Topics for MA thesis suggested by teachers (Dept. of Social Policy and Social Work)


Roman Baláž
  * Migrant Integration Governance: Challenges and Opportunities
  * Policy Practice in Social Policy and Social Work


Gabriela Daniel

·         Co-production and co-creation in social services

·         New Public Governance


Ondřej Hora

·         Assessment of concrete social problem relevant from social policy perspective/for
concrete group of people (students can propose these problems).

·         Assessment of concrete measures/system/part of social policy (e.g. transitional systems
for young people, unemployment protection….)

·         Program evaluation (knowledge of appropriate evaluation approaches is required)

·         Topics relevant from Organisational Development perspective.


Josef Horňáček

·         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


Kateřina Kubalčíková
  * Human/Social services in the context of ageing population
  * Informal care in the context of an ageing population
  * Human/Social services in the process of transformation


Libor Musil
  * Social Woker´s Identity
  * Social Work Institutionalization
  * Social Workers Dilemmas
  * Social Work and Supporting Social Inclusion


Pavel Navrátil

·         Management of Social Work Professionals

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

·         Post qualifying training of Social Workers

·         Leadership and Social Work


Blanka Plasová

·         International comparisons of work-family policies at national, local or organizational
level

·         Measures of work-family reconciliation at national, local or organizational level

·         Gender equality in the labour market at national or local level

·         Gender equality in the workplace

·         Childcare policies at the national, local or organizational level

·         Various aspects of mobbing in the workplace

·         Analysis of the essential processes of human resources management in organizations
(recruitment and selection, development, adaptation and stabilization, dismissal) from the
perspective of employers as well as employees


Tomáš Sirovátka
  * 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


Daniela Střihavková Jaklová


·         Comparison of implementation of chosen articles of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities in two countries

·         Tools for promoting inclusive education for children with disabilities and their
administration in a specific national context


Miroslav Suchanec

·         Impact evaluation of social policy or organizational intervention (e.g. effect of active
labour market policy on participants employment, interventions to increase employees satisfaction
and decrease intention to leave etc.)

·         Intergenerational differences in work values and quality of work life

·         Gender differences in wages



Iveta Zelenková

·         New public management: problems during reform´s implementation

·         Analysis of intersectoral cooperation in the implementation of a selected public or
social programme at governmental, regional or local level

·         The impact of public-private-partnership on service delivery performance

·         Strategic planning in the public and non-profit sectors

·         Globalisation and the challenges of public administration (governance, human resource
management, leadership, ethics, e-governance, sustainability)

·         Developing organisational wellbeing (interventions at individual, team, organisational
level)

·         Volunteers in the public and non-profit sectors (recruitment, motivation and
stabilization)

·         Strategic Human Resource Management in Public and Non profit organizations

·         Management and Leadership in Public and Non profit organizations (decision-making,
interpersonal influence and persuasion; leadership and motivation)