Michaela Chocholatá

Michaela Chocholatá serves as Associate Professor and Vice-Dean for Science and Doctoral Studies at the Department of Operations Research and Econometrics, Faculty of Economic Informatics, University of Economics in Bratislava. With over two decades of academic service, she holds leadership roles including President of the Slovak Society for Operations Research (2023-2025) and membership in the Scientific Council of her faculty.

Her educational background includes a Second Degree in Quantitative Methods in Economics (2001) and Third Degree in Econometrics and Operations Research (2006), both from the University of Economics in Bratislava. She completed specialized training in pedagogical education (2015) and emotional intelligence modules (2024-2025).

Chocholatá's research focuses on Spatial Econometrics applications in EU regional development, Financial Market Volatility modeling, and Operations Research methodologies. Her work examines spatial spillovers in employment, educational disparities, and currency co-movements across Central Europe, with emphasis on EU policy impacts. Recent publications demonstrate increasing methodological sophistication in spatial statistics and time series analysis.

Her research trajectory shows strong alignment with EU priorities including regional cohesion, green transition, and post-pandemic economic recovery. The 15 most recent publications reveal consistent focus on spatial econometric techniques applied to EU regional data, with growing international collaboration evident in co-authorship patterns.

Chocholatá has supervised 18 bachelor's, 46 master's, and 1 doctoral thesis. She serves as principal investigator for VEGA grant projects including The importance of spatial spillover effects in the context of the EU's greener and carbon-free Europe priority (2023-2025) and contributes to multiple collaborative research initiatives analyzing EU regional dynamics and pandemic economic impacts.

Her international engagement includes Erasmus+ teaching and research stays at institutions across Europe including University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, University of Akureyri, and Pablo de Olavide University. She maintains active roles in academic governance as member of the Editorial Board of EQUILIBRIUM. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy.