FIR welcomes new visiting professors

The motto “International in Every Aspect” isn’t just words—it’s what we live by. Our faculty doesn’t just talk the talk; we walk it, too. We don’t just send students abroad; we bring the world to them with a diverse range of intensive courses taught by visiting professors.

In the academic year 2023/2024, we’re offering a whopping 64 courses by visiting professors.

Right after Easter, students dived into two new intensive courses: “Global Cybersecurity: Risk Management and Governance in an Interconnected World” (2MS430) led by Dr. Anitha Chinnasswamy from Aston University, UK, and “Regional Trade Agreements” (2ME324) taught by Dr. Katerina Toshevska-Trpchevska from St. Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia.

Intensive courses taught by visiting professors are extremely popular among students, with three times as many applicants as available slots. They provide an opportunity not only to learn from foreign experts but also to engage directly with other cultures through teamwork.

Anitha Chinnaswamy

She holds a degree in computer science and is dedicated to teaching and researching cybersecurity in various applications. At Aston Business School, which is consistently ranked among the top 100 economic schools worldwide and is also a partner school of the University of Economics, Prague (VŠE), she serves as the Deputy Director of the Research Center for Cybersecurity. In addition to her teaching role at VŠE in Prague, Dr. Chinnasswamy also teaches a similar course at IAE Lyon, which has been a partner university of VŠE in Prague for almost 30 years.

Katerina Toshevska - Trpchevska

She specializes particularly in international trade issues, WTO, and the regulation of regional and bilateral preferential trade agreements. In addition to teaching in the former Yugoslav states, where she collaborates primarily with the University of Belgrade, she has also taught in Portugal, Germany, and the USA. Furthermore, she actively participates in seminars held at the WTO headquarters in Geneva.