Tomáš Imrich Profant

Tomáš Imrich Profant is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Political Relations at the Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics in Bratislava, with active teaching responsibilities including consultation hours on Thursdays and diploma seminars on Tuesdays.

His research critically examines intersections of political systems and ecological sustainability through key areas:

• International political economy: analyzing global power structures in economic governance
• Postcolonial theory: deconstructing colonial legacies in international relations
• Political ecology and Ecological economy: investigating socio-ecological crises and alternative economic models
• Post-development approach and Degrowth: challenging conventional development paradigms
• Discursive analysis and Racism: exposing discourse-power dynamics in racial inequality

Profant leads and contributes to major international research initiatives including COST Action CA19129 "Decolonization of Development" (Management Committee member) and APVV-19-0314 "Discourse of Global Education" (Principal Investigator), with collaborations spanning Sciences Po Bordeaux, University of Vienna, and Czech-Slovak research networks.