Laboratory of regional and social analyzes

Scientific and Research Activities of the Laboratory

  • Modernization and effective management of public administration competences with an emphasis on territorial self-government, efficiency and quality of performance of public services provided by public administration entities
  • management and business with the property of local governments,
  • examining the economic and social development of regions and municipalities, spatial and institutional aspects of development, with addressing the specific area of ​​rural and undeveloped regions, exploring territorial cohesion, interactions between cities and their rural backgrounds and sustainability,
  • examine inter-municipal cooperation and the resulting effects
  • support for the creation of a new Waste Management Program in the Nitra Region in cooperation with the Nitra District Office,
  • support and awareness-raising activities to support the knowledge of the region’s inhabitants on the structure and competences of public administration and on the policy instrument of the Economic and Social Development Program of the Nitra Self-Governing Region (PHSR),
  • cooperation on development of PHSR NSK action plan and updating of PHSR,
  • analysis of competences and efficiency of joint and independent building offices in Nitra and Košice regions established under the Act. no. 369/1990 Coll. as amended, comparison with registry offices in the Nitra and Košice regions, established under Act no. 154/1994 Coll. as amended
  • examining the economic and social development of regions and municipalities, spatial and institutional aspects of development, also focusing on specific rural areas and undeveloped regions;
  • examining territorial cohesion, interactions between cities and their rural areas and sustainability, researching the location rent of the territory and its impacts on the territorial-development activity of municipalities and regions,
  • examining social policy instruments and their impacts on territorial development
  • investment management of urban development projects,
  • ecosystem services of a landscape area and its effects on the dynamics of functional relations within the urban-rural system,
  • investigation of spatial and income imbalances, its factors and impacts on the development of regional disparities,
  • examining the specificities for rural tourism development,
  • preparation of strategic and development documents for praxis (PHSR of regions and micro-regions of municipalities),
  • creation of own socio-economic databases.