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• Experimental Economics
• Behavioral Economics
• Game Theory
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Maroš Servátka is a Professor at the Department of Finance, Faculty of Economics and Finance, University of Economics in Bratislava. He previously held academic positions at Macquarie Graduate School of Management (2015–2024), University of Canterbury (2007–2015), and University of Mannheim (2006). His research spans experimental economics, behavioral economics, game theory, and finance, with a focus on decision-making, procrastination, market design, and trust. Education: PhD in Economics, 2015, Macquarie Graduate School of Management PhD in Economics, 2006, University of Arizona Master’s in Quantitative Methods and Information Systems, 2000, School Glówna Handlowa Research Interests: Servátka’s work explores behavioral and experimental economics, particularly how psychological factors and institutional designs affect economic decisions. He has investigated topics like tax compliance, charitable giving, project scheduling accuracy, and market equilibrium adjustments. Article Trends: His recent publications (2021–2023) emphasize behavioral nudges, scheduling efficiency, and institutional designs to mitigate economic inefficiencies. Earlier works focus on game theory, fairness, and market mechanisms. Grants and Projects: Commonwealth Bank of Australia (2022–2026): Financial Decision Making of Young Australians VEGA (Slovak Ministry, 2021–2025): Psychological Nudges and Tax Compliance Slovak Research and Development Agency (2020–2024): Evidence-Based Policy Making Czech Science Foundation (2020–2022): Unintended Consequences of Promotions IFREE (2019–2020): Natural-Resource Windfalls and Accountability Organizational Experience: He is a member of the University of Alaska Anchorage Experimental Economics Laboratory (since 2019), FAME Council (Group for Research in Applied Economics, since 2020), the Slovak Economic Association (since 2013), and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (since 2013).

• Mathematics
• Applied Mathematics
• Theoretical Mathematics
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Prof. Vladimír Janiš serves as Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Mathematics at the Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. His office is located at Tajovského 40, 97401 Slovakia (Room 228), with contact phone +421 48 446 7228 and email Vladimir.Janis@umb.sk. His consultation hours are Mondays 09:00-11:00 and Thursdays 13:00-14:00. As a core faculty member in mathematics, his work spans theoretical frameworks and applied computational methods , contributing to quantitative education within economics curriculum. No scientific awards or student advisement details are publicly listed in current faculty records.

Beáta StehlíkováView profile

Professor

• Environmental Economics
• Biodiversity
• Quantitative Methods
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Beáta Stehlíková is a Professor at the Department of Economics within the Faculty of Economics and Business at PANEUROPEAN UNIVERSITY PEVŠ. Her research focuses on the intersection of environmental economics, biodiversity, and quantitative methods. Fields: Environmental Economics, Quantitative Methods, Public Health, Neural Networks Email: stehlikovab2@gmail.com Research Trends: Her recent work emphasizes the application of quantitative techniques to environmental health challenges, including geoenvironmental impacts on public health and socioeconomic polarization in Slovakia. She has also explored neural networks in medical geochemistry. Grants: She has contributed to projects funded by VEGA (e.g., VEGA No. 2/0002/19, 2/0026/15) and APVV (APVV-15-0722), focusing on industrial revolution implications, income stratification, and environmental health impacts.

• Mathematics
• Statistics
• Quantitative Methods
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Vladimír Špitalský is an Associate Professor at Matej Bel University , affiliated with the Faculty of Economics and the Department of Mathematics . His work focuses on mathematical theory and its applications in economic contexts. Contact: Office 226C, Tajovského 40, 97401 Slovensko | Vladimir.Spitalsky@umb.sk | +421 48 446 7260 Consultation hours: Monday 10:30 - 11:50

• Accounting
• Auditing
• Financial Reporting
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Zuzana Juhászová is an Associate Professor at the Department of Accounting and Auditing within the Faculty of Economic Informatics at the University of Economics in Bratislava. She holds a PhD and has served in various leadership roles including vice dean for education (2007-2011, 2011-2015) and vice rector for education (2015-2019, 2019-2023) at her university. Education: PhD in Accounting (2003), habilitation in Accounting (2009), all from University of Economics in Bratislava Leadership: Former vice dean/rector roles focused on education Expertise: Auditing oversight since 2008 Research Focus spans accounting standards (IFRS 16 adoption), bankruptcy prediction modeling, XBRL technology applications, sustainability in business (including transport sector greening), and cryptocurrency networks for economic crime prevention. She has led multiple VEGA and APVV grants since 2007, including projects on financial decision-making in unstable markets and audit quality assessment. International Engagement includes Erasmus+ staff training at universities in Turkey, Poland, and Spain. Her academic output includes 33 publications in WoS/Scopus databases with 152 citations, focusing on audit regulation, financial reporting innovations, and integrated sustainability frameworks. Teaching Impact : Supervised 57 bachelor's theses, 150 master's theses, and 7 doctoral dissertations. She has also contributed to professional audit examination commissions.

• Translation Studies
• Intercultural Communication
• English as a Lingua Franca
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Michael Dove is an Assistant Professor at the Department of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Matej Bel University. His academic work focuses on translation, intercultural communication, and language education, with a particular interest in English as a lingua franca and accessible communication. His research spans interdisciplinary approaches to language accessibility, task-based teaching methods, and quantitative analysis of cultural identity. Recent projects include the VEGA-funded Accessible! Linguistics of Easy-to-Understand Languages (2022–2024), which examines comprehensibility in educational and public contexts. Key publication trends include: 2024: Collaboration with Zuzana Bohušová on accessible languages 2022: Environmental communication from anthropological perspectives 2010–2021: Language teaching methodologies and interpreter training He teaches courses such as Translation into English, American Studies, and Teaching English with Technology, while maintaining consultation hours via MS Teams and Monday office hours (10:00–12:00). No scientific awards or student lists are publicly detailed.

• Informatics
• Economic Modeling
• Healthcare Informatics
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Cyril Závadský is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Quantitative Methods , Faculty of Economics and Finance , University of Economics in Bratislava . His work bridges informatics with business and healthcare applications. Research Areas: ICT tools, demographic data analysis, economic modeling Key Projects: VEGA 1/0474/12, SK-PL-0040-09, VEGA 1/0376/17 Publications focus on EU demographic trends, alcohol consumption patterns, and technology adoption in education. He serves as Secretary of the Department and Officer for Civil Protection , with expertise in software systems like MS Office and Adobe Creative Suite . His teaching portfolio includes courses in Database Systems , Business Informatics , and ICT Applications , reflecting his commitment to quantitative education.

• Counselling Psychology
• Psychotherapy
• Emotion
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Prof. Júlia Kanovská Halamová is a Professor of Psychology at the Institute of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava. She holds a PhD in Psychology from Comenius University and has been a registered psychotherapist since 2007. Her academic career includes roles as Head of the Institute of Applied Psychology (2020–2024), and prior positions as Associate Professor (2014–2019) and Assistant Professor (2001–2013). She maintains a private psychotherapy practice and has extensive training in emotion-focused therapy (EFT), compassion-focused therapy, and systemic psychotherapy. Education: 2001 PhD in Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 1998 Master’s in Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Research Interests: Counseling psychology, emotion regulation, self-compassion interventions, and community psychology. Her work emphasizes translating theoretical frameworks (e.g., compassion-focused therapy) into clinical and community-based applications. She leads research on cross-cultural self-compassion measurement and therapeutic outcomes for diverse populations, including individuals with intellectual disabilities. Grants & Projects: Lead investigator of the Testing the effect of intercultural aspects of compassion (VEGA 1/0075/19) Organized international community psychology conferences (2015–2019) under APA Division 27 Recipient of Norway grants for emotion-focused family therapy training (2015) Labs/Teams: Active in the Institute of Applied Psychology and collaborates with global networks like the International Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy and the Slovak Psychotherapeutic Association. Her work integrates clinical practice with research on compassionate living and emotion-focused training methodologies.

• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
• User Experience (UX)/Usability
• Domain Analysis
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Michaela Bačíková is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (FEI) of the Technical University of Košice (TUKE). Her research focuses on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), domain usability, and domain analysis, with an emphasis on graphical user interfaces (GUIs), domain-specific languages (DSLs), and gesture-driven interaction. She leads the development of the DEAL tool, a domain analysis framework for extracting domain models from software systems. Her teaching includes courses on component-based programming, web technologies, and user interface design. Research Projects: DEAL (Domain Extraction ALgorithm) : A tool for analyzing GUIs to generate DSLs, ontologies, and usability metrics. EU Project: 'Evolving Architectural Knowledge in the Edge-to-Cloud Continuum' (participant). Educational initiatives: Integrating gesture-driven IDEs and social networks for mentoring in programming courses. Research Interests : Automated domain usability evaluation using DEAL. DSL-driven GUI generation and feature modeling. Innovations in teaching software development and user experience design. Grants & Labs : Recipient of FEI TUKE Grant no. FEI-2015-16 for domain usability metrics research. Active in the FEI lab developing DEAL and related tools.

• Regional Economics
• Urban Development
• Spatial Analysis
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Štefan Rehák is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Public Administration and Regional Development at the University of Economics in Bratislava. His academic career focuses on regional development, urban economics, and spatial analysis. He holds a PhD and serves as a ResearchGate profiled scholar in regional sciences. Affiliations: Faculty of Economics and Finance, University of Economics in Bratislava Key Roles: Department Head, Academic Researcher, Educator His research explores human capital migration, innovation ecosystems, and spatial economic dynamics. Specific interests include hedonic pricing models for real estate, local economic impacts of major events, and regional policy effectiveness. Research Trends: Over 60+ publications emphasize urban development, creativity metrics in economies, and EU regional policy analysis. Grants & Projects: Led projects on university impact assessment (UNIREG), creative economy stimulation (KRENAR), and EU cohesion policy evaluations. He advises on regional innovation strategies and collaborates internationally on topics like smart cities and academic patenting trends.

Ivan LukšíkView profile

Professor

• school culture
• children and young people in pedagogical and social contexts
• pedagogical research methodology
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Prof. PhDr. Ivan Lukšík, CSc. is a faculty member at the Faculty of Education, University of Trnava , serving in the Department of School Pedagogy since 2012. His academic career spans institutions including Comenius University in Bratislava and the Slovak Academy of Sciences, with expertise in social psychology, pedagogical research methodology, and inclusion. He co-authored foundational works on school culture, sexuality education, and marginalized communities. Research Focus : Lukšík explores the intersection of school culture , gender studies , and inclusion , particularly for children from marginalized backgrounds. His work integrates pedagogical theory with empirical research, emphasizing textual and contextual analysis. He has led grants (APVV, VEGA) and collaborated with international organizations like WHO and IOM. Publications reflect his interdisciplinary approach, spanning monographs on institutional culture, textbooks addressing HIV/AIDS and gender, and methodological guides for Q-methodology. His pedagogical contributions include designing curricula for social psychology, inclusive education, and research methodology at both undergraduate and doctoral levels. Scientific Leadership : He serves on the editorial board of Human Affairs and has mentored doctoral students, though specific names are not listed. His international experience includes research stays at Leeds Metropolitan University, University of London, and University College London.

Yannick CornetView profile

Researcher

• Sustainable Transport Appraisal
• Transportation Systems
• Travel Time Valuation
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Dr. Yannick Cornet serves as a Senior Researcher of Intelligent Transport Systems at the University of Žilina, Slovakia, where he joined the ERAdiate research team in February 2018. His work primarily focuses on sustainable transport appraisal and transition within the H2020 Mobility and Time Value (MoTiV) project. His research expertise centers on sustainable transport indicators, innovative decision-support tools for complex sustainability aspects like equity and long-term environmental impacts, and smartphone-based multi-modal diaries for experiential travel data collection. Cornet bridges quantitative and qualitative methodologies, conducting structured interviews with experts while analyzing diverse transport scales from local cycling to national high-speed rail projects. His work emphasizes traveler perspectives in door-to-door journeys and socio-technical enablers for real-time car-pooling. Analysis of his 15 most recent publications reveals consistent focus on travel time valuation frameworks, multimodal experience assessment, and sustainable urban mobility transitions. Key themes include 'worthwhile travel time' conceptualization, 15-minute city navigation challenges, and paradoxes in smart mobility innovations. His methodology heavily utilizes smartphone-based data collection across European contexts. Cornet actively engages with transport stakeholders including planning agencies, industry CEOs, and civil society. He co-authored the Transport 2050 Strategic Outlook for the TRANSFORuM project, contributing to European White Paper transport goals. His professional background includes 10 years as a project manager in telecommunications prior to academia. His educational background spans multiple continents: PhD in Transport from Technical University of Denmark (2016) with visiting research at University of Oxford; Master's in Technological and Socio-Economic Planning from Roskilde University (2013); and Bachelor's in Software Engineering from Sherbrooke University, Canada (1997).

Rita HegedűsView profile

Associate Professor

• Religiosity
• Subjective Well-being
• Twins in Society
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Rita Hegedűs, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Reformed Theological Faculty of J. Selye University. Her academic career spans institutions such as Corvinus University of Budapest and Budapest University of Economics, with expertise in sociology and applied sciences. Education: Hungarian-Russian Primary School Teacher (Eötvös Loránd University, 1982-1986), Sociology (Eötvös Loránd University, 1988-1991), PhD in Sociology (Budapest University of Economics, 1993-2001) Her research focuses on religiosity, subjective well-being, twins in society, and volunteering. Recent publications explore topics like the mental health of volunteers, suicide stigma in religious contexts, and twin development, reflecting interdisciplinary work between sociology, psychology, and religious studies. With 30 total academic outputs and 163 citations, her work includes Erasmus+ collaborations and empirical studies on Hungarian demographics. Rita holds no formal awards listed in the provided data and has no documented PhD advisees.

• Econometrics
• Operations Research
• Macroeconomic Analysis
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Ing. Adriana Lukáčiková, PhD., is an Assistant Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Operations Research and Econometrics at the Faculty of Economic Informatics, University of Economics in Bratislava. She has been employed since 1996 and focuses on econometric modeling, macroeconomic analysis, and spatial econometrics. Doctorate in Econometrics and Operations Research (2004), University of Economics in Bratislava Masters in Mathematical Methods in Economics (1993), University of Economics in Bratislava Her research spans asymmetric price reactions in energy markets, spatial spillover effects in EU regional development, Bayesian econometric methods , and macroeconomic impacts of pandemics . She collaborates on VEGA and KEGA grants related to green economy transitions and structural parameter estimation. Current grant projects include: VEGA 1/0052/24: Estimating structural parameters in macroeconomic models KEGA 026EU-4/2024: Interactive web-based quantitative economic analysis textbook VEGA 1/0047/23: Spatial spillovers in EU green economy initiatives Lukáčiková contributes to scientific societies as a member of the Slovak Society for Economic Informatics and the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Economic Informatics. Her teaching includes econometrics and management science courses at bachelor and master levels.

• Quantitative Methods in Economics
• Poverty and Social Exclusion Analysis
• Statistical Modeling
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Prof. Erik Šoltés is a Professor at the Department of Statistics, Faculty of Economic Informatics, University of Economics in Bratislava. He holds a PhD in Quantitative Methods in Economics and has served as a Professor since 2021. His academic journey includes roles as an Assistant Professor (1998–2010) and Associate Professor (2010–2021). Education: Mgr. in Teaching of General Education (1998, Comenius University) and PhD in Statistics (2004, University of Economics in Bratislava). Research Interests: Focus on statistical methodologies applied to socio-economic issues, including poverty analysis, social exclusion, insurance risk modeling, and data science. He employs advanced statistical techniques like logistic regression, generalized linear models (GLM), and contrast analysis to study labor market dynamics, household work intensity, and regional disparities in the EU. His work frequently involves collaboration with institutions like the Czech Academy of Sciences and Springer Nature. Grants & Projects: Lead researcher in projects such as 'Impact of Inflation on Poverty and Social Exclusion in Slovakia and the EU' (2024–2026) and 'Application of Data Science in Labor Market Trend Analysis' (2023). Collaborates on EU-funded initiatives like the APVV-SRB logistics optimization project (2019–2021). Academic Roles: Former Deputy Dean for Science and Doctoral Studies (2015–2022), current Dean of the Faculty of Economic Informatics (2023–present). Serves on editorial boards of journals like Statistika: Statistics and Economy Journal and Equilibrium . Actively participates in international academic committees and conferences, including the Aleksander Zelias International Conference. International Collaboration: Engages in teaching and research exchanges with universities in the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, and Uzbekistan through Erasmus+ and VEGA-funded projects.