prof. PhDr. Tomáš Sirovátka, CSc.
  * Prevention and alleviation of poverty in European countries and in development countries
  * The overall developments of social policy in the country (by selection) in the context of the
current societal developments and challenges (new social risks, ageing of society, and other). It
is possible to narrow to the specific policy area.
  * Family policy and current development – possible to narrow on the specific aspects like gender
equality, combination of work and family life, well-being of children, etc.
  *  The strategy of social inclusion (in the specific policy areas or/and related to the specific
target groups) – assessment or/and policy proposals
  * The shifts in governance of public employment services/activation policies
  * European employment strategy in the country – goals and implementation
  * Evaluation of the local level labour market policy programmes (may be focused on the specific
target groups)
  * Transformations of the specific social policy area – international comparison
  * Social policy and political populism – the role of social policy in the programmes and
strategies of the populist political parties in European countries
  * Social policy developments during COVID-19 in a country –short-run and long-run changes and
effects

Doc. PhDr. Pavel Navrátil, PhD.

·         Management of Social Work Professionals

·         Development of Social Work(er) (friendly) Organizations

·         Postqualifiyng training of Social Workers

·         Leadership and Social Work

Mgr. Ondřej Hora, Ph.D.

·         Transitions of young people to the labour market (including assessment of policy)

·         Organizational development (chosen aspects)

·         Program evaluation

Mgr. Josef Horňáček, Ph.D.

·         Unions and the Labour Market

·         New Forms of Work and the High Performance paradigm

·         Management Strategy and Labour Relations

·         Employment Relations at the Organisational Level

Mgr. Roman Baláž, Ph.D.


·         Democracy, governance and discrepancies between the old and the new (post-communist)
democracies (problems such as lack of understanding, Western fallacy, post-colonialism, ideational
conflict, path-dependency)

·         Governance of migrant integration (problems with policy formulation, implementation and
daily administration)

·         Social work with migrants (ways of how to face the outsider-insider problem)

·         Facing institutionalized discrimination: roles of migrants, frontline professionals, and
organizations

·         Social work: Human rights profession or control of the state/government?

·         Generalist social work practice: comprehensive assessment of problems


Doc. Ing. Gabriela Vaceková, PhD.

·         Co-production and co-creation in social services

·         New Public Governance