Petar Vrgović

PhD in engineering management, human resources management.

Interests in:

  • business communication
  • human aspects of innovation processes
  • communication in idea systems and open innovation
  • human aspects of human resource management
  • conflict management
  • Responsible Research and Innovation

Workshops and other extracurricular activities:

  • 2023-10-9/11/13 Co-creating list of strategic future research directions. Workshop facilitation for Institute for Food Technology, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2023-07-11 Public speaking skills in the academic world. Faculty of Technology, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2023-01-31 Tap into your creative potential. Workshop held for Play Media, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2022-12-12 Entrepreneurship in the Agrifood Sector. Suremap.eu webinar for PhD students from Egypt, held online.
  • 2022-11-18 Responsible research in agriculture and veterinary medicine. 46th Conference for Students of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine with International Participation, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2022-05-16 Co-Creation of Co-Creation. Facilitating workshop on creating novel functional products. Institute for Food Technology, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2022-05-12 Introduction to RRI: Purpose and challenges of co-creation in research and innovation. 2nd WBC-RRI.NET Open regional workshop, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2021-11-18 Responsible research and innovations strategies in agriculture and veterinary medicine. 45th Conference for Students of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine with International Participation, held online.
  • 2021-10-22/29 EIT Food xKIC Circular Economy Consumer Engagement Labs in Western Balkans. Facilitating online series of consumer Co-Creation sessions.
  • 2021-09-15 Ekstra(kt) je! Facilitating a workshop about co-creation of an innovative functional beverage. Institute for Food Technology, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2021-04-08 Introduction to RRI. Workshop held for Institute of Food Technology, held online.
  • 2020-12-15 Online communication in workshops, trainings, and courses. ESTIEM event, held online.
  • 2020-10-29 From idea to innovation – why managing creativity always pays off. ScienceGram popular-science forum, held online.
  • 2020-06-17 Introduction to RRI. Workshop held for BioSense institute, held online.
  • 2019-2020 Communication and Conflicts. Series of workshops held for clients of Colloco Team Challenge, Serbia.
  • 2018-10-29 Managing creativity in companies: Integral approach, specific contributions. Workshop held at ICEIRD 2018 conference. Doha, Qatar.
  • 2018-06-26 Reincarnation as an innovation – Facilitating a workshop about the reutilization of by-products from food industry in the open innovation context. Institute for Food Technology, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2017-2019 Communication skills of the b2b salesperson: persuasion, assertive communication, closing the deals. Self-growth and communication skills of the managers. Univerzal, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2017-10-06. LEGO serious play workshop on innovation. DSCIM – 1st Doctoral Students Conference on Innovation Management. Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2016-11-25. Steps to your success. AIESEC Youth Speak Forum. Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2016-10-18. Public speaking skills. ESTIEM kick-off meeting. Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2016-06-08,09. Managing creativity. Life-long learning course for employed experts, master students and PhD students. MAIN and iDEAlab joint event, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2016-04-21. Critical thinking. ESTIEM BrainTrainer international event. Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2016-03-17. Self-confidence in communication. KONTEH, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2015-05-28,29. Organizational communication, Assertive communication, Human Resource Management. Typhoon-HIL training, Power electronics control systems company. Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2015-05-15,16. Active listening and assertive communication. EESTEC Soft Skills Academy. Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2015-04-17. Public speaking and presentation skills. ESTIEM FTN challenge. Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2014-10-15. Public speaking tips & tricks. ESTIEM kick-off meeting. Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2014-08-18, 19, 20, 21, 22. Research Methodology Training. Fraunhofer IAO, Stuttgart, Germany.
  • 2014-05-16, 17, 29, 30. Improving knowledge and skills needed to cope with stressful work situations. Novi Sad Social Work Center, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2014-03-27. Influencing Customers’ Perception: A Company’s Chance and Choice, Vision 2014 ESTIEM international student workshop on Customer Relationship Management. Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2013-10-22. Defining research problem and publishing research results, DAAAM 2013 2nd doctoral school, Zadar, Croatia.
  • 2013-03-25,27,29. Improving the process of publishing scientific research results. Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2010-11-09 How to improve coomunication and presentation skills. The best technological innovation contest, training for the competition participants, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2009-12-16. Types of bussines clients and means to coomunicate with them. DDOR Novi Sad training, insurance company, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2009-11-17. How to improve comunication and presentation skills. The best technological innovation contest. Training for the competition participants. Belgrade, Serbia.
  • 2009-10-06. Communication and goal setting. AIESEC student trainings, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2007-04. A ticket for work – writing a CV and preparing for Job interview, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

My publications at Google scholar