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UO > About > Organizational Structure > Faculties & Institutes > Faculty of Social Studies > About > Organizational Structure > Departments & Centres > Department of Social Work

Kateřina Mikulcová

Kateřina Mikulcová

Academic degree, name, surname:
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Mikulcová, Ph.D.
Room, floor, building:
B 415, Building B
Position:
Research interests and teaching:
Department (Faculty):
Department of Social Work (Faculty of Social Studies)
Phone number, mobile:
+420 553 46 3244
E-mail:

Education

2022
Doc./Associate professor (Social Work), Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
2017
Ph.D. (Social Work and Social Policy), Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
2015
Master (Psychology), Faculty of Arts/ Department of Psychology, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
2013
Master (Social work with a Counseling Focus), Faculty of Arts/ Department of Psychology, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
 

Qualifications, specialization

Kateřina Mikulcová has been devoted to the topic of the life situation of people living in social exclusion and in segregated neighborhoods for very long time. She is the director of the European Research Institute for Social Work and head of the research team at FSS OU "Reflexive Approaches in Social Work", which deals with the topic of exclusion, segregation and the threats of different population groups.
 

Working Practice

Since 2023
director, ERIS
Since 2022
Doc./Associate professor (Social Work), Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
2017 – 2020
Head of Project Department
2016 – 2022
Assistant professor, Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
2016 – 2018
Psychologist, Social Assistant Association, Czech Republic
 

Membership

Since 2024
research panelist, Welfare, Wellbeing and Health (RC25_40) pro Research Council of Finland
Since 2024
Series Editor Child and Family Social Work, ISSN: 1356-7500, ? John Wiley & Sons Ltd; WoS: Q2 – Q3
Since 2024
Associate editor Child abuse Review, ISSN: 0952-9136, ? John Wiley & Sons Ltd, WoS: Q3
Since 2023
membership of the FWO Review College
Since 2023
research panelist, The Research Council of Norway
Since 2017
Journal International Advisory Board, ESWRA
2017 – 2020
Member of Administrative Council, European Federation of National Organizations Working with the Homeless, Feantsa
 

Activities abroad

Since 2016
regular Erasmus staff mobility , University of Eastern Finland (Erasmus)
 

Language Skills

English
C1
French
B1/2
 




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Biography of Fake News with a Touch of AI: Dangerous Phenomenon through the Prism of Modern Human Sciences
Period
1/2025 – 12/2028
Provider
Fakulta sociálních studií, Filozofická fakulta, Rektorát, OP JAK (Jan Amos Komenský)
State
solved
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
102 013 938 CZK
 
Resilient Bonds: Neighborhoods Uniting for a Sustainable Future (RESILIENT007) – projekt Cost Action
Period
1/2026 – 6/2026
Provider
Fakulta sociálních studií, Moravskoslezský kraj
State
solved
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
172 697,36 CZK
 
BuddyUP! Supporting the inclusion of vulnerable children living in segregated environments
Period
1/2024 – 12/2025
Provider
Katedra sociální práce, Technologická agentura ČR
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
2 884 923 CZK
 
Course and expert consultation within the project "Podpora územního rozšíření a metodického rozvoje komunitní práce v území s koncentrací sociálního vyloučení"
Period
10/2024 – 12/2025
Provider
Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
442 000 CZK
 
Děti a domácí násilí – výzkum potřebnosti služeb specializovaných na pomoc dětem ohroženým domácím násilím a návrh minimálních parametrů těchto služeb
Period
12/2022 – 12/2024
Provider
Program BETA
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
2 734 696,8 CZK
 
Sibling relationships in homeless children and their connection with resilience
Period
1/2022 – 12/2024
Provider
Grantová agentura ČR
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
2 434 000 CZK
 
Support for improving the quality of studies at FSS OU
Period
1/2023 – 12/2023
Provider
Rozvojové programy MŠMT
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
380 000 CZK
 
Zpracování evaluace politiky bydlení Portavita II
Period
6/2023 – 12/2023
Provider
Smluvní výzkum
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
150 040 CZK
 
The living situation of refugee families from Ukraine
Period
1/2023 – 12/2023
Provider
Specifický VŠ výzkum
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
186 934 CZK
 
Optimization of community planning of social services at municipal level
Period
4/2020 – 12/2022
Provider
Fakulta sociálních studií, Program ÉTA
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
4 890 035 CZK
 
Support for improving the quality of studies at FSS UO
Period
1/2022 – 12/2022
Provider
Rozvojové programy MŠMT
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
350 000 CZK
 
Evaluation of the project PORTAVITA – HOUSING FIRST
Period
1/2021 – 6/2022
Provider
Smluvní výzkum
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
23 000 CZK
 
Values Building in Social Work Education
Period
6/2020 – 12/2021
Provider
Fakulta sociálních studií, Visegrad Fund
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
14 795 EUR
 
Optimalization of Tools to Support Participatory and Reflective Approaches in Social Work
Period
1/2021 – 12/2021
Provider
Specifický VŠ výzkum
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
508 431 CZK
 
Evaluation of the impacts of the provision of housing and support by Spolek Portavita
Period
4/2021 – 11/2021
Provider
Smluvní výzkum
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
272 400 CZK
 
Community-based participatory planning in urban areas
Period
2/2019 – 11/2021
Provider
Fakulta sociálních studií, Technologická agentura ČR
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
4 243 984 CZK
 
Elaboration of research of needs of persons aged 15 to 30 in the city of Ostrava
Period
5/2021 – 11/2021
Provider
Smluvní výzkum
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
82 645 CZK
 
Final evaluation of the project "Sociální bydlení – metodická a informační podpora v oblasti sociálních agend" ("Social housing – methodological and information support in the field of social agendas")
Period
1/2020 – 4/2021
Provider
Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
543 000 CZK
 
Imagined interactions in the interssesion process in social work with homeless children and their families
Period
1/2020 – 12/2020
Provider
Specifický VŠ výzkum
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
336 306 CZK
 
Social Adjustment of Homeless Children with the Experience of Domestic Violence in the City of Ostrava
Period
1/2018 – 12/2020
Provider
Grantová agentura ČR
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
1 994 000 CZK
 
Využití transdisciplinární synergie data science a nástrojů fuzzy modelování a sociální práce: Multidimensional Evidence Informed Practice
Period
1/2018 – 12/2020
Provider
Institucionální podpora , Rozvojové programy MŠMT
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
2 477 000 CZK
 
Authenticity of social workers working with vulnerable children and their families and its relations with selected concepts in the practice of social work
Period
1/2019 – 12/2019
Provider
Specifický VŠ výzkum
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
481 800 CZK
 
Tvorba nových studijních předmětů a studijních materiálů v rámci akreditace navazujícího magisterského studijního programu Sociální práce se specializacemi
Period
1/2019 – 12/2019
Provider
Rozvojové programy MŠMT
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
200 000 CZK
 
Desired future and related factors of change as a tool of application of the recovery concept in individual planning with shelter users in the Czech Republic
Period
1/2018 – 12/2019
Provider
Centrum excelence IT4Innovations, divize, Fakulta sociálních studií, Program ZÉTA
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
 
Zajištění služeb odborné konzultace a podpora interní evaluace projektu "Dobří sousedé jsou také na Blanensku"
Period
6/2017 – 9/2019
Provider
Výzkumná činnost
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
87 500 CZK
 
Inovace výuky metod výzkumu a analýzy dat stávajících studijních bakalářských a magisterských programů FSS OU na úrovni předmětů/kurzů
Period
1/2018 – 12/2018
Provider
Rozvojové programy MŠMT
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
250 000 CZK
 
Critical Reflexivity of Social Workers Working with Endangered Children and Their Families
Period
1/2018 – 12/2018
Provider
Specifický VŠ výzkum
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
341 600 CZK
 
Tvorba nových předmětů v rámci akreditace navazujících magisterských studijních programů na FSS OU
Period
1/2018 – 12/2018
Provider
Rozvojové programy MŠMT
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
200 000 CZK
 
Preparation of a model questionnaire for determining the satisfaction of clients of social services
Period
2/2018 – 8/2018
Provider
Výzkumná činnost
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
54 214 CZK
 
The Construction of Gender Meaning(s) by Social Workers of Activation Services for Families with Children and Its Impact on Their Professional Practice
Period
1/2017 – 12/2017
Provider
Specifický VŠ výzkum
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
 
Health and use of health care services by shelters users
Period
1/2017 – 12/2017
Provider
Specifický VŠ výzkum
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
424 900 CZK
 
Zdraví obyvatel azylových domů
Period
12/2016 – 8/2017
Provider
Výzkumná činnost
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
136 363 CZK
 
Barriers and Accelerators of reintegration percieved by mothers reintegrated to permanent housing form
Period
1/2016 – 12/2016
Provider
Specifický VŠ výzkum
State
finished
Role in the project
Principal Investigator
Total costs
132 800 CZK
 
Inovace a rozvoj internacionalizace výuky v navazujících magisterských oborech na FSS OU prostřednictvím tvorby předmětu "Critical Social Work"
Period
1/2016 – 12/2016
Provider
Rozvojové programy MŠMT
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
200 000 CZK
 
Inovace navazujícího magisterského studijního oboru Sociální práce skrze profilaci předmětů směrem k participativním přístupům a teoriím
Period
1/2015 – 12/2015
Provider
Rozvojové programy MŠMT
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
175 000 CZK
 
Reintegration of Lone Mothers Living in Asylum Houses to Permanent Housing Forms
Period
1/2015 – 12/2015
Provider
Rozvojové programy MŠMT
State
finished
Role in the project
Co-Investigator
Total costs
193 000 CZK
 

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