ABOUT – COMENIUS UNIVERSITY BRATISLAVA
Lead partner
Since establishment (1919), Comenius University (CU) maintains and widens international relations with significant European educational institutions. CU is the oldest and biggest university educational institution in Slovakia, fulfils the role of “national university” and belongs to the most important European university associations, plays an important role in this field. It is the member of European University Association (EUA), Network of Universities of the Capitals of Europe (UNICA), Utrecht Network, Danube Rector’s Conference (DRC), European Association of International Education (EAIE), Virtual Technology Library Systems (VTLS) and etc. In connection to CU participation in the Lifelong Learning Program/Erasmus program, the number of bilateral agreements entered among faculties of CU and their foreign partners grew considerably. CU has a strong background in the field of Lifelong learning, internal experts as well as strong collaboration with external experts and enterprises and what can contribute and support the successful completion of the project.
The Faculty of Management (FMCU) is the youngest faculty at CU, established in 1991 as a response to the demand for education in the field of management in Master studies as it is in similar schools in the USA as well as around the world. CU entered the SOCRATES program in 1998, and FM CU took part in international projects LLP within the program which were aimed at internship in abroad. The Palm award given by EDUNIVERSAL agency with headquarters in Paris, is given to best managerial schools in the world (it compares more than 12 000 schools, which are chosen from about 20 000 schools). According to the number of Palms a school belongs among the given fifth of best thousand business schools. FMCU has been ranked among 400 best managerial schools with three Palms in the recent years
Comenius University Bratislava team:
Dagmar Cagáňová
Dagmar Cagáňová, prof. in Business Economics and Management, acts as the Deans Representative for grant activity, FMCU, Slovakia. She is the co-founder of the European Alliance for Innovation in Slovakia (EAI SK), an International Advisory Council member of Danubius University, management committee member of E-COST (European Collaboration in Science and Technology) TN 1301 Sci Generation, the executive committee member in Danubius Academic Consortium – DAC (Academic Network for Integral Innovation), a steering committee member of Danube strategy Priority Axis 7: Knowledge society-science, research, innovation and ICT for the Slovak Republic, and member of iATDi (International
Association for Technological Development and Innovations). Her professional interests, research topics, and international collaborations are mainly focused on Intercultural and Innovation Management, Managerial Skills, Communication in Management and Marketing and others. She has been the member of 15 journal editorial boards, co-editor of current content Special issues journals (MONET, WINET, Sustainability), tutor on PhD study programmes and has participated in 45 domestic and international projects as a team member and as the project head. She is the co-editor of Internet of Things,
IoT Infrastructures 2014, part 2, Smart City 360 Degrees 2015, Internet of Things 2015, part 1 and 2 published by Springer and editor in co-authorship of the of Springer scientific monograph. To date, she has published 367 publications, 7 scientific monographs, 17 papers in current content journals with IF, 89 papers in databases WOS and 131 in databases SCOPUS and has over 680 citations, 359 of them in quotation databases WOS and SCOPUS, h-index in WOS is 9 and SCOPUS hindex 12.
Natália Horňáková
Natália Horňáková, MSc. PhD. acts as researcher at the FMCU, Slovakia. Her professional interests, research topics, and international collaborations are mainly focused on Managerial Skills; Marketing; Innovation Management; Business Logistics; Mobility and Smart Cities; and Diversity. She is the author and co-author of 55 domestics and foreign publications, including 2 scientific monographs and 4 publications in the current content journals with IF, such as Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) and Wireless Networks (WINET), as well as the co-editor of a special issues of the current content journal MONET and the current content journal Sustainability, editor in co-authorship of the of Springer scientific monograph, books published by Springer. Her h-index in WOS is 5 and SCOPUS h-index 5. She has been a vice-head of 2 and team member of several and home and foreign projects including H2020 project.
Lucia Kohnová
Lucia Kohnová, assoc. prof. has been working at CU in the field of management since 2013 and since 2022 as an associate professor. She is an accredited lecturer, and her research and teaching focus on the topics of innovation in management, the fourth industrial revolution, digitalization, agile management, and project management. She actively participates in international projects such as Horizon 2020, Erasmus+, and national VEGA and APVV projects.
Peter Štarchoň
Peter Štarchoň, prof., PhD. acts as Dean of the FMCU. As a head of Department of Marketing at FMCU he has presented new marketing trends in various research project with special emphasis on brands. In 2006 he established international scientific journal Marketing Science and Inspirations where he still works as editor-in-chief. In addition, he is an author/coauthor of several monographs and textbooks on marketing, direct marketing, marketing communications and branding and more than six dozen scientific works, studies and conference contributions.
