Research: Department of Social Sciences

Project activities

Since its beginning the Department of Social Sciences is focused on the research activities, especially in the sphere of improving the quality of education for citizenship, namely on all levels of the Czech education system.

Projects of the Czech Science Foundation

Book The Corrective of Masaryk's Philosophy
(Standart project of Czech Science Foundation No. 401/09/0287, Main Researcher: doc. PhDr. Zdeněk Novotný, CSc., Duration 2009–2010)

Qualitative research of the construction of professional identity of the civic education teacher through the design of the case study
(Postdoctoral project of Czech Science Foundation No. 406/09/P126, Main Researcher: Mgr. Antonín Staněk, Ph.D., Duration 2009–2010)

ESF Projects - OP RLZ, OP VK a OP VVV

2016-2019 - Supporting the community practice as a tool for developing key competencies
(ESF Project, OP VVV, Module. Didactics of Civics)

2010-2013 - Education in practice and the art of teaching: Increasing the attractiveness of the teaching profession
(ESF Project, OP VK 2.2, Main Researcher: Ing. Dora Assenza, Ph.D., Duration 2010-2013)
More details see www.pvp.upol.cz

2005-2007 - Centre of inovative education: Extension of professional competences of futere and contemporary teachers by way of 10 new teaching modules
(ESF Project, OP RLZ, Main Researcher Ing. Dora Assenza, Ph.D., Duration 2005-2007)
More details see www.civ.novestranky.cz

The Selection from the Regional Research Projects and Grants

2019

Three decades of building and reconstruction of the civil society in the Czech Lands
(Project of the Olomouc Region under the following programme: Supporting the development of international relations of the Olomouc Region for 2019 – 2019/00812/OKH/DSM; Investigator: Mgr. Pavel Krákora, Ph.D.)

26th year of Summer school of citizenship education, democracy and Europeanism
(Project of the Statutory city of Olomouc – VV/FRM/001363/2019/Lav/1); Investigator: Mgr. Pavel Krákora, Ph.D.)

Transformation of populism and nationalism in the V4 countries
(Project of the Visegrad Fund – Project ID 21820042; Investigator: Mgr. Tomáš Hubálek, Ph.D.)

2018

Century of transformations of Czechoslovak and Czech statehood in a Central European and European context
(Project of the Olomouc Region under the following programme: Supporting the development of international relations of the Olomouc Region for 2018 – 2018/02186/ 0KH/DSM; Investigator: Mgr. Pavel Krákora, Ph.D.)

Century of transformations of Czechoslovak and Czech statehood
(Project of the Statutory city of Olomouc - OVVI/FRM/001488/2018/Pia/2/rzcrn); Investigator: Mgr. Pavel Krákora, Ph.D.)

2017

Transformations of the civil society in the V4 countries after 1989 – policy, economy, migration

(Project of the Olomouc Region under the following programme: Supporting the development of international relations of the Olomouc Region for 2017; Investigator: Mgr. Pavel Krákora, Ph.D.)

Political parties and the formation of the civil society in Central Moravia between 1860 and 1918
(Project of the Dean’s grant fund for academic staff at the Faculty of Education, Palacký University for 2017; Investigator: Mgr. Pavel Krákora, Ph.D.)

Social, Cultural, Ethical and Politics Aspects of Migration in the Context of Civic Education
(Project of the Visegrad Fund – Project ID 21610139; Investigator: Mgr. Tomáš Hubálek, Ph.D.)

2016

Migration, immigration, emigration and Europe – changes, history, the Present
(Project of the Olomouc Region under the following programme: Supporting the development of international relations of the Olomouc Region for 2016; Investigator: Mgr. Pavel Krákora, Ph.D.)

Migration, Immigration, Emigration and Europe – Changes, History, the Present
(Grant Award No. SEZ800-16-GR-078, US Embassy in Prague for education and culture for 2016; Investigator: Mgr. Pavel Krákora, Ph.D.)

Award of a Honorary Doctorate

In November 2007 The University of Pécs (Pécsi Tudományegyetem – Universitas Quinqueecclesiensis) conferred an academic degree of Doctor honoris causa (Dr.h.c.) on prof. PhDr. František Mezihorák, CSc, the founder of the Department of Social Sciences and Emeritus Dean of Faculty of Education, Palacký University.

Summer Schools

2020 The Changes of the Education for Citizenship after 1989 and Its Perspectives

2019 Thirty Years of Restoration and Construction of Civil Society in the Czech Lands

2018 The Century of Transformations of the Czechoslovak and Czech Statehood

Previous years

2017 Changes of Civil Society in Visegrad Countries after 1989 - Politics, Economy, Migration

2016 Migration, Immigration, Emigration and Europe - Transformations, History and the Present

2015 Reflection of the Second World War in Social-science Consciousness and Practice

Department of Social Sciences - Research