Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia - Research Performing Organisation
The organisation
The Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU BA) is a modern educational and scientific institution. STU BA is engaged in the research on the field of materials science and technology, technology transfer, networking and open innovation through smart specialisation as well as transnational cluster cooperation for innovation development in technological areas.
Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology is concerned with technical education, business education, technology development and innovation, support of commercial utilisation of results from research and development, support of starting companies. The university is engaged in creating a functional and efficient communication channels between researching process and industrial praxis (enabling the transfer of information), skills and competences needed for coexistence of various generations in industrial enterprises. The research is directed towards social innovation process and assessment of this process, skilled entrepreneurship including technological and non-technological innovation aspects.
Gender issue is a requisite nature of the effective functioning principle in any work environment. Slovak university of technology in Bratislava (STU) is a research-oriented university. STU sees great potential in expanding communication pathways supporting the transfer of knowledge acquired at the university for practice. The aim of participating in the project was to create and enact an environment at the university that supports gender synergy in order to create a balanced research environment. The consequence is not only to gain a balanced approach in the field of employment but also to disseminate this principle at the same time as the research outputs towards the public and practice.
The GEP library of STU BA
The Research & Innovation hub of STU BA
What is the R&I Hub?
STU BA has identified external key players of the regional and national innovation ecosystem, including academia and universities, industry players, ministries/government bodies and public sector and civil society organisations to engage them in the GEP process.
Engaging interested and key external stakeholders in the GEP processes can bring gender balance and gender sensitiveness in transfer to market of scientific research results, it motivates young girls to embrace STEM studies, and it promotes gender sensitive co-design of research and tech products.
STU BA works with the external players of the Hub, to implement the collaborative GEP actions. These actions facilitate institutional change internally, but also initiate a conversation among the regional and national stakeholders, to adopt and implement gender policies in their organisations.
The R&I Hub members
The R&I Hub of STU BA consists of 16 organisations. Ten of them belong to the academic community, while six are industry players.
GEP Working Group
The working group was composed of experts working at the level of senior and middle management. WG members have many years of experience in leadership, in the process of legislative changes. They are involved in organization of internal processes and changes and external communication. The aim of the GEP Working Group is to enable the implementation of GEP in the field of gender issues so as to create a synergic environment within the university.
Organisation team
Actions
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The STU BA WIN event
The project acknowledges that gender stereotypes also exist in the business sector and that more women in STEM are neede...
August 17, 2022 -
STU BA at the conference “TAKE 2022 Theory and Applications in the Knowledge Economy”
Our CALIPER partner STU BA participated in the “TAKE 2022 Theory and Applications in the Knowledge Economy” ...
July 26, 2022 -
STU BA: Prof. Dagmar Cagáňová on the SPEKTRUM 2021/2022 #1–2 / ŽENA VO VEDE: Cez prekážky ku hviezdam / Through barriers towards the stars
Our colleague from STU BA, Prof. Dagmar Cagáňová gave an interview for the magazine of the Slovak Technical Universi...
June 15, 2022 -
STU BA: CALIPER H2020: Discussion on Equal Opportunities and Preparation of Gender Equality Plans
On May 28th, our partner STU BA organised an online workshop for the external stakeholders of the R&I Hub. The parti...
June 15, 2022 -
STU BA in the final CHANGE Stakeholder International Workshop
Our partner STU BA, participated in the Final CHANGE Stakeholder International Workshop, and submitted the paper “...
May 16, 2022 -
STU BA’s GEP is now approved and published!
Our partner the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology of the STU BA, officially approved their Gender Equality...
February 17, 2022 -
Organisation of online project workshop at EAI Mobility IoT 2020
On December 4, 2020, MTF – STU BA organised an online workshop dedicated to CALIPER project within the context of ...
December 10, 2020 -
Project Presentation at InterPartner 2020
On September 09, 2020, CALIPER partners from MTF – STU BA took part in the 2nd Grabchenko’s International Confe...
September 27, 2020 -
National Training in Gender Equality Challenges at MTF STU BA
As part of the implementation of the CALIPER project activities, a national training in Slovakia was held during three o...
September 21, 2020 -
Participation to the DSMIE 2020 Conference
The International Conference on Design, Simulation, Manufacturing (DSMIE 2020) took place virtually from 9 to 12 of Jun...
June 19, 2020