Research/art/teacher profile of a person

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Koreňová

I.2 - Name

Darina

I.3 - Degrees

PhDr., PhD., univerzitná docentka

I.4 - Year of birth

1987

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Public Administration, Department of Economics and Management of Public Administration

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Popradsá 66, Košice 041 32, Slovak Republic

I.7 - Position

university associate professor

I.8 - E-mail address

darina.korenova@upjs.sk

I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/24635

I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university

political science

I.11 - ORCID iD

0000-0002-8940-6140

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Public Administration

II.b - Year

2010

II.c - Study field and programme

Public Policy and Public Administration

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Public Administration

II.b - Year

2012

II.c - Study field and programme

Public Policy and Public Administration

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Public Administration

II.b - Year

2015

II.c - Study field and programme

Public Policy and Public Administration

II.4 - Associate professor

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 associate professor	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Public Administration	1.9.2024 - present
university teacher	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Public Administration	01.09.2015 - 31.08.2024

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
European communication certificate - Eco-C	IPKeurope	2015
Use, Administration, and Development in the SAP System	SAP academy	2015
ECDL Certificate	Slovenská informačná spoločnosť	2015
Google AI Essentials	Google	2024
Google AI Prompting Essentials Specialization	Google	2025

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
KEaRVS/MANVS-d/22 (+KEaRVS/AJ-MANVS-d/22) - Management in Public Administration	European Public Administration	Bachelor (first degree)	26. Political Science
KEaRVS/PM-IS-d/25 Project Management	Information Systems in Public Administration	I.	Political Sciences

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.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)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

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
Public Finance II.	Public Administration	I.	Political Sciences
Process Management in Public Administration	Public Administration; European Public Administration	II.	Political Sciences
Regional Economics and Development I.	Public Administration	II.	Political Sciences

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

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

ADM: Mihaliková, E., Koreňová, D. 2021. Global model of information publishing administration by municipality in the area of property and economic performance in the Slovak Republic. In: Quality - Access to Success : journal of management systems = Calitatea - acces la succes : revista de sisteme de management. Vol. 22, No. 184, pp. 148-153. ISSN 1582-2559.

ADM: Koreňová, D., Čepelová, A. 2019. Optimizing the education process of a company employees by BPMN (Business process modeling & notation). In: Quality - Access to Success : journal of management systems=Calitatea - acces la succes : revista de sisteme de management. Vol. 20, No. 171, p. 21-26. ISSN 1582-2559.

ADM: Daňková, A., Čepelová, A., Koreňová, D. 2017. Process efficiency of local self-government in Slovak Republic. In: Journal of International Studies. Vol. 10, No. 2, p. 309-317. ISSN 2071-8330.

V3: Pčolinská, L., Koreňová, D. 2024. Simplification and optimisation of the procedure of applying for the Registered Social Enterprise Status by Process Modelling. In: Deturope : the Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism. Vol. 16, No. 2, p. 101-127. ISSN 1821-2506.

AAB: Čepelová, A., Koreňová D. 2015. Procesné riadenie v podmienkach územnej samosprávy SR. Košice : Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach, 1. vyd. 198 s. ISBN 9788081523205.

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

V3: Douša, M., Koreňová, D., & Džunová, J. 2025. Brownfields in the Slovak Republic – the current status and a process model of their revitalization. In: Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Administratio Locorum, 24(2), 187–199. https://doi.org/10.31648/aspal.10312

V3: Džuňová, J., Douša, M., Koreňová, D. 2024. The Role of Local Government in the Process of the Brownfield Regeneration - Case Study of Košice, Slovakia. In: Review of European and Comparative Law. Vol. 58, No. 3, p. 241-259. ISSN 2545-384X.

P1: Koreňová, D. 2022. Vybrané kapitoly z verejných financií II. Košice : Vydavateľstvo ŠafárikPress UPJŠ, 1. vyd. 122 s. ISBN 9788057401049.

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

Citations:: ( 12 )

[1] (2018) POPESCU, R. I. et al. Selling cultural organizations – A case study on client’s perception of the cultural activity of the calea victoriei foundation. In Administratie si Management Public, 2018, vol. 31, pp. 81-96.

Citations:: ( 12 )

[1] (2019) MIRCICA, N. Cyber-physical systems for cognitive industrial internet of things: Sensory big data, smart mobile devices, and automated manufacturing processes. In Analysis and Metaphysics, 2019, vol. 18, pp. 37-43.

ADM: Čepelová, A., Koreňová, D. 2017. Presumptions of the process management application in terms of self-government in the Slovak Republic. In: Administratie si Management Public. Vol. 2017, No. 28, p. 133-152. ISSN 1583-9583.

Citations: ( 4 )

[1] (2018) ANDRONICEANU, A. et al. Economic Growth and Quality of Lefe in Romania. In Innovation management and education excellence through vision 2020, volsI-XI, s. 1862-1870.

Citations: ( 4 )

[1] (2018) TOME, E. Critical knowledge management: An insight into the literature. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM, 2018, no. 2, pp. 864-872.

Citations: ( 4 )

[1] (2018) BURWELL, C., LĂZĂROIU, G., ROTCHILD, N., SHACKELFORD, V. Social networking site use and depressive symptoms: Does Facebook activity lead to adverse psychological health? In Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations, 2018, vol. 17, s. 141-158.

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

VEGA 1/0265/25 - The modernization of the financial system of local self-government in Slovakia

VEGA 1/0055/22 - The importance of smart technologies in the process of mitigating the economic and socio-psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of life of citizens

VEGA 1/0595/21 - Public Administration Interventions at the Time of COVID-19 and Their Impact on the Quality of Life of Citizens of Selected Communities

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
Member of the Academic Senate of Fakulty of Public Administration	Fakulty of Public Administration	2017 - present
Member of the Academic Senate of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	2019 - 2023
Member of the Commission for Gender Equality	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	2021 - 2026
Member of the Society for Regional Science and Policy	Society for Regional Science and Policy, Slovak Sections of the European Regional Science Association	2022 - present
Member of the Slovak Association of Business Process Management	Slovak Association of Business Process Management	2022 - present
Executive editor of the scientific journal Public Administration and Society, ISSN: 2453-9236	Faculty of Public Administration	2022 - present
member - Scientific Board of Faculty of Public Administration of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Faculty of Public Administration of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	2024 - present
member - Board for Internal Quality Evaluation at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	05/2025 - present

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 Computer Sciences and Economics in Olsztyn, Faculty of Informatics and Economics	Olsztyn, Poland	03. 02. 2017 – 05. 02. 2017	Erasmus +, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
Institute for Public Policy, Prague	Prague 1, Czech Republic	05. 12. 2016 – 09. 12. 2016	Erasmus +, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Economics	Studentská 13, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic	02. 02. 2015 – 02. 03. 2015	SAIA, n.o.
Silesian University in Opava, Faculty of Public Policies	Bezručovo náměstí 885/14, 746 01 Opava, Czech Republic	30. 11. 2015 – 02. 12. 2015	Erasmus +, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

2015 – 2017: member of a civic association - ESR- Education Science Research

2015 – 2017: study advisor for the 1st year of bachelor's study - Faculty of Public Administration

2017 – 2022: study advisor for students studying a bachelor's degree in the study programs Public Administration and European Public Administration - third year of study

Projects:

VEGA 1/0098/13 - Process Management in the Transformation of Public Administration Organization from Traditional to Knowledge Organization.
VVGS - Justice in public administration organizations (2017 - 2018)

Date of last update

2026-06-09