Juraj Švajda

Juraj Švajda is a university teacher at Matej Bel University, affiliated with the Faculty of Natural Sciences and the Department of Biology and Environmental Studies. He specializes in protected areas management, nature conservation, and the human dimension of natural resources management, with a focus on climate change and tourism impacts.

Research Projects:

• VIsitor MOnitoring and MAnagement in protected areas (VIMOMA) - International Visegrad Fund (2022-2023)
• Forecasting Social Impacts of Biodiversity Conservation Policies in Europe (FIDELIO) - Horizon 2020 (2019-2024)
• Centralparks - Interreg Central Europe (2019-2022)
• Ecopotential - Horizon 2020 (2015-2019)

Education:

• MSc. (2009) - University of Klagenfurt (Austria), Management of Protected Areas
• PhD. (2008) - Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen, Ecology