Mgr. Martin Karas, PhD.
Faculty: Faculty of International Relations
Department: Department of International Political Relations
Position: Assistant Professor
Current and previous employment
assistant professor
Bratislava University of Economics and Business, Faculty of International Relations
2020-present
SK PRES expert
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic
2017
Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills
Learning-centred and reflective teaching. From theory to good practice
SEDA
2018
Number of defended theses
Bakalárske (prvý stupeň): 25
Diplomové (druhý stupeň): 8
Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs
Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases: 5
Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases: 5
The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
V3 ISDS Regimes and Democratic Practice: Creating Conflict of Interests between Governments, Investors and Local Populations / Martin Karas. In: Croatian International Relations Review. - Zagreb : IRMO. - ISSN 1331-1182. - Vol. 25, no. 84 (2019), pp. 36-52 online. (2019: 0.183 - SJR). [KARAS, Martin (100%)] Registrované v databáze: WOS, SCOPUS; Kategória publikácie do 2021: ADM
V3 Investment Treaties and National Sovereignty: Latest Developments / Martin Karas, Katarína Brocková. In: Journal of International Trade Law and Policy. - Bingley : Emerald Publishing. - ISSN 2045-4376. - Vol. 20, no. 2 (2021), pp. 127-141 online. (2021: 0.149 - SJR). [KARAS, Martin (50%) - BROCKOVÁ, Katarína (50%)] Registrované v databáze: SCOPUS, WOS; Kategória publikácie do 2021: ADM
V3 Trends in Investment Treaty Making = Finding Balance between National Sovereignty and Investment Protection / Martin Karas. In: The Central European Journal of International and Security Studies. - Prague : Metropolitan University Prague Press. - ISSN 1805-482X. - Vol. 13, no. 3 (2019), pp. 49-63 online. (2019: 0.110 - SJR). [KARAS, Martin (100%)] Registrované v databáze: SCOPUS; Kategória publikácie do 2021: ADM
V3 Propaganda Model in Slovak Media Space: A Case Study / Martin Karas, Tomáš Imrich Profant. I-24-101-00. In: Human Affairs : Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly. Berlin : De Gruyter. ISSN 1337-401X. Vol. 35, no. 1 (2025), pp. 36-60. [KARAS, Martin (80%) - PROFANT, Tomáš Imrich (20%)] Kategória publikácie do 2021: ADM
V3 Legitimate Expectations in Recent Investment Arbitration and Future of the Concept under New Generation of Investment Treaties / Martin Karas. In: Manchester Journal of International Economic Law [elektronický zdroj]. Hounslow : Electronic Publications. Org. ISSN 1742-3945. - Vol. 20, no. 1 (2023), pp. 128-143. (2023: 0.4 - IF, 0.145 - SJR, Q4 - JCR Best Q, Q3 - SJR Best Q). [KARAS, Martin (100%)] Kategória publikácie do 2021: ADM
The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
V3 ISDS Regimes and Democratic Practice: Creating Conflict of Interests between Governments, Investors and Local Populations / Martin Karas. In: Croatian International Relations Review. - Zagreb : IRMO. - ISSN 1331-1182. - Vol. 25, no. 84 (2019), pp. 36-52 online. (2019: 0.183 - SJR). [KARAS, Martin (100%)] Registrované v databáze: WOS, SCOPUS; Kategória publikácie do 2021: ADM
V3 Investment Treaties and National Sovereignty: Latest Developments / Martin Karas, Katarína Brocková. In: Journal of International Trade Law and Policy. - Bingley : Emerald Publishing. - ISSN 2045-4376. - Vol. 20, no. 2 (2021), pp. 127-141 online. (2021: 0.149 - SJR). [KARAS, Martin (50%) - BROCKOVÁ, Katarína (50%)] Registrované v databáze: SCOPUS, WOS; Kategória publikácie do 2021: ADM
V3 Trends in Investment Treaty Making = Finding Balance between National Sovereignty and Investment Protection / Martin Karas. In: The Central European Journal of International and Security Studies. - Prague : Metropolitan University Prague Press. - ISSN 1805-482X. - Vol. 13, no. 3 (2019), pp. 49-63 online. (2019: 0.110 - SJR). [KARAS, Martin (100%)] Registrované v databáze: SCOPUS; Kategória publikácie do 2021: ADM
V3 Propaganda Model in Slovak Media Space: A Case Study / Martin Karas, Tomáš Imrich Profant. I-24-101-00. In: Human Affairs : Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly. Berlin : De Gruyter. ISSN 1337-401X. Vol. 35, no. 1 (2025), pp. 36-60. [KARAS, Martin (80%) - PROFANT, Tomáš Imrich (20%)] Kategória publikácie do 2021: ADM
V3 Legitimate Expectations in Recent Investment Arbitration and Future of the Concept under New Generation of Investment Treaties / Martin Karas. In: Manchester Journal of International Economic Law [elektronický zdroj]. Hounslow : Electronic Publications. Org. ISSN 1742-3945. - Vol. 20, no. 1 (2023), pp. 128-143. (2023: 0.4 - IF, 0.145 - SJR, Q4 - JCR Best Q, Q3 - SJR Best Q). [KARAS, Martin (100%)] Kategória publikácie do 2021: ADM
The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VEGA č. 1/0490/19 The Islamic factor in the world economy, member, 2019 - 2021. The project aims to research the influence of Islamic religion in international and economic relations and the banking sector. The topic has its own historical genesis and shows potential for future growth. The research is based on delineation of the position of Islam in the current multipolar organization of international relations.https://fmv.euba.sk/veda-a-vyskum/projekty/ aktualne- projekty/projekty-vega/416-islamsky-faktor-vo-svetovej-ekonomike
Outputs:
V1 Islamské financie a bankovníctvo vo svete / kolektív autorov ; recenzenti: Anton Korauš, Milan Kurucz. 1. vydanie. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2021. 98 s. [4,98 AH] [4,98 AH]. VEGA 1/0490/19. ISBN 978-80-225-4922-6. [JANČÍKOVÁ, Eva (36,8% 1,83) - JANUBOVÁ, Barbora (35,7% 1,78) - KARAS, Martin (27,5% 1,37) - KORAUŠ, Antonín (rec.) - KURUCZ, Milan (rec.)] Kategória publikácie do 2021: AAB
V2 Medzinárodné investičné právo a islamský ekonomický model = International Investment Law and the Islamic Economic Model / Katarína Brocková, Martin Karas. VEGA 1/0490/19.In: Islamské ekonomické myslenie – mýtus alebo realita? [elektronický zdroj] = The Islamic Economic Thinking – Myth or Reality? : zborník vedeckých prác = Volume of Scientific Papers / zostavovateľky/Editors: Kristína Krupová, Eva Vlková ; recenzenti/Reviewers: Pavol Hrivík, František Škvrnda. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2019. ISBN 978-80-225-4654-6. S. 6-13 online. [BROCKOVÁ, Katarína (50%) - KARAS, Martin (50%)]
V2 Comparison of Selected Issues in Islamic Economic Thinking and Other Major Paradigms = Porovnanie vybraných otázok v islamskom ekonomickom myslení a v iných významných paradigmách / Martin Karas. VEGA 1/0490/19. In: Aktuálne otázky islamskej ekonomiky a finančníctva [elektronický zdroj] = Current Issues of the Islamic Economy and Finance : zborník vedeckých prác = Volume of Scientific Papers / zostavovateľky zborníka/Editors: Zuzana Rozkošová, Lenka Tomečková, Eva Vlková ; recenzenti/Reviewers: Pavol Hrivík, František Škvrnda. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2020. ISBN 978-80-225-4768-0. S. 53-58 online. [KARAS, Martin (100%)]
Young Researchers Grant n. I-24-101-00 Alternative Media in Slovakia and Their Reporting in Economic and Political Sphere, project leader, 2024. The goal of this project is to develop existing research in the field and identify main characteristics of media coverage of selected topics in the domain of international relations in alternative media in Slovakia, https://fmv.euba.sk/veda-a-vyskum/projekty/aktualne-projekty/projekty-mvp/864-alternativne-media-na-slovensku-a-ich-spravodajstvo-v-ekonomickej-a-politickej-sfere
Outputs:
V2 Characteristics of Alternative and Mainstream Media / Martin Karas. I-24-101-00. In: Ekonomické, politické a právne otázky medzinárodných vzťahov 2024 [elektronický zdroj] = Economic, Political and Legal Issues of International Relations 2024 : Proceedings of an International Scientific Conference Held May 31 and June 1, 2024 : zborník z medzinárodnej vedeckej konferencie konanej 31. mája a 1. júna 2024 / Editors: Ján Dančo, Katarína Holjenčíková, Rostyslav Karakash, Júlia Kromková, Sabina Lacušová, Jakub Pernický, Eva Vlková ; Reviewers: Eleonóra Kováčová, Radoslav Štefančík. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2024. ISBN 978-80-225-5150-2. ISSN 2585-9404. S. 142-146. [KARAS, Martin (100%)] Kategória publikácie do 2021: AFD
China - CEE Institute Budapest How Slovakia perceives BRI Initiative and China-CEEC Cooperation, member, 2019. The goal of the project was to provide the China-CEE Institute Nonprofit Ltd. with 10 scientific analytical papers. https://fmv.euba.sk/veda-a-vyskum/projekty/archiv-projektov/medzinarodne-projekty/451-ako-slovensko-vnima- iniciativu-pas-a-cesta-a-spolupracu-ciny-a-krajin-strednej-a-vychodnej-europy
Output:
V2 Slovakia, China and Investment Arbitration in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative / Martin Karas. Contract 27. 1. 2019. In: How Slovakia Perceives the Belt and Road Initiative and China–CEEC Cooperation [elektronický zdroj] / Editors: Junchi Ma, Katarína Brocková ; Reviewers: András Inotai, Tianpin Kong. Budapest : China-CEE Institute, 2019. ISBN 978-615-81063-1-3. S. 70-84. [KARAS, Martin (100%)] Kategória publikácie do 2021: AEC
Strategie AV21, ČR Academy of Science Global Conflicts and Local Connections, member, 2017 - 2022. The project researches conflicts from the viewpoint of particularism and universalism, and as interactions between global, macro-regional, national and local organizations. The project analyses cultural differences and intercultural dialogue, social, gender and economic discrepancies, inequalities and issues of moral responsibility. https://fmv.euba.sk/veda-a-vyskum/projekty/aktualne-projekty/medzinarodne- projekty/421-globalni-konflikty-a-lokalni-souvislosti
VEGA č. 1/0115/23 Application of cooperative models of game theory in economy and international relations, member, 2023 - 2025. The project focuses on application of game theory in international relations and international ecoomy, with a particular focus on cooperative games https://fmv.euba.sk/veda-a-vyskum/projekty/aktualne-projekty/projekty-vega/763-aplikacie-kooperativnych-modelov-teorie-hier-v-ekonomii-a-v-medzinarodnych-vztahoch
Output:
V2 Game Theory in International Relations / Martin Karas. In: Zabezpečennia stijkosti systemy publičnoji vlady ta upravlinnia v umovach vojennoho stanu ta vidnovlennia Ukrajiny [elektronický zdroj] = Providing Sustainability of Public Authority and Administration Systems іn the Conditions of Martial Law and Recovery of Ukraine : materialy Vseukrajinskoji naukovo-praktičnoji konferencii za mižnarodnoju učastiu, 18. travnja 2023 roku, Odesa / recenzenty (Reviewers): M. M. Iža, M. P. Popov ... [et al.]. Odesa : Odeska politechnika, 2023. ISBN 978-80-225-5069-7. S. 221-225.[KARAS, Martin (100%)] Kategória publikácie do 2021: AFA
Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
VEGA č. 1/0490/19 The Islamic factor in the world economy, member, 2019 - 2021. The project aims to research the influence of Islamic religion in international and economic relations and the banking sector. The topic has its own historical genesis and shows potential for future growth. The research is based on delineation of the position of Islam in the current multipolar organization of international relations.https://fmv.euba.sk/veda-a-vyskum/projekty/ aktualne- projekty/projekty-vega/416-islamsky-faktor-vo-svetovej-ekonomike
Outputs:
V1 Islamské financie a bankovníctvo vo svete / kolektív autorov ; recenzenti: Anton Korauš, Milan Kurucz. 1. vydanie. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2021. 98 s. [4,98 AH] [4,98 AH]. VEGA 1/0490/19. ISBN 978-80-225-4922-6. [JANČÍKOVÁ, Eva (36,8% 1,83) - JANUBOVÁ, Barbora (35,7% 1,78) - KARAS, Martin (27,5% 1,37) - KORAUŠ, Antonín (rec.) - KURUCZ, Milan (rec.)] Kategória publikácie do 2021: AAB
V2 Medzinárodné investičné právo a islamský ekonomický model = International Investment Law and the Islamic Economic Model / Katarína Brocková, Martin Karas. VEGA 1/0490/19.In: Islamské ekonomické myslenie – mýtus alebo realita? [elektronický zdroj] = The Islamic Economic Thinking – Myth or Reality? : zborník vedeckých prác = Volume of Scientific Papers / zostavovateľky/Editors: Kristína Krupová, Eva Vlková ; recenzenti/Reviewers: Pavol Hrivík, František Škvrnda. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2019. ISBN 978-80-225-4654-6. S. 6-13 online. [BROCKOVÁ, Katarína (50%) - KARAS, Martin (50%)]
V2 Comparison of Selected Issues in Islamic Economic Thinking and Other Major Paradigms = Porovnanie vybraných otázok v islamskom ekonomickom myslení a v iných významných paradigmách / Martin Karas. VEGA 1/0490/19. In: Aktuálne otázky islamskej ekonomiky a finančníctva [elektronický zdroj] = Current Issues of the Islamic Economy and Finance : zborník vedeckých prác = Volume of Scientific Papers / zostavovateľky zborníka/Editors: Zuzana Rozkošová, Lenka Tomečková, Eva Vlková ; recenzenti/Reviewers: Pavol Hrivík, František Škvrnda. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2020. ISBN 978-80-225-4768-0. S. 53-58 online. [KARAS, Martin (100%)]
Young Researchers Grant n. I-24-101-00 Alternative Media in Slovakia and Their Reporting in Economic and Political Sphere, project leader, 2024. The goal of this project is to develop existing research in the field and identify main characteristics of media coverage of selected topics in the domain of international relations in alternative media in Slovakia, https://fmv.euba.sk/veda-a-vyskum/projekty/aktualne-projekty/projekty-mvp/864-alternativne-media-na-slovensku-a-ich-spravodajstvo-v-ekonomickej-a-politickej-sfere
Outputs:
V2 Characteristics of Alternative and Mainstream Media / Martin Karas. I-24-101-00. In: Ekonomické, politické a právne otázky medzinárodných vzťahov 2024 [elektronický zdroj] = Economic, Political and Legal Issues of International Relations 2024 : Proceedings of an International Scientific Conference Held May 31 and June 1, 2024 : zborník z medzinárodnej vedeckej konferencie konanej 31. mája a 1. júna 2024 / Editors: Ján Dančo, Katarína Holjenčíková, Rostyslav Karakash, Júlia Kromková, Sabina Lacušová, Jakub Pernický, Eva Vlková ; Reviewers: Eleonóra Kováčová, Radoslav Štefančík. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2024. ISBN 978-80-225-5150-2. ISSN 2585-9404. S. 142-146. [KARAS, Martin (100%)] Kategória publikácie do 2021: AFD
China - CEE Institute Budapest How Slovakia perceives BRI Initiative and China-CEEC Cooperation, member, 2019. The goal of the project was to provide the China-CEE Institute Nonprofit Ltd. with 10 scientific analytical papers. https://fmv.euba.sk/veda-a-vyskum/projekty/archiv-projektov/medzinarodne-projekty/451-ako-slovensko-vnima- iniciativu-pas-a-cesta-a-spolupracu-ciny-a-krajin-strednej-a-vychodnej-europy
Output:
V2 Slovakia, China and Investment Arbitration in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative / Martin Karas. Contract 27. 1. 2019. In: How Slovakia Perceives the Belt and Road Initiative and China–CEEC Cooperation [elektronický zdroj] / Editors: Junchi Ma, Katarína Brocková ; Reviewers: András Inotai, Tianpin Kong. Budapest : China-CEE Institute, 2019. ISBN 978-615-81063-1-3. S. 70-84. [KARAS, Martin (100%)] Kategória publikácie do 2021: AEC
Strategie AV21, ČR Academy of Science Global Conflicts and Local Connections, member, 2017 - 2022. The project researches conflicts from the viewpoint of particularism and universalism, and as interactions between global, macro-regional, national and local organizations. The project analyses cultural differences and intercultural dialogue, social, gender and economic discrepancies, inequalities and issues of moral responsibility. https://fmv.euba.sk/veda-a-vyskum/projekty/aktualne-projekty/medzinarodne- projekty/421-globalni-konflikty-a-lokalni-souvislosti
VEGA č. 1/0115/23 Application of cooperative models of game theory in economy and international relations, member, 2023 - 2025. The project focuses on application of game theory in international relations and international ecoomy, with a particular focus on cooperative games https://fmv.euba.sk/veda-a-vyskum/projekty/aktualne-projekty/projekty-vega/763-aplikacie-kooperativnych-modelov-teorie-hier-v-ekonomii-a-v-medzinarodnych-vztahoch
Output:
V2 Game Theory in International Relations / Martin Karas. In: Zabezpečennia stijkosti systemy publičnoji vlady ta upravlinnia v umovach vojennoho stanu ta vidnovlennia Ukrajiny [elektronický zdroj] = Providing Sustainability of Public Authority and Administration Systems іn the Conditions of Martial Law and Recovery of Ukraine : materialy Vseukrajinskoji naukovo-praktičnoji konferencii za mižnarodnoju učastiu, 18. travnja 2023 roku, Odesa / recenzenty (Reviewers): M. M. Iža, M. P. Popov ... [et al.]. Odesa : Odeska politechnika, 2023. ISBN 978-80-225-5069-7. S. 221-225.[KARAS, Martin (100%)] Kategória publikácie do 2021: AFA
Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study
Instituto Superior de Relaciones Internacionales Raúl Roa García / Higher Institute of International Relations Raúl Roa García, Calle Calzada No. 308 esq. H, Vedado, Plaza. C. Havana 10400 La Habana Cuba
18.02.2020-25.03.2020,
Cuban-Slovak scholarship program