The research project AFRaiD “Artificial Intelligence and Future of Economic Growth and Development”, led by Prof. Dr. Sc. Sanja Blažević Burić from Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Faculty of Economics and Tourism “Dr. Mijo Mirković”, has been officially approved for funding under the call for institutional research projects.
The University of Primorska, as a member of T4EU (Transform4Europe), is actively participating in the Faculty Exchange Program in Corporate Innovation and Sustainability, supported by T4EU Seed Funding. The project connects the University of Primorska, the University of Trieste, and the University of Alicante, with the goal of strengthening collaboration between faculties and promoting research and teaching development in the fields of sustainability and innovation.
The UP published an updated open call under Erasmus+ KA131 for student mobility at blended intensive programs.
Dr. Barbara Švagan attended the 8th Conference of the International Network on Digital Labor (INDL-8), held at the University of Bologna from September 10 to 12, 2025. At the conference, she presented a poster titled The Role of Income Dependence on the Health and Safety of Food Delivery Couriers, prepared in collaboration with Dr. Suzana Laporšek.
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Between 23rd and 28th October 2025, Prof. Dr. Tomas Baležentis—a distinguished professor and researcher in agricultural economics, energy economics, and quantitative methods—was conducting a research visit at the Faculty of Management, University of Primorska (UP FM). This visit is a key activity within the framework of the UP and Vilnius Tech Joint Research Collaborative Seed Grant Program 2024.
The visit is part of the collaborative project titled “Risk-adjusted frontier analysis of the primary sector”,...
T4EU members, the University of Primorska and Alicante University are connected also through the seed funding project Faculty exchange program in corporate innovation and sustainability. The first exchange took place in Alicante, 16. and 17. 10. 2025. Prof. Dr. Anita Trnavčević gave a lecture entitled Sustainability fatigue to a group of MBA students and met with her colleagues, assistant prof. dr. Eduardo Sanchez Garcia and assistant prof. dr. Javier Martinez Falco, and discussed the possibilities of...
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UP and UP FM Hosts the 18th International Technology Transfer Conference (ITTC 2025)
As part of the Month of Science 2025, the UP and the UP FM hosted the 18th International Technology Transfer Conference (ITTC 2025) on Wednesday, 8 October 2025, organized by the Jožef Stefan Institute.
On Monday, October 13, the University of Primorska, Faculty of Management, hosted Dr. Hiroshi Fujii, Professor Emeritus from Gifu University in Japan. He graduated in mechanical engineering and later dedicated his career to teaching production technologies and materials science. In Japan, he leads the NPO Institute for Forest Research, while in Europe he collaborates on the development of medical robotics projects. In addition to his scientific work, he is also well known for his long-standing role as a...
The Managing Global Transitions journal of the University of Primorska, Faculty of Management, has been included in the international bibliographic database Scopus.
