Institute of Political Science of the Slovak Academy of Science (In Slovak

Slovak language

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: Ústav politických vied Slovenskej akadémie vied, ÚPV SAV) is a research institute of the Slovak Academy of Science. :sk:Ústav politických vied Slovenskej akadémie vied

History

The institute was established in 2002 as a result of transformation of the Institute of Politology of the Slovak Academy of Science.
Its Director since 1998 has been PhDr. Miroslav Pekník CSc. (born 1950). http://www.upv.sav.sk/
The actual address of the Institute is: Dúbravská cesta 9, Bratislava

Bratislava

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

, Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 http://www.upv.sav.sk/index.php?ID=82

Activity

The mission of the Institute is a basic research of domestic politics, international relations and recent Slovak political history. http://www.sav.sk/index.php?lang=en&charset=ascii&doc=org-ins&institute_no=30

It edited about 30 book publications.
The best contactact on an international level it has with partners from Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 and Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

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The staff of the Institute represents several prominent Slovak and Czech political scientists, historians and lawyers (e.g. Miroslav Peknik, Jozef Jablonicky, Jozef Kiss, Oskar Krejci

Oskar Krejcí

Oskar Krejčí is Czech political scientist, the author of approximately twenty books and more than thousand articles in the area of political science....

, Daniel Šmihula

Daniel Šmihula

JUDr. MUDr. Daniel Šmihula PhD. Dr.iur. is a Slovak lawyer, political scientist, journalist and writer.- Life :...

, Eva Jassova, Juraj Marusiak

Juraj Marusiak

Juraj Marusiak PhD. is a Slovak political scientist, historian, journalist and translator of a mixed Slovak-Polish descent. He represents a moderate social- democratic stream in Slovak political thinking.- Life :Marušiak graduated from the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava...

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External links

• http://www.upv.sav.sk/?ID=80
• http://www.upv.sav.sk/
• http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Astav_politick%C3%BDch_vied_Slovenskej_akad%C3%A9mie_vied
• http://www.sav.sk/index.php?lang=en&charset=ascii&doc=org-ins&institute_no=30
• http://www.ucm.sk/FF/Slovensky/ssrp/Partneri.htm
• http://www.inst-asa.sk/index_files/analyza.htm
• http://juras.uniquehost.org/blog/livewriter/uploads/pozvankahodzovedni2008.pdf