Research Centers List

Research/Excellence Centers and their Areas of Focus

 Information Systems Research Center

1. System Development and Public Administration
2. Knowledge Management
3. Health Care Systems and IT
4. Library Information Systems
5. Big data, data mining, forecasting modeling and stimulation
6. Cyber Security
7. Artificial Intelligence and Automation

Mechatronics Research Center

1. Robotics and Biometrics
2. Systems engineering
3. Mechatronics systems in manufacturing
4. Automotive engineering
5. Materials Processing and Manufacturing
6. Design of machines, devices and systems possessing a degree of computer-based intelligence
7. Artificial intelligence, neural networks and fuzzy logic in mechatronics and robotics
8. Applications of machine vision, image processing, pattern recognition and synthesis
9. Robotics
10. Biomedical Engineering

Business Administration Research Center

1. International Financial Reporting Systems
2. Foreign Investments (Mergers and Acquisitions)
3. Project Leadership and change management
4. Leadership and Innovation
5. The effect of Leadership Style on Performance Management of Workers
6. The economics of entrepreneurship:
8. Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management
9. The qualities of ambidextrous leadership that facilitate organizational development
10. The Effect of Performance Assessment on Workers` Productivity
11. The role of Auditing on Organizational Effectiveness
12. Corporate Governance in Banking Industry of Kosovo
13. Good Governance in Public Health Care System
14. System Approach in Public Administration
15. The Impact of Total Quality Management on Productivity
16. The Impact of Information Technologies on Performance Management
17. The Impact of Employee Participation in Decision-making process
18. Business Ethics
19. Debt Management in Financial Institutions
20. Managerial Accounting
21. NGO Sector
22. Creating Business Enabling Environment
23. Intercultural Competence and International Business
24. Positioning Kosovo Enterprises in the Global Market (Globalization and Opportunities)
25. Low Cost Automation based in Intelligence Solution (Interdisciplinary- Mechatronics)
26. Human Resources Development
27. Sustainable Design

Economics and Strategy Research Center

1. Globalization and Inequality
2. Green Economics
3. Budget, Taxes and Public Investment
4. Income Distribution
5. Unemployment
6. Minimum Wage
7. Retirement Funds
8. Affordable Care Act
9. Job Creation
10. Social Inclusion of Vulnerable groups through increasing their employability
11. Public Finance
12. Money and Banking
13. Labor Economics
14. Econometrics
15. Consumer Behavior
16. Economic Measurement Forecasting
17. Agricultural Economics
18. Economics of aging (interdisciplinary- medicine school)
19. Economics of Energy Markets (interdisciplinary- energy engineering)

Health Sciences Research Center (Medical School: Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Psychology, Food Science and Stomatology)

1. Health Services and Patient Safety
2. Mental Disorder
3. Social Development of Health System
4. Diabetics and Cardiovascular Diseases
5. Personalized (tailored) Medicine
6. Pharmacogenomics (Psychiatric, Cardiologic and Oncology Drugs)
7. The Importance of Aromatic and Medical Plans in Pharmacy
8. Organizational Behavior (Industrial and Organizational Psychology)
9. Clinical Psychology

Energy Engineering Research Center

1. System Design and Public & Private Administration

Regulation of Energy Institutions: This research Topic explores the regulatory framework both national and EU and their implications for energy production

1. Good Governance

Efficiency and Renewable Energy within the Public Sector: This topic explores the approaches and trends in promoting energy efficiency in the public sector using modern solar, wind and biomass energy production

Energy Efficiency in the Private Sector: This topic explores the approaches and trends in promoting energy efficiency in the private sector using modern solar, wind and biomass energy production

Architecture and Civil Engineering Research Center

1. Architecture History
2. Urban Sustainability
3. Architecture Design
4. Sustainable Architecture
5. Architectural Heritage
6. Architecture Values and Heritage
7. Computer Aided Design
8. Modeling and Simulation
9. Construction Automation and Robotics
10. Construction Management
11. Project Management

Law and Justice Research Center

1. Intellectual Property
2. Privacy rights and data protection
3. Approaches and dimensions of legal reasoning
4. Challenges of international and transnational law
5. Commercial law
6. Legal Challenges of EU Integration
7. Minority Rights and Gender Equality

Global and European Studies Research Center

1. Conflict Resolution
2. Peace and Democracy
3. Regional integration outside the EU
4. EU Integration

Media and Communication Sciences Research Center

1. Media Ethics
2. Social Media
3. Professional Journalistic Standards and Code of Ethics
4. Web-based Journalism
5. Media, Information and Communication Literacy
6. The Art of Persuasion: Social Influence