doc. Marek Rybář, M.A., Ph.D.

Curriculum vitae

Name, first names, scientific degrees

• Doc. Marek Rybář, MA, PhD.

Department/Faculty/University

• Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies

Function, current position

• Associate Professor

Education and academic qualifications

• 2011: Associate Professor (docent) of Political Science, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2005: PhD. in Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia
• 1997: MA in European Studies, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
• 1996: MA in Political Science, Central European University Budapest, Hungary
• 1995: BA (Bc) in Political Science, Trnava University, Slovakia

Professional experience

• 2017-18: Fulbright Visiting Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
• since 2017: Associate Professor, Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Social Studies
• 2012-2016: Associate Professor, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2000-2011: Assistant Professor, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia

Teaching activities

• English language courses taught in 2019/2020:
• Comparative Perspectives on Democracy and Development
• Political Violence
• Comparative Politics

Research interests

• Comparative Political Institutions
• Political Parties, Interest Groups and Social Movements in Central Europe
• Politics in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
• Biography and the Performance of Politicians in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, GAČR 2018-2020, PI

Major publications

• STAROŇOVÁ, Katarína a Marek RYBÁŘ. The Dynamics of Political Patronage in Central and East European Countries: Post-Accession Divergence. In B. Guy Peters; Colin Knox; Francesco Panizza; Conrado Ramos and Katarína Staroňová. Handbook of Politicization and Political Patronage. New York: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, s. 242-263. Elgar Handbooks in Public Administration and Management. ISBN 978-1-0353-2623-5. URL info
• STAROŇOVÁ, Katarína a Marek RYBÁŘ. The autonomy of senior civil servants. In B. Guy Peters. Handbook of Bureaucratic Autonomy: Politics, Resources, Power. New York: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, s. 131-148. Elgar Handbooks in Public Administration and Management. ISBN 978-1-80392-703-9. URL info
• STAROŇOVÁ, Katarína a Marek RYBÁŘ. Comparing ministerial advisers across politicization settings : Still hiding in the shadows? Governance. Hoboken: Wiley, 2024, roč. 37, č. 1, s. 201-219. ISSN 0952-1895. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12760. URL info
• STARONOVA, Katarina a Marek RYBÁŘ. Personal or Party Roots of Civil Service Patronage? Ministerial Change Effects on the Appointments of Top Civil Servants. Administration & Society. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2021, roč. 53, č. 5, s. 651-679. ISSN 0095-3997. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399720956996. URL info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek a Peter SPÁČ. Social Origin Is No Destiny : Background, Institutionalization, and Electoral Performance of New Political Parties in Slovakia. East European Politics and Societies : and Cultures. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2020, roč. 34, č. 3, s. 637-662. ISSN 0888-3254. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1177/0888325419891222. URL info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek. Slovakia. In Hloušek Vít, Kaniok Petr. The European Parliament Election of 2019 in East-Central Europe. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, s. 229-251. ISBN 978-3-030-40857-2. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40858-9_11. URL info
• DEEGAN-KRAUSE, Kevin; Tim HAUGHTON a Marek RYBÁŘ. Voters want Slovakia’s incoming government to end corruption. That will be tough. In The Washington Post. 2020. URL info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek. The 2017 regional elections in Slovakia : Soaring independents and recovered opposition in a fragmented political space. Regional and Federal Studies. Abingdon: Routledge, 2019, roč. 29, č. 3, s. 441-458. ISSN 1359-7566. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2019.1568247. URL info
• MAIER, Jürgen; Marek RYBÁŘ; Thorsten FAAS; Berthold RITTBERGER; Jessica FORTIN-RITTBERGER; Kalliope AGAPIOU JOSIFIDES; Susan BANDUCCI; Paolo BELLUCCI; Inta BRIKSE; Magnus BLOMGREN; Karol CHWEDCZUK-SZULC; Marina COSTA LOBO; Mikolaj CZESNIK; Anastasia DELIGIAOURI; Tomaž DEŽELAN; Wouter DENOOY; Aldo DI VIRGILIO; Florin FESNIC; Danica FINK-HAFNER; Marijana GRBEŠA; Carmen GREAB; Andrija HENJAK; David Nicolas HOPMANN; David JOHANN; Gábor JELENFI; Jurate KAVALIAUSKAITE; Zoltan KMETTY; Sylvia KRITZINGER; Pedro C. MAGALHÃES; Vincent MEYER; Katia MIHAILOVA; Mihail MIRCHEV; Ville PITKÄNEN; Aine RAMONAITE; Theresa REIDY; Carmen SAMMUT; José SANTANA-PEREIRA; Guna SPURAVA; Lia-Paschalia SPYRIDOU; Adriana STEFANEL; Václav ŠTĚTKA; Aleksander SURDEJ; Róbert TARDOS; Dimitris TRIMITHIOTIS; Christiano VEZZONI; Aneta VILÁGI a Gergo ZAVECZ. This time it’s different? Effects of the Eurovision Debate on young citizens and its consequence for EU democracy – evidence from a quasi-experiment in 24 countries. Journal of European Public Policy. Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2018, roč. 25, č. 4, s. 606-629. ISSN 1350-1763. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2016.1268643. URL info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek a Peter SPÁČ. The March 2016 parliamentary elections in Slovakia : A political earthquake. Electoral Studies. Oxford: Elsevier, 2017, roč. 45, February, s. 153-156. ISSN 0261-3794. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2016.10.010. info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek a Peter SPÁČ. Slovakia : The Unbearable Lightness of Regionalization. In Arjan H. Schakel. Regional and National Elections in Eastern Europe : Territoriality of the Vote in Ten Countries. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, s. 239-259. Comparative territorial politics. ISBN 978-1-137-51786-9. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51787-6_10. info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek; Peter SPÁČ; Petr VODA a Miroslav NEMČOK. Po stopách politického zemětřesení : Parlamentní volby na Slovensku v roce 2016. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury a Masarykova univerzita, 2017, 183 s. Politologická řada, svazek č. 64. ISBN 978-80-7325-444-5. info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek a Anna ŠOVČÍKOVÁ. The 2015 Referendum in Slovakia. East European Quarterly. 2016, roč. 44, 1-2, s. 79-88. ISSN 0012-8449. info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek. Slovakia. In Donatella M. Viola (ed.). Routledge Handbook of European Elections. New York: Routledge, 2016, s. 568-588, 20 s. ISBN 978-0-415-59203-1. info
• BALÍK, Stanislav; Michal PINK; Andrew Lawrence ROBERTS; Marek RYBÁŘ; Peter SPÁČ; Petra SVAČINOVÁ a Petr VODA. Kvalita demokracie v České republice. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, 223 s. ISBN 978-80-210-8537-4. info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek a Peter SPÁČ. The March 2014 presidential elections in Slovakia: The victory of a political Novice. ELECTORAL STUDIES. OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2015, roč. 38, June, s. 88-90. ISSN 0261-3794. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2014.10.003. info
• BABOŠ, Pavol; Marek RYBÁŘ a Aneta VILÁGI. Sú televízne politické debaty zbytočné? Experiment pred voľbami do Európskeho parlamentu 2014. Politics in Central Europe. 2015, roč. 11, 1S, s. 91-. ISSN 1801-3422. URL info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek; Peter SPÁČ a Petr VODA. Prezidentské voľby na Slovensku v roku 2014. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2014, 236 s. Politologická řada, svazek č. 49. ISBN 978-80-7325-359-2. info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek. The Czech presidential elections, January 2013: Towards a more powerful head of state? ELECTORAL STUDIES. OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2014, roč. 35, September, s. 378-381. ISSN 0261-3794. info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek. Medzi štátom a spoločnosťou: Politické strany na Slovensku po roku 1989. Bratislava: Devin Printing House, 2011, 157 s. ISBN 978-80-89493-06-7. info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek a Tatiana TÖKÖLYOVÁ. Od úpadku k oživeniu? Príčiny, priebeh a následky hospodárskej krízy. Bratislava: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2010, 211 s. ISBN 978-80-89149-17-9. info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek. Political Science in Slovakia: Hesitant Emergence from Elementary Problems. Opladen&Farmington Hills: Barbara Budrich, 2010, s. 267-280. ISBN 978-3-86649-293-6. info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek. Slowakei: Vom Regimekonflikt zur Dominanz der sozioökonomischen Konfliktlinie. In Ellen Bos & Dieter Segert (Hrsg.). Osteuropäische Demokratien als Trendsetter? Opladen&Farmington Hills: Barbara Budrich, 2008, s. 105-120, 15 s. info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek. Old Parties and New: Changing Patterns of Party Politics in Slovakia. In Susanne Jungerstam-Mulders. Post-Communist EU Member States: Parties and Party Systems. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006, s. 147-175. ISBN 0-7546-4712-9. info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek. From Isolation to Integration: Internal and External Factors of Democratic Change in Slovakia. In Trine Flockhart. Socializing Democratic Norms: The Role of International Organizations for the Construction of Europe. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, s. 169-189, 20 s. ISBN 978-1-4039-4521-1. info
• RYBÁŘ, Marek. The 2004 EP Elections in Slovakia: Euro-Apathy in a Euro-Optimistic Country? In Rudolf Hrbek (ed.). European Parliament Elections 2004 in the Ten EU Member States: Towards the Future European Party System. Nomos. Baden-Baden, 2005, s. 201-228, 27 s. ISBN 3-8329-1446-3. info

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