ERAdiate participated in the European Researchers´ Night 2018
For the first time, the ERAdiate team used the opportunity to participate in the 13th Slovak edition of the European Researchers’ Night event. The event, so called “Festival of Science – European Researchers’ Night”, is a yearly organized event throughout Europe. The main goal of the Researchers´ Night is to present interesting outputs of researchers...Continue reading→
WISE-ACT Training School 2019
On 26-28 March 2019, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is hosting the WISE-ACT Training School 2019. The topic is “Modelling and Policy Analysis Tools to Explore the Future of Autonomous and Connected Transport”. Grants are available for Early Career Investigators (max 8 years from PhD granting) to assist with the expenses of attending this...Continue reading→
MoTiV contributes to OECD ITF policy discussions on the evolving value of travel time
The ERAdiate team was recently invited by the International Transport Forum (ITF) of the OECD to present the objectives, approach and expected results of the MoTiV project, an innovative approach to Value of Travel Time (VTT) that has raised international interest. The OECD ITF is an intergovernmental organisation with 59 member countries. It acts as...Continue reading→
Towards a European Transport Research Cloud: EC publishes Expert Group final report
The European Commission has recently published the final report on the Transport Research Cloud (TRC). The ERAdiate ERA Chair Holder, Prof. Kováčiková, contributed as a member of the Expert Group appointed to produce this final report, an important policy development in the European transport context. The TRC is related to the ongoing Open Science efforts,...Continue reading→
A look at Europe’s initiatives on Connected and Autonomous Driving
Connected and Autonomous Driving (CAD) is nowadays a thoroughly discussed topic both in consumer media as well as in the scientific and academic community. To raise awareness and promote cross-faculty collaboration at the University of Žilina on this emerging area, the ERAdiate team organised a dedicated Lecture Series on CAD in October 2018. On this occasion, two...Continue reading→
Putting people first in the Smart Cities transition
The concepts of ‘Smart City’ and ‘Smart Mobility’ promise opportunities to build more efficient, better connected and more creative cities enabled by technological innovations. Yet important questions remain to be answered: what is meant exactly by ‘smart’? Is smart the same as sustainable? And is smart for everyone? To answer these, the ERAdiate team organised...Continue reading→
A Scientific Café to strengthen the scientific community at the University of Žilina
Interdisciplinary collaborations and knowledge sharing are important factors to succeed in research and innovation. To promote these practices and strengthen the scientific community at the University of Žilina (UNIZA), the ERAdiate team launched in September 2018 the series of informal Scientific Cafés. The idea of Scientific Café was conceived in France in the Nineties by...Continue reading→
UNIZA Training School 2018: developing young researchers’ soft skills for a brighter future
The traditional focus of Slovak education and research has been on knowledge acquisition. However, to succeed in contemporary science, it is also necessary to acquire and continuously develop a wide range of soft skills. The training schools organised by the ERAdiate team at the University of Žilina (UNIZA) aim at addressing this gap. After the...Continue reading→
ROUTE to the FUTURE – TRANSPORT 2018 Žilina
On September 26, the international conference TRANSPORT 2018 took place in Žilina, Slovakia. This event was organised by the PETIT PRESS and M KREO agency on the theme “ROUTE to the FUTURE”, with the emphasis on addressing the challenges ahead for Slovakia in all areas of transport. This conference was held in the form of...Continue reading→
Women’s challenges in transport
The quest for a more inclusive transport system calls for addressing women’s challenges in transport. These challenges cross several dimensions including accessibility, safety and security, information provision and infrastructure and transport services. The review of women’s challenges in transport started from the consideration that insufficient accessibility may result in an inability to reach different travel...Continue reading→