doc. Ing. Brian König, PhD.
Faculty: Faculty of Economic Informatics
Department: Department of Operations Research and Econometrics
Position: Associate Professor
Scientific-pedagogical characteristics of the person
Second degree of higher education
Study field and programme: Quantitative methods in economics and business, 2007, Faculty of Economic Informatics of University of Economics in Bratislava
Third degree of higher education
Study field and programme: Econometrics and Operations Research, 2010, Faculty of Economic Informatics of University of Economics in Bratislava
Associate professor
Study field and programme: Econometrics and Operations Research, 2021, Faculty of Economic Informatics of University of Economics in Bratislava
Current and previous employment
Associate Professor/ Asistent Professor
Faculty of Economic Informatics of University of Economics in Bratislava
September 2010 - present
researcher (part - time)
Institute of Economic Research of Slovak Academy of Sciences
January 2012 - present
Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills
training of the EUROMOD microsimulation model
University of Essex, UK
2018
Pedagogical education of university teachers of the University of Economics in Bratislava
Faculty of Economics and Finance of University of Economics in Bratislava
2015
State exam in the English language (C1)
State language school in Bratislava, Palisády 38
2011
Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university
Number of defended theses
Bakalárske (prvý stupeň): 30
Diplomové (druhý stupeň): 15
Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs
Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases: 12
Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases: 35
The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1. DOMONKOS, Tomáš - OSTRIHOŇ, Filip - KÖNIG, Brian. Hurdling Through the Great Recession: Winners and
Losers Among Post-Communist EU Countries in Pro-Poor Growth. - Registrovaný: Scopus, Registrovaný: Web of
Science. In Empirical economics : Journal of the Institute for Advanced Studies. - Basel : Springer Nature. ISSN 0377-
7332, 2021, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 893–918 online
2. SUCHÁNKOVÁ, Magda - URBAN, Jan - GÁNOVSKÁ, Martina - TIBENSKÁ, Elena - SZABÓOVÁ, Kinga -
TEDLOVÁ, Eva - SÁNDOR, František - MAJER, Ivan - BOBOVČÁK, Marián - JONNER, Imrich - KÖNIG, Brian -
BUCOVÁ, Mária. (2020) TREM-1 and TREM-2 Expression on CD14+ Cells in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid in
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis in the Context of T Cell Immune Response. In Mediators of
Inflammation. - London : Hindawi Limited. ISSN 1466-1861, 2020, vol. 2020, pp. 1-9 online.
3. DOMONKOS, Tomáš - KÖNIG, Brian. Odhad nákladov nezamestnanosti v podmienkach slovenskej ekonomiky. In
Politická ekonomie : teorie, modelování, aplikace. - Praha : Vysoká škola ekonomická, 2015. ISSN 0032-3233, 2015,
roč. 63, č. 4, s. 498-516.
4. KÖNIG, Brian - DOVÁĽOVÁ, Gabriela. (2016) Trends in household consumption inequalities in Slovakia: empirical
evidence. In Ekonomický časopis : časopis pre ekonomickú teóriu, hospodársku politiku, spoločensko-ekonomické
prognózovanie = journal for economic theory, economic policy, social and economic forecasting. - Bratislava :
Ekonomický ústav SAV : Prognostický ústav SAV, 2016. ISSN 0013-3035, 2016, roč. 64, č. 3, s. 238-259.
5.ŠIRAŇOVÁ, Mária - WORKIE TIRUNEH, Menbere - KÖNIG, Brian. From Abnormal Foreign Direct Investment to a
Normal Driver of Sudden Stop Episodes. In International Finance, 2025, vol. 28, iss. 2, pp. 92-114. (2024: 1.5 - IF, Q2
- JCR, 0.651 - SJR, Q2 - SJR). ISSN 1367-0271.
The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
ŠIRAŇOVÁ, Mária - WORKIE TIRUNEH, Menbere - KÖNIG, Brian. From Abnormal Foreign Direct Investment to a Normal Driver of Sudden Stop Episodes. In International Finance, 2025, vol. 28, iss. 2, pp. 92-114. (2024: 1.5 - IF, Q2 - JCR, 0.651 - SJR, Q2 - SJR). ISSN 1367-0271.Prístupy zabezpečovania životného minima obyvateľov vo vybraných krajinách Európskej únie a v Slovenskej republike : vzťah životného minima k minimálnej mzde a priemernej mzde / Ján Košta, Gabriela Dováľová, Boris Hošoff, Brian König, Rastislav Bednárik ; recenzenti: Eva Pongrácz, Beáta Stehlíková. - 1. vydanie. - Bratislava : VEDA, vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 2022. - 283 s. [19,8 AH] [19,8 AH]. - VEGA 2/0167/19. - ISBN 978-80-224-1968-0
KÖNIG, Brian - DOVÁĽOVÁ, Gabriela - KOŠTA, Ján. Receiving Assistance in Material Need versus Active Participation in the Labour market: Who Will Win? In Politická ekonomie : teorie, modelování, aplikace, 2025, vol. 73,iss. 1, pp. 1-30. (2024: 0.4 - IF, Q4 - JCR, 0.144 - SJR, Q4 - SJR).
DOMONKOS, Tomáš - OSTRIHOŇ, Filip - KÖNIG, Brian. Hurdling Through the Great Recession: Winners and Losers Among Post-Communist EU Countries in Pro-Poor Growth. - Registrovaný: Scopus, Registrovaný: Web of Science. In Empirical economics : Journal of the Institute for Advanced Studies. - Basel : Springer Nature. ISSN 0377- 7332, 2021, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 893–918 online
SUCHÁNKOVÁ, Magda - URBAN, Jan - GÁNOVSKÁ, Martina - TIBENSKÁ, Elena - SZABÓOVÁ, Kinga - TEDLOVÁ, Eva - SÁNDOR, František - MAJER, Ivan - BOBOVČÁK, Marián - JONNER, Imrich - KÖNIG, Brian - BUCOVÁ, Mária. (2020) TREM-1 and TREM-2 Expression on CD14+ Cells in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis in the Context of T Cell Immune Response. In Mediators of Inflammation. - London : Hindawi Limited. ISSN 1466-1861, 2020, vol. 2020, pp. 1-9 online.
Ján Košta, Gabriela Dováľová, Boris Hošoff, Brian König, Rastislav Bednárik:Prístupy zabezpečovania životného minima obyvateľov vo vybraných krajinách Európskej únie a v Slovenskej republike : vzťah životného minima k minimálnej mzde a priemernej mzde /; recenzenti: Eva Pongrácz, Beáta Stehlíková. - 1. vydanie. - Bratislava : VEDA, vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 2022. - 283 s. [19,8 AH] [19,8 AH].
The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1. APVV-20-0499: APVVFollow the Money - Deciphering the Link between Shadow Banking Sector and the Illicit Financial Flow; 2021-2025
2. APVV-17-0551 Názov: Balancing out the imbalances: redifining the view on macroeconomic imbalances under the european governance framework: 2018 – 2022
3. VEGA 1/0115/23: Applications of cooperative game theory models in economics and in international relation.: 2023 – 2025
2025
4. VEGA 2/0165/24-Distributional Effects of Misreporting in International Trade in Services, Duration of the project: 2024 - 2026
Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1. APVV-20-0499: APVVFollow the Money - Deciphering the Link between Shadow Banking Sector and the Illicit Financial Flow; 2021-2025
2. APVV-17-0551 Názov: Balancing out the imbalances: redifining the view on macroeconomic imbalances under the european governance framework: 2018 – 2022
3. VEGA 1/0115/23: Applications of cooperative game theory models in economics and in international relation.: 2023 – 2025
2025
4. VEGA 2/0165/24-Distributional Effects of Misreporting in International Trade in Services, Duration of the project: 2024 - 2026
Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities
member
The Slovak Society for operational research
2010 - present
member
International federation of Operational Research Societies
2020 - present
Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Wien, Austria
December 2019 - Jun 2020,
Ernst Mach Grant worldwide, research stay
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Wien, Austria
September 2018 - February 2019,
Action Austria - Slovakia, research stay