UCM
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
 doc. PhDr. Andrea Čajková, PhD.
Email:
 andrea.cajkova@ucm.sk
Homepage:
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Fakulta/Univerzita:
FSV UCM - Faculty of Social Sciences
Pracovisko:
UPVVS - Institute of Political Sciences and Public Administration

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Čajková
I.2 - Name
Andrea
I.3 - Degrees
assoc. prof., PhDr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1978
I.5 - Name of the workplace
UCM in Trnava, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Political Science and Public Administration
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Bučianska 4/A, 917 01 Trnava
I.7 - Position
Associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
andrea.cajkova@ucm.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/22212
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Political Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-5951-1281

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Management
II.b - Year
2002
II.c - Study field and programme
Financial Management
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Management
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
Management
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Management
II.b - Year
2012
II.c - Study field and programme
Management
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
UCM in Trnava, Faculty of Social Sciences
II.b - Year
2019
II.c - Study field and programme
Public Policy and Public Administration
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
University Lecturer – Associate Professor UCM in Trnava, Faculty of Social Sciences 2019 – present
University Lecturer – Assistant Professor UCM in Trnava, Faculty of Social Sciences 1.2.2018 - 30.4.2019
University Lecturer – Assistant Professor Vysoká škola Danubius s.r.o. 2009 – 2018
University Lecturer – Assistant Vysoká škola Visegrádu, s.r.o. 2005 - 2009

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Training trainers for distance learning ETUCO, Sofia, Bulgaria 2005
Training Eurotrainers ETUI - REHS, Sinaia, Romania 2006
Training Eurotrainers II. ETUI - REHS, Radovljica, Slovenia 2007
Kulturakademie AKNO Austria 2008
University Lecturer in the Educational Process Faculty of Arts, UCM 2019
ATLAS.ti Training Atlasti.com 2021
Training of Trainers on Evidence for Policy European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre Brusel, Belgicko 2022
Microcredentials: are they here to stay? European University Cyprus 2023

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Regional Development Management and Marketing in Public Administration I. Political Science
Participatory form of public policies Management and Marketing in Public Administration II. Political Science
Project management Management and Marketing in Public Administration II Political Science
Research Project Public Policy and Public Administration III. Political Science
Methodology of Scientific Work Public Policy and Public Administration III. Political Science
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Public Policy and Public Administration III. Political Science
Management and Marketing in Public Administration I. Political Science
Management and Marketing in Public Administration II. Political Science
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
6
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
44
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
65
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
4
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
EU funds and project management European studies and policies II. Political Science
Conflict theory and managerial skills Management and Marketing in Public Administration I. Political Science

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
77
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
65
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
30
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
22
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
401
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
334
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
199
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
144
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
8
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
8
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

ADC/V3 Čajková, A. Jankelová, N., Masár, D. 2023. Knowledge management as a tool for increasing the efficiency of municipality management in Slovakia. In: Knowledge Management Research & Practice. Oxon (Veľká Británia) : Taylor & Francis Group. ISSN 1477-8238. – ISSN (online) 1477-8246. – Vol. 21, No. 2 (2023), s. 292-302. DOI 10.1080/14778238.2021.1895686. – SSCI ; WOS CC ; SCO ; CCC

ADM Jankurová, A. Ljudvigová, I., Gubová, K. 2017. Research of the Nature of Leadership Activities, Economics and Sociology, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 135-151. DOI: 10.14254/2071-789X.2017/10-1/10

ADM Čajková, A., Butoracová Šindleryová, I. 2022. Usability of Municipal Performance-based Budgets within Strategic Planning in Slovakia: Perception of Elected Local Representatives. In: The NISPAcee journal of public administration and policy. Varšava (Poland) : De Gruyter Poland. – ISSN (online) 1338-4309. – Vol. 15, No. 1 (2022), s. 17-37. DOI 10.2478/nispa-2022-0002. ESCI ; WOS CC ; SCO

ADM/V3 Butoracová Šindleryová, Ivana; Čajková, Andrea. 2023. Implementation of smart city solutions from the perspective of the population in Slovakia. In: Administratie si Management Public [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Bucharest (Rumunsko) : The Bucharest University of Economic Studies. – ISSN 1583-9583. – ISSN (online) 2559-6489. – č. 40 (2023), s. 113-130 [tlačená forma] [online]. – CiteScore: 6 ; SJR: 0,363 ; SNIP: 0,616 DOI 10.24818/amp/2023.40-07. – SCO.

ADM Žofčinová, V., Čajková, A., Král, R. 2022. Local Leader and the Labour Law Position in the Context of the Smart City Concept through the Optics of the EU In: TalTech Journal of European Studies, vol.12, no.1, 2022, pp.3-26. https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2022-0001.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

ADC/V3 Čajková, A. Jankelová, N., Masár, D. 2023. Knowledge management as a tool for increasing the efficiency of municipality management in Slovakia. In: Knowledge Management Research & Practice. Oxon (Veľká Británia) : Taylor & Francis Group. ISSN 1477-8238. – ISSN (online) 1477-8246. – Vol. 21, No. 2 (2023), s. 292-302. DOI 10.1080/14778238.2021.1895686. – SSCI ; WOS CC ; SCO ; CCC

ADM/V3 Butoracová Šindleryová, I., Čajková, A. 2023. Implementation of smart city solutions from the perspective of the population in Slovakia In: Administratie si Management Public. Bucharest (Rumunsko) : The Bucharest University of Economic Studies. ISSN 1583-9583. ISSN (online) 2559-6489. – No. 40 (2023), s. 113-130. [online] DOI 10.24818/amp/2023.40-07.

ADM Čajková, A., Butoracová Šindleryová, I. 2022. Usability of Municipal Performance-based Budgets within Strategic Planning in Slovakia: Perception of Elected Local Representatives. In: The NISPAcee journal of public administration and policy. Varšava (Poland) : De Gruyter Poland. – ISSN (online) 1338-4309. – Vol. 15, No. 1 (2022), s. 17-37. DOI 10.2478/nispa-2022-0002. ESCI ; WOS CC ; SCO

ADM/V3 Čajková, A., Ruc, T. 2024. A baby boom in Bratislava: educational policy and citizens’ quality of life in a smart city. In: Viešoji politika ir administravimas. Vilnius (Litva) : Mykolo Romerio universitetas. – ISSN 1648-2603. – ISSN (online) 2029-2872. – Roč. 23, č. 2 (2024), s. 135-145. – DOI 10.13165/VPA-24-23-2-02. – SCO

ADM Žofčinová, V., Čajková, A., Král, R. 2022. Local Leader and the Labour Law Position in the Context of the Smart City Concept through the Optics of the EU In: TalTech Journal of European Studies, Vol.12, No.1, 2022, pp.3-26. https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2022-0001

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

Implementation of smart city solutions from the perspective of the population in Slovakia / Butoracová Šindleryová, Ivana [Autor, UCMFSVKPOV, 50%] ; Čajková, Andrea [Autor, UCMFSVKPOV, 50%]. – [angličtina]. – [OV 060]. – [ŠO 6718]. – [článok]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.24818/amp/2023.40-07. – SCO. In: Administratie si Management Public [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Bucharest (Rumunsko) : The Bucharest University of Economic Studies. – ISSN 1583-9583. – ISSN (online) 2559-6489. – č. 40 (2023), s. 113-130 [tlačená forma] [online]. – CiteScore: 6 ; SJR: 0,363 ; SNIP: 0,616 / Horwitch, Mel (2024). Macro-innovation 2.0: Twenty-First Century Smart Cities as a Case in Point / [Autor, 100%]. – DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-61117-9_6. – SCOIn: Data, Security, and Trust in Smart Cities [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] / McClellan, Stan [Zostavovateľ, editor]. – 1. vyd. – Cham (Švajčiarsko) : Springer Nature, 2024. – (Signals and Communication Technology, ISSN 1860-4862, ISSN 1860-4870). – ISBN 978-3-031-61116-2. – ISBN 978-3-031-61119-3. – ISBN (elektronické) 978-3-031-61117-9, s. 113-126 [tlačená forma] [online] SCOPUS:2-s2.0-85200464659)

Local leader and the labour law position in the context of smart city concept through the optics of the EU / Žofčinová, Vladimíra [Autor, UPS19002, 33.334%] ; Čajková, Andrea [Autor, UCMFSVKVES, 33.333%] ; Král, Rastislav [Autor, UPS19002, 33.333%]. – text. – [angličtina]. – [OV 070, 060]. – [ŠO 6835, 6718]. – [článok]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.2478/bjes-2022-0001. – sign UPJS VSEP 03098. – SCO ; WOS CC ; ESCI. In: TalTech journal of European studies [elektronický dokument] . – Varšava (Poľsko) : De Gruyter Poland. – ISSN 2674-4600. – ISSN (online) 2674-4619. – Roč. 12, č. 1 (2022), s. 3-26 [online]. – AIS: 0.099 ; CiteScore: 1,8 ; IF: 0.8 ; SJR: 0,29 ; SNIP: 0,434 / / Krysovatyy, Andriy, Maksymova, Iryna, Kurilyak, Vitalina, Radin, Michael, Kurilyak, Maksym. (2024). INTERNATIONAL CONVERGENCE TOWARDS A CLIMATE-NEUTRAL ECONOMY: MODELING THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR In: Agricultural and Resource Economics [elektronický dokument] : International Scientific E-Journal. – Kharkiv (Ukrajina) : Institute of Eastern European Research and Consulting. – ISSN (online) 2414-584X. – Roč. 10, č. 2 (2024), s. 52-79 [online] (SCOPUS:2-s2.0-85201560031; Web of Science Core Collection:WOS:001362123900002) 1359368: – DOI 10.51599/are.2024.10.02.03. – WOS CC ; SCO.

Research of the Nature of Leadership Activities, Economics and Sociology, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 135-151. DOI: 10.14254/2071-789X.2017/10-1/10 [Jankurová (Čajková), A. Ljudvigová, I., Gubová, K. (2017)] / Ryder, M., Jacob, E., & Hendricks, J. (2019). An inductive qualitative approach to explore Nurse Practitioners views on leadership and research: An international perspective. Journal of clinical nursing, 28(13-14), 2644-2658. DOI: 10.1111/jocn.14853

Knowledge management as a tool for increasing the efficiency of municipality management in Slovakia / Čajková, Andrea [Autor, UCMFSVKPOV, 35%] ; Jankelová, Nadežda [Autor, EUBFPMKPM, 35%] ; Masár, Dušan [Autor, VŠDFVPVSKVPaVE, 30%]. – text. – [angličtina]. – [OV 080]. – [ŠO 6213]. – [článok]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1080/14778238.2021.1895686. – SSCI ; WOS CC ; SCO ; CCC In: Knowledge Management Research & Practice [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Oxon (Veľká Británia) : Taylor & Francis Group. – ISSN 1477-8238. – ISSN (online) 1477-8246. – Roč. 21, č. 2 (2023), s. 292-302 [tlačená forma] [online] / Vittorio Dell’Atti, Giuseppe Russo, Grazia Dicuonzo & Matteo Palmaccio (2023) Digital academic entrepreneurship: knowledge and public value from an Italian case study, Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 21:5, 943-956, DOI: 10.1080/14778238.2023.2174909.

Implementation of smart city solutions from the perspective of the population in Slovakia / Butoracová Šindleryová, Ivana [Autor, UCMFSVKPOV, 50%] ; Čajková, Andrea [Autor, UCMFSVKPOV, 50%]. – [angličtina]. – [OV 060]. – [ŠO 6718]. – [článok]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.24818/amp/2023.40-07. – SCO. In: Administratie si Management Public [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Bucharest (Rumunsko) : The Bucharest University of Economic Studies. – ISSN 1583-9583. – ISSN (online) 2559-6489. – č. 40 (2023), s. 113-130 [tlačená forma] [online]. – CiteScore: 6 ; SJR: 0,363 ; SNIP: 0,616

Curo, Wilder Quispe; Asenjo Muro, Evelin Dianela; Cernaqué Miranda, Ofelia Carol; Guivin Guadalupe, Alex Lenin. (2025). Internal control and financial auditing in the quality of budget execution at a local government in Peru [Controle interno e auditoria financeira na qualidade da execução orçamentária em um governo local no Peru] [El control interno y la auditoría financiera en la calidad de la ejecución presupuestaria en un gobierno local de Perú] In: Sapienza, 6 (2), art. no. e25030, DOI: 10.51798/sijis.v6i2.831. Sapienza Grupo Editorial

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

Horizon Europe project LOESS: ‘Literacy boost through an Operational Educational Ecosystem of Societal actors on Soil health’ - the EU Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’ - Project Leader for the UCM. 2023 – 2025

APVV-19-0108 Innovations in the Budgets of Local Governments in Slovakia - Duration: July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2023 - Project Deputy Leader for the Faculty of Social Sciences, UCM

Jean Monnet Module „Leader - Local Leader in the Context of the Concept of 'Smart Cities' Through the Optics of the European Union“ ERASMUS-JMO-2022-HEI-TCH-RSCH Type of Action: ERASMUS-LS.

Horizon Europe - CapaCities 2.0 2025-2027

Danube Transnational Programme - SpongeCity 2024 – 2026

Digi-Village - Interreg V-A SK-AT - Project Leader for the UCM. 2021 – 2023

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Membership in Scientific Societies ASPA, RSAI 2019 - ongoing
Membership in Scientific Councils of Scientific Journals and Proceedings Vestnik of the Mari State University. Chapter ‘Agriculture. Economics’ ISSN 2411-9687 EU Law Journal, Bratislava ISSN 2453-7098 SPPPPA, Faculty of Social Sciences, UCM Trnava 2017 - ongoing
Membership in Commissions for Granting Academic Degrees Scientific Council of the Faculty of Social Sciences, UCM in Trnava, Field Commission for PhD Studies in Public Policy and Public Administration; Commission for Doctoral Examinations at the University of Economics in Prague; Commission for Doctoral Examinations at the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, UMB in Banská Bystrica; Commission for Doctoral Examinations at the Faculty of Management, Comenius University in Bratislava; Commission for Doctoral Examinations at the Slovak Medical University in Bratislava 2018 - ongoing

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
University of Bologna Department of Political and Social Sciences Bologna/Forlí, Italy 02.-06.05.2022 Erasmus+
Barleti University, Department of Governance, Political Science and Communication Rruga Frang Bardhi | Selitë, Tiranë, Albania 16.-21.05.2022 Erasmus+
Universidad Complutense Madrid Madrid, Spain 04.-08.10.2021 Erasmus+
Sveučilište u Dubrovniku i Hrvatska 20000 Dubrovnik – Croatia 24.-29.03.2019 / 20. - 24.09.2021 Erasmus+
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Security Studies, Serbia Gospodara Vučića 50, Beograd, Serbia 26.3 - 20.4.2018 CEEPUS
Поволжский Государственный Технологический Университет, RF г. Йошкар-Ола, Республика Марий Эл, RF 19.-29.05.2018 Erasmus+
University of Malaga Av. de Cervantes, 2, 29016 Málaga, Spain 13.-17.05.2023 Erasmus+
The Royal University of Bhutan Thimphu, Bhutan 27.3.-3.4.2025 Erasmus+
National University Water and Environmental Engineering Soborna 11, Rivne 330208 30.06.-05.07.2025 Erasmus+

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Evaluator of projects for Interreg SK-AT, evaluator of KA2 Erasmus+ projects, evaluator of participatory projects for TTSK Trnava.


Reviewer for: 

- Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja (WOS)  

- MDPI (WOS, Scopus)  

- Political Science (WOS)  

- SJPS (Scopus)  


Member of the working group for the transfer of knowledge from NP PARTI to higher education institutions – under the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for the Development of Civil Society of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic.


External collaboration as an expert for the Section of Structural Funds of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research, and Sports of the Slovak Republic (January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020).


MPSVaR - National Project XIV "Targeted Professional Education of Employees of Labor, Social Affairs, and Family Offices in the Areas of Social Affairs and Family." The training content included the interpretation of Act No. 71/1967 Coll. on Administrative Procedure as amended. Coordination of educational activities of the partner within the framework of National Project XIV (2008).


MPSVaR - National Project XII in collaboration with ÚPSVaR "Development and Strengthening of Human Resources and Systematic Deepening of Employee Qualifications" - coordination of project activities of the partner within the framework of National Project NP XII (2009).


MPSVaR – Analyst - Expert for the National Project "Active Aging Strategy" ITMS: 27120230107, 27130230009 (July 2012 - June 2013).


MPSVaR – Analyst – Expert for NP PKSD for the analytical study "Application of the Minimum Wage Institute in the Conditions of the Slovak Republic" (2022).


MHSR – Analyst – Expert (2022). 

Date of last update
2025-10-03