Habilitation and Appointment Procedure

APPLICANTS FOR INITIATION OF THE PROCEDURE DEMOSTRATE:

• Pedagogical experience with leading semester-long courses
• Experience with supervising bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral students
• International experience and impact independence in securing and implementation one's research activities
• Overall publishing performance, high-quality scientific output, and international response

• Major contribution to scientific publications

Meeting the field-specific indicators may not be interpreted as claimable. The habilitation or evaluation board always individually assesses the comprehensive profile of the applicant. Higher values in individual indicators than those specified in the indicative table may be required depending on the particular sub-field. The board also individually assesses situations when the applicant displays lower values in certain indicators, which are, however, balanced out by a better profile in other parameters.

Before preparation of the procedure initiation proposal, a consultation with the Vice-Dean for Research and Development is recommended.

EXPECTED PEDAGOGICAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Habilitation

• > 5 years of active pedagogical practice at higher education institutions
• Teaching a semester-long course (at least a seminar, tutorial, etc.)
• Independent grant activity with the potential to obtain extramural research funding
• Supervision of successfully defended bachelor’s and master’s theses (the expected numbers vary by field and are assessed by the habilitation board)
• Significant international experience, usually an international postdoctoral stay

Procedure to attain professorship

• Usually 10 years of active pedagogical practice at higher education institutions
• Guaranteeing and leading a lecture or other important semester-long course
• Supervision of doctoral students and successfully defended doctoral theses (the expected numbers vary by field and are assessed by the evaluation board)
• Leading a research or grant group, independent grant activity
• Significant and independent international experience

EXPECTED FIELD-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Table – indicative requirements (first number – habilitation / second number – professorship appointment). Please note that higher indicators may be expected at individual sub-areas.

*original publications in journals above the median of the field according to WOS, monographs

**other citations may exceptionally be accepted for specific sub-areas

WHAT TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHEN FILLING OUT THE ANNEXES:

• Fill in all annexes exclusively in English.
• Sort records (employment, study, publications) chronologically from newest to oldest.
• Each entry (publication, article) must always be listed only once – if it falls into more than one category or annex, select only one.
• List all authors in bibliographic records (do not use abbreviations such as "et al.").
• Annexes:
  
  • No. 1 or 2: Do not forget to fill in the field of appointment (Field in which the appointment is being sought).
  • No. 4 a 5: List all publications and citation records that are relevant to the field of appointment.
  • No. 7: If you have the bibliometric analysis available, do not forget to adjust the number of citations in the table Citations responses to scholarly and artistic works - citations listed in Annex No. 6.
    • From the citation analysis, take the number of citations Without self-citations given in the Summary Metrics table in section 3. Citation Impact - Web of Science.
    • You can choose the data from either the Web of Science or Scopus column (only one of them needs to be selected).

IF THE APPLICANT HAS COMPLETED A DOCTORAL DEGREE ABROAD:

• It is necessary to nostrify (recognize) this education at the Research & Development Office of the MU Rector's Office.
• Recognition of education obtained in countries with bilateral agreements (Hungary, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia) has its own conditions.
• All information on how to nostrify your foreign education can be found here.
• Please attach the certificate of recognition of equivalent foreign education to the copies of diplomas in both files (original and copy). Then bring the original of this document with you to the department, against which the copies in the files will be compared and certified.

UPDATING THE ANNEXES:

The applicant may update documents in accordance with subsection 2 (with the exception of public lecture proposals) at any time during the procedure, but always in such a manner so that such documents are made available to all other parties participating in the procedure (i.e. habilitation board and scientific board members) no later than 5 workdays prior to their evaluation. Each updated document must include the current date and the applicant's signature; an electronic version, i.e. scan of the signed document must also be submitted.

Public lecture

The public lecture takes place when the habilitation/evaluation board (and opponents) has been appointed. The topic of the public lecture will be selected by the board from the original three proposals of the applicant. All communication regarding this event is agreed upon between the applicant and the chairman of the board. Information about the lecture is usually published on the institute's website so that interested members of the public can attend. The lecture must be attended by at least 3 members of the board so that it can be evaluated in writing. It is always necessary to create an attendance list of all present listeners from the event.

ONLINE PUBLIC LECTURES

At this time, when the possibility of full-time participation of a larger number of participants in public lectures is limited, we recommend proceeding as follows:

1) Public lecture in hybrid mode - preferred option
The lecture is attended by a maximum of 10 people (including the candidate) in a sufficiently large room, and at the same time, an online transmission via MS Teams, Zoom, or another tool is provided. The link to the online public lecture is usually published by the chairman of the board on the institute's website, further at its discretion. The applicant does not have to wear a face mask during the presentation, the others in the room do have to wear it.

The formal requirements include the provision of an attendance list with the signatures of the people physically present in the room, and a second attendance list, which is a list of people connected online. The attendance list from MS Teams is generated by the lecture organizer by clicking on Show participants and then Download the attendance list. At least 3 members of the board (including the chairman) attend the lecture in person or online.

After the lecture is finished, the chairman fills in Annex No. 12 – Public Lecture Evaluation, stating who else (min. 2 members) of the board have attended the lecture and agree with its evaluation. The form is signed only by the chairman.

2) Public lecture in online mode
The lecture takes place online via MS Teams, Zoom or another tool. The link to the online public lecture is usually published by the chairman on the institute's website, further at its discretion.

Formalities include providing an attendance list, which is a list of people connected online. The attendance list from MS Teams is generated by the lecture organizer by clicking on Show participants and then Download the attendance list. The lecture is attended by at least 3 members of the board (including the chairman).

After the lecture is finished, the chairman fills in Annex No. 12 – Public Lecture Evaluation, stating who else (another min. 2 members) of the board have attended the lecture and agree with its evaluation. The form is signed only by the chairman.

Scientific Board of the Faculty of Science

• Once all the necessary steps have been taken in the given procedure, it is possible to forward the application to the Scientific Board of the faculty. The meeting shall be attended by the applicant, members of the Scientific Board, the Chairman of the Board, and eventually the public (guests).
• The procedure is initiated by the chairman, who briefly introduces the candidate and provides summary information on the board's vote.
• This is followed by a lecture provided by the applicant, which lasts 15 minutes and during which the applicant should prove his scientific and pedagogical competence in the field.
• After the lecture, in the case of the habilitation procedure, the chairman comments on the opponents' opinions and selects 2 questions from their reviews, to which the applicant responds.
• Following is a discussion in which the members of the Scientific Board ask questions to the applicant.
• After a public debate, there is a non-public discussion (between SB members) which ends with a secret ballot.
• The Dean announces the result of the vote to the applicant – the proposal is either forwarded, or the procedure is terminated.