Pursuant to § 54 of Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education Institutions and on Amendments and Supplements to Certain Acts, as amended, and § 7 of the Principles of Organization, Evaluation, and Completion of Doctoral Studies and the Principles for the Establishment of Doctoral Study Field Commissions at the Technical University of Košice, the dissertation defenses will take place on August 25, 2025, in the Congress Hall, Boženy Němcovej Street 1, Košice – Sever, as follows:

• 8:00 a.m. – Dissertation defense of Ing. Mária Fulajtárová, on the topic “Utilization of Eco-Innovations and the Circular Economy in the Environment of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises”, in the study program Economics of Earth Resources, field of study Extraction and Processing of Earth Resources.
• 9:00 a.m. – Dissertation defense of Ing. Silvia Bodzáš Palgutová, on the topic “Comprehensive Support for Geotourism through Effective Interpretation, Presentation, and Promotion to the General Public in Slovakia”, in the study program Economics of Earth Resources, field of study Extraction and Processing of Earth Resources.
• 10:00 a.m. – Dissertation defense of Ing. Štefan Gavura, on the topic “Corporate Social Responsibility in Tourism Enterprises in Slovakia”, in the study program Economics of Earth Resources, field of study Extraction and Processing of Earth Resources.
• 11:00 a.m. – Dissertation defense of Mgr. Lenka Varcholová, on the topic “Research on Tourist Preferences Using Targeted Data Collection and Open Data to Strengthen the Use of Earth Resources in Tourism in Slovakia”, in the study program Utilization and Protection of Earth Resources, field of study Extraction and Processing of Earth Resources.
• 12:00 p.m. – Dissertation defense of Mgr. Ivana Petrovska, on the topic “Analytical Assessment of the Development of Economies in Selected European Union Countries in the Context of Challenges toward a Sustainable and Circular Economic Model”, in the study program Economics of Earth Resources, field of study Extraction and Processing of Earth Resources.
• 1:00 p.m. – Dissertation defense of Ing. Katarína Čerevková, on the topic “Evaluation of the Implementation of Selected Environmental Policy Instruments in Selected EU Countries”, in the study program Economics of Earth Resources, field of study Extraction and Processing of Earth Resources.