Curriculum vitae
Prof. RNDr. Vladimír Ira, CSc.
Curriculum VitaeProf. Dr. Vladimír Ira
Career:
2001 University of Goteborg, Goteborg, Sweden, Visiting Research Fellow
1994-1995 University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K., Visiting Research Fellow
1991-1994 Academia Istropolitana, Bratislava, Programme Director
1981 – present Institute of Geography, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Researcher, Director (July 2006-April 2016)
1980-1981 Czechoslovak Center for the Environment, Bratislava, Research Assisstant
Qualifications and education:
1971-1976 MSc in Geography, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
1977-1980 PhD in Geography, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Research:
Urban Geography and Urban Ecology, Behavioural Geography, Time-geography, Sustainability and Quality of Life, Environmental Geography (Environmental Quality, EIA, SEA)
Teaching:
1991 – Comenius University, Bratislava (Behavioural Geography, Urban Ecology, Regional Dimension of Sustainable Development, Human Ecology, Globalization and Global Problems), Lecturer (1991-1999), Visiting Associate Professor (1999-2007), Associate Professor (2007-2011), Professor (2011-)
1991-1997 Academia Istropolitana, Institute of Advanced Studies, Bratislava, Program Environmental Planning and Management, (EIA, Sustainable Development)
1997-2004 Academia Istropolitana Nova, Institute of Advanced Studies, Svätý Jur, Programme Environmental Policy, (EIA, Global Problems and Sustainable Development)
2002 -2008 Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava (Global Issues and Globalization, Human Ecology)
2007 – 2019) Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic (Behavioural Geography, Development of Geographical Thought), Associate Professor (2007-2011), Professor (2011-2019)
2019 - University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic (Environmental geography, Current geographical topics and their didactic applications), Professor (2019- )
Membership of professional bodies a scientific societies:
Slovak National Geographical Committee (president), Society for Sustainable Living in the Slovak Republic, Slovak Geographical Society, Slovak National Committee for UNESCO Programme on Man and the Biosphere (1993-2018), UNESCO's Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme (2018- ), Global Urban Development (Washington D.C.)
Member of editorial boards: Geografický časopis (Geographical Journal) – editor-in-chief, Geographia Slovaca - editor-in-chief, Životné prostredie (Environment), Acta Geographica Universitatis Comenianae, Folia Geographica, Geographia Moravica, Geographical Bulletin, Revue Roumaine de Geographie, Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft, Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis – Geographica, Ukrainian Geographical Journal
Fellowships and Awards: Global Security Fellowship (1994), Svenska Institutet Fellowship (2000), Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship (2002), Award of the UNDP, MoE SR and REC (2001), Award of The Slovak Academy of Sciences (2008, 2011), Honorary Plaque of Dionýz Štúr, SAS for merits in the natural sciences (2012), Commemorative medal on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Comenius University in Bratislava (2019),
Outstanding personality of the SAS for 2022