doc. PhDr. Mgr. Maria Vašutová, Ph.D.
Maria Vašutová is an associate professor at the PRIGO University College of the European Research University and a member of the Scientific Board of the European Research University. She is the guarantor of the Bachelor’s study programmes in Social Policy and Social Work. She teaches the courses Introduction to Psychological Theory, Developmental and Social Psychology, and Social Pathology. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Pedagogy in Ostrava, majoring in Teaching, and the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in Brno, majoring in Psychology. She completed her doctoral studies in Psychology at Palacký University in Olomouc. In the Social Work major she habilitated with the publication ”Adjustment problems in children with specific developmental learning and behavior disorders“. She had worked for seventeen years at the Department of Psychology (formerly Social Work) of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ostrava. She had held the position of vice dean for studies at this faculty for eight years. Maria Vašutová is an evaluator of the National Accreditation Office for Higher Education in the field of Psychology, a member of the disciplinary board of the Integrative Social Work doctoral study program at the Faculty of Arts of P.J. Šafárik University in Košice, serves in the editorial board of the Polish professional journal Zeszyt naukowy prac ukrainoznawczych of the Akademie Jakuba Paradyża in Gorzów Wielkopolski. At Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Studies, she had worked externally as a researcher and at the same time she is a member of the local research team within the TAČR project, Artificial Intelligence, Media and Law. Her professional and publishing activities focus on the field of psychology for helping professions, developmental psychology, social work, biodromal counseling within a person’s life path and the field of socio-pathological behavior during childhood and adolescence. In these areas, she published monographs, professional books, several teaching texts and professional articles in Czechia and abroad. Her latest book, Counseling in Pedagogical-Psychological and Social Work (2023), is primarily intended for students of teaching and special pedagogy at Supplementary Pedagogical-Psychological Education.
Qualification.
Assoc. Prof.
Catholic University of Ružomberok, Faculty of Education, Social Work, 2007
PhD
Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Arts, Educational Psychology, 2001
Master’s degree
Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts, Psychology, 1985 (advanced degree, PhDr.)
University of Ostrava, Faculty of Education, Teaching for Primary Schools, 1978
Experience.
2020–present, ERUNI, Assoc. Prof.
2020–2023, Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Researcher
2017–2020, Silesian University in Opava, Faculty of Education, Assoc. Prof.
2007–2017, University of Ostrava, Faculty of Arts, Assoc. Prof.
2003–2010, University of Ostrava, Faculty of Arts, Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs
2000–2006, University of Ostrava, Faculty of Arts, Asst. Prof.
1995–2000, University of Ostrava, Faculty of Education, Head of the Department for Diagnostics and Therapy of Specific Developmental Disorders of Learning and Behavior, Asst. Prof.
1990–1995, Ostrava University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Psychology, Asst. Prof.
1987–1990, Regional Pedagogical-Psychological Counseling Center in Ostrava, Psychologist
1986–1987, School of Textile in Frýdek-Místek, School Psychologist
1978–1986, Elementary School Ostrava, Teacher
Publications (last 5 years, selected).
VAŠUTOVÁ, M. Poradenství v pedagogicko-psychologické a sociální práci. Ostrava: Vysoká škola PRIGO, 2023. 367 p. ISBN 978-80-7329-471-7.
VAŠUTOVÁ, M. Biodromální psychologie pro pomáhající profese – DOSPĚLOST, STÁRNUTÍ, STÁŘÍ. 2nd edition. Ostrava: Repronis, 2022, 211 p. ISBN 978-80-7329-471-7.
KOVÁČOVÁ, B., ŽIAKOVÁ, E., VAŠUTOVÁ, M. The role of loneliness and social isolation in the contexts of radicalism and extremism. In Proceedings from the 9th year of Košice Days of Social Work. METANOIA IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK. Košice: FF UPJŠ, 2022. ISBN 978-80-574-0103-2. https://doi.org/10.33542/DSP2-0098-1-01.
VAŠUTOVÁ, M. Social-pathological behavior in childhood and adolescence. Research studies on traditional and cyberbullying. In Proceedings from the 8th year of Košice Days of Social Work. What has 100 years brought to social work? Past and present forms of social work. Košice: FF UPJŠ, 2020, pp. 29-46. ISBN 978-80-8152-847-7.
VAŠUTOVÁ, M., MIKLUŠOVÁ, Z. Perception of the meaning of life in students, seniors and workers in helping professions. In Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference – ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICY. Ostrava: PRIGO University. 2021, pp. 476-487. ISBN 978-80-87291-29-0, ISSN 2571-1776.
Technology Agency of the Czech Republic. Member of the project implementation team at Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences; Articifial Intelligence, Media and Law. PID: TAČR TL03000152. Main solver Ústav státu a práva AV ČR, v.v.i. Realization 2020–2023, co-investigator
Hobbies.
Family, Grandchildren, Books, Singing, Interior design