On Friday, December 13, the third session of the Economic Council of the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics was held.
The Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI), a constituent of the University of Zagreb, celebrated its 50th anniversary of establishment and 62 years of existence on December,18th, 2024. A ceremonial session held at the Croatian National Theatre in Varaždin gathered the extended FOI community, including employees, students, partners, and friends of the Faculty.
On Thursday and Friday, December 12 and 13, 2024, the kick-off meeting of the Erasmus+ project My Robot, My LearnMate was held. This project brings together experts from various fields with the aim of developing innovative solutions for the application of humanoid robots in educational processes. The University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics (UNIZG FOI) participates as one of the key partners, led by Prof. Igor Balaban, Ph. D., contributing to the strengthening of interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation in education.
The University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics actively expands its partner network of international universities every year. For the academic year 2025/26 until 2028/29, in addition to already existing partnerships, the Faculty signed three new bilateral agreements with prestigious universities in the Czech Republic, France and Lithuania.
FOI has reaffirmed its position as one of the leading higher education institutions in fostering innovation and international cooperation by launching four new Erasmus+ projects. This achievement is a testament to the dedication and expertise of FOI’s staff and its vision focused on innovative approaches to learning, teaching, and studying, as well as developing digital competencies and strengthening project and international collaborations.
On 5 and 6 November 2024, a conference on Challenges in Transforming Education and Enhancing the Future of Education in the Gulf Countries, organized by the Gulf Arab States Educational Research Center, was held in Kuwait. Professor Divjak held an inspiring keynote speech entitled Reimagining Education: What is the Role of Humans in the Era of AI?.
On 4th October, 2024, the initial online meeting of the Erasmus+ project SuMoS - Strengthening the ecosystem for sustainable student mobility was held.
Within the 35th jubilee international Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems (CECIIS), which is held in Varaždin, a work meeting and workshop of the project financed by the Croatian Science Foundation entitled "HELA - Improving HEI maturity to implement learning analytics" was held.
As part of the DigEntre project - "Digitalization in entrepreneurship in the context of response to exogenous shock: Drivers, obstacles and impact on the resilience of companies", led by Full Professor Marina Klačmer Čalopa, Ph.D., from the Faculty of Organization and Informatics of the University of Zagreb, field data collection using the method of phenomenological in-depth interviews with entrepreneurs is underway.
The 12th Student's Symposium on Research and Intercultural learning was held from July 10 to July 21th, 2024 at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio, Indiana State University in Terre Haute, IN and DePaul University Chicago, USA.