MoTiV workshop explored assumptions on how people are valuing travel time
The picturesque Arrábida Monastery near Setúbal (Portugal) hosted the MoTiV futures assessment workshop “Future Trends and Hypotheses on the Value of Travel Time (VTT)” on 17-18 January 2018. Organised by the project partner TIS (Consultores em Transportes Inovação e Sistemas, S.A.), the workshop was facilitated by the Portuguese futurist Hugo Garcia and gathered 23 invited experts and... Continue reading→
JPI Urban Europe and COST debate on sustainable urban mobility
On April 24-25 in Bucharest, the Joint Programme Initiative (JPI) Urban Europe held its first Agora Strategic Dialogue on the theme “Dilemmas and Potentials of Urban Transitions towards Sustainable Urban Futures”. The event brought together 50 stakeholders (experts and representatives of European cities) with diverse urban backgrounds from different EU member states to discuss urban issues and challenges... Continue reading→
Digitalisation and decarbonisation under focus at TRA 2018
The TRA conference (Transport Research Arena) is Europe’s largest transport research conference. Like its TRB counterpart in the US (Transportation Research Board), it is an annual event that researchers and practitioners earmark in the calendar to share the latest developments and keep up-to-date with upcoming challenges in the field. In practice, attending the TRA is... Continue reading→
UNIZA celebrates its 65th anniversary
The University of Žilina (UNIZA) is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year. On 16th of May, hundreds of students and employees gathered to celebrate their Alma Mater. This anniversary was an opportunity to reflect on the successes and to celebrate the lively spirit of the university with the famous Slovak band NO NAME, singer Zuzana Smatanová and... Continue reading→
Horizon Europe – the next R&I FP under discussion by Slovak experts
On 31 October 2017, the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic published its preliminary position paper on the design of the 9th EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP9), now called Horizon Europe. The paper includes the following key points: FP9 should remain a research and innovation programme and support the entire... Continue reading→
Slovak government supports the development of Smart Cities
Despite the absence of financial systemic support of Smart Cities in Slovakia, the market for Smart City services is constantly growing. Indeed, applying Smart City principles would greatly enhance people’s quality of life, improve the business environment by selling innovative products to cities and regions, and yield significant savings to public finances. This is the... Continue reading→
“Žijemvedu.sk” – a new community platform of Slovak scientists
Are you a Slovak researcher and/or do you care about science in your country? Then, you may be interested in joining the apolitical platform Zijemvedu.sk. Established by five Slovak young scientists working abroad to boost research and science in their home country, “Žijemvedu.sk” is a response to dissatisfaction over a huge corruption affair with EU... Continue reading→
ERAdiate Lecture Series launched
On March 14, the ERAdiate Team launched its Lecture Series, a very important mechanism of interaction and dissemination. They serve the purpose of bringing to UNIZA new trends and knowledge from around the world, but also, and perhaps more importantly, to connect UNIZA researchers together on interdisciplinary topics. The theme of the first Lecture Series was... Continue reading→
ERAdiate staffing updates and open vacancy
The ERAdiate team has welcomed three new staff members since February 2018: Yannick Cornet, Paulína Böhmerová and Shahab Khormali. Dr. Cornet, whose research expertise and interests fall under the umbrella of “sustainable transport appraisal and transition”, joined the ERAdiate team in February as a Senior Researcher in Intelligent Transport Systems. In the context of the... Continue reading→
Future Scenarios and Impacts of Autonomous and Connected Transport in Europe
The COST Action WISE-ACT on “Wider Impacts and Scenario Evaluation of Autonomous and Connected Transport” had its 2nd Management Committee and Working Group meeting in Bratislava last 14-15 March. The local organiser of the event was ERAdiate team member Giuseppe Lugano, in collaboration with the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (CVTI). A total of about 70... Continue reading→