Staff profiles
prof. PhDr. Jozef Leikert, PhD.
Professor in Social Work
- professional in multimedia and professional publishing
- multiple award winner in the field of literature
- high publication activity
- supervisor and thesis opponent
- conducting lectures and seminars, student assessment and state examinations
prof. PhDr. Ladislav Vaska, PhD.
Professor in Social Work
- profiles in the field of supervision in social work, forms and methods of social work, supervised professional practice and social-psychological training
- Chairman of the Standing Committee of the School of Social Work at AVSP and Vice-Chairman of the Accreditation Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Slovak Republic for the field of education
- founding and visiting member of the Slovak Chamber of SP and ASP, member of AVSP and ASSP
- principal investigator and co-investigator of scientific grant tasks (VEGA, KEGA)
- member of scientific boards (FZaSP TU in Trnava and FSVaZ UKF in Nitra), disciplinary committees (FF PU in Prešov, FF UPJŠ in Košice, PF UMB in Banská Bystrica and FZaSP TU in Trnava), editorial boards
- supervisor of final theses at all levels of higher education in the field of social work, member of habilitation and inauguration commissions
- high publication activity in domestic and foreign scientific journals
- received several awards (from the deans of the Faculty of Social Work in Bratislava, the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Medical Sciences in Banská Bystrica and the Rector's Award of the University of Medical Sciences in Bratislava) for pedagogical, scientific and research activities and the development of the Student Scientific Professional Activity and letters of thanks and honorary mentions from the Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family and the Mayor of the City of Banská Bystrica
doc. Mgr. Miroslav Tížik, PhD.
Associate Professor in Sociology
- Specializes professionally and pedagogically in the field of qualitative and quantitative research and in working with data
- actively publishes in national and international scientific journals and publications
- is a tutor at the bachelor, master and doctoral levels of higher education
- works as a leader or researcher in several scientific grant tasks (KEGA, VEGA, APVV)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1867-5271
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doc. PhDr. Peter Brnula, PhD.
Associate Professor in Social Work
- graduated social worker, university teacher and supervisor
- teaches courses in the history of social work, theories of social work, ethics in social work and supervision
- research focuses on the history of social work, professional ethics, supervision, social work
- founding and visiting member of the Slovak Chamber of SP and ASP, member of AVSP and ASSP
- co-investigator of scientific grant tasks: VEGA, KEGA, TA ČR
- member of scientific boards (FF UPJŠ in Košice; FSE UJEP in Ústí nad Labem), professional committees (FHS UK in Prague; PF UMB in Banská Bystrica), editorial boards of journals Revue of Social Services, Forum of Social Work, Adiktology in preventive and therapeutic practice
- supervisor of final theses at all levels of higher education in the field of social work, member of habilitation and inauguration commissions
- evaluator of the Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education and the National Accreditation Office for Social Work and Social Work
- consultant in projects of transformation of social services and deinstitutionalization of social services
PhDr. Jana Budoš Vrťová, PhD.
Professional assistant
- Profiles the historical context of social work, social work ethics and supervision
- co-investigator of scientific grant tasks (VEGA)
- member of the Association of Social Work Educators
- supervisor of final theses in bachelor and master degree studies in social work
- publishing activity in domestic and foreign scientific journals
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9674-7605
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Mgr. Katarína Čavojská, PhD.
Professional assistant
- Profiles in the field of youth and civil society research
- Head of the Section of Sociology of Youth and Sociology of Education of the Slovak Sociological Society of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
- cooperates with non-governmental organisations working with youth
- Member of the European Rural Youth Observatory (EURYO)
- Executive Director in charge of the Association of Supervisors and Social Workers (ASSP)
- Co-investigator of scientific grant tasks (APVV, VEGA)
- supervisor of final theses in bachelor and master level of higher education in the field of social work
- publishing activity in domestic and foreign scientific journals
PhDr. Martina Čierna, PhD.
Doctorate in Social Work
- Profiles in the field of social policy and quantitative data processing
- co-investigator of scientific grant tasks (APVV, VEGA)
- supervisor of final theses in bachelor and master degree studies in social work
- publishing activity in domestic and foreign scientific journals