Staff
doc. PhDr. Zuzana Slušná, PhD. - univ. prof.
professor
e-mail: zuzana.slusnafedu.uniba.sk
Phone: +421 2 9105 9175
Room: S-118
https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1921-4575
She has held the position of professor at the department since 2026. She earned her degree in aesthetics and the Slovak language from the Faculty of Arts at Comenius University in Bratislava. She has worked and collaborated with the Faculty of Arts at Comenius University in Bratislava, the Faculty of Arts at the Catholic University in Nitra, and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Prešov. In her research and publishing work, she focuses on cultural policy, aesthetic education, audience development, and strategies for making art accessible. She researches inclusive approaches in cultural institutions, cultural participation, and audience engagement. She is the author of texts focused on making culture and the arts accessible, which are used in the professional training of future experts in the cultural sector. As an instructor, she contributes to the continuing education of staff at cultural institutions and in public administration in the areas of cultural policy, audience development, the revitalization of local culture, and cultural tourism.
Doc. PhDr. Branislav Malík, CSc.
e-mail: branislav.malikuniba.sk
Phone: 02/90159179
Room: S-118
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9703-7592
Founding member of the department. Graduated in philosophy at the Faculty of Arts of the Comenius University in Bratislava.
He is currently an associate professor at the Department of Ethics and Civic Education at the Faculty of Arts, University of Bratislava.
The main topics of his theoretical interest include anthropological issues (pedagogical anthropology, philosophical reflection on man, cultural and social anthropology), pedagogical thinking in relation to the European tradition and contemporary media issues.
He is the author of six monographs and co-author of seven university textbooks.
Mgr. Katarína Minarovičová, PhD.
e-mail: minarovicov2@uniba.sk
Phone: 02/90159180
Room: S-124
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0613-2392
Since 2018, she is the Head of the Department of Ethics and Civic Education.
She is a graduate of the Faculty of Education of the Charles University in Bratislava, majoring in mathematics, civic and ethical education, and of the Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University in Brno, majoring in gender studies and sociology.
In 2010, she received her PhD in Pedagogy.
She has been working at the department since 2005.
In her pedagogical activities she focuses on didactics of civic education, gender aspects of education, sociology, sociology of education and youth.
In the research field, she focuses on identifying key areas of gender inequality in education and on the didactics of civic education.
She collaborates with NGOs that focus on gender equality in education and training, education for active citizenship, and relationship and sexuality education.
She is a member of the Committee for Gender Equality, a permanent expert body of the Slovak Government Council for Human Rights, National Minorities and Gender Equality and the GEA - Gender and Education Association.
Mgr. Michal Bizoň, PhD.
e-mail: bizon@fedu.uniba.sk
Phone: 02/90159177
Room: S-116
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6576-4245
He graduated from the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava, where he studied philosophy. He completed his doctoral studies at the Department of Philosophy and History of Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in the field of systematic philosophy.
Since 2016 he has been working at the Department of Ethics and Civic Education at the Faculty of Education of Comenius University.
As a teacher he is engaged in the history of philosophy, ethics and ethical education.
His research interests include philosophical anthropology and ethics, with a special focus on the philosophy of Martin Buber.
PhDr. Slávka Drozdová, PhD.
e-mail: drozdovafedu.uniba.sk
Phone: 02/90159450
Room: S-118
She is a graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Comenius University in Bratislava, in the field of Teaching of General Education Subjects: Aesthetics - Philosophy. She completed her doctoral studies at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University, Department of Aesthetics. In her dissertation she focused on the comparison of art.
Her research interests are in the field of art comparison and aesthetic-philosophical concepts.
Mgr. Veronika Valkovičová, PhD.
e-mail: Veronika.valkovicovauniba.sk
Phone: +421-2-90159463
Room: S-116
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1299-9988
She received her PhD in Political Science in 2019 from the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences at Comenius University and the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Antwerp. Her PhD thesis focused on Europeanization and European Union public policy in the field of gender equality. She holds a master's degree in Political Science from the University of Versailles-St. Quentin-En-Yvelines and Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica.
From 2020 to 2021, she was an external postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp.
Her research interests include gender and sexuality in social movements and public policy, gender discrimination, and sexual harassment. Previously, she has worked with civil society organisations on gender equality and human rights issues.
In her spare time, she is an educator and journalist. She is the editor of a monograph on sexual violence, Without Consent.txt.
Mgr. Lucia Hlavatá, PhD.
e-mail: lucia.hlavatauniba.sk
Phone: +421-2-90159151
Room: S-117
She graduated from the Faculty of Education in a teacher training programme in teaching of citizenship and history. After completing her doctoral studies in Political Science, she further specialized in the innovation of teaching humanities and social science subjects, active learning methods, academic debate, and Challenge-based Education. She has led courses and workshops on innovative teaching and completed a 2-year program on Effective Teaching for Internationalization accredited by the UK agency SEDA.
Her research focuses on the impacts of teaching on learning development, digital technologies, and artificial intelligence in education.
She also serves as an instructor for Challenge-based Education at Comenius University for the Enlight aliance.
JUDr. PhDr. Barbara Faktor Pavlíková, PhD.
e-mail: barbara.faktor.pavlikovafedu.uniba.sk
Phone: +421 2 9015 9176
Room: S-117
Barbara Faktor Pavlíková is a graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (majoring in political science with a specialization in European studies and in cultural studies) and the Faculty of Law at Comenius University in Bratislava (majoring in law), where she also gained several years of teaching experience. In her research and teaching, she focuses primarily on topics related to discrimination and the provision of health care. He has experience teaching legal topics to students in non-law fields as part of general legal education courses—to future social workers, teachers, special education teachers, paramedics, nurses, managers in the fields of culture and tourism, as well as future court interpreters and translators. Her interest in European law—which had already begun to take shape while she was studying political science—led her to study law. This interconnection between social science and legal perspectives is also reflected in her publications, in which she examines Slovak, European, and international legal contexts.