Teodor Gyelník

Professional experience

European Council on Foreign Relations
Scientific Member (2011. 11. 01. – 2019. 01. 23)

Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
Lecturer (01. 09. 2014. – 12. 02. 2015.)

European Stability Initiative
Scientific Aid Worker (01. 04. 2011. – 31. 05. 2011.)

Ministerstvo obrany Slovenskej Republiky, Kancelária štátneho tajomníka
Internship (01. 05. 2011. – 31. 05. 2011.)

Ústav pamäti národa
Intern (01. 03. 2008. – 30. 03. 2008.)

Studies

Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Ústav európskych štúdií a medzinárodných vzťahov
European Studies and Political Science Ph.D. (2011-2014)

Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Ústav európskych štúdií a medzinárodných vzťahov
European Studies and International Relations MSc (2009-2011)

Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Katedra politológie a európskych štúdií
Eurpoean Studies BSc (2005-2008)

Language proficiency

Hungarian (first language)
Slovak
English
Czech

Publications

Gyelník, T. (2023): Formulation of the Slovak national narrative and its Slovak-Hungarian constellation. Észak-magyarországi Stratégiai Füzetek, Vol. 20. No. 4, pp. 52–60. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32976/stratfuz.2023.35

Gyelnik, T. – Ocskay, Gy.(2023): Project note on the strategic project ‘Promotion of legal accessibility across the Slovak-Hungarian border’. In: Scott, W. J. (eds.): Cross-Border Review. Yearbook 2023. CESCI, Budapest.

Gyelnik, T. (2023): Public Policies for Territorial Cohesion. [Book review: Public Policies for Territorial Cohesion by Medeiros, E. Springer, Cham.] In: Scott, W. J. (eds.): Cross-Border Review. Yearbook 2023. CESCI, Budapest.

Gyelnik, T. (2023): Post-Soviet Borders: A Kaleidoscope of Shifting Lives and Land. [Book review: Post-Soviet Borders: A Kaleidoscope of Shifting Lives and Land by von Löwis, S. – Eschment, B. Routledge, London-New York.] In: Scott, W. J. (eds.): Cross-Border Review. Yearbook 2023. CESCI, Budapest.

Gyelnik, T. (2022): Szlovákia királyt választ (‘Slovakia elects a king’). [Book review: Szlovákia királyt választ by Kollai, I. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.] In: Scott, W. J. (eds.): Cross-Border Review. Yearbook 2022. CESCI, Budapest, pp. 145−152.

Gyelnik, T. – Ocskay, Gy. (2020): System error. Reflections on the permanent failure of territoriality of the European Cohesion Policy. EUROPA XXI, Vol. 39, pp. 5−24.

Gyelník, T. – Jaschitz, M. (2020): Banat-Triplex Confinium (BTC). In: Wassenberg, B. & Reitel, B. (eds.): Critical Dictionary on Borders, Cross-Border Cooperation and European Integration. Peter Lang. Brussels, pp. 97-98.

Gyelník, T. (2020a): Carpathian Euroregion. In: Wassenberg, B. & Reitel, B. (eds.): Critical Dictionary on Borders, Cross-Border Cooperation and European Integration. Peter Lang. Brussels, pp. 159-163.

Gyelník, T. (2020b): EuRegion West/Nyugat Pannonia. In: Wassenberg, B. & Reitel, B. (eds.): Critical Dictionary on Borders, Cross-Border Cooperation and European Integration. Peter Lang. Brussels, pp. 319-320.

Gyelník, T. (2020c): Euroregion Danube-Kriş-Mureş-Tisa (DKMT). In: Wassenberg, B. & Reitel, B. (eds.): Critical Dictionary on Borders, Cross-Border Cooperation and European Integration. Peter Lang. Brussels, pp. 406-407.

Gyelník, T. (2020d): Novohrad-Nógrad. In: Wassenberg, B. & Reitel, B. (eds.): Critical Dictionary on Borders, Cross-Border Cooperation and European Integration. Peter Lang. Brussels, pp. 628-629.

Gyelnik, T. (2020e): Why Borders Matter: Why Humanity Must Relearn the Art of Drawing Boundaries. [Book review: Why Borders Matter: Why Humanity Must Relearn the Art of Drawing Boundaries by Furedi, F. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York.] In: Scott, W. J. (ed.): Cross-Border Review. Yearbook 2020. European Institute of Cross-Border Studies, CESCI, Budapest, pp. 143-148.

Gyelnik, T. – Balogh, P. (2019): Hungarian and Slovak national narratives with a focus on the shared boundary, In: Bottlik, Zs., Gyelník, T. & Ocskay, Gy. (eds.): Changes in the representation of a borderscape. The case of the Mária Valéria bridge. Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives, Budapest, pp. 65-86.

Gyelnik, T. (2019): Introduction: The parallax of borders, In: Gyelnik, T. (eds.): Lectures on Cross-Border Governance. Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives, Budapest, pp. 1-10.

Gyelnik, T. (2019): Opening of borders, reconstruction of a Bridge: positive aspects and polymorph multivalent phantom limitations in the region of Štúrovo and Esztergom, In: Bottlik, Zs., Gyelník, T. & Ocskay, Gy. (eds.): Changes in the representation of a borderscape. The case of the Mária Valéria bridge. Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives, Budapest, pp. 43-64.

Gyelnik, T. (2019): The Poverty of Territorialism: a Neo-Medieval View of Europe and European Planning. [Book review: The Poverty of Territorialism: a Neo-Medieval View of Europe and European Planning by Faludi, A. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham and Northampton.] In: Scott, W. J. (eds.): Cross-Border Review. Yearbook 2019. European Institute of Cross-Border Studies, CESCI, Budapest, pp. 171-178.

Gyelnik, T. (2018): Hranice a cezhraničná spolupráca: Úvod do výskumu hraníc. [Book review: Hranice a cezhraničná spolupráca: Úvod do výskumu hraníc by Duleba and col. Výskumné centrum Slovenskej spoločnosti pre zahraničnú politiku, Prešovská Univerzita, Prešov.] In: Scott, W. J. (eds.): Cross-Border Review. Yearbook 2018. European Institute of Cross-Border Studies, CESCI, Budapest, pp. 142-147.

Gyelnik, T. (2018): Integration de-scaled. Symbolic Manifestations of Cross-border and European Integration in Border Twin Town. [Article review: Integration de-scaled. Symbolic Manifestations of Cross-border and European Integration in Border Twin Town by Jańczak, J. Journal of Borderland Studies, Vol. 33. No. 3, pp. 393-413.] In: Scott, W. J. (eds.): Cross-Border Review. Yearbook 2018. European Institute of Cross-Border Studies, CESCI, Budapest, pp. 148-154.

Bottlik, Zs., Gyelnik, T. & Ocskay, Gy. (ed) (2017): Changes in the representation of a borderscape. The case of the Mária Valéria bridge. Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives, Budapest.

Gyelnik, T. (2017): Cross-border cooperation as a reconciliation tool: Example from the East Czech-Polish borders. [Article review: Cross-border cooperation as a reconciliation tool: Example from the East Czech-Polish borders by Böhm, H. & Drápela, E. Regional & Federal Studies, Vol. 27. No. 3, pp. 305-319.] In: Scott, W. J. (eds.): Cross-Border Review. Yearbook 2017. European Institute of Cross-Border Studies, CESCI, Budapest, pp. 173-176.

Gyelnik, T. (2017): Double-Speed Europe: A New Round of Border Frames within European Integration, In: Scott, W. J. (eds.): Cross-Border Review. Yearbook 2017. European Institute of Cross-Border Studies, Budapest, pp. 51-77.

Gyelnik, T. (2017): Town Twinning in Europe. Understanding Manifestations and Strategies. [Article review: Town Twinning in Europe. Understanding Manifestations and Strategies by Jańczak, J. Journal of Borderlands Studies, Vol. 32. No. 4, pp. 477-495.] In: Scott, W. J. (eds.): Cross-Border Review. Yearbook 2017. European Institute of Cross-Border Studies, CESCI, Budapest, pp. 177-181.

Balogh, P. – Gyelnik, T. (2016): A comparison of regions cooperating across borders in the Danube region with a focus on best practices, In: Crossing the borders. Studies on cross-border cooperation within the Danube Region. Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives, Budapest, pp. 145-169.

Gyelnik, T. (2016): Cross-border Health Care Cooperation in the European Union: an Effective Strategy of Mitigating Regional/Local Limitations through Cooperation. In: Scott, W. J. (eds.): Cross-Border Review. Yearbook 2016. European Institute of Cross-Border Studies, CESCI, Budapest, pp. 85-112.

Gyelnik, T. (2016): Koloniálna štruktúra teórií medzinárodných vzťahov po studenej vojne: hegemónia a liberálny paternalizmus, In: Horký-Hlucháň, O. & Profant, T. (eds.): Mimo Sever a Jih. Rozumět globálním nerovnostem a rozmanitosti. Ústav medzinárodních vztahů, Praha, pp. 170-185.

Gyelnik, T. (2016): Slovakia: Policy Over Participation, In: Janning, J. (eds.): Keeping Europeans Together: Assessing the State of EU Cohesion. European Council on Foreign Relations, London, pp. 114-117.

Gyelnik, T. (2016): Transboundary Symbiosis over the Danube. [Book review: Transboundary Symbiosis over the Danube by (ed) Osamu, I. Slavic-Eurasian research center, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido.] In: Scott, W. J. (eds.): Cross-Border Review. Yearbook 2016. European Institute of Cross-Border Studies, CESCI, Budapest, pp. 161-165.

Gyelnik, T., Ocskay, Gy. & Pete, M. (2016): A classification of the cross-border cooperation initiatives of the Danube Region, In: Crossing the borders. Studies on cross-border cooperation within the Danube Region. Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives, Budapest, pp. 95-144.

Leonard, M. and col. (including Gyelnik, T.) (2016): European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2016. European Council on Foreign Relations, London.

Pete, M. – Gyelnik, T. (2016): Geographic and Structural Characteristics of Cross-Border Cooperation in the Danube Region. In: Crossing the borders. Studies on cross-border cooperation within the Danube Region. Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives, Budapest, pp. 13-94.

Pete, M. – Gyelnik, T. (2016): Határokon át: A határon átnyúló együttműködések földrajzi és strukturális jellemzői a Duna-régió területén. Falu Város Régió, No. 2, pp. 196-205.

Gyelník, T. (2015b): Metamorphosis of sovereignty and bareness in the post-1989 world politics. In: Scott, W. J. & Pete, M. (eds.): Cross-Border Review.Yearbook 2015. CESCI, Budapest, pp. 7-26.

Gyelník, T. (2015c): The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands: From the Rise of Early Modern Empires to the end of the First World War. [Book review: The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands: From the Rise of Early Modern Empires to the end of the First World War by Rieber, J. A., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.] In: Scott, W. J. & Pete, M. (eds.): Cross-Border Review. Yearbook 2015. CESCI, Budapest, pp. 134-141.

Leonard, M. and col. (including Gyelnik, T.) (2015): European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015. European Council on Foreign Relations, London.

Leonard, M. and col. (including Gyelnik, T.) (2014): European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2014. European Council on Foreign Relations, London.

Gyelnik, T. (2013): Europe as a Normative Power: ‘déjà vu Eurocentrism’. In: Maslowski, N. (eds.): Collective Memory and International Relations. Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, Praha, pp. 86-109.

Leonard, M. and col. (including Gyelnik, T.) (2013): European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2013. European Council on Foreign Relations, London.

Gyelnik, T. (2012): Discussion about the state, In: Druláková, R., Kratochvíl, P. & Zemanová, Š (eds.): Actors and Actorness in International Relations: States and Their Discontents. Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, Praha, pp. 40-51.

Gyelnik, T. (2012): The Leftist Critique of Structural Antagonisms of the Neo-liberal Paradigm: A Review Essay. IESIR Papers, No. 3. Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Ústav európskych štúdií a medzinárodných vzťahov, Bratislava.

Leonard, M. and col. (including Gyelnik, T.) (2012): European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2012. European Council on Foreign Relations, London.