Comparing Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Alternative Leadership Styles in the V4

This project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe. More information is available at .

The project addresses two questions:

  • What has the response been to the COVID pandemic among the V4 leaders?
  • How can an adaptive leadership approach better aid the V4 societies to navigate the health and societal effects of this and future pandemics?

The team鈥檚 approach will be interdisciplinary in terms of sources, theories and methods. The outcomes will be both academic and practical, directed at experts, the professional and NGO environment (research studies, Colloquium), the greater public (media articles), and high school and university students (on-line lectures, Thesis Awards).

Project coordinator: prof. PhDr. Milada Poli拧ensk谩, CSc. contact: milada.polisenska@aauni.edu

Our Partners

In Poland: 

  • (Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydzia艂 Zarz膮dzania)

In Slovakia:

  • (Univerzita Mateja Bela, Ekonomick谩 fakulta)

In Hungary:

  • (T谩rsadalomtudom谩nyi Kutat贸k枚zpont)
  • (Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem, Kommunik谩ci贸 茅s Szociol贸gia Int茅zet)

Calendar

DATEOUTPUT
April 29, 2022Roundtable- Comparing Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Alternative Leadership Styles in the V4
August 2022Expert Research Study- Comparing Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Alternative Leadership Styles in the V4
November 25-26, 2022Colloquium- Comparing Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Alternative Leadership Styles in the V4
February-March 2023Online Lectures for High School and University Students
March 15, 2023Award for Best BA and MA Theses on the Theme of Leadership and Governance in the V4 Countries

Online Lectures

Czech Lectures

Polish Lectures

Hungarian Lectures

Slovak Lectures

Get Involved

  • As part of its ongoing research grant awarded by the International Visegrad Fund, Anglo-American University is announcing a call for papers for participation in the international Colloquium 鈥淐omparing Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Alternative Leadership Styles in the V4鈥�.

This call for papers is now closed.

  • The Visegrad project team would like to announce that part of the project is a competition for the best BA thesis and MA thesis on the topics of leadership and governance in and among the V4 states.

This call for papers is now closed.

Results of the Thesis Competition:

BA Thesis Award Winner:
Benjamin Rutledge: Lockdowns, Seasons, and Health: Covid-19 in the Czech Republic and Sweden. 2022.
Anglo-American University, School of International Relations and Diplomacy

2nd Place:
Aliz Liszkay: Is populist rhetoric the mainstream way of Hungarian oppositional communication? 2022.
The Corvinus University of Budapest, Institute of Communication and Sociology, Department of Communication and Media Studies

MA Thesis Award Winner:
Polina B谩nki:  Perception towards governmental communication during COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary and Singapore. 2022
Corvinus University of Budapest, Institute of Communication and Sociology, Department of Communication and Media Studies

2nd Place:
Tom谩拧 膶ekme. Evolution of Viktor Orb谩n’s politics in the context of the development of Hungary’s membership in the European Union.

Mateja Bela University, Banska Bystrica, Faculty of Political Science and International Relations

Reviewed in Competition for BA Award:

  • Rita Kiss The inequitable access to health care and vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, with focus on the contrast between developed and developing countries
  • Milena Kustro艅 Investment decisions on the capital market in the context of the 2020-2021 crisis
  • Josef 艩v谩b Tracing the Discursively Constituted Threats During the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Czech Republic: From the Ireesponsible Skiers to Unsafe Population
  • M谩ria Ambrov谩 Moral credit of the manager and its impact on the success of the enterprise
  • Medvigy Kriszti谩n Do you like what you see, young friend? Or how FIDESZ is trying to reach young voters through their poster campaign.
  • Michaela M谩ria Dob谩kov谩 Managerial soft skills in employee selection
  • Anita 艁臋gowik Estimation of fumes emitted during awaiting in traffic jams on example of 艁贸d藕 in 2019
  • Aleksandra Krawczyk Transport accessibility of Lodz Airport – proposal of changes based on comparative analysis
  • Agata Fiszer Opportunities to improve investment attractiveness related to reducing congestion on the example of 艁贸d藕
  • Alicja Bujnowicz The influence of 艁贸d藕鈥檚 city tunnel on transport accessibility in chosen multimodal hubs in 艁贸d藕 Metropolitan Area
  • Stanis艂aw Lisiecki Estimating the costs of transport congestion on the example of Lodz

Reviewed in Competition for MA Award:

  • Anna Kincel Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the society and economy of the European Union 
  • Michaela 沤ulkov谩 Impact of the covid-19 pandemics on the development of urban tourism (example of the city of Pre拧ov)
  • Stanislava Honzov谩 Impacts of state economic measures on the private sector during the COVID 19
  • Sandra Ilona Niezabitowska The aviation industry in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic on the example of LOT Polish Airlines and Ryanair

Further results details, here.

Colloquium

Colloquium Opening and Czech Panel

Polish Panel

Hungarian Panel

Slovak Panel and Colloquium Conclusion

Publications

Project Editorials:

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