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The Faculty of Management of Comenius University joins the Slovak national exhibition at the prestigious Smart City Expo World Congress 2026 in Barcelona From 3 to 5 November 2026, Barcelona is hosting the Smart City Expo World Congress 2026, the world’s leading event dedicated to smart cities, sustainable development and urban innovation. Representatives of the Faculty of Management, Comenius University Bratislava (FM UK) are actively taking part in this prestigious international forum,...

On 20 October 2026, the Faculty of Management of Comenius University Bratislava hosted a joint meeting between the Dean of the Faculty, Prof. Peter Štarchoň, and representatives of Ukrainian universities, focused on developing international academic, research and project cooperation. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the Department of Environmental Management and Project Planning (KEMPP), Prof. Maroš Finka and Assoc. Prof. Natália Yehorchenkova, who are the principal...

From 19 to 22 October 2026, the Faculty of Management of Comenius University in Bratislava hosted the international workshop “Smart Green Campus Development, Living Labs and Resilient University Management.” The event was organised by Nataliia Yehorchenkova and Oleksii Yehorchenkov from the SPECTRA Centre of Excellence EU within the framework of the STICS project and brought together academics, university administrators and experts from Slovakia, Ukraine and Germany. The four-day programme...

The CICADA4CE project—focused on the effectiveness of climate change adaptation management through the integration of ecosystem services and smart social approaches in Central European cities—is entering the final phase of a successful three-year collaboration supported by the INTERREG Central Europe program. Led by Prof. Anna Starzewska-Sikorska from the Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas in Katowice, and involving the Faculty of Management at Comenius University alongside other...

On 30 September and 1 October 2026, the Nová Tržnica venue in Bratislava hosted the workshop City as a LEGO, organised within the STICS project and the Twin City Future Innovation Manufacturing Hub initiative. The event brought together technical education, urban data and creative problem-solving focused on specific challenges facing the city. The workshop involved students from four secondary technical schools who, under the professional guidance of teachers and doctoral students of the...

From 14 to 18 September 2026, doc. Nataliia Yehorchenkova represented SPECTRA Centre of Excellence EU at the International Summer Convention hosted by Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts. During the poster and networking sessions, she presented the activities of SPECTRA CE EU and the STICS project, highlighting their work in smart and sustainable urban development, spatial planning, digital transformation and AI-supported decision-making. Meetings with representatives of FH...

Spectra, the Centre of Excellence, and the STICS consortium took part in the international Lean Six Sigma conference, held from September 7 to September 10, 2026, at the Faculty of Management, Comenius University in Bratislava. The Lean Six Sigma 2026 conference brought experts, leaders, and innovators from around the world to Bratislava. Over the course of three days, participants gained practical insights they can apply immediately in their work. The program combined keynote...

SPECTRA Centre of Excellence EU participated in the World Planning Schools Congress 2026, held at Aalto University in Espoo and Helsinki, Finland, from 29 June to 3 July 2026. Organised under the theme “Peripheral Visions – Rethinking Planning,” the congress brought together planning scholars and practitioners from around the world to discuss contemporary challenges affecting cities and regions. The programme addressed topics including the climate crisis, geopolitical instability,...

Thursday, 18th June 2026 was the long expected day of the launch of the book „Three views on the city“, held in the cultural centre BOD in Hraničná street, Bratislava. The publication Three Views on the City is an authorial "trilogy on the city", which offers an interdisciplinary view of the phenomenon of urbanity from the perspective of an architect, spatial planner and psychologist. The book by authors Matej Jašš, Milan Husár (FM UK) and Michal Hajduk (STU graduate) explores the city as a...

Prof. Dr. Maroš Finka, Director of SPECTRA Centre of Excellence EU, participated in the International Scientific Conference “CONNECT_ED: Strategic Partnerships for Global Academic Engagement”, held on 2–5 June 2026 within the framework of the ConnectED project: German–Ukrainian University Network for Empowering Higher Education in Environmental Protection and Nature Conservation. As part of the plenary session, Prof. Finka delivered a presentation entitled “Quadruple Helix as a Base of...