Jozef Kubás gained his Ph.D. in 2018 at the University of Žilina (UNIZA) after the successful presentation of his dissertation thesis, in which he deals with the issue of security research in local self-government. He currently works as an associate professor in the Department of Crisis Management, Faculty of Security Engineering, UNIZA, Slovakia. In his work, he focuses on issues of civil protection, crisis management in public administration, international crisis management, and the legal environment of crises.