Its members contribute independent insights, ensuring alignment with EU priorities and enhancing the project’s impact.
em. Professor at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), member of the Swiss Science Council and of the Board of the Institute for System Management and Public Governance at the University of St Gall
Team Leader on “Transforming Territories” at the Joint Research Center (JRC)
Co-Chair of the EUSDR PA7 “Knowledge Society”
Ľubica Pitlová studied international relations at the University of Economy in Bratislava, Slovakia.
After several years of experience in the private sector, she worked at the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic in the field of science policy since. She held the position of Director of the Department of European and International Science Policy. She was a member of several working groups in the Council of the European Union, such as the Research Working Group and the European Research Area and Innovation Committee (ERAC). She participated in the implementation of several European projects (Erasmus+, Horizon 2020) focused on European cooperation in the field of research and education.
Since 2012, she has been involved in the coordination of activities under Priority Area 7 of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. The Minister of Education of the Slovak Republic appointed her as the coordinator of this priority area for the Slovak Republic in 2017. Together with her Serbian colleague Viktor Nedovič, Ľubica Pitlová coordinates the cooperation of 14 Danube countries in the field of research, innovation and higher education. The main goal of the cooperation is to support the building of a knowledge society in the region and to further integrate the Danube region into the European Research Area.
Deputy Chair of the Department of Climate Resilience at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK e.V.)
