Andrea Furková

Andrea Furková serves as Associate Professor at the Department of Operations Research and Econometrics within the Faculty of Economic Informatics at the University of Economics in Bratislava. Her academic career spans over two decades, beginning as an Assistant Professor in 2003 before advancing to her current position in 2018. She maintains active roles in university governance as Member and Secretary of the Sub-Departmental Committee 3.2 Data Science in Economics.

Her research focuses on spatial econometrics and regional development within the European Union context, with particular expertise in spatial heterogeneity, innovation processes, and employment dynamics. Key methodologies include MGWR-SAR models, spatial autoregressive techniques, and multi-criteria decision analysis. Her work consistently addresses EU regional disparities, innovation spillovers, and convergence patterns across member states.

Analysis of her publication record reveals a strong concentration on spatial econometric modeling of EU regional phenomena, with recent work emphasizing local particularities in innovation processes (2022), semiparametric approaches to unemployment patterns (2024), and spatial spillover effects in employment (2023). Her research demonstrates consistent methodological evolution from basic spatial models toward advanced multiscale techniques.

Professor Furková actively supervises doctoral candidates, including current PhD student Peter Knížat whose research examines spatial effects in regional innovation activities. She has guided 22 bachelor's and 37 master's theses throughout her career, reflecting substantial teaching engagement in operations research and econometrics.

Her international research mobility includes Erasmus stays at ISCTE Lisbon (2014), University of Akureyri (2012), and recent research visits to University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2022) and College of Polytechnics Jihlava (2022), demonstrating active European scholarly collaboration.