I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Farkas

I.2 - Name

Renáta

I.3 - Degrees

Mgr., PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1997

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Department of Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava Ilkovičova 6, Mlynská dolina, 842 15 Bratislava 4

I.7 - Position

Assistant professor, University teacher

I.8 - E-mail address

renata.farkas@uniba.sk

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

Economic and political geography and demography; Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development; Didactics of Geography

I.11 - ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2349-2461

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava

II.b - Year

2019

II.c - Study field and programme

Geography and Demography in State Government and Self-Government

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava

II.b - Year

2021

II.c - Study field and programme

Human Geography and Demography in State Government and Self-Government

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava

II.b - Year

2025

II.c - Study field and programme

Human Geography and Demography

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
Assistant professor, University teacher	Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava	2025 -

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

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
Settlement Geography	Economic and Political Geography and Demography; Geography, Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics	I.	Earth Sciences
Geography, Public Policy and Territorial Development	Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development	II.	Earth 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.4.2 - Number of defended theses

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
Society, Economy, Territory	Didactics of Geography	I.	Teacher Training and Education Science

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

Farkas, R. (2025). Climate risk assessment in Slovakia: Key findings on urban areas. Urban Climate 62, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102561

Farkas R., Csizovszky, A., Beszedics-Jäger, B.S., Buzási, A. (2024). Heatwave vulnerability and climate policy assessment in Central Europe: A comparative study of Hungarian and Slovak cities. Urban Climate 56, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2024.102073

Farkas, R., Klobučník, M. (2021). Residential suburbanisation in the hinterland of Bratislava–a case study of municipalities in the Austrian border area. Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, 70(4), 311–323. https://doi.org/10.15201/hungeobull.70.4.2

Farkas, R., Zaujec, P., Klobučník, M. (2024). Zachytávanie dažďových vôd na území Slovenskej republiky: špecifický príklad šetrenia verejných financií. Acta Geographica Universitatis Comenianae 68(1), 73–92.

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

Farkas, R. (2025). Climate risk assessment in Slovakia: Key findings on urban areas. Urban Climate 62, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102561

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

Lehnert, M., Kremser, J., Janků, Z., Květoňová, V., Geletič, J. (2025). Assessing green walls’ effects on outdoor human thermal exposure in temperate climate cities. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 1–13. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-26214-7

Badakhshan, B., Sharifi, A., Karami, T., Bavarsad, F. S. (2025). Urban heat in a very hot region: Exploring spatial inequality in exposure to extreme heat hazard in Tehran, Iran. Urban Climate, 61, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102480

Pérez-Ortiz, M. A., Vargas-Franco, V., Rosero-Portilla, D. F. (2025). Development of a climate vulnerability index for community aqueducts in tropical Andean watersheds using fuzzy logic: an application in Colombia. Natural Hazards, 121(18), 21059–21095. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07603-7

Tiwari, A., Rodrigues, L. C., Nalakurthi, S. R., Gharbia, S. (2025). Public perceptions of climate risks, vulnerability, and adaptation strategies: Fuzzy cognitive mapping in Irish and Spanish living labs. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 26, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2025.100678

Masiukiewicz, M., Tańczuk, M., Anweiler, S., Streckienė, G., Boldyryev, S., Chacartegui, R., Olszewski, E. (2025). Performance variability of air-water heat pumps in cold and warm years across European climate zones. Energy, 324, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.136001

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

2022 CU Grant no. 104/2022

Title: Creation of a database, classification and analysis of adaptation strategies of cities in the Slovak Republic to climate change

Project status: Project manager

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

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)
Department of Environmental Economics and Sustainability, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics	BME Department of Environmental Economics and Sustainability Budapest Magyar tudósok körútja 2	02/15/2023 - 06/15/2023	Erasmus+

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update

2026-01-26

Name and surname:	Mgr. Renáta Farkas, PhD.
Document type:	Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:	Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:	Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava