energy and environmental policies - their interdependence in European integration and in creating sustainability, Roskilde, Denmark, 3-4 October 2019
Ukrainian-Slovak bilateral forum, Kyiv, 21 September 2019
UACES Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 31 August- 4 September 2019
Challenges of the Energy Law and Policy Framework in the Baltic Sea Region, University of Greifswald, 4-5 July 2019
8th Workshop of Eastern Partnership Energy Regulatory Bodies, Minsk, 21-22 May 2019
Facilitator, NATO Table-Top Exercise CORE2019, NATO Centre of Excellence for Energy Security, Vilnius, 14-16 May 2019
Energy Sector in Transition, Energy Research Institute, Vilnius, 25 April 2019
Workshop on EU's Climate and Energy Policy, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 10-13 March 2019
3rd Central European Conference, London, London School of Economic and Political Science, 3 March 2019
1st workshop of the regional sub-sectoral networking group on LNG Markets, Warsaw, 20 February 2019
V4 Energy Think Tank Warsaw Workshop, Warsaw, 24 January 2019
Small States in Europe. Towards a Cross-Disciplinary Approach, Malta, 28 September 2018
Small States and the Political Upheavals Related to Immigration, Malta, 27 September 2018
UACES Conference, Bath, 2-5 September 2018
ECPR General Conference. Hamburg 22-25 August 2018
Small States and the New Security Environment. Reykjavík, Iceland, 26 June 2018
V4 energy security workshop, Baku, Azerbaijan, 3 May 2018.
25th International Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, USA, 28-30 March 2018.
EUviews on Brexit: The Visegrád 4, Aston Centre for Europe and Policy Network, House of Lords, 24 January, 2018.
Transitions in Energy History: State of the Art and New Perspectives. Università "La Sapienza". Milan, 29 November - 1 December 2017.
2nd Russian-Slovak Discussion forum, Moscow, The Gorchakov Fund, 26 September 2017
11th ECPR General Conference, University of Oslo, 6-9 September 2017
Energy cooperation as main pillar of Three Seas Initiative, Jagiellonian Club, Warsaw, 25 July 2017
The Global Petroleumscape, 17-19 May 2017, TU Delft, the Netherland
Focus on Visegrad group: nowadays and perspectives, 9 - 10 May 2017, Kaunas/Vilnius, Lithuania
The V4 toward the EU gas market integration, 13 March 2017, Budapest
Energy Transformations. Perspectives from the Humanities Symposium, January 17-18, 2017, Berlin
Invited presentation, Seminar on EU-Russia relations for representatives of the Russian media, 14-17 December 2016, Bratislava, Slovakia
Invited presentation, Relations of the Visegrad countries and the European Union with Russia, Organized by the Slovak Embassy in Moscow and Russian Academy of Science, Institute of Europe, Moscow, December 1-2, 2016
Messengers from the Stars: On Science Fiction and Fantasy. University of Lisbon, 16-18 November 2016
Invited lecture for Globsec Labs, Energy Security in Green. Renewables as an essential part of balanced energy mix. Matej Bell University, 10 November 2016, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Invited lecture, Slovak PhD Forum, 13-14 October 2016, Nitra, Slovakia
10th General Conference, European Consortium for Political Research, 7-10 September 2016, Prague, the Czech Republic
Mentor and Speaker, Energy Community Summer School, 3-10 September 2016, Tirana, Albania
24th World Congress, International Political Science Association, Poznań, Poland, 23-28 July 2016
Keynote Speaker, Graduate Student Conference, "State of the EU in Canada and the Pacific Asia", University of Victoria, Canada, May 25-27, 2016.
Conference "Towards a common European energy policy? Perceptions of energy security", Poznań, Poland, 18-20 May 2016
Symposium "The Crisis of Democracy Promotion", University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, 10-11 March 2016
International conference "Energy Security in Central and Eastern Europe and the Operations of Russian State-Owned Energy Enterprises", Prague, the Czech Republic, 22 June 2015
19th Conference of Central European Political Science Association, Prague, the Czech Republic, 25 - 26 October 2014
8th General ECPR Conference, Glasgow, Great Britain, 4-6 September 2014
18th Conference of Central European Political Science Association, Plzen, the Czech Republic, 24 - 26 October 2013
Danube Bridges. Energy Security Pillar Conference. Bratislava, Slovakia, 27 - 28 September 2013
ENKO 2013. Energy conference. Slovakia, Bratislava 23 - 24 April 2013
Multidisciplinary perspectives on transformation processes in Eastern Europe, International workshop at the University of Vienna, Austria, Vienna, 23 November 2012
Visegrad Group and Germany - prospects of cooperation, Policy Makers Seminar, the Czech Republic, Aspen Institute Prague, 13-14 November 2012
IV. Slovak Strategic Forum, Slovakia, Piešťany, 8 - 9 November 2012
XV. International Conference of Young Scholars, Czech republic, Prague, 19- 20 May 2011
IV. Security forum, Slovakia, Banská Bystrica, 10 February 2011
MyPhD Conference (organized by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung), Slovakia, Bratislava, 1- 2 October 2010
3rd ECPR Graduate Conference, Ireland, Dublin, 30 August - 1 September 2010
2nd Slovak Political Science Congress, Slovakia, Bratislava, 15 October 2010
First Central European Conference of Doctoral Students of Politics, European Studies and International Relations, Czech republic, Olomouc, 28- 29 April 2009
1st Slovak Political Science Congress, Slovakia, Trnava, 6 November 2008
2nd ECPR Graduate Conference, Spain, Barcelona, 25- 27 August 2008

ACADEMIC MERITS

I have been teaching courses on European integration (introductory courses, courses on EU institutions and EU policies) and International Relations (introductory and advanced courses for MA students) at Comenius Universityʼs Department of Political Science since 2011.
Teaching "Just Sustainable Cities: Perspectives from Post-Socialist Eurasia" course as a part of ENLIGHT university alliance.
Teaching was also part of my duties as Visiting Professor and Academic Visitor at Carleton University (2018) and Aston University (2011) respectively.
I served as Lecturer at the "Small States in Europe: Towards a Cross-Disciplinary Approach" summer school (Reykjavík, Iceland, 2017-2018), the Antall József Summer School (Budapest, Hungary, 2018), and the Energy Community Summer School (various locations, 2016-2022), where I also served as Mentor.
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. programme committee member, Department of Political Science, Comenius University, Slovakia
Defence committee member, Department of Political Science, Comenius University, Slovakia
Reviewer for European Research Council
Reviewer for Journal of Common Market Studies, Energy Policy, Energy Research and Social Science, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Geopolitics, Social Science Journal, Problems of Post-Communism, Journal of European Integration, Czech Journal of Political Science, Politics and Governance, Energy Strategy Review, Sustainability, Energies, East European Politics and Societies, Energy Sources Part B, Political Geography, International Journal of Sustainable Energy, Discover Energy, Energy Reports, Cogent Social Sciences, Central European Journal of International and Security Studies, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Journal of Business Ethics
Guest editor for Energy Policy and Journal of Contemporary European Studies
2021- 2024; ECPR Research Network "Energy Politics, Policy, and Governance", Steering Committee member
2024-present; ECPR Research Network "Energy Politics, Policy, and Governance" member
2018- 2022; University Association for Contemporary Political Studies member
Reviewer, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
valuator, Energy Community Summer School
Reviewer for Slovak and Hungarian grant agencies (Slovak Research and Development Agency, VEGA, OTKA)
Reviewer for Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office
Reviewer for Routledge publishing house
2020-2022; Juror for UACES Best Book Prize
2017-present; V-Democracy national expert
Electronic media appearances (Slovak/international TV and radio)
Newspaper commentaries/opinion pieces (in Slovak)
Blog posts on published research: https://dennikn.sk/autor/matus_misik/ (in Slovak)
Presenting research results in university newsletter and on euractiv.sk (in Slovak)
Guest lectures in Slovakia and abroad
Participation in policy conferences and public discussions (selection): Central European Energy Conference, www.ceec.sk (2019, 2021); EU Energy Security, Implications for CSDP (29 June-1 July 2021) organised by the French Institute for Higher National Defence Studies; 4th Energy Panel, Eastern Partnership conference (17-18 October 2019), Vilnius, Lithuania; Ukrainian-Slovak bilateral forum (21 September 2019), Kyiv, Ukraine; 8th Workshop of Eastern Partnership Energy Regulatory Bodies (21-22 May 2019), Minsk, Belarus; Facilitator for NATO Table-Top Exercise CORE2019, NATO Centre of Excellence for Energy Security (14-16 May 2019), Vilnius, Lithuania.

SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS

2025-2028 “EU Decarbonisation in Times of Crises: Exploring Social Innovations and Enhancing an Equitable Twin Transition”, Horizon; total budget: €2,667,916; consortium member; principal investigator: Farid Karimi
2024-2027 “External Carbon Security in the Decarbonising European Union: Creating a Common EU Energy Voice”, Slovak Research and Development Agency; total budget: €200 000; principal investigator: Matúš Mišík
2024-2026 “Oxford in Slovakia? Barriers and challenges of internationalising Slovak social science”, Next Generation EU; total budget: €109 757; principal investigator: Matúš Mišík
2023-2024 “Civic energy self-defence in the shadow of the war in Ukraine: grassroots energy activities in V4" International Visegrad Fund; total budget €44 600; principal investigator: Matúš Mišík
2021–2024 “EU Green Recovery in the Post-Covid-19 Period”, Slovak Research and Development Agency; total budget: €220 000; principal investigator: Matúš Mišík
2019 Grant for Young Researchers, Slovak Research and Development Agency, total budget: €5 000; principal investigator: Matúš Mišík
2017-2021 “Priorities of Central and Eastern European Countries in the context of Energy Union”, Slovak Research and Development Agency; total budget: €200 000; principal investigator: Matúš Mišík
2016–2018 „One Union, two views: Differences in perception of political phenomena in EU member states“, VEGA grant (Slovakia) 1/0136/16, €10 000; principal investigator: Matúš Mišík
Grant for Young Researchers, Slovak Research and Development Agency, 5 thousand €, 2019
The Postdoctoral Fellows Association (University of Alberta) Travel Award (2016)
Postdoctoral Fellowship – European Union Centre of Excellence, University of Alberta (2015)
“Aktion Österreich-Slowakei” post-doc research scholarship from the Austrian government (2012)
Mobility grant (Comenius University in Bratislava) (2011)
Tatra Banka – Students to the World Award (2011)
Finnish Governmental Scholarship (2009)
Norwegian Governmental scholarship (2006)