Staff
PhDr. Mgr. Romana Schunová, PhD., MBA, LL.M - Head of the Department

Consultation hours
WED 11:15 – 12:45 in person
FRI 15:00 – 16:30 online MS Teams by appointment
(Students must pre-register for consultations via email: schunova@fedu.uniba.sk)
(Room No. Š-156; office phone: +421 2 9015 9115)
Qualifications:
- PdF UK Teaching of general education subjects: Slovak language, German language (Mgr.)
- PdF UK Teacher of English language
- PF UKF Adult Education
- PEVŠ Psychology (Mgr.)
- UCM PhDr.
- PEVŠ PhD (M.A.) Psychology (M.A.) PEVŠ PhD (M.A.)
- PF UKF PhD.
- WMU MBA
- WMU LL.M
Foreign educational stays:
- Humboldt Universität Berlin, Germany
- Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, Germany
- Universidade da Coruña, Spain
- Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
Internship:
- Pedagogical activity (primary school, secondary school, gymnasium, university), Bratislava
- Lecturing, translation, interpreting, Bratislava
- Psychological counselling, Bratislava
- Coaching, Bratislava
- School psychologist, Primary school, Bratislava,
- CPP - psychologist, Bratislava
- Head of psychological counselling at PdF UK
Pedagogical activity:
- Introduction to the study of psychology
- General psychology
- Developmental psychology
- Psychology for Teachers 1 (General Psychology, Developmental Psychology)
- Psychology for Teachers 2 (Personality Psychology, Educational Psychology)
- Psychology of Creativity
Research:
VEGA No. 1/0176/15: Paradigms in the education of medically disadvantaged adults and seniors in residential care.
GAA project - Parental support and demandingness and their relationship to adolescent resilience.
Membership in domestic and international bodies and organizations, editorial boards, professional societies:
Slovak Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
Society for Psychotherapy of Psychotherapy:
- Schunová, R. (2024). Personality of the teacher of gifted pupils. Šafárik Press UPJŠ.
- Schunová, R. (2022). Gifted pupils and school climate. In Psychology and patopsychology: student scientific conference, 2022. 85-93. Bratislava: Comenius University.
- Schunová, R. (2021). Emotional intelligence of gifted pupils. In Psychology and patopsychology: student scientific conference, 2021. 95-103. Bratislava: Comenius University.
- Schunová, R. (2019). Marketing of Education and its Specifics in Modern Society. In Megatrends and Media: Digital Universe. 713-735. Trnava: FMK UCM.
- Schunová, R. (2018). Language Education of Seniors as a Tool of Active Ageing. In Ad Alta: Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 2018. 8(2). 233-238. (WoS).
- Schunová, R. (2017). Language education of seniors and its specifics. In Adult education 2016 - background and inspiration for theory and practice, 13-14 December 2016. 97-104. Prague: ČAS. (WoS).
Assoc. Prof. PhDr. Marian Groma, PhD.

Consultation hours
MON : 10:30 – 12:00 in person
WED: 15:00 – 16:30 online MS Teams (by agreement)
(students must register for consultations in advance by e-mail groma@fedu.uniba.sk)
(Room No.: Š-154; office phone: +421 2 9015 9107)
Qualifications:
- 1981 - Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Bratislava - psychology
- 1982 - Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Bratislava - rigorous continuation (PhDr.), psychology
- 1995 - Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Education - PhD. - special education
- 2013 - Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Education - Associate Professor in Special Education
Practice:
1981 - 1982 - educator at the Primary Boarding School for the Deaf 1982 - 1987 - researcher at the Research Institute of Child Psychology and Pathopsychology1987 - 1990 TESLA, š.p. - Department of Social Welfare, psychologist1990- 1993 - researcher at the Research Institute of Child Psychology and Pathopsychology
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Education:
Department of Pedagogy of the Hearing Impaired 1993 - 2005
Department of Psychology and Pathopsychology since 2005
Pedagogical activity:
General pathopsychology, Pathopsychology, Psychology of the hearing impaired, Psychology of the hearing impaired, Basics of psycholinguistics, Introduction to psychology, Diploma seminar, Bachelor seminar, Social work with the hearing impaired, Career counselling
Scientific research activities:
Researcher and co-investigator of research tasks and projects in the field of communication of the deaf, cochlear implantation and psychology of the hearing impaired, psychology of the hearing impaired, career counselling for the hearing impaired
Membership of national and international bodies and organizations, editorial boards, professional societies:
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Psychology and Child PyschologyMember of the Slovak Psychological Society at the Slovak Academy of Sciences.
Assoc. Prof. Mgr. Zlatica Zacharová. PhD.

Consultation hours
MON 16:15 – 17:45 online MS Teams
WED 10:00 – 11:30 in person
Book in-person consultation hours
Book consultation hours online
mail: zacharova(at)fedu.uniba.sk
(Room No. Š-158; office phone: +421 2 9015 9112)
Qualifications:
- 2005 Pedagogical Faculty of UK in Bratislava - Teacher of Psychology and German Language and Literature (Mgr.)
- 2006 Faculty of Arts, UK in Bratislava - Psychology (Mgr.)
- 2013 Faculty of Education of UK in Bratislava - doctoral studies in Preschool and Elementary Education (PhD.)
- 2022 Faculty of Pedagogy of UK in Bratislava - habilitation proceedings in the field of Preschool and Elementary Pedagogy (associate professor)
Course of practice to date:
- 2002 - 2004 technical assistant (PdF UK, Institute for Child Development Research)
- 2010 - 2013 internal PhD student at the Department of English Language and Literature
- 2006 - 2013 Psychologist at the Centre for International Legal Protection of Children and Youth
- since 2011 managing director of Havava, s. r. o. and trainer of certified training for teachers of kindergartens and primary schools for didactics of foreign languages in work with children from 0 to 12 years
- since 2022 - crisis intervention psychologist for refugees from Ukraine (Tenenet)
Teaching practice:
- Developmental Psychology,
- Educational and school psychology,
- Psychology for Teachers 1,
- Crisis intervention in school,
- Psychological Propedeutics,
- Cognitive Psychology and Neurodidactics
- Cognitive and behavioural theories
Education for other organisations:
- Psychology (for teachers) - Slovak Technical University, Department of Pedagogy
- Motivation, Power and Assistance in the Helping Professions
- Trainer Havava, s.r.o., training topics in cooperation with Universita La Sapienza prof. Traute Taeschner: Narrative format, Neuropedagogical aspects of language learning
Scientific and research activities:
- KA2 - 2022-1-BE02-KA220-SCH-000089287, Inclusion through interprofessional COllaboration in a Community Of Practice in Education, Sept. 2023 - Dec. 2026, international project (Belgium, Portugal, Austria, Slovakia)
- KEGA 035UK-4/2022 Psychological education for non-psychological professions: methodological and content support - co-investigator
- KEGA 046UK-4/2021 Support for the implementation of moral education in primary school: applied research and methodological material for teachers - co-investigator
- 2020/2021 YOUTH AND A.I. (UN)LEARNING WITH ROBOTS / NAO in cooperation with Goethe Institute, Slovak Design Centre and Sensorium - co-investigator
- KEGA 060UK-4/2017 Supporting narrative competence in Slovak language in children from marginalised linguistic backgrounds - set of methodological materials - principal investigator
- VEGA 1/0409/14 2017-2019 Teacher's personality and professional vision in relation to dealing with challenging situations in the school classroom in the period of transition to practice - co-investigator
- VEGA 1/0150/16 2016-2018 Dimensions of reading in families of children from bilingual backgrounds - co-investigator
- KEGA 067UK-4/2014 Integrative methodology to improve interpersonal communication competences, development of emotional intelligence and resilience of adolescent pupils and adolescents in the context of ISCED 2 and ISCED 3A cross-cutting themes - co-investigator
- VEGA 1/0562/13 Social-psychological competences in pregraduate training and early pedagogical career of teachers - co-investigator
- Research projects on language acquisition
Membership in national and international bodies and organisations, editorial boards, professional societies:
AŠP - Asociácia školskej psychológie SR a ČR
POPI Slovensko - Inštitút procesorientovanej psychológie na Slovensku
SIVP - Slovenský inštitút pre vzdelávanie v psychoterapii
EECERA - European Early Childhood Education Research Association
REYLL - Research into Early Years Language Learning - Multilingual Childhoods
PaedDr. Anežka Hamranová, PhD.

Consultation hours
STR (WED) 07:30 – 09:00 online MS Teams by appointment
ŠTV (THU) 07:30 – 09:00 in person
(students must register for consultations in advance by e-mail hamranova@fedu.uniba.sk)
(Room No.: Š-157; office phone: +421 2 9015 9109)
Qualifications:
1994 VŠPg - teaching of general education subjects: psychology - biology (Mgr.)
1996 UK - innovative study of school psychology
2007 UKF - psychology (PaedDr.)
2009 UKF - educational psychology (PhD.)
Practice:
1995 - 1998 - teacher and school psychologist, Gymnasium in Nitra
1998 - 2013 - assistant professor, Charles University in Nitra
2009 - 2010 - assistant professor, Faculty of Arts, Charles University (part-time)
2013 - 2018 - researcher, PdF UK
since 2018 - Assistant Professor, PdF UK
Pedagogical activities:
Neuropsychology
Psychology of people with intellectual disabilities
Social-psychological training I.
Communication competence training
Scientific research activities:
- VEGA 1/0592/20 Gender aspect of mathematical anxiety in younger school-age children (researcher, year 2022)
- OP Human Resources, 312011AFX7 Improvement of the preparation of future teaching staff in the field of education of humanities and social sciences, languages and arts (Principal Investigator, 2020-2023),
- VEGA 1/0191/19 Lifestyles and strategies in cohorts of Slovak adolescents (Principal Investigator)
- VEGA 1/0623/15 Perceived Value Messages by Pupils from Formal Education (Principal Investigator)
- VEGA 1/0769/08 European Identity, Socialisation and Media Culture (Principal Investigator)
- VEGA 1/3675/06 Social-psychological aspects of adolescents' identity formation (Principal Investigator)
- KEGA 043UK-4/2017 Creation and implementation of a methodology for work in the field of prevention of violence in intimate relationships of adolescents (investigator)
- KEGA 021UK-4/2013 Teaching psychology and subjects of personal and social development - a set of methodological materials (investigator)
- KEGA 106-007UKF-4/2010 Creating emotional and social well-being in the school environment (investigator)
- KEGA 3/5269/07UKF Tolerance training and intolerance resolution (researcher)
- ESF 11230220364 Developing programmes aimed at increasing personal and professional competences for the needs of educational psychological practice. Specialisation studies in school psychology (Principal Investigator)
- Government Resolution No 912 (2006) Raising the level of socialisation of Roma communities through education systems for social and missionary workers and teaching assistants (investigator)
- AP/2008/23 (2009) Roma-friendly school
Membership in domestic and international bodies and organizations, editorial boards, professional societies:
Association of School Psychology of the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic (AŠP)
Slovak Psychological Society (SPS)
Selected publications:
- Šramová, B., Fábik, D., Hamranová, A., Štefanec, Z. (2022). Generation Z in the context of lifestyle. Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Education, Department of Psychology and Pathopsychology. ISBN 978-80-223-5556-8
- Osaďan, R., Žilková, K., Hamranová, A., Kondeková, A., Žilková, V. (2022). Gender aspect of mathematical anxiety in children of younger school age. Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Education. ISBN 978-80-223-5538-4
- Šramová, B., Deptová, T., Hamranová, A., Poliaková, E. (2019). Violence in adolescents' intimate relationships. Methodology for prevention work. Bratislava: UK, 176 p., ISBN 978-223-4849-2
- Hamranová, A., Šramová, B., Poliaková, E., Brunclíková, Z., Fábik, D.(2018). Value messages in the image of school and family. 1st ed. Neratovice: VERBUM Publishing, 146 p. ISBN 978-80-906706-2-4
- AFD Šramová, B., Hamranová, A. (2015). Value orientation of adolescents in digital age. In: Marketing identity: digital life - part 2 [electronic resource]. Trnava: UCM, pp. 507-514. ISBN 978-80-8105-780-9
Other publishing activity in EviPube
PaedDr. Eva Vancu, Ph.D.

Consultation hours
TUE 11:30 – 13:30 in person
THU 12:30 – 14:00 online MS Teams po dohode
(students must register for consultations in advance by e-mail vancu@fedu.uniba.sk)
(Room No.: Š-155; office phone: +421 2 9015 9117)
Qualifications:
- 2005 Faculty of Education, Comenius University - teacher of psychology in combination (Mgr.)
- 2006 Faculty of Arts, Comenius University - school psychology (postgraduate studies)
- 2007 Faculty of Education, Comenius University - Educational Psychology (PaedDr.)
- 2011 Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University - Developmental Psychology (Ph.D.)
- 2023 – 2024 Resilience Research Centre – Resilience expert training
Practice:
- 2005 - Research Fellow, Institute on Drug Dependencies
- 2005 - 2011 teacher and school psychologist, high school
- 2007 - 2011 Research Fellow, Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- 2011 - 2017 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Pathopsychology, Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava
- 2017- 2023 research fellow, Department of Psychological Studies, KPP, PdF UK
- from 2023 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava
Pedagogical activities:
- Developmental psychology and general psychology
- Psychological research methodology
- Statistical methods and techniques
- Psychology of personality
- Psychological techniques for coping with stress
- Psychotherapy through play
- Patopsychology of people with TP and chronic illness
Research projects:
- VEGA project - 1/0955/17/11 - Multimodality development of emotion regulation in adolescents with typical and atypical development.
- VEGA project 1/0623/15 - Perceived value messages by pupils from formal education.
- KEGA No. 067UK-4/2014 - Integrative methodology to improve interpersonal communication competences, development of emotional intelligence and resilience in adolescent pupils and adolescents in the context of ISCED 2 and ISCED 3A cross-cutting themes.
- VEGA project 1/0253/09 - Cognitive versus social antecedents of success in people with disabilities.
- GAČR 407/12/2325 - School bullying as a process - a socialcognitive analysis of classroom bullying.
- GAČR 406/09/2096 - Emotional intelligence and its role in coping,
- MS - The International Resilience Project, Resilience Research Centre (RRC- Resilience Research Centre, School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Canada).
- MS - The HOPE Barometer, University of St. Gallen, Andreas Krafft (Switzerland), global data collection.
- Research activities and project activities within the research plan of the Institute of Psychology of the CAS reg. no. AV0Z70250504 related to the solution of grant projects.
- Research project supported by the award of the Rector's Prize of Masaryk University for a dissertation project (category D)
Membership:
- Slovak Psychological Society at the Slovak Academy of Sciences
- Czech-Moravian Psychological Society
- European Association for Research on Adolescence
- Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
A selection of publications:
- Vancu, E., Glasova, M. Felcanova, L. (2024). emotional intelligence and psychological resilience in adolescents. Selected theoretical models and empirical research. Bratislava. ISBN: 978-80-223-5931-3.
- Glasová, M., Harvanová, S.. Vancu, E. (2021). Multimodality of emotion regulation development in adolescents. 1st ed. - Bratislava: Comenius University in Bratislava, ISBN 978-80-223-5131-7.
- Vancu, E., Glasová, M. (2016). Integrative methodology for improving interpersonal communication competences, development of emotional intelligence and resilience in pupils and adolescents. Bratislava. ISBN 978-80-223-4269-8.
- Vancu, E., Jonášová, L. (2024). Emotion regulation and executive functions in adolescents. International journal of psychology. Chichester (UK) : John Wiley & Sons. - ISSN 0020-7594. - ISSN (online) 1464-066X. - suppl. Vol. Vol. 59, No. S1 (2024).
- Vancu, E. (2024). The method for interpersonal communication enhancement and fostering of resilience and emotional regulation. Education and new developments 2024. 1st ed. - Lisbon (Portugal) : InScience Press, 2024. - ISBN 978-989-35106-9-8. - ISSN 2184-044X. - ISSN (online) 2184-1489.
- Vancu, E. (2014). Coping strategies in relation with personality resources of resilience and possibilities of intervention in adolescents. Journal of Health Science. - Vol. 2, Num. 3 (2014), s. 109-118. - ISSN 2328-7136.
- Vancu, E. (2014). Influence of disability on the coping strategies and personality structure in early adolescence. Journal of Health Science. - Vol. 2, Num. 2, s. 63-74, ISSN 2328-7136.
- Baumgartner, F., Vancu, E. (2014). Emotional intelligence and its relationship to coping. Human in the context of lifelong development - Brno: Psychological Institute of the CAS, 2014. - S. 39-59. - ISBN 978-80-86174-21-1.
List of publications:
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9367-8977 0000-0001- 9367-8977
Mgr. Mária Jucková, PhD.

CONSULTATION HOURS
TUE 09:00 – 10:30 in person
TUE 13:00 – 14:30 online MS Teams pre-regustration e-mail: maria.juckova(at)fedu.uniba.sk
QUALIFICATION
- 2006 – 2009 PhD study, Faculty of Philosophy, Trnava University in Trnava, Major field of study: Social Psychology
- 2001-2006 Trnava University in Trnava, Faculty of Philosophy, Major field of study: Psychology
FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIPS RELATED TO PhD STUDY
- 2008 UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SOUTH MANCHESTER, Wythenshawe, University of Manchester, Great Britain, Status: Research Assistant
- 2007 UNC CENTER FOR FUNCTIONAL GI & MOTILITY DISORDERS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, Status: Centre Visitor, Observer
PRACTICE
- 2018-2024 SEITEQ, Ltd., DRILL B. S., Ltd.; Position: Personnel Consultant & Key Account Manager IT
- 2017 RENONA Rehabilitation; Position: Psychologist for children with movement and nervous/mental disorders
- 2017 Public Defender of Right’s Office (short term project); Position: External Co-operator – expert from the field of psychology
- 2015-2017 Institute of Applied Psychology, Ltd. (co-operation); Position: Psychologist and lecturer
- 2015-2017 ORS Slovakia, Ltd. , POWERSERV Slovakia, Ltd.; Position: Psychologist/social worker
- 2014-2015 Therapeutic Community Center; Position: Psychologist
- 2010-2014 The Prison Service of the Czech Republic; Position: Penitentiary psychologist (civilian position)
- 2010 Language school ALBION, Ltd.; Position: English teacher
- 2007 Tutor SK , Ltd.; Position: Lecturer of the preparation course for the university study in psychology
Mgr. Linda Liliková - PhD student

Consultation hours
MON 09:30 – 11:00 online MS Teams
TUE 10:30 – 12:00 in person
(students must register for consultations in advance by e-mail: lelovicsova4@uniba.sk)
(Room No.: Š-158)
Qualifications::
2017 Faculty of Education, Comenius University - Primary and pre-primary education (Mgr.)
Practice:
2017-2018 Primary Education Teacher, Rovinka Primary School
2023 - PhD student (Faculty of Education, Comenius University)
Publications:
Zacharová, Z. & Lilikova, L. (2024). Developing 6-7 year olds' understanding of emotions through Storytelling. In EECERA Conference, Brighton, 3 - 6 September 2024.
Lilikova, L. (2023). The use of stories in the prevention of learned helplessness in children. In Bridging academic and humanitarian work in support of children and vulnerable populations : book of abstracts - : 1st ed. ISBN 978-80-89932-13-9. - Bratislava : Havava, 2023. - S. 101-102.
Lilikova, L. (2023). Learned helplessness and prevention methods in school settings. In Bridging academic and humanitarian work in support of children and vulnerable populations : book of abstracts. - : 1st ed. ISBN 978-80-8-89932-13-9. - Bratislava : Havava, 2023. - S. 35-36.
Lilikova, L. & Poliakova, E. (2022) Learned helplessness syndrome in primary school education. Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Education, Department of Psychology and Pathopsychology. ISBN 978-80-223-5555-1
Author of children's books focused on mental health promotion:
(Un)Happy Snail Slávko - 5 Elements of Mental Wellbeing (2022)
The Lost Snail Slávko - 5 Elements of My Self (2023)
Caring Snail Slávko - 5 elements of good relationships (2024)

