Lecturer profile

Prof. M.A. Dagmar Cagáňová, PhD.

Vice-Rector for Internationalisation

Prof. M.A. Dagmar Cagáňová, PhD. acts as Vice-Rector for Internationalisation at Newton University as well as General Summit Smart City 360° Chairwoman, the co-founder of the European Alliance for Innovation in Slovakia, and at the same time full prof. in Economics and Management of Enterprise. Prof. Cagáňová is an International Advisory Council member of Danubius University, former management committee member of E‑COST (European Collaboration in Science and Technology), the executive committee member in Danubius Academic Consortium (Academic Network for Integral Innovation), as well as a member of iATDi (International Association for Technological Development and Innovations), vice-chairwoman of Cultural and Educational Grant Agency (Committee 3), former Member of Accreditation Committee of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic.


Prof. Cagáňová prior positions at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava were the Scientific Researcher, 1. Vice-director for Strategic Development and Foreign Affairs, Vice-director for Foreign Affairs and International Projects and Ambassador for International Relationships at the Institute of Industrial Engineering and Management, Vice-dean for International Projects at the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Visiting professor at the Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Zielona Gora, Poland.

 

Prof. Cagáňová’s professional interests, research topics, and international collaborations are mainly focused on Intercultural and Innovation Management, Managerial Skills, Communication in Management and Marketing, International Marketing, International Relationships and Diversity, Mobility and Smart Cities, and Gender Diversity. She has been the member of numerous journal editorial boards, co-editor of current content Special issues journals (MONET, WINET), an organiser, and a steering committee member of numerous domestic and international summits and conferences, has participated in more than 55 domestic and international projects as the project head and team member.

 

Prof. Cagáňová’s scientific and professional recognitions includes awards as the best habilitation thesis with title “Selected Aspects of Multiculturality Issues in Industrial Enterprises in the Slovak Republic” at the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (for the year 2011), award in the category The best scientific researcher at Institute of Industrial Engineering and Management, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (year 2013), Letter of Appreciation from Technical University in Vienna for active involvement within FIBAA accreditation as a part of the project “Professional MBA in Automotive Industry”, Letter of Appreciation from French ambassador, H.E. Ch. Leonzi for active involvement and outstanding contribution within Smart City, Letter of Appreciation from Taiwanese ambassador, H.E. L. Tseng for active involvement and excellent organization of top representatives meeting among Taiwanese, Ukrainian, and Slovak Universities as a part of the Smart City Agenda.

To date, prof. Cagáňová has published more than 400 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 800 citations, 359 of them in quotation databases WOS and SCOPUS, h‑index in WOS is 12 and SCOPUS h‑index 14.