THE UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA THE CITY

THE UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA The University of Ostrava (Czech Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě) is located in the city of Ostrava, MoravianSilesian Region, Czech Republic. Founded in 1991, it is the youngest public university, divided into 6 faculties and 2 institutes. Since the very beginning, the University of Ostrava has provided the muchneeded focus on the research of humanities and social as well as natural sciences, helping to redress the historic imbalance in a region traditionally dominated by heavy industry and technical studies. • Faculty of Arts • Pedagogical Faculty • Faculty of Science • Faculty of Medicine • Faculty of Fine Arts • Faculty of Social Studies • European Research Institute for Social Work • Institute for Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modeling / European Centre of Excellence IT4Innovations UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA WEBSITE CZECH: www.osu.cz ENGLISH: www.osu.eu

THE CITY The City of Ostrava is the residential town of the Moravian-Silesian Region, a traditional and modern crossroads in Europe, with over 300.000 inhabitants. Ostrava is the third-largest city in the Czech Republic, situated 10 km from the border with Poland and 50 km from the border with Slovakia. It was formerly a heavy industrial city and now it is the most important traffic and business centre of Northern Moravia and Silesia and one of the most important knowledge centres of the Czech Republic. There are three universities – one of them is the well-known University of Ostrava. Ostrava is also a cultural city with four theatres, galleries and is famous for holding of concerts, festivals and sport events. Warsaw

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Regarding research and development, several teams of internationally acknowledged experts from the University of Ostrava are highly interested and ready to engage in cooperation in the Seventh Framework Programme or Horizon 2020. Therefore, in our search for potential partners/ coordinators/consortia, we would like to present the following profiles with more details regarding our state-of-the-art expertise, resources and contacts which might be beneficial to your research and development activities.

1/ BIOPHYSICS, BIOCHEMISTRY AND ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Head: Doc. RNDr. Vladimír Špunda, CSc. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +420 597 092 150, +420 731 444 481

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2/ BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND ITS EVOLUTION Head: Prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Ďuriš, CSc. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +420 597 092 316

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3/GENOMICS AND EVOLUTION OF PROTISTS Head: Mgr. Marek Eliáš, Ph.D. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +420 597 092 326

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4/ NUMBER THEORY, DIOPHANTINE APPROXIMATIONS, FUZZY MATHEMATICS Head: Prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Hančl, CSc. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +420 777 096 220

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5/ ALGEBRAIC AND LOGIC METHODS FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY Head: Prof. Ing. Vilém Novák, DrSc. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +420 597 091 401

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6/ CITY AND REGIONAL MANAGEMENT CENTRE Head: RNDr. Petr Rumpel, Ph.D. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +420 731 505 360

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7/ POLITICAL AND CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY Head: Prof. RNDr. Vladimír Baar, CSc. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +420 732 437 015

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8/ ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY

Head: prof. PhDr. Aleš Zářický, Ph.D. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +420 597 091 801, +420 734 528 539

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9/RESEARCH ON EDUCATION WITH THE SUPPORT OF ICT Head: RNDr. Martin Malčík, Ph.D. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +420 603 254 759

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10/ HUMAN MOTION DIAGNOSTIC CENTR Head: Mgr. Daniel Jandačka, Ph.D. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +420 607 762 933

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11/ EUROPEAN IDENTITY RESEARCH Head: PhDr. Denisa Labischová, PhD. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +420 597 092 601

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BIOPHYSICS, BIOCHEMISTRY AND ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS MAIN ACTIVITY The research focuses on the examination of impact of significant environmental factors (radiation and its spectral composition, temperature, CO₂ concentration, and other climate change manifestations) on the photosynthetic apparatus of higher plants, from adjustment mechanisms of the light utilization, to the photosynthetic activity response at the level of leaves, plants, and partly the whole plant canopy as well. Experimental research is especially based on the application of biophysical methods of optical spectroscopy to examine the structure and functional state of the assimilatory apparatus, and the development of biochemical methods to analyse components of the assimilatory apparatus including biologically active substances. Model experiments are conducted with plants grown under precisely defined microclimatic conditions in growth chambers at our worksite. Field research is predominantly carried out at the Experimental Ecological Research Site of the Global Change Research Centre of the AS CR at Bílý Kříž in the mountains of Moravskoslezské Beskydy (in model stands of Norway spruce and common beech cultivated under double and ambient CO₂ concentrations, in Norway spruce monoculture and experimental meadows). HEAD: Doc. RNDr. Vladimír Špunda, CSc. E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: +420 597 092 150, +420 731 444 481 TEAM MEMBERS: Mgr. Michal Štroch, Ph.D., Mgr. Irena Kurasová, Ph.D. Doc. RNDr. Jiří Kalina, Ph.D. Mgr. Martin Navrátil, Ph.D. Mgr Václav Karlický Mgr. Daniel Vrábl Mgr. Jakub Nezval Mgr. Ladislav Šigut

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (Last 5 years)

• Participation in National Projects (Programmes/Providers) 2006-2008 | Changes of Rubisco Activity and Content under the Impact of Elevated CO₂ Concentration. GA ČR 522/06/0930 2007-2009 | Non-radiative Dissipation of Excitation Energy in Relation to Organization of Pigment-protein Complexes in Photosynthetic Apparatus of Higher Plants. GA ČR 522/07/P246 3.

2007-2009 | Acclimation of the Norway Spruce Photosynthetic Apparatus to Changes of Incident Solar Radiation. GA ČR 522/07/0759 2009-2011 | Diffusion of CO₂ within the Leaf Mesophyll: the Role of Aquaporin Proteins, GAAV KJB601410917 2009-2011 | Regulace morfogeneze průduchů podmínkami prostředí a fyziologickými pochody v listu [Regulation of Stomatal Morphogenesis by the Conditions of the Environment and Physiological Processes in the Leaf], GAČR 206/08/0787 (Research Consortium Member) 2009-2011 | Srovnání fyziologických a molekulárně - biologických metod použitelných pro hodnocení citlivosti pšenice a ječmene k suchu a posouzení jejich vhodnosti pro selekci tolerantních genotypu [Comparison of Physiological and Molecular Biology Methods Used to Determine Drought Sensitivity of Wheat and Barley and to Assess their Suitability Regarding Selection of Tolerant Genotypes], NAZV QH 91192 2009-2012 | Dynamika a variabilita epidermálního UV stínění a ochranné funkce karotenoidů u vyšších rostlin v důsledků změn radiačního prostředí [Dynamics and Variability of Epidermal UV Shielding and Protective Functions of Carotenoids in Higher Plants Following the Changes in the Radiation Environment], GA ČR 522/09/0468 2011-2013 | CzechGlobe – Centrum pro studium dopadů globální změny klimatu [CzechGlobe – Centre of Global Climate Change Impacts Studies] (OP VaVpI CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0073) 2011-2013 | Institut Environmentálních technologií [Institute of Environmental Technology] (OP VaVpI CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0100) 2012-2014 | Oxid uhličitý jako signální molekula při výměně plynů a vývoji listu [Carbon Dioxide as the Signalling Molecule in Gas Exchange and Leaf Development], GAČR P501/12/1261 (Research Consortium Member)

• Organising Conferences (National/International) Within the implementation of the OpVK Bionet Centrum project (CZ.1.07/2.4.00/12.0062), the Biophysics Research Group of the Physics Department, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ostrava, organised two two-day workshops focused on Plant Science with national and international participation (21-22 October 2010 - Plant Response to UV Radiation, 3-4 November 2011 – Workshop with Specialists from the Department of Biophysics of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Palacký University of Olomouc, and the Global Change Research Centre of Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Brno).

• Participation in European (Framework Programmes/EUREKA/EUROSTARS/COST) and International Cooperation COST Action FA0906: UV-B Radiation: A specific regulator of plant growth and food quality in a changing climate (UV4growth) (2010-2014)

• Other Foreign Activities a) International Contacts • Hartmut K Lichtenthaler and Claus Buschmann: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Botanical Institute II, Karslruhe, Germany; • Jamue Flexas, Universtitet Illes Balears, Group Recerca Biol Plantes Condic Mediterranies, Dept Biol, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; • Gyozo Garab, Petar Lambrev: Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Photosynthetic Membranes, Szeged, Hungary; 4.

• Mathew T Robson: Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, University of Helsinki, Finland;

b) Publications/Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals (2007-2012) 2007 | LICHTENTHALER, H.K., AČ, A., MAREK, M.V., KALINA, J., URBAN, O. 2007: Differences in pigment composition, photosynthetic rates and chlorophyll fluorescence images of sun and shade leaves of four tree species. Plant Physiol Biochem 45: 577-588 NAVRÁTIL M., ŠPUNDA V., MARKOVÁ I., JANOUŠ D. 2007: Spectral composition of photosynthetically active radiation penetrating into a Norway spruce canopy: the opposite dynamics of the blue/red spectral ratio during clear and overcast days. Trees 21: 311-320 URBAN O., AČ A., KALINA J., PRIWITZER T., ŠPRTOVÁ M., ŠPUNDA V., MAREK M.V. 2007: Temperature dependences of carbon assimilation processes in four dominant species from mountain grassland ecosystem. Photosynthetica 45: 392-399 URBAN O., JANOUŠ D., ACOSTA M., CZERNÝ R., MARKOVÁ I., NAVRÁTIL M., PAVELKA M., POKORNÝ R., ŠPRTOVÁ M., ZHANG R., ŠPUNDA V., GRACE J., MAREK M.V. 2007: Ecophysiological controls over the net ecosystem exchange of mountain spruce stand. Comparison of the response in direct vs. diffuse solar radiation. Global Change Biol 13: 157-168 2008 | ŠTROCH M., KULDOVÁ K., KALINA J., ŠPUNDA V. 2008: Dynamics of the xanthophyll cycle and nonradiative dissipation of absorbed light energy during exposure of Norway spruce to high irradiance. J Plant Physiol 165: 612-622 ŠTROCH M., LENK S., NAVRÁTIL M., ŠPUNDA V., BUSCHMANN C. 2008: Epidermal UV-shielding and photosystem II adjustment in wild type and chlorina f2 mutant of barley during exposure to increased PAR and UV radiation. Environ Exp Bot 64: 271-278 2009 | KOŠVANCOVÁ M., URBAN O., ŠPRTOVÁ M., HRSTKA M., KALINA J., TOMÁŠKOVÁ I., ŠPUNDA V., MAREK M.V. 2009: Photosynthetic induction in broadleaved Fagus sylvatica and coniferous Picea abies cultivated under ambient and elevated CO₂ concentrations. Plant Sci 177 (2): 123-130 KOŠVANCOVÁ-ZITOVÁ M., URBAN O., NAVRÁTIL M., ŠPUNDA V., ROBSON T.M., MAREK M.V. 2009: Blue radiation stimulates photosynthetic induction in Fagus sylvatica L. Photosynthetica 47 (3): 388-398 VRÁBL D., VAŠKOVÁ M., HRONKOVÁ M., ŠANTRŮČEK J., FLEXAS J. 2009: Mesophyll conductance estimated by two independent methods: effect of variable CO₂ and abscisic acid. Journal of Experimental botany 60: 2315-2323. 2010 | KARLICKÝ V., PODOLINSKÁ J., NADKANSKÁ L., ŠTROCH M., ČAJÁNEK M., ŠPUNDA V. 2010: Pigment composition and functional state of the thylakoid membranes during preparation of samples for pigment-protein complexes separation by nondenaturing gel electrophoresis. Photosynthetica 48: 475-480 ŠTROCH M., VRÁBL D., PODOLINSKÁ J., KALINA J., URBAN O., ŠPUNDA V. 2010: Acclimation of Norway spruce photosynthetic apparatus to the combined effect of high irradiance and temperature. J Plant Physiol 167: 597-605 TESLOVÁ P., KALINA J., URBAN O. 2010: Simultánní stanovení obsahu nestrukturních sacharidů a 5.

škrobu v listech vyšších rostlin metodou využívající anthronového činidla [Simultaneous determination of non-structural saccharide and starch content in leaves of higher plants by the Anthrone-based method]. Chemické listy 104: 867-870 2012 | MILOSLAVINA Y., LAMBREV P.H., JÁVORFI T., VÁRKONYI Z., KARLICKÝ V., WALL J.S., HIND G., GARAB G. 2012: Anisotropic circular dichroism signatures of oriented thylakoid membranes and lamellar aggregates of LHCII. Photosynth Res 111: 29-39 URBAN O., KLEM K., AČ A., HAVRÁNKOVÁ K., HOLIŠOVÁ P., NAVRÁTIL M., ZITOVÁ M., KOZLOVÁ K., POKORNÝ R., ŠPRTOVÁ M., TOMÁŠKOVÁ I., ŠPUNDA V., GRACE J. 2012: Impact of clear and cloudy sky conditions on the vertical distribution of photosynthetic CO₂ uptake within a spruce canopy. Functional Ecology 26: 46-55 KLEM K., AČ A., HOLUB P., KOVÁČ D., ŠPUNDA V., ROBSON T.M., URBAN O. 2012: Interactive effects of PAR and UV radiation on the physiology, morphology and leaf optical properties of two barley varieties. Environ Exp Bot 75: 52-64

c) International Conference Contributions 2009 | HRVOLOVÁ B., KALINA J. 2009: Selektivní extrakce vybraných karotenoidů [Selective extraction of selected carotenoids]. In: 61st International Conference of the Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering, ChemZi 5 (9), Tatranské Matliare, Slovakia, 7-11 September 2009, 107-108 (ISSN 1336-7242) KARLICKÝ V., PODOLINSKÁ J., BABICOVÁ M., ČAJÁNEK M., ŠTROCH M., ŠPUNDA V. 2009: Analysis of chlorophyll fluorescence spectra of LHC II isolated from wild-type barley and its chlorophyll b-less mutant chlorina f2 grown under different irradiances. In: 8th International Conference Ecophysiological Aspects of Plant Responses to Stress Factors, Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 31 (Supplement 1), Cracow, Poland, 16-19 September 2009, S-41. ISSN 0137-5881 (Print) 18611664 (Online) NAVRÁTIL M., ŠPUNDA V., JANČÍKOVÁ H., AČ A. 2009: Photochemical reflectance index for estimation of activity of xanthophyll cycle in Picea abies. In: 8th International Conference Eco-physiological Aspects of Plant Responses to Stress Factors, Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 31 (Supplement 1), Cracow, Poland, 16-19 September 2009, S-84. ISSN 0137-5881 (Print) 1861-1664 (Online) PODOLINSKÁ J., NADKANSKÁ L., KARLICKÝ V., ŠTROCH M., KALINA J., ŠPUNDA V. 2009: Aspects of barley thylakoid membranes preparation and storage for analysis of pigment-protein complexes by native electrophoresis. In: 8th International Conference Eco-physiological Aspects of Plant Responses to Stress Factors, Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 31 (Supplement 1), Cracow, Poland, 1619 September 2009, S-46-47. ISSN 0137-5881 (Print) 1861-1664 (Online) ŠIGUT L., KOŠVANCOVÁ M., URBAN O., ŠPUNDA V. 2009: Analysis of Norway spruce acclimation to different radiation and temperature regimes. In: 8th International Conference Eco-physiological Aspects of Plant Responses to Stress Factors, Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 31 (Supplement 1), Cracow, Poland, 16-19 September 2009, S-50. ISSN 0137-5881 (Print) 1861-1664 (Online) ŠPUNDA V., NOSEK Z., ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ E., TESLOVÁ P., KALINA J., ŠTROCH M., NAVRÁTIL M. 2009: Adjustment of the temperature dependence of photosystem II function upon acclimation of Norway spruce seedlings to different radiation and elevated temperature. In: 8th International Conference Eco-physiological Aspects of Plant Responses to Stress Factors, Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 31 (Supplement 1), Cracow, Poland, 16-19 September 2009, S-25-26. ISSN 01375881 (Print) 1861-1664 (Online) 6.

ŠTROCH M., PODOLINSKÁ J., KARLICKÝ V., BABICOVÁ M., ČAJÁNEK M., KALINA J., ŠPUNDA V. 2009: Thermal energy dissipation in relation to the organization of light-harvesting complexes in wild-type barley and its chlorophyll b-less mutant chlorina f2. In: 8th International Conference Eco-physiological Aspects of Plant Responses to Stress Factors, Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 31 (Supplement 1), Cracow, Poland, 16-19 September 2009, S-88-89. ISSN 0137-5881 (Print) 1861-1664 (Online) KARLICKÝ V., ŠTROCH M., PODOLINSKÁ J., ČAJÁNEK M., ŠPUNDA V. 2009: Chlorophyll fluorescence spectra of LHC II isolated from wild-type barley and its chlorophyll b-less mutant chlorina f2 grown under different irradiances. Ebernburg Workshop “Leaf Optics”, Ebernburg, Germany, 7-9 October 2009 NEZVAL J., KALINA J., ŠPUNDA V. 2009: Identification and quantification of UV-absorbing phenolic compounds in barley leaves. Standardization of HPLC-DAD technique. Ebernburg Workshop “Leaf Optics“, Ebernburg, Germany, 7-9 October 2009 ŠPUNDA V., KALINA J., ŠTROCH M., KOŠVANCOVÁ M., URBAN O., ŠIGUT L., NOSEK Z., ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ E., TESLOVÁ P. 2009: Surprising response of Norway spruce assimilatory apparatus to combined exposure at high irradiances and elevated temperatures. Ebernburg Workshop “Leaf Optics”, Ebernburg, Germany, 7-9 October 2009 2010 | NEZVAL J. 2010: The response of soluble leaf phenolics during acclimation of spring barley to reduced PAR in the absence of UV-radiation. Workshop “Plant Response to UV radiation”, BioNet Centrum (CZ.1.07/2.4.00/12.0062), Ostrava, Czech Republic, 21-22 October 2010. ŠPUNDA V. 2010: Carotenoid mediated photoprotection and UV-shielding in plant response to radiation changes. Workshop “Plant Response to UV radiation”, BioNet Centrum (CZ.1.07/2.4.00/12.0062), Ostrava, Czech Republic, 21-22 October 2010. ŠTROCH M. 2010: Epidermal UV-shielding and PS II adjustment during acclimation of low- and high-light grown barley to excessive UV-B radiation. Workshop “Plant Response to UV radiation”, BioNet Centrum (CZ.1.07/2.4.00/12.0062), Ostrava, Czech Republic, 21-22 October 2010. 2011 | ŠTROCH M., NEZVAL J., KARLICKÝ V., VOLFOVÁ M., BENEŠOVÁ H., ŠIGUT L., KURASOVÁ I., ŠPUNDA V. 2011: Dynamics of acclimation of the assimilation apparatus to excessive UV-B radiation in barley grown under low and high PAR. In: Abstracts of the 1st Annual Meeting of COST Action FA0906 UV4growth, Szeged, Hungary, 7-9 February 2011, 29. ISBN 978-963-508606-1 KARLICKÝ V., STROUHAL O., ILÍK P., ŠTROCH M., KURASOVÁ I., ŠPUNDA V. 2011: The acclimation of the photosynthetic apparatus to different intensity of PAR. In: Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability, Baku, Azerbaijan, July 24-30, 142 NEZVAL J., KALINA J., ŠTROCH M., ŠPUNDA V. 2011: The effect of different radiation conditions on the qualitative and quantitative composition of unbound phenolic compounds in barley leaves examined by UV-VIS absorption spectrophotometry and HPLC-DAD. In: XXIV. SPPS Congress, Stavanger, Norway, August 21-25, 75-76 ŠTROCH M., KOTYZOVÁ A., NEZVAL J., NOSEK Z., KARLICKÝ V., PÁNÍK R., ŠPUNDA V. 2011: Acclimation response of barley plants grown under low and high PAR to supplemental UV-A exposure. In: XXIV. SPPS Congress, Stavanger, Norway, August 21-25, 59 MILOSLAVINA Y., LAMBREV P.H., JAVORFI T., VARKONYI Z., KARLICKÝ V., WALL J.S., HIND G., 7.

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GARAB G. 2011: Anisotropic circular dichroism signatures of oriented thylakoid membranes and lamellar aggregates of LHCII. In: 8th EBSA European Biophysics Congress, European Biophysics Journal with Biophysics Letters 40 (Supplement 1), Budapest, Hungary, August 23-27, 178179. ISSN 0175-7571 KALINA J., NEZVAL J., HRVOLOVÁ B., ZGARBOVÁ M. 2011: Analytická chemie ve fyziologii rostlin. Analytical chemistry in plant physiology. In: ChemZi 7 (13), 63rd International Conference of the Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering, Tatranské Matliare, Slovakia, September 5-9, 124. ISSN 1336-7242 NEZVAL J., KALINA J. 2011: Vývoj HPLC-DAD metody stanovení vybraných fenolických látek a její aplikace při studiu vlivu různých radiačních podmínek na jejich akumulaci v listech ječmene jarního [Development of an HPLC-DAD method for determination of selected phenolic compounds and its application in examining the effect of different radiation conditions on their accumulation in barley leaves.] In: ChemZi 7 (13), 63rd International Conference of the Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering, Tatranské Matliare, Slovakia, September 5-9, 119. ISSN 1336-7242

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BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND ITS EVOLUTION MAIN ACTIVITY • Biodiversity and phylogeny of selected taxa of invertebrates (Crustacea Decapoda, Diptera, Dermaptera, Orthoptera), plants (epiphytic bryophytes, algae) and fungi – Z. Ďuriš, J. Ševčík, P. Kočárek, V. Plášek, J. Gáper, I. Horká • Key factors affecting the diversity of herbivorous and fungivorous insects and plant communities – P. Drozd, P. Kočárek, J. Ševčík, Š. Cimalová • Modelling and quantitative evaluation of biological diversity – P. Drozd HEAD: Prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Ďuriš, CSc. E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE:+420 597 092 316 TEAM MEMBERS: Prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Ďuriš, CSc. Prof. RNDr. Ján Gáper, CSc. Mgr. Šárka Cimalová, Ph.D. RNDr. Aleš Dolný, Ph.D. Mgr. Pavel Drozd, Ph.D. Mgr. Ivona Horká RNDr. Petr Kočárek, Ph.D. RNDr. Vítězslav Plášek, Ph.D. RNDr. Jan Ševčík, Ph.D.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (Last 5 years)

• Participation in National Projects (Programmes/Providers) 2007-2009 | Hostitelská specializace a druhová diverzita bryofágního hmyzu – analýza klíčových faktorů. [Host specificity and species diversity of bryophagous insect communities – key factors analysis.] GA ČR 206/07/0811 – principal investigator P. Drozd 2009-2011 | Hybridní zóny a dynamika evoluce asexuality komplexu evropských sekavců [Hybrid Zones and Evolutionary History of Asexual Hybrid Loaches (Cobitis) in Europe.] GA ČR 206/09/1298 – co-investigator P. Drozd 2007-2009 | Faktory ovlivňující negativní vliv invazivních raků v ČR: migrační aktivita, reprodukční biologie a šíření patogenu račího moru. [Factors Influencing the Negative Impact of Invasive Crayfish in the Czech Republic: Migration Capability, Reproduction and Transmission of Crayfish Plague Pathogen.] GAAV IAA601870701 – principal investigator Z. Ďuriš 2012-2015 | Diverzita původních a invazních druhů raků ve střední Evropě: od genetické struktury populací a reprodukčních strategií po systematiku a ochranu. [Diversity of Native and Invasive Species of Crayfish in Central Europe: from the Genetic Structure of Populations and Reproductive Strategies to Taxonomy and Conservation.] GA ČR P505/12/0545 – co-investigator Z. Ďuriš 11.

2008-2010 | Biosystematické studie nadčeledi Sciaroidea (Diptera) v Palearktické a Orientální oblasti. [Biosystematic studies of Sciaroidea (Diptera) in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions.] GA ČR 206/08/1500 – principal investigator J. Ševčík

• Organising Conferences (Nationa/International) • 2009 Od jedinců k ekosystémům – struktury a vztahy [From Individuals to Ecosystems – Structures and Relations], Conference of the Czech Society for Ecology, Ostrava.

• Participation in Cross-Border/Regional and Bilateral Cooperation • Oviparity, Ovoviviparity and Viviparity: Reproduction Strategies in Insects and their Influence on the Morphology and Ultrastructure of the Female Reproductive System. Project with the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, supported by the National Science Foundation, Poland (P. Kočárek). • Taxonomy and phylogeography of epiphytic bryophytes. Department of Botany and Landscape protection, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland (V. Plášek) • Systematics and Ecology of Crustacea Decapoda and Stomatopoda, with special emphasis on symbiotic shrimps on coral reefs. Projects with NTOU, Keelung, Taiwan; Marine Science Station, Aqaba, Jordan; Auburn University, AL, USA; Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA; Canakkale Osenkiz Mart University, Turkey; AIMS, Townsville, Australia (Z. Ďuriš)

• Participation in European (Framework Programmes/EUREKA/EUROSTARS/COST) and International Cooperation • Participation in the SYNTHESYS project under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union which aims to increase researcher mobility and create an integrated European infrastructure for researchers in the natural sciences (V. Plášek, J. Ševčík).

• Other Foreign Activities and Contacts a) Talks & Conference Participation 2006-2011 | Signing the Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation between OU and the Institute of Oceanography VAST, Nhatrang, Vietnam, research expeditions (Z.Ďuriš, I.Horká) 2008, 2009 | Invitation to participate in the implementation of US - Jordan Project: Summer 2010 Population Dynamics and Metabolic Interactions between Giant Sea Anemones and Symbiotic Anemonefish on Red Sea Coral Reefs (Z.Ďuriš, I. Horká) 2009 | Evolution of Sex and Recombination: In Theory & In Practice. 16–19 June 2009, The University of Iowa, Iowa City (P. Drozd) 2009 | 10th International Congress of Orthopterology, 21-25 June 2009, Antalya, Turkey (P. Kočárek) 2010 | 7th International Congress of Dipterology, San José, Kostarika (J. Ševčík) 2010 | Invitation to participate in the implementation of the international project Census of Marine Life, CRees Expedition. Lizard Island 2010 (Z. Ďuriš) 2011 | European Bryological Congress, 12-16 July 2011, Barcelona (Plášek)

b) Publications 2006 | NOVOTNÝ, V., DROZD, P., MILLER, S., KULFÁN, M., JANDA, M., BASSET, Y., WEIBLEN, G., 2006. Why Are There So Many Species of Herbivorous Insects in Tropical Rainforests? Science 313: 1115-1118. 12.

2008 | JANKO, K., DROZD, P., FLEGR, J. & PANNEL, J., 2008: Clonal turnover versus clonal decay: A null model for observed patterns of asexual longevity, diversity and distribution. Evolution 62(5): 1264-1270. 2009 | KOZUBÍKOVÁ, E., FILIPOVÁ, L., KOZÁK, P., ĎURIŠ, Z., MARTÍN, M.P., DIÉGUEZ-URIBEONDO, J., OIDTMANN, B., PETRUSEK, A., 2009: Prevalence of the crayfish plague pathogen Aphanomyces astaci in invasive American crayfishes in the Czech Republic. Conservation Biology 23: 1204– 1213. SAWICKI, J., PLÁŠEK, V., SZCZECIŃSKA, M., 2009: Molecular evidence does not support the current division of Orthotrichum subgenus Gymnoporus. Plant Systematics and Evolution 279: 125-137. ŠEVČÍK J, (2009): Langkawiana maculata gen. et sp. n. from Malaysia and its systematic position in the tribe Robsonomyiini (Diptera: Keroplatidae). Zootaxa 2221: 58-66. 2010 | TWORZYDLO, W., BILINSKI, S.M., KOČÁREK, P., HAAS, F., 2010: Ovaries and germline cysts and their evolution in Dermaptera (Insecta). Arthropod Structure & Development 39: 360-368. 2011 | ĎURIŠ, Z., HORKÁ, I., JURAČKA, P. J., PETRUSEK, A., SANDFORD, F., 2011: These Squatters Are Not Innocent: The Evidence of Parasitism in Sponge-Inhabiting Shrimps. PLoS One 6(7): e21987. JANKO, K., DROZD, P., EISNER, J., 2011: Do clones degenerate over time? Explaining the genetic variability of asexuals through population genetic models. Biology Direct 6(17). doi:10.1186/17456150-6-17. SAWICKI, J., PLÁŠEK, V., SZCZECIŃSKA, M., 2011: Molecular data do not support the current division of Orthotrichum (Bryophyta) species with immersed stomata. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 49: 1-8. KOČÁREK, P., HOLUŠA, J., GRUCMANOVÁ, Š., MUSIOLEK, D., (2011): Biology of Tetrix bolivari (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Central European Journal of Biology 6: 531-544. 2012 | ŠEVČÍK, J., KJAERANDSEN, J., MARSHALL, S., 2012: Revision of Speolepta (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), with descriptions of new Nearctic and Oriental species. Canadian Entomologist 144: 81–93.

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GENOMICS AND EVOLUTION OF PROTISTS MAIN ACTIVITY Genomics, diversity and evolution of protist organisms. • • • •

Diversity, evolution and taxonomy of green and eustigmatophyte algae Comparative genomics of protist microorganisms Diversity and evolution of proteins of the GTPase class Evolution of the endomembrane system

HEAD: Mgr. Marek Eliáš, Ph.D. E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE:+420 597 092 326 TEAM MEMBERS: Ing. Vladimír Klimeš Mgr. Veronika Zbránková Mgr. Tereza Hasíková

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (Last 5 years)

• Participation in National Projects (Programmes/Providers) • The Ras superfamily of GTPases and the evolution of the eukaryotic cell – Czech Science Foundation P305/10/0205 (2010-2012), PI M. Eliáš • Diversity and evolution of the algal class Eustigmatophyceae (PI) Diversity and evolution of the algal class Eustigmatophyceae (PI) – Czech Science Foundation P506/10/0705 (2010-2012), PI M. Eliáš • Organellar genomics of eustigmatophyte algae – internal grant from the University of Ostrava (2012)

• Other Foreign Activities and Contacts a) Talks & Conference Participation • EMBO Conference Comparative Genomics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms, San Feliu de Guixols, Spain, 15-20 October 2011 (talk) • Bigelowiella natans and Guillardia theta Genome Jamboree, Joint Genome Institute, 2011, 7-9 September, Walnut Creek, USA (talk) • PSA-ISOP Annual Meeting 2011, 13-16 July, Seattle, USA (talk) • ISOP-BSPB (International Society of Protistologists – British Society for Protist Biology) Meeting 2010, 15.

• 18-23 July, Canterbury, Great Britain (talk, poster) • 2010 SMBE (Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution) conference, 4-8 July 2010, Lyon, France (talk, poster) • EMBO Conference Comparative Genomics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms, San Feliu de Guixols, Spain, 17-22 October 2009 (poster) • Workshop on Molecular Systematics of Amoebozoa and Rhizaria, 12-13 January 2009, Geneva, Switzerland (poster) • International Society of Protistologists 59th Annual Meeting/International Society for Evolutionary Protistology XVII conference, 21-26 July 2008, Halifax, Canada (poster)

a) Most Important Publications 2012| Elias M, Brighouse A, Gabernet-Castello C, Field MC, Dacks JB (2012) Sculpting the endomembrane system in deep time: High resolution phylogenetics of Rab GTPases. Journal of Cell Science in press Eliáš M, Neustupa J (2012) Phylum Eustigmatophyta. In: Margulis L (ed), Handbook of Protoctista, Edition 2. Jones & Bartlett Learning, in press Fulnečková J, Hasíková T, Fajkus J, Lukešová A, Eliáš M, Sýkorová E (2012) Dynamic evolution of telomeric sequences in the green algal order Chlamydomonadales. Genome Biology and Evolution 4:248-264. Zambounis A, Elias M, Sterck L, Maumus F, Gachon CMM (2012) Highly dynamic exon shuffling in candidate pathogen receptors...What if brown algae were capable of adaptive immunity? Molecular Biology and Evolution 29:1263-1276. Přibyl P, Eliáš M, Cepák V, Lukavský J, Kaštánek P (2012) Zoosporogenesis, morphology, ultrastructure, pigment composition, and phylogenetic position of Trachydiscus minutus (Eustigmatophyceae, Heterokontophyta). Journal of Phycology 48:231-242. Eliáš M, Klimeš V (2012) Rho GTPases: Deciphering the evolutionary history of a complex protein family. Methods in Molecular Biology 827:13–34. 2011| Němcová Y, Eliáš M, Škaloud P, Neustupa J, Hodač L (2011) Jenufa gen. nov., a new genus of coccoid green algae (Chlorophyceae, incertae sedis) previously recorded by environmental sequencing. Journal of Phycology 47:928–938. Banks JA, Nishiyama T, Hasebe M, Bowman JL, Gribskov M, Depamphilis C, Albert VA, Aono N, Aoyama T, Ambrose BA, Ashton NW, Axtell MJ, Barker E, Barker MS, Bennetzen JL, Bonawitz ND, Chapple C, Cheng C, Correa LG, Dacre M, Debarry J, Dreyer I, Elias M, Engstrom EM, Estelle M, Feng L, Finet C, Floyd SK, Frommer WB, Fujita T, Gramzow L, Gutensohn M, Harholt J, Hattori M, Heyl A, Hirai T, Hiwatashi Y, Ishikawa M, Iwata M, Karol KG, Koehler B, Kolukisaoglu U, Kubo M, Kurata T, Lalonde S, Li K, Li Y, Litt A, Lyons E, Manning G, Maruyama T, Michael TP, Mikami K, Miyazaki S, Morinaga SI, Murata T, Mueller-Roeber B, Nelson DR, Obara M, Oguri Y, Olmstead RG, Onodera N, Petersen BL, Pils B, Prigge M, Rensing SA, Riano-Pachón DM, Roberts AW, Sato Y, Scheller HV, Schulz B, Schulz C, Shakirov EV, Shibagaki N, Shinohara N, Shippen DE, Sorensen I, Sotooka R, Sugimoto N, Sugita M, Sumikawa N, Tanurdzic M, Theißen G, Ulvskov P, Wakazuki S, Weng JK, Willats WW, Wipf D, Wolf PG, Yang L, Zimmer AD, Zhu Q, Mitros T, Hellsten U, Loqué D, Otillar R, Salamov A, Schmutz 16.

J, Shapiro H, Lindquist E, Lucas S, Rokhsar D, Grigoriev IV (2011) The Selaginella genome identifies genetic changes associated with the evolution of vascular plants. Science 332:960-963. Sucgang R, Kuo A, Tian X, Salerno W, Parikh A, Feasley CL, Dalin E, Tu H, Huang E, Barry K, Lindquist E, Shapiro H, Bruce D, Schmutz J, Salamov A, Fey P, Gaudet P, Anjard C, Madan Babu M, Basu S, Bushmanova Y, van der Wel H, Katoh-Kurasawa M, Dinh C, Coutinho PM, Saito T, Elias M, Schaap P, Kay RR, Henrissat B, Eichinger L, Rivero F, Putnam NH, West CM, Loomis WF, Chisholm R, Shaulsky G, Strassmann JE, Queller DC, Kuspa A, and Grigoriev I (2011) Comparative genomics of the social amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum and Dictyostelium purpureum. Genome Biology 12:R20. Vlahou G, Elias M, von Kleist-Retzow JC, Wiesner RJ, and Rivero F (2011) Non-metazoan Ras related GTPases of the Miro family are not required for mitochondrial transport: functional analysis of the Dictyostelium discoideum ortholog. European Journal of Cell Biology 90:342–355. Neustupa J, Eliáš M, Škaloud P, Němcová Y and Šejnohová L (2011) Xylochloris irregularis gen. et sp. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), a novel subaerial coccoid green alga. Phycologia 50: 57-66. 2010| Elias M (2010) Patterns and processes in the evolution of the eukaryotic endomembrane system. Molecular Membrane Biology 27:469-489. Cock JM, 25 co-authors, Elias M, 47 co-authors (2010) The Ectocarpus genome and the independent evolution of multicellularity in brown algae. Nature 465:617-621. Eliáš M, Němcová Y, Škaloud P, Neustupa J, Kaufnerová V and Šejnohová L (2010) Hylodesmus singaporensis gen. et sp. nov., a new autosporine subaerial green alga (Scenedesmaceae, Chlorophyta) from Singapore. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 60:1224-1235. 2009| Elias M and Archibald JM (2009) Sizing up the genomic footprint of endosymbiosis. BioEssays 31:1273-1279. Eliáš M and Neustupa J (2009) Pseudomarvania gen. nov. (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae), a new genus for the “budding” subaerial green algae Marvania aerophytica Neustupa & Šejnohová and Stichococcus ampulliformis Handa. Fottea 9:169-177. Neustupa J, Němcová Y, Eliáš M and Škaloud P (2009) Kalinella bambusicola gen. et sp. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), a novel coccoid Chlorella-like subaerial alga from Southeast Asia. Phycological Research 57:159-169. Elias M, Patron NJ and Keeling PJ (2009) The RAB Family GTPase Rab1A from Plasmodium falciparum Defines a Unique Paralog Shared by Chromalveolates and Rhizaria. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 56:348-356. Ma LJ, Ibrahim AS, Skory C, Grabherr MG, Burger G, Butler M, Elias M, Idnurm A, Lang BF, Sone T, Abe A, Calvo SE, Corrochano LM, Engels R, Fu J, Hansberg W, Kim JM, Kodira CD, Koehrsen MJ, Liu B, Miranda-Saavedra D, O’Leary S, Ortiz-Castellanos L, Poulter R, Rodriguez-Romero J, Ruiz-Herrera J, Shen YQ, Zeng Q, Galagan J, Birren BW, Cuomo CA and Wickes BL (2009) Genomic analysis of the basal lineage fungus Rhizopus oryzae reveals a whole-genome duplication. PLoS Genetics 5:e1000549. Elias M and Archibald JM (2009) The RJL family of small GTPases is an ancient eukaryotic invention probably functionally associated with the flagellar apparatus. Gene 442:63-72. 17.

2008| Eliáš M, Škaloud P and Neustupa J (2008) Elliptochloris bilobata var. corticola var. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), a novel subaerial coccal green alga. Biologia 63: 787-794. Elias M (2008) The guanine nucleotide exchange factors Sec2 and PRONE: candidate synapomorphies for the Opisthokonta and the Archaeplastida. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25:1526-1529. Elias M and Novotny M (2008) cpRAS: a novel circularly permuted RAS-like GTPase domain with a highly scattered phylogenetic distribution. Biology Direct 3:21.

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NUMBER THEORY, DIOPHANTINE APPROXIMATIONS, FUZZY MATHEMATICS MAIN ACTIVITY • Research in the field of number theory, in particular the Diophantine approximations, irrationality, transcendence, linear independence, algebraic independence, everything beyond rational numbers, irrationality level, expressible sets. • Another sphere of scientific interest is the research in the size metric systems and division of numerical progressions and sets. • Some members of the team also deal with the application of the number theory in fuzzy mathematics. HEAD: Prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Hančl, CSc. E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE:+420 777 096 220 TEAM MEMBERS: Doc.RNDr. János Tóth, Ph.D. Doc.RNDr. Ladislav Mišík, CSc. RNDr. Zuzana Václavíková, Ph.D. RNDr. Jan Šustek, Ph.D. Mgr. Bc. Jan Štěpnička, Ph.D.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (Last 5 years)

• Participation in National Projects (Programmes/Providers) GAČR 201/07/0191: Algebraická, analytická a kombinatorická teorie čísel [Algebraic, analytic, and combinatorial number theory]. GAČR P201/12/2351: Distribuční a metrické vlastnosti číselných posloupností [Distribution and metric properties of number sequences]Grant International Centre for Number Theory Research, Internal Grant of the University of Ostrava. 2008-2010 | Grant: Mezinárodní centrum výzkumu v oblasti teorie čísel [International Centre for Number Theory Research], Internal Grant of the University of Ostrava. 2010 | Grant SGS OU: Mezinárodní centrum výzkumu v oblasti teorie čísel [Analytic and additive number theory research], SGS17/PřF/2010. 2011 | Grant SGS OU: Aplikace teorie čísel [Number theory application], SGS10/PřrF/2011. 2007 | Principal Investigator of MSK VaV 1/07– II, Contract No. 01211/2007/ŠMS: Zvýšení vědeckovýzkumného potenciálu v oblasti matematiky. [Enhancing the scientific research potential in the area of mathematics.] 2011-2012 | Principal Investigator of MSK VaV 2011, RRC/04/2010, Contract No. 01798/2011/RRC: Podpora a stabilizace mladých vědeckých pracovníků na Ostravské univerzitě. [Support and stabilisation of young scientists at the University of Ostrava.] 21.

• Organising Conferences and Similar Events (National/International) • Mezinárodní konference z teorie čísel [International Conferences on Number Theory] 2008, 2009 • “Sequences” Workshop 2007 • PhD Student Mathematical Conference on Number Theory 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

• Participation in Cross-Border/Regional and Bilateral Cooperation • Grant ME09017: Diofantické aproximace nekonečných řad [Diophantine approximations of infinite series], bilateral cooperation with the USA, 2009-2012 • Grant MEB 080877: Teorie čísel a její aplikace [Number theory and its application], bilateral cooperation with Slovakia, 2008-2009

• Other Foreign Activities and Contacts • In the last 5 years: 28 presentations at international scientific conferences, and 31 publications in international, peer-reviewed scientific journals.

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ALGEBRAIC AND LOGIC METHODS FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY MAIN ACTIVITY Algebraic and logical methods for information processing under uncertainty. Formal multi-valued logics, higher-order fuzzy logic, algebraic structures of truth values. Fuzzy mathematics, study of fuzzy relations, generalized quantifiers, mathematical models of systems with fuzzy rule base, fuzzy approximations. Research of the semantics of that part of natural language that is used by people when assessing and drawing conclusions in particular in management, in managerial decision making, in identification, classification, etc. Extension and enhancement of present methods for advanced fuzzy modelling. Mathematical models inspired by nature. Development of new stochastic (especially evolutionary) algorithms for global optimisation tasks, creation of dynamic models of systems whose behaviour is influenced by events under uncertainty. Development of software tools for fuzzy modelling of complex processes, for automatic learning based on data including data under uncertainty, for analysis and prediction of time series, for digital image processing (compression, fusion, automatic recognition etc.). HEAD: Prof. Ing. Vilém Novák, DrSc. E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE:+420 597 091 401 TEAM MEMBERS: Prof. Irina Perfiljeva, CSc. Prof. RNDr. Jiří Močkoř, DrSc. Prof. RNDr. Radko Mesiar, DrSc. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Martin Štěpnička, Ph.D. RNDr. Martina Daňková, Ph.D. Ing. Antonín Dvořák, Ph.D. RNDr. Michal Holčapek, Ph.D. RNDr. Jiří Kupka, Ph.D. RNDr. Petra Murinová, Ph.D. RNDr. Viktor Pavliska, Ph.D. Mgr. Martin Dyba Mgr. Petra Hoďáková Mgr. Iva Tomanová Mgr. Radek Valášek Mgr. Lenka Vavříčková Mgr. Petr Hurtík

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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (Last 5 years)

• Participation in National Projects (Programmes/Providers) 2005-2011 | Research Centre 1M0572 MŠMT ČR, DAR Data – Algoritmy – Rozhodování [DAR Data – Algorithms – Decision Making] 2009-2011 | Grant IAA108270901 GA AV ČR, Kardinality fuzzy množin a fuzzy kvantifikátory [Cardinality of fuzzy sets and fuzzy quantifiers] 2009-2011 | Grant IAA108270902 GA AV ČR, Teorie semilineárních svazově uspořádaných prostorů [Theory of semilinearl lattice-ordered spaces] 2005-2011 | Research plan of MSM6198898701 MŠMT: Logické a algebraické metody pro zpracování informací zatížených neurčitostí a jejich použití ve fuzzy modelování [Logical and algebraic methods for processing information under indeterminacy and its application in fuzzy modelling]

• Organising Conferences and Similar Events (National/International) • EUSFLAT 2007 Conference (European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology), Ostrava, 11-14 September 2007, Conference proceedings indexed in ISI Web of Science (CPCI) • 10th Czech-Japan seminar on Data Analysis and Decision Making under Uncertainty, Liblice, 15-18 September 2007. • 1st Czech-Latvian seminar on Advanced Methods in Soft Computing, Trojanovice, 19-22 November 2008. • 10th International Student Conference on Applied Mathematics and Informatics (ISCAMI), Malenovice, 13-15 May 2009. • 12th Czech-Japan seminar on Data Analysis and Decision Making under Uncertainty, Litomyšl, 12-15 September 2009. • International Workshop Soft Computing: Where Theory Meets Applications 2009, Trojanovice, 13-16 December 2009. • 11th International Student Conference on Applied Mathematics and Informatics (ISCAMI), Bratislava, 20-23 May 2010. • 12th International Student Conference on Applied Mathematics and Informatics (ISCAMI), Malenovice, 6-8 May 2011. • Moreover, the institute organized several sessions at prestigious conferences and congresses, for example, two special sessions at the IFSA World Congress/EUSFLAT Conference 2009 in Lisbon, special sessions at FSTA 2010 conference in Liptovský Ján, special sessions at IEEE WCCI World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, special sessions at IPMU 2010 International conference in Dortmund, special session at FLINS 2010 International conference in Chengdu, China and many others.

• Participation in Cross-Border/Regional and Bilateral Cooperation The institute is a party to bilateral contracts with the following research sites: • Artificial Intelligence Research Institute – CSIC, Barcelona, Spain • Taganrog Institute of Technology - Southern Federal University, Taganrog, Russia • Ulyanovsk State Technical University, Ulyanovsk, Russia • University of Applied Science, Zittau/Goerlitz, Germany • University of Latvia in Riga, Republic of Latvia

• Participation in European (Framework Programmes/EUREKA/EUROSTARS/COST) and International Cooperation • OP VaVpI CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0070 Centre of Excellence IT4Innovations MŠMT 24.

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Bilateral mobility within a Socrates project with University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia (from 2009) Bilateral mobility within a Socrates project with University of Catania, Italy (2001 - 2008) US Grant N62909-12-1-7039 F-transform - A New Promising technique for Image and Signal Processing: How to make its Applications more reliable (2012-2013)

• Other Foreign Activities and Contacts (Talks & Conference Participation, International Membership, Publications) The institute has established many contacts to top-class research sites all over the world such as the University of Texas at El Paso in the USA, Ghent University in Belgium, Tsinghua University in Beijing, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad in India, Ulyanovsk State University in Russia, Fuzzy Logic Laboratorium (Johannes Kepler Universität) Linz, Austria Institut d’Investigació en Intelligència Artificial in Barcelona, Spain and others. With colleagues from those sites, we have conducted joint research confirmed by mutual visits. Since its establishment in 1996, the institute has published more than 700 scientific publications, of which 6 are monographs published by foreign publishing houses (Kluwer, Springer, Nauka) and more than 300 are articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. The majority of those articles have been published in prestigious journals with impact factor. Researchers from our institute have presented over 400 contributions to conferences, and the leading ones have played the role of plenary speakers at several prestigious conferences and congresses. The leading researchers gave also many tens of invited lectures at universities in Europe, USA, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. The institute staff are members of several professional organisations. A high percentage of researchers are members of the EUSFLAT organisation (European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology), prof. Perfiljeva held two terms of office on the position of EUSFLAT organisation top management (Secretary), prof. Štěpnička held one term of office on the position of the EUSFLAT organisation wider management (Technological Officer) and currently is in the top management (Secretary). In addition, some staff are members of other organisations such as IEEE Computational Intelligence Society or International Institute of Forecasters.

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CITY AND REGIONAL MANAGEMENT CENTRE MAIN ACTIVITY The research group of the City and Regional Management Centre in the framework of the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development is focused on the research of various aspects of local development of Ostrava city region and regional development of the Moravian-Silesian Region in the European context. The main focus has been placed on the research of the process of restructuring and modernisation of the industrial city region of Ostrava, especially on the role of regional innovation system, clusters, creative industries, soft factors of development (amenities) and the process of development of the rural peripheral region of Jesenicko as well. Since May 2009 we have been dealing with governance of shrinkage of the city of Ostrava. Since July 2011 we have been conducting international comparative research into cluster life cycles. Our aims are to become a research centre for urban governance, to carry out applied research projects for Czech regions and cities and to improve our involvement in European research projects as well. HEAD: RNDr. Petr Rumpel, Ph.D. E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE:+420 731 505 360 http://www.mestskymarketing.cz TEAM MEMBERS: Mgr. Tomáš Boruta Doc. RNDr. Jan Havrlant, CSc. RNDr. David Novák, Ph.D. Mgr. Ondřej Slach Mgr. Jan Ženka, Ph.D. od 2012 Mgr. Blanka Marková (a postgraduate student) Mgr. Iva Tichá (a postgraduate student) RNDr. Petr Žufan, Ph.D.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (Last 5 years)

• Participation in National Projects (Programmes/Providers) 2004-2006 | Inovativní koncepty a přístupy v socioekonomickém rozvoji územních jednotek. [Innovative concepts and approaches in the socioeconomic development of territorial units.] GAČR 2005-2006 | Marketingový management měst a regionů. [Marketing management of cities and regions.] Ministry of Local Development MMR, WB-22-05 2005-2006 | Budoucnost regionálních rozvojových agentur. [The future of regional development agencies.] Ministry of Local Development MMR, WB-15-05 2007-2011 | Role měkkých faktorů v eliminaci regionálních disparit průmyslových regionů Ostravsko a Ústecko. [The role of soft localization factors in the elimination of regional disparities in old industrial regions of Ostrava and Usti nad Labem.] Ministry of Local Development MMR, WD61-07-1, 2007-2011 27.

2007-2010 | Regionální marketing jako koncept rozvoje rurálního periferního regionu Jesenicko. [Regional marketing as a concept of development of the rural peripheral region of Jesenicko.] Ministry of Local Development MMR, WD-35-07-1

• Organising Conferences and Similar Events (National/International) • RUMPEL, P.: Inovace v lokálním a regionálním rozvoji. [Innovation in local and regional development.] Ostrava. (Workshop of the Research Project GAČR, 2004/09/24-2004/09/24). • RUMPEL, P.: Inovativní koncepty a přístupy v socioekonomickém rozvoji územních jednotek. [Innovative concepts and approaches in the socioeconomic development of territorial units.] Ostrava. (International Workshop of the research project GAČR, 2005/05/25-2005/05/26). • RUMPEL, P., SLACH, O., BORUTA, T.: Inovace v rozvoji obcí, měst a regionů s důrazem na marketingové řízení. [Innovation in the development of communities, cities, and regions with emphasis on marketing management.] Ostrava. (International Conference of the research project GAČR, 2006/05/292006/05/31). • RUMPEL, P., BORUTA, T., SLACH, O.: Regionální rozvoj Jesenicka. [Regional development of Jesenicko.] Conference with international participation from 29 to 30 October 2009 organised within the research project Regional marketing as a concept of development of the rural peripheral region of Jesenicko. MMR, WD-35-07-1, 2007-2010. Co-organised by the Jesenická rozvojová, o.p.s. • SLACH, O., BORUTA, T., RUMPEL, P., MARKOVÁ, B. Měkké faktory v regionálním rozvoji regionů s důrazem na kulturu, kreativitu a inovace. [Soft factors in regional development of regions with emphasis on culture, creativity, and innovation.] Ostrava. (2010 International Conference of the research project WD-61-07-1)

• Participation in Cross-Border/Regional and Bilateral Cooperation • Contacts to research sites in Western Europe and the USA dealing with the respective topic, as well as in Poland, Slovakia, etc. • FULBRIGHT research fellowship: University of Florida, Department of Geography, Gainesville, Florida, USA, August 2008-February 2009. • DAAD: Universitaet Bonn, September 1995-Augsut 1996, PhD Stipendiat • Forschungsaufenthalt: Leibniz Institut für Länderkunde Leipzig. 1 October 2005-1 December 2005

• Participation in European (Framework Programmes/EUREKA/EUROSTARS/COST) and International Cooperation • Cluster life cycles – the role of actors, networks and institutions in emerging, growing, declining and renewing clusters. EUROCORES ESF European Science Foundation CRP/11/E025, 2011-2014, Principal Coordinator: Prof.Dr. Robert Hassink, University of Kiel, Germany. • Governance of Shrinkage within the European Context – Shrink Smart. 7th Framework Programme. 2009-2011. Helmholtz Institute for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany, Leader: Prof. Dr. Dieter Rink • Constructing Regional Advantage, Towards State-of-the-Art Regional Innovation System Policies in Europe. EUROCORES ESF European Science Foundation CRP/07/E005-31, 2007-2009, CIRCLE University of Lund, Prof. Dr. Bjorn Asheim

• Other Foreign Activities and Contacts a) Talks & Conference Participation, International Membership • RUMPEL, P., SLACH, O. Presentation: Governance of Shrinkage: the Case Study of Ostrava, 28.

Czechia. London: Royal Geographical Society, UK [2011-08-31-2011-09-02]. • RUMPEL, P., SLACH, O. Presentation: Governance of shrinking cities in Central European context: The case study of Ostrava´s economic development. Seoul. 3rd Global Conference on Economic Geography, Korea [2011-06-28-2011-07-02]. • RUMPEL, P., SLACH, O., TICHÁ, I. Presentation: Governance of Shrinkage in Central European Context: the Case Study of Economic Development of the Shrinking City of Ostrava. Globalisation Conference. Ostrava: University of Ostrava. [2011-09-08-2011-09-09]. • RUMPEL, P. Presentation: Business Decisions in the Industrial Global Economy Geographic Principles for Decisions in the Auto Industry - Case Study of Ostrava region, Czech Republic. Las Vegas: Association of American Geographers, USA. [2009-03-20-2009-03-27]. • RUMPEL, P. Presentation: Helle Zukunft der schwarzen Ostrava-Karvina Steinkohleregion?. Grossraeschen, Brandenburg: IBA Internationale Bauaustellung Fuerst Pueckler Land. Internationale Konferenz, Deutschland [2009-09-15-2009-09-17]. • RUMPEL, P., SLACH, O., BEDNÁŘ, P., KOUTSKÝ, J. Presentation: Re-imaging of industrial cities in the Czech Republic: chosen drivers of the change. Mönchengladbach: NIERS Institut, Germany. [2009-02-15-2009-02-17]. • RUMPEL, P., SLACH, O. Presentation: The Role of Soft Factors in the Restructuring and Development of Old Industrial Regions of the Czech Republic. Sankt Augustin, Florida: Florida Society of Geographers, USA. [2009-01-23-2009-01-25]. • Etc.

b) Important Publications 2011| BLAŽEK, J., RUMPEL,P., SKOKAN, K., ŽÍŽALOVÁ, P. (2011) Emerging regional innovation strategies in Central Europe: institutions and regional leadership in generating strategic outcomes. European Urban and Regional Studies. 2012 (forthcoming). TÖDTLING, F., RUMPEL, P., SKOKAN, K., HÖGLINGER, CH., GRILLITSCH, M. (2011) Innovation and knowledge sourcing of modern sectors in old industrial regions – A comparison of software firms in Moravia Silesia and Upper Austria. European Urban and Regional Studies. 2012 (forthcoming). BLAŽEK, J., RUMPEL,P., SKOKAN, K., ŽÍŽALOVÁ, P. (2011) Where Does the Knowledge for Knowledgeintensive Industries Come From? The Case of Biotech in Prague and ICT in Ostrava. European Planning Studies: 19, pp. 1277-1303. RUMPEL, P. et al (2011) Komplexní regionální marketing periferního rurálního regionu Jesenicko. [The complex regional marketing of the rural peripheral region of Jesenicko.] Edition 1. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk. 244 pp. ISBN 978-80-7380-320-9. SLACH, O., RUMPEL, P., BORUTA, T. (2011) Transferable Impulses of IBA Emscher Park - Czech Perspective. Edition 1. Essen: Klartext Verlag, 2011. pp. 210-220. 1. ISBN 978-3-8375-0501-6. 2010| RUMPEL, P., SLACH, O., KOUTSKÝ, J. (2010) Creative Industries in Spatial Perspective in the Old Industrial Moravian-Silesian Region. E+M Ekonomie a Management. Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 30-46. RUMPEL, P., SLACH, O., BEDNÁŘ, P., KOUTSKÝ, J. (2010) Re-imaging of industrial cities in the Czech Republic: chosen drivers of the change. Edition 1. Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, pp. 89-114. 29.

Mönchenglad. Schrift. zur wirtschaft. in praxis 22. ISBN 978-3-8695-5197-5. RUMPEL, P., SLACH, O. (2010) A Bright Future? The Dark Hard Coal Region of Ostrava-Karviná. Berlin: JOVIS Verlag, 2010. pp. 96-103. ISBN 978-3-86859-043-2.of Outdoor Activities: A Case Study of Rychleby Trail. Journal of Outdoor Activities, Vol. 3, No. 1. pp. 34-47. 2008| RUMPEL, P., SIWEK, T. (2008) Wykorzystanie marketingu terytorialnego w turystyce czeskiej na przykładzie Królestwa Wałaskiego. Zeszyty Naukowe Górnośląskiej Wyższej Szkoły Handlowej im. Wojciecha Korfantego. 2008, Vol. 39, pp. 77-90. ISSN 1428-9520. RUMPEL, P., SLACH, O.,KOUTSKÝ, J. (2008): Měkké faktory regionálního rozvoje. [Soft factors of regional development.] Edition 1. Ostrava: Repronis, 182 pp. ISBN 978-80-7368-435-8. 2007 | RUMPEL, P., SLACH, O., BORUTA, T. (2007): Inovace v rozvoji obcí, měst a regionů s důrazem na marketingové řízení. [Innovation in the development of communities, cities and regions with emphasis on marketing management.] Ostrava: Oftis, pp. 7-22. ISBN 80-7368-262-1. RUMPEL, P. (2007): Geografické aspekty evropské integrace. [Geographical aspects of European integration.] Edition 1. Ostrava: Oftis Ostrava. 262 p. EC Jean Monnet European Module. ISBN 97880-7368-264-4. RUMPEL, P. - JEŽEK, J. - SLACH, O. (2007): Marketingový management obcí, měst a regionů. [Marketing management of communities, cities and regions.] Edition 1. Ostrava: Repronis. 136 pp. ISBN 978-80-7368-294-1. 2004 | RUMPEL, P. (2004): Politika ekonomické a sociální soudržnosti EU. [Economic and social cohesion policy of the European Union.] In: Jeřábek, M. - Dokoupil, J. - Havlíček, T. (eds.) The Czech border area – a barrier or space for mediation? Praha: Academia.

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POLITICAL AND CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY MAIN ACTIVITY The Centre for Political and Cultural Geography (CPCG) is a multidisciplinary research centre drawing together researchers from political geography, political science, international relations and anthropology who share an interest in the role of space in the construction and reproduction of the social world, politics and everyday life. The research activities and the regional foci of the members of the Centre are diverse, nevertheless they share critical paradigmatic and methodological outlooks which could be summarized as new approaches in political and cultural geography, namely critical geopolitics, poststructuralism, neomarxism and discursive and narrative analysis. The principal research topics include geopolitical and geographic imaginations, environmental perception, landscape, theory of ethnicity and nationalism, geography of everyday life, democratization and new forms of statehood, globalization, humanitarian aid and development, and the visualization of geographical data. The regional interests include the post-Soviet space (the Caucasus in Particular), the Near East, Central Europe, and Latin America. HEAD: Prof. RNDr. Vladimír Baar, CSc. E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE:+420 732 437 015 TEAM MEMBERS: Doc. RNDr. Tadeusz Siwek, CSc. RNDr. Tomáš Drobík, Ph.D. RNDr. Vincenc Kopeček, Ph.D. Mgr. Tomáš Hoch, Ph.D. PhDr. Přemysl Mácha, Ph.D. Mgr. Monika Šumberová Mgr. Luděk Krtička prof. Robert Ištok

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (Last 5 years)

• Participation in National Projects (Programmes/Providers) • Strategic Orientation of Japan in the Geoeconomic Processes in Eastern Asia (2012, IGA, University of Ostrava, SGS08/PřF/2012). • Place Names as a Significant Component of Cultural Heritage and an Important Source of Local, Regional, and National Identity. Preparing Guidelines for the Preservation of Place Names (20112014, NAKI, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, DF11P01OVV022). • Disintegration Processes in the Horn of Africa (2011, IGA, University of Ostrava, SGS3/PRF/2011). • Analysis of the State Development Discourse of the Republic of Ireland (2011, IGA, University of Ostrava, SGS4/PRF/2011). • Separatist Conflicts in the Caucasus Region in the Geopolitical Context (2010, IGA, University of Ostrava, 31800/1063). • Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Processes in Russia and Central Asia (2010, IGA, University of 33.

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Ostrava, SGS12/PřF/2010). Differences in the Perception of Geographical Space of the Neighbouring Countries in the Secondary School Textbooks: The Cases of Czechia, Slovakia and Poland (2010, IGA, University of Ostrava, SGS13/PřF/2010). Analysis of the Role of the Civil Societies in the Conflict Regions of Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabakh (2009, IGA, University of Ostrava, 31800/1063) Indigenous Nationalism? The Language and Symbolism of Indigenous Movements in Mexico (20062008, GAČR, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, 403/06/0301) International Position of Somaliland and Perspectives of its Recognition (2010, IGA, University of Ostrava, SGS14/PřF/2010).

• Organising Conferences (National/International) 2011| The 5th International Conference on Globalisation: The Scale of Globalization. Global, Local, Individual. Department of Human Geography, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic, September 8-9 2009| The 4th International Conference on Globalisation: Beyond Globalization. Exploring the Limits of Globalization in the Regional Context. Department of Human Geography, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic, September 16-17 2007| The 3rd International Conference on Globalisation: Globalisation and Its Impact on Localities. Department of Human Geography, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic, September 5-7 Migration and Development. Department of Human Geography, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic, September 4-5 2005| The 2nd International Conference on Globalisation: Globalisation and Its Impact to Society, Regions and States. Department of Human Geography, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic, September 13-15 2003| The 1st International Conference on Globalisation: Globalisation and Its Political, Cultural, Economic and Ecological Context. Department of Human Geography, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic, September 9-11

• Participation in Cross-Border/Regional and Bilateral Cooperation Collaboration with researchers from • University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom • University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom • Royal Holloway, University of London, London, United Kingdom • Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA • University of Matthew Bel, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia • Universidade do Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal • Prague Global Policy Institue - Glopolis, o. p. s., Prague, Czechia

• Other Foreign Activities and Contacts a) Talks & Conference Participation 2011| BAAR, V. (2011) Talk: Geocultural Aspects of Statehood in the Caucasus. Ostrava: The 5th International Conference on Globalisation. Ostrava. 2010| KOPEČEK, V., HOCH, T., BAAR, V. (2010) Talk: Sources of Conflicts in the Region of the South Caucasus. Glubczyce: The 12th International Political Geography Conference. 34.

2008| KOPEČEK, V. (2008) Talk: World Politics in Dub and Hip-hop music: Comparative Study of Bosnian Dubioza Kolektiv and Azerbaijani Dayirman. Ljubljana: World International Studies Committee. DROBÍK, T., ŠUMBEROVÁ, M. (2008) Talk: Czech Radar and the Representation of Threat and Security in the Media: Shall We Be Afraid of Ambiguous Spaces? Ljubljana: World International Studies Committee. 2007| DROBÍK, T. (2007) Talk: Islamic Responses to US Hegemony and World Order. Torino: World International Studies Committee. DROBÍK, T. (2007) Talk: Islamic Resistance: Response to the Western Globalisation in the Realm of Civic Society. Lublin.

b) Most Important Publications 2012| BAAR, V. 2012: Uznání širokým světovým společenstvím je alfa a omega dalšího politického života každé entity usilující o vlastní stát [Alpha and Omega of Further Political Life of Each Entity Struggling for Independent State is the Recognition by Broad International Community]. Mezinárodní politika 36 (4): 30-34. HOCH, T., KOPEČEK, V., BAAR, V. 2012: Role občanské společnosti při transformaci separatistických konfliktů na Jižním Kavkaze [The Role of Civil Society in the Transformation of Separatist Conflicts in the South Caucasus]. Mezinárodní vztahy 46 (2): in print. KOPEČEK, V. 2012: Náhorní Karabach: kudy vede cesta k (ne)státnosti? [Nagorno Karabakh: A Path to the (Non-)Statehood]. Mezinárodní politika 36 (4): 15-18. 2011| HASALOVÁ, J. 2011: Social Remitting Activities of Asian Diaspora in Ireland: Co-development Strategies in New Countries of Immigration. Contemporary European Studies 6 (1): 37-51. HOCH, T. 2011: Možnosti rozvoje de facto států prostřednictvím humanitární pomoci, rozvojové spolupráce a aktivit organizací občanské společnosti: případová studie Abcházie [Possibilities of Development in De-facto States through Humanitarian Aid, Development Cooperation and Civil Society Organizations: Case Study of Abkhazia]. European Science and Art Publishing. HOCH, T., KOPEČEK, V. 2011: Transforming Identity of Ajarian Population (Why the 1991-2004 conflict did not assume armed character). The Annual of Language & Politics and Politics of Identity 5 (1): 57-72. HOCH, T. 2011: EU Strategy towards Post-Soviet De Facto States. Contemporary European Studies 6 (2): 69-85. IŠTOK, R. 2011: Geopolitical Conception of Globalization in the Interpretation of Alexander Dugin. In The Scale of Globalization. Think Globally, Act Locally, Change Individuality in the 21st Century. Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 112-117. IŠTOK, R. (ed.) 2011: Slovensko a Poľsko – geopolitické, politologické, historické a humánnogeografické súvislosti. Vybrané problémy. [Slovakia and Poland – Geopolitical, Political, Historical and Human Geographical Connections]. Prešov: Vydavateľstvo Prešovskej university. IŠTOK, R. 2011: Problematika štátu v geopolitickom kontexte: Úvod do geopolitickej analýzy Poľska [State in the Geopolitical Context: An Introduction to the Geopolitical Analysis of Poland]. Acta Facultatis Studiorum Humanitatis et Naturae Universitatis Prešoviensis 52 (17): 109-120. 35.

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2011| KOPEČEK, V. 2011: European Neighbourhood Policy: Does the Tool Work?: Area study of the South Caucasian countries. Contemporary European Studies 6 (1): 5-22. KOPEČEK, V. 2011: Welcome to My Neighbour’s Funeral: Pankisi Kists and International Tourism. In The Scale of Globalization: Think Globally, Act Locally, Change Individually in the 21st Century. Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 157-165. KOPEČEK, V., HOCH, T., BAAR, V. 2011: The Origins of Toponyms and Ethnonyms in the Region of the South Caucasus. Region and Regionalism 10 (2): 201-211. KOPEČEK, V., DROBÍK, T., HASALOVÁ, J. 2011: Česká geografie v 21. století: opravdu pro život? [Czech Geography in the 21st Century: Really for Life?]. Information of the Czech Geographical Society 30 (2): 25-29. LAŠ, L. 2011: Sino-Japanese Relations toward the Second Decade of the Twenty-First Century. Contemporary European Studies 6 (1): 53-63. LAŠ, L., AUKIA, J. 2011: Contradictory Asia-Pacific Era Regionalism. In The Scale of Globalization. Think Globally, Act Locally, Change Individually in the 21st Century. Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 193-202. MÁCHA, P., DROBÍK, T. (eds.) 2011: The Scale of Globalization: Think Globally, Act Locally, Change Individually. Ostrava: University of Ostrava. PRAŽIAK, V., LAŠ, L. 2011: Moderná geografia a geografická edukácia. Je nutná zmena súčasného systému geografického vzdelávania? [Modern Geography and Geographical Education. Is it Necessary to Change Current System of Geographical Education?]. Ružomberok: Verbum. RUDINCOVÁ, K. 2011: Islamic Movements in Somalia: Local or Global Jihad? In The Scale of Globalization. Think Globally, Act Locally, Change Individually in the 21st Century. Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 273-279. RUDINCOVÁ, K. 2011: Power and Powerlessness in Somalia: Ethiopian Involvement and the Transitional Federal Government. In Africa: Power and Powerlessness. Berlin: LIT Verlag Dr. W. Hopf: 55-62. SIWEK, T. 2011: A Political-Geographic Map of Poland before the 2011 Election. Politics in Central Europe 7 (2): 117-125. SIWEK, T. 2011: Percepce geografického prostoru [Perception of Geographical Space]. Prague: Czech Geographical Society. 2010| BAAR, V. 2010: Postsovětský prostor po dvaceti letech [Post-Soviet Space after Twenty Years]. Geografické rozhledy 19: 9-10. BAAR, V., SLOBODNÍKOVÁ, O. 2010: The Present Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Situation in Russia. Beyond Globalisation. Exploring the Limits of Globalisation in the Regional Context. Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 89-98. HASALOVÁ, J. 2010: Transnational Development Agency of Migrants: Problematic Aspects of Research on Remittances. In Beyond Globalization: Exploring the Limits of Globalization in the Regional Context. Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 147-154. 37.

HOCH, T., BAAR, V., KOPEČEK, V. 2010: Podmínky demokratizace v de facto státech: Případová studie Abcházie [Conditions of Democratisation in De Facto States: Case study of Abkhazia]. Central European Political Studies Review 12 (4): 285-299. HOCH, T. 2010: The Limits of Humanitarian Aid and Development Cooperation in War-torn Separatist Regions: Case study of Abkhazia. Beyond Globalisation: Exploring the Limits of Globalisation in the Regional Context. Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 139-146. IŠTOK, R. et al. 2010: Politická geografia [Political Geography]. Banská Bystrica: Univerzita Mateja Bela. IŠTOK, R., KOZIAK, T. 2010: Ivory Coast – From Stability to Collapse. Failed States in Time of Globalisation. In Beyond Globalisation. Exploring the Limits of Globalisation in the Regional Context. Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 81-87. IŠTOK, R., KOZIAK, T. et al. 2010: Geopolitika, globalistika, medzinárodná politika [Geopolitics, Global Studies, International Politics]. Prešov: Prešovská univerzita. KOPEČEK, V. 2010: Demokracie v Arménii? Úvahy o stavu demokracie v evropském sousedství [Democracy in Armenia? Reflections on the State of Democracy in the European Neighbourhood]. In: Podoby demokracie na začátku 21. století: Evropská unie a svět. Kolín: Nezávislé centrum pro studium politiky: 415-428. KOPEČEK, V. 2010: Russian Geopolitical Perceptions and Imaginations of the South Caucasus. In Beyond Globalisation. Exploring the Limits of Globalisation in the Regional Context. Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 99-105. MÁCHA, P., DROBÍK, T. 2010: Knowing One’s Place in the Era of Globalization: A Case Study of the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech Automobile Plant in Nošovice, Czech Republic. Annual of Language & Politics and Politics of Identity 4 (4): 75-90. MÁCHA, P. 2010: Krajiny antropologie a antropologie krajiny [The Landscapes of Anthropology and the Anthropology of Landscape]. Český lid 97 (3): 225-246. RUDINCOVÁ, K. 2010: Povstání Maxameda ibn Cabdalla Xasana a počátky somálského nacionalismu [Uprising of Maxamed ibn Cabdalla Xasan and the Beginning of the Somali Nationalism]. Nový Orient 65 (2): 24-27. SIWEK, T. 2010: Současná geografie očima českých geografů [Contemporary Geography according to the Czech Geographers]. Geografie 115 (4): 361-376. SIWEK, T. 2010: Demograficzne uwarunkowania wzajemnych stosunków między krajami Unii Europejskiej w XXI wieku. In Unia Europejska w XXI wieku: Polityczno-prawna wspólnota interesów. Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek: 78-92. 2009| BAAR, V. 2009: Ossetia – A Divided Region on the Border of Europe and Asia (Historical Implications). Region and Regionalism 9 (2): 79-89. BAAR, V. 2009: Wymysojeři – oběti dvou totalitních režimů [Wymysoyers – The Victims of Two Totalitarian Regimes]. Slezský sborník 107 (2-3): 233-239. BAAR, V. 2009: Národy bez státu v Evropě národních států [Nations without States in the Europe 38.

of Nation States]. In Národné štáty v Európskej únii – Európska únia v národných štátoch. Trnava: Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda: 30-41. DROBÍK, T., ŠUMBEROVÁ, M. (eds.) 2009: Chapters of Modern Human Geographical Thought. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. HOCH, T. 2009: The Impact of Economic Globalization on Democratization in the Least Developed Countries. Contemporary European Studies 4 (2): 178-194. IŠTOK, R. 2009: A New State in Central Europe – The Changing Political Geography. Geographia Slovaca 26. Bratislava: Geografický ústav SAV: 17-47. IŠTOK, R. 2009: Eurázijstvo ako geopolitická koncepcia [Eurasianism as a Geopolitical Concept]. In Geopolitika, globalistika, medzinárodná politika. Vybrané problémy. Prešov: Prešovská univerzita: 66-107. IŠTOK, R., KOZIAK, T. 2009: Turkey and Human Rights in the Context of Its Accession to the EU. Elargessiment et politique européenne de voisinage. Enlargement and European Neighbourhoud Policy. Bruxelles: Broylant: 83-92. IŠTOK, R., KOZIAK, T. 2009: Integračné ambície Turecka a problém ochrany ľudských práv [Integration Ambitions of Turkey and the Issue of Human Rights Protection]. Acta Facultatis Philosophicae Universitatis Prešoviensis. Politologický zborník: 165-179. IŠTOK, R., KOZIAK, T. 2009: Miedzymorzie as a Polish Geopolitical Concept. Acta Facultatis Studiorum Humanitatis et Naturae Universitatis Prešoviensis 47 (14): 89-97. KOPEČEK, V. 2009: Narrating Karabakh Conflict or Armenian and Azeri Conflict Histories Online. Contemporary European Studies 4 (2): 195-204. MÁCHA, P. (ed.) 2009: Lighting the Bonfire, Rebuilding the Pyramid: Case Studies in Identity, Ethnicity and Nationalism in Indigenous Communities in Mexico. Ostrava: University of Ostrava. SIWEK, T. 2009: Measurement of Migration Flows to Czechia. In Global Changes: Their Regional and Local Aspects. Warsaw: University of Warsaw: 49-54. 2008| BAAR, V. 2008: Globalization and Language Diversity. In Globalisation and its impact on localities. Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 227-230. BAAR, V. 2008: Validity of Internet Resources in Political Geography. Miscellanea Geographica Universitatis Bohemiae Occidentalis 14. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita: 21-26. DROBÍK, T. 2008: Anti-Geo-Politics as an Instrument of Islamic Resistance. In Globalisation and Its Impact on Localities. Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 66-76. IŠTOK, R., KOZIAK, T. 2008: Geopolitical Context of Issues Connected with Water Resources. Globalisation and Its Impact on Localities. Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 287-294. IŠTOK, R. 2008: Inner Geopolitics and Its Meaning for Quest of Optimal Spatial-Political Structure of Russia – Selected Aspects. Acta Facultatis Studiorum Humanitatis et Naturae Universitatis Prešoviensis. Folia geographica 12. Special Issue for the 31st IGU Congress Tunis 2008: 131-144. IŠTOK, R. 2008: Ruské bremeno priestoru v ruskom geopolitickom myslení [Russian Burden of Space in Russian Geopolitical Thought]. Geografická revue 4 (1): 80-101. 39.

KOPEČEK, V. 2008: Hledání ázerbájdžánského pupku aneb Strastiplné putování jednoho toponyma a etnonyma časem a prostorem [A Quest for Azerbaijani Navel or a Miserable Wandering of a Toponym and Ethnonym through Time and Space]. Geografická revue 4 (2): 196-213. KOPEČEK, V. 2008: Self-Declared States in the Globalising World: The Case of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. In Globalisation and its impact on localities. Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 77-87. MÁCHA, P. 2008: When Malinche Dances with Montezuma. Religion, Ethnicity and Cultural Change in New Mexico. KIAS Papers Yearbook 2008. Hradec Králové: Centre of Ibero-American Studies: 20-27. MÁCHA, P. 2008: El fuego nuevo. Los purépechas y la formación de la nación purépecha / Lighting the Bonfire. Purhepechas on the Road to National Self-Determination. Ostrava: University of Ostrava (33 min., documentary film). 2007| BAAR, V. 2007: Transformation of National Identity in the Republic of Dagestan. Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities 6: 209-220. BAAR, V. 2007: Vnější vztahy Evropské unie [External Relations of the European Union]. In Geografické aspekty evropské integrace. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita. BAAR, V. 2007: Procesy revitalizace zaniklých a zanikajících evropských jazyků [Revitalization Processes of Extinct or Extincting European Languages]. In Člověk-Dějiny-Hodnoty III. Ostrava: VŠB-TU. BAAR, V., KOVÁŘ, M. 2007: Geokulturní, geopolitické a geoekonomické aspekty evropské integrace [Geocultural, Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Aspects of European Integration]. In Geografické aspekty evropské integrace. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita. IŠTOK, R. 2007: Národ, nacionalizmus a štát v priestorovom kontexte [Nation, Nationalism and State in a Spatial Context]. Acta Facultatis Philosophicae Universitatis Prešoviensis. Prešov: Prešovská univerzita: 643-656. IŠTOK, R. 2007: Perspektívy vývoja globálnej priestorovo-politickej struktury (vybrané problémy) [Perspectives of the Development of the Global Spatial-Political Structure (selected problems)]. Česká geografie v evropském prostoru. České Budějovice: Jihočeská univerzita: 97-103. MÁCHA, P. 2007: Tradition, Democracy, and Radicalism in Indigenous Communities in Mexico. Lessons for the Universalist-Relativist and Individualist-Communitarian Debates. Ethnologia Actualis Slovaca 7: 113-134. MÁCHA, P. 2007: Los Comanches de Nuevo México: hybridita, autenticita a politika identity v Novém Mexiku [Los Comanches de Nuevo México: Hybridity, Authenticity and Politics of Identity in New Mexico]. Český lid 94 (2): 141-156. MÁCHA, P. 2007: Velký nacionalismus malých národů [Great Nationalism of Small Nations]. Acta Facultatis Philosophicae Universitatis Ostraviensis 235. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita: 36-48. SIWEK, T. 2007: Multiculturalism from Minority Perspective: The Case of Poles in Czechia 19892007. In European Multiculturalism as a Challenge: Policies, Successes and Failures. Political Geography Studies 1. Lublin: Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej: 127-136. SIWEK, T. 2007: The Attitude of Polish Minority in the Czech Republic to the European Union. Dilemmas of Regional Policy in the European Union. Łódź-Opole: University of Łódź, Silesian Institute in Opole: 85-93. 40.

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY MAIN ACTIVITY In relation to the main research activity of the Centre for Economic and Social History (CESH), which is the study of the historical process of modernisation, the CESH staff have formed six specialised research teams. Their task is to study the trends of modernisation within the relevant segment in order to create a well-structured and complex overview of the modernisation process with emphasis on its developmental nuances. The actual research core represents the economic and social history of the 18th and 19th century, however, with the necessary overlap with the preceding and subsequent periods. The achieved results are presented by the individual members of research teams at international as well as national conferences and CESH is their frequent co-organiser. Moreover, the individual team members are prolific in publication activities. Besides the journal “Historica. Review in History and Related Sciences” (http://katedry.osu.cz/khi/ historica/, the articles or studies appear in several other national and international periodicals (http:// www.hiu.cas.cz/cs/nakladatelstvi/periodika/hospodarske-dejiny.ep/). On a regular basis, the Centre for Economic and Social History publishes monographs devoted to specific issues which have been subject to research (http://ff.osu.cz/chd/index.php?kategorie=35107). HEAD: Prof. PhDr. Aleš Zářický, Ph.D. E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE:+420 597 091 801, +420 734 528 539 RESEARCH TEAMS: TEAM NO. 1: General and theoretical issues of modernisation in history, the role of industrialisation in the modernisation process MEMBERS: Prof. PhDr. Milan Myška, DrSc., Prof. PhDr. Aleš Zářický, Ph. D., PhDr. Petr Popelka, Ph. D., PhDr. Radoslav Daněk, Mgr. Michaela Závodná SPECIALISATION: General and theoretical issues of modernisation in history, the role of industrialisation in the modernisation process, research methodology, modernisation in the individual industrial branches, government trade policy, formation of modern entrepreneurship, modernisation of transport infrastructure. TEAM NO. 2: Modernisation processes in population development, modernisation of social structures and the role of minorities MEMBERS: Prof. PhDr. Lumír Dokoupil, CSc., Doc. PhDr. Ludmila Nesládková, CSc., Mgr. Radek Lipovski, Ph. D. SPECIALISATION: Historical and demographical research, study of migration aspects, modernisation of social structures, the role of minorities, manifestation of modernisation in population development and family transformation. TEAM NO. 3: Formation of civic society, professionalization, the role of self-government, connotations in civilizational and cultural transformations MEMBERS: PhDr. Andrea Pokludová, Ph. D., Mgr. Hana Šústková, Ph. D. SPECIALISATION: Formation of civic society, professionalization, the role of municipal and provincial self41.

government, transformation of civilizational and cultural conditions, study of urban infrastructure, social relations, level of education issues, associational movements and adherence to political parties, urban studies, gender studies, cultural anthropology. TEAM NO. 4: Integration of “old structures” of the traditional society in the modern civic society and the role of historic nobility in the modernisation process MEMBERS: Doc. PhDr. Tomáš Krejčík, CSc, PhDr. Zbyněk Žouželka, Ph. D., Mgr. Jiří Brňovják, Ph. D. SPECIALISATION: Nobilitation in the Habsburg Monarchy in 16th–20th century, the position of nobility after the fall of monarchy, nobilitation process analysis, integration of nobility in the institutions of the estates. Results of this research team achieved in cooperation with other researchers and national and foreign scientific research sites are published in the series “Nobilitas in historia moderna” (http://katedry.osu.cz/ khi/nhm/) with the support of CESH. TEAM NO. 5: Lower classes in the modernisation process MEMBERS: PhDr. Martin Jemelka, Ph. D., PhDr. Ondřej Ševeček, Ph. D., Mgr. Radek Lipovski, Ph. D., Mgr. Stanislav Knob, Ph. D. SPECIALISATION: Lifestyle changes of inhabitants of the Ostrava City industrial area, housing issues, workers’ colonies, the value of education for lower classes, socialist housing construction in the region, the strike movement. Moreover, the team works together with PhDr. Ondřej Ševeček, Ph. D., an expert in the issues of workers’ housing in the late 19th century and in the 1st half of the 20th century, especially in the phenomenon of the Baťa company and its housing concept not only in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, but also abroad. TEAM NO. 6: Modernisation of the primary/agrarian sector MEMBERS: PhDr. Marek Vařeka, Ph. D. SPECIALISATION: The history of agriculture in the Austrian Silesian from the mid-18th to mid-19th century, fundamental aspects of the modernisation process development, processing of basic resources, methodology of the commencement of the modernisation process in agriculture, impacts on the social composition of population, productivity issues of agricultural production. ADDITIONAL RESEARCHERS WORKING TOGETHER WITH CHSD Beyond the above research teams, the CESH also comprises scientific staff devoted to specific issues. In this context, namely PhDr. Jiří Jung, Ph. D. is worth mentioning who studies the impact of the modernisation process on the transformation of cultural and social patterns and mentalities manifested in art. PhDr. Jan Al Saheb is concerned with economic and social situation before the commencement of modernisation, creating thus the necessary fundaments for further research. And PhDr. Michael Viktořík, Ph. D. is oriented towards the regional history of modern times. For contacts to individual researchers, please go to: http://ff.osu.cz/chd/index.php?kategorie=35105

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (Last 5 years)

• Participation in National Projects (Programmes/Providers) • GAČR, P405/11/1450, Mgr. Jiří Brňovják, Ph. D., Nobilitační politika habsburských panovníků v českých zemích v 18. Století. [The Nobilitation Policy of Habsburg Rulers in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown • in the 18th Century] 42.

• GAČR, P410/10/0110, doc. PhDr. Pavel Kladiwa, Ph.D., Hans Kudlich – osobnost, symbol a mýtus v kolektivní paměti Němců z českých zemí [Hans Kudlich – The Personality, Symbol and Myth in the Collective Memory of Germans from the Lands of the Bohemian Crown] • GAČR, P410/10/P067, Mgr. Radek Lipovski, Ph.D., Kulturní a sociální proměny společnosti poddanských městeček v 1. polovině 19. století (na příkladu měst Frýdku a Místku) [Cultural and Social Transformations of Society in Small Subject Towns in the 1st Half of the 19th Century (Example of Frýdek and Místek Towns)] • GAČR, 409/08/P110, PhDr. Petr Popelka, Ph.D. Zrod moderní hospodářské elity. Vzestup a pád podnikatelské rodiny Kleinů [The Birth of Modern Economic Elite. The Rise and Fall of the Entrepreneurial House of Klein] • GAČR, 404/07/0769, doc. PhDr. Aleš Zářický, Ph. D., Geneze české historiografie hospodářských a sociálních dějin v díle prof. Milana Myšky. [The Genesis of Czech Historiography of Economic and Social History in the Work of prof. Milan Myška] • GAAV, KJB801860601, doc. PhDr. Pavel Kladiwa, Ph.D., Mgr. Andrea Pokludová, Ph.D., Moravskoslezská města v éře komunální samosprávy 1850-1914. Komunální elity, obecní hospodářství, budování moderní infrastruktury. [Moravian-Silesian Towns in the Era of Communal Self-government 18501914. Municipal Elites, Economy of the Community, Building of Modern Infrastructure.] • GAČR, 409/06/0012, prof. PhDr. Milan Myška, DrSc., Historická encyklopedie podnikatelů Čech, Moravy a Slezska od roku 1945 [The Historical Encyclopaedia of Entrepreneurs of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia since 1945] • GAČR, 404/06/0810, doc. PhDr. Tomáš Krejčík, CSc., Nová šlechta v českých zemích v 18. a 19. Století [The New Nobility in Lands of the Bohemian Crown in the 18th and 19th Century] • GAČR, 404/05/0322, prof. PhDr. Lumír Dokoupil, CSc., Biografický slovník Slezska a severní Moravy, nová řada [The Biographical Dictionary of Silesia and Northern Moravia, New Series] • SGS5/FF/2011, SGS4/FF/2010, CEV 2009, CEV 2008 (University of Ostrava), prof. PhDr. Milan Myška, DrSc., Ekonomické a sociální faktory historického procesu modernizace [Economic and Social Factors of the Historical Process of Modernisation]

• Organising Conferences (National/International) • VOREL, P. - ZÁŘICKÝ, A. - KREJČÍK, T. - LIPOVSKI, R. X. sjezd českých historiků [The 10th Congress of Czech Historians.] Ostrava. [2011-09-14-2011-09-16] • ZÁŘICKÝ, A. - LIPOVSKI, R. XVth World Economic History Congress: Section I9: Public Activity of Businessmen on the Local and Countrywide Level in 1800-1914. Utrecht. [2009-08-03-2009-08-07] • BRŇOVJÁK, J. - ZÁŘICKÝ, A. - GOJNICZEK, W. - PINDUR, D. Šlechtic v Horním Slezsku v novověku (16.19. století). Vztah regionu a centra na příkladu osudů a kariér šlechty Horního Slezska: Vztah regionu a centra na příkladu osudů a kariér šlechty v Horním Slezsku / Szlachcic na Górnym Śląsku w epoce nowożytnej (w XVI–XIX wieku): Relacje między regionem i centrum w losach i karierach szlachty na Górnym Śląsku. Cieszyn. [An Aristocrat in Upper Silesia in Modern Times (16th-19th Century). Relations between the Region and the Centre Illustrated by Examples of the Life and Careers of Upper Silesian Nobility in the 15th-20th Century] [2009-11-05-2009-11-06] • KREJČÍK, T. Peníze v proměnách času VIII. Mincovnictví a měnové vztahy ve střední Evropě od nejstarší 43.

doby do vlády Josefa II. [Money in the Changing Times VIII: Minting and Currency Relations in Central Europa from Ancient Times to the Rule of Joseph II.] Hradec nad Moravicí. [2011-05-10-2011-05-12] • KNOB, S. Problematika dělnictva v 19. a 20. století, bilance a výhledy studia: Konference věnovaná 95. výročí narození Arnošta Klímy. [Issues of the Working Class in the 19th and 20th Century, Review and Research Prospects: Conference devoted to the 95th Birthday Anniversary of Arnošt Klíma.] Ostrava. [2011-04-14-2011-04-15] • JEMELKA, M. - ŠEVEČEK, O. Tovární města Baťova koncernu. [Factory Towns of the Baťa Concern.] Praha [2011-03-24-2011-03-25] • ZÁŘICKÝ, A. - VAŘEKA, M. - BRŇOVJÁK, J. Knížecí rod Liechtensteinů v historii zemí Koruny české. [The Princely House of Liechtenstein in the History of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown.] Arcidiecézní muzeum, Olomouc. [2010-11-24-2010-11-26] • ZÁŘICKÝ, A. - LIPOVSKI, R. The Involvement of Businessmen in Local and Regional Public Life, 18001914. Ostrava. [2009-03-05-2009-03-06] • KLADIWA, P. - ZÁŘICKÝ, A. Město a městská společnost v procesu modernizace 1740-1918. [The Town and Urban Society in the Process of Modernisation 1740-1918.] Ostrava. [2008-11-06-2008-11-07] • MYŠKA, M. Teorie modernizace a jejich aplikace v historickém výzkumu. [Theories of Modernisation and their Application in Historical Research.] Ostrava. [2008-06-20-2008-06-20] • ZÁŘICKÝ, A. - BRŇOVJÁK, J. Šlechtic podnikatelem / podnikatel šlechticem. Ostrava. [A Nobleman as a Businessman / A Businessman as a Nobleman.] Ostrava. [2007-11-08-2007-11-09]

• Participation in Cross-Border/Regional and Bilateral Cooperation The major national partner of the Centre for Economic and Social History within intra-university cooperation is the Institute of Economic and Social History of the Philosophical Faculty, Charles University in Prague. Even the cooperation with the Institute of Czech History and the Institute of Wold History of the same University as well as the Historical Institute of the Masaryk University in Brno can be considered abovestandard. Beyond the academic environment, cooperation has been growing successfully especially with the Historical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AS CR) in Prague and Brno, the Committee for Historical and Social Demography of the Sociological Institute of AS CR in Prague, the Archive of the Ostrava City, the Provincial Archive in Opava, the Moravian Provincial Archive in Brno, the Silesian Provincial Museum in Opava and the Museum of the Těšín Region in Český Těšín. Regarding foreign academic and scientific organisations, the partnership with the History Department of the Faculty of Humanities, Matej Bel University in Bánska Bystrica, Slovakia, has the longest tradition. In addition, the cooperation with the Instytute Historii Wydziału Nauk Społecznych Uniwersytetu Sląskiego in Katowice, Poland, is increasing continually. As early as before the easing of political and social tensions in the late 1980s, partnership originated with the Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte of the Universität Wien, and the Institut für Wirschafts- und Sozialgeschichte of the Universität Köln. In recent years, intensive cooperation has been established with other foreign institutions, namely with Instytut Historii Wydziału Humanistycznego Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego in the Polish Zielona Góra and the Instytut Historii Wydziału Filologiczno-Historycznego Akademii im. Jana Długosza in the Polish Częstochowa.

• Participation in European (Framework Programmes/EUREKA/EUROSTARS/COST) and International Cooperation Prof. PhDr. Aleš Zářický, Ph.D. (2010–to date) scientific- pedagogical cooperation (ESF) with the Instytute Historii Wydziału Nauk Społecznych Uniwersytetu Sląskiego w Katowicach. 44.

Co-organising a conference with the Instytute Historii Wydziału Nauk Społecznych Uniwersytetu Sląskiego w Katowicach - Šlechtic v Horním Slezsku v novověku (16.-19. století). Vztah regionu a centra na příkladu osudů a kariér šlechty Horního Slezska / Szlachcic na Górnym Śląsku w epoce nowożytnej (w XVI–XIX wieku): Relacje między regionem i centrum w losach i karierach szlachty na Górnym Śląsku. [An Aristocrat in Upper Silesia in Modern Times (16th-19th Century). Relations between the Region and the Centre Illustrated by Examples of the Life and Careers of Upper Silesian Nobility in the 15th-20th Century.] Cieszyn (2009).

• Other Foreign Activities and Contacts a) Talks (Congresses, Symposia, Conferences, Workshops) abroad (Selected Events) BRŇOVJÁK, J. Šlechtic v Horním Slezsku v novověku. Úvodní slovo. [An Aristocrat in Upper Silesia in Modern Times. Prologue.] Cieszyn: CESH FoA OU, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Muzeum Těšínska. [2009-11-05-2009-11-06]. BRŇOVJÁK, J., ZÁŘICKÝ, A. Irská a skotská šlechta na Moravě a ve Slezsku v 17.-19. století. [Irish and Scottish Nobility in Moravia and Silesia in the 17th-19th Century.] Zabrze: Uniwersitet Śląski w Katowicach - Polska Akademia Nauk w Katowicach. [2011-11-17-2011-11-18]. DOKOUPIL, L., NESLÁDKOVÁ, L., LIPOVSKI, R. Migrations and reproduction rates in the wider industrial region of Ostrava at the turn of the 20th century. Cluj-Napoca: Romanian Academy - Babeş-Bolyai University - Karl Franz Universität, Graz [2011-04-08-2011-04-10]. KLADIWA, P. Bemerkungen zur Problematik der Nationalitäten in den mährischen und k.k. schlesischen Gemeinden vor dem I. Weltkrieg. Dresden: Technische Universität Dresden. [2008-10-01-2008-1003]. KNOB, S. BUSINESSMEN OF THE OSTRAVA-KARVINÁ MINING DISTRICT AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE WORKERS ISSUE UNTIL THE FIRST WORLD WAR. Utrecht: XVth World Economic History Congress [2009-08-03-2009-08-07]. KREJČÍK, T. Der jüdische Adel in Mähren. Stuttgart: XXIX. International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences. [2010-09-13-2010-09-13]. LIPOVSKI, R. Austriackie spisy pośmiertne - źrodła do badań historii kulturalnej, cyklu życia, starości, oraz medycyny. Zielona Góra: Uniwersytet Zielonogórski. [2010-10-21-2010-10-22]. LIPOVSKI, R. The agglomeration of Ostrava. Research possibilities. Kraków: Uniwersytet Jagielloński. [2010-09-17-2010-09-18] MYŠKA, M. Arbeitseinstellungen und/oder Streiks der Arbeiter und Bergleute in Ostrau-Karwiner Steinkohlenrevier um die Wende des 19. zum 20. Jahrhundert. Eine quantitative Analyse. Cadipietra/ Steinhaus: Museo delle Miniere Alto Adige, Cadipietra/Steinhaus. [2004-10-03-2004-10-10]. MYŠKA, M. Kontakty naukowe Uniwersytetu Ostravskiego z Uniwersytetem Śląskim. Katowice: Uniwersitet Śląski. [2008-09-17-2008-09-18]. MYŠKA, M. Talk: Albert Josef hrabě Hodic - slezský šlechtic mezi Rakouskem a Pruskem. [Albert Josef Count of Hodice – A Silesian Aristocrat between Austria and Prussia.] Cieszyn: CESH FoA OU, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Muzeum Těšínska. [2009-11-05-2009-11-06]. 45.

POKLUDOVÁ, A. Talk: Intellectuals and Educated Middle Classes in Moravia and Silesia around 1900. Budapest: Central European University Budapest. [2007-05-04-2007-05-07]. VAŘEKA, M. Talk: Hospodářská situace minstrberského knížectví od poloviny 16. do začátku 17. století. [Economic Situation of the Principality of Münsterberg from the mid-16th to early 17th Century.] Ziębice. [2010-05-29-2010-05-30]. ZÁŘICKÝ, A. Talk: Introduction of Section I9: Public Activity of The Involvement of Businessmen in Local and Regional Public Life in Central Europe 1800-1914. Utrecht: International Economic History Association. [2009-08-03-2009-08-07]. ZÁŘICKÝ, A. Talk: Badania nad historią przedsiębiorczości na Uniwersytecie Ostrawskim - wyniki i perspektywy. Wrocław: Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Międzynarodowe Centrum Studiów Śląskich. [200709-25-2007-09-26].

a) Publications and Studies Published Abroad (Selected Publications) 2007| MYŠKA, M. 2007: Biografický slovník Slezska a severní Moravy (Úvaha o smyslu a koncepci biografických slovníků). [Biographical Dictionary of Silesia and Northern Moravia (Reflections on the purpose and concept of biographical dictionaries).] In: Górny Śląsk - dokumentowanie dziejów lecznictwa ze szczególnym uwzglendnieniem ziem dawnych księstw cieszyńskiego i opawskiego. Katowice: Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny: 116-121. ISBN 978-80-7368-683-3. MYŠKA, M. 2007:Arbeitseinstellungen und/oder Streiks der Arbeiter und Bergleute in OstrauKarwiner Steinkohlenrevier um die Wende des 19. zum 20. Jahrhundert. Eine quantitative Analyse. In: Westermann, A. - Westermann, E. (eds.): Streik im Revier. Unruhe, Protest und Ausstand vom 8. bis 20. Jahrhundert. St. Katharinen: Scripta Mercaturae Verlag: 363-380. ISBN 978-3-89590-171-3. 2008| KLADIWA, P. 2008: A friend or an enemy of the proletariat? An entrepreneurial campaign for the factory working class in Ostrava at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Historia Urbana: 259-273. ISSN 1221-650X. POKLUDOVÁ, A. 2008: Forming intelligentsia in Moravia and Silesia in the second half of the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century. Historical Social Research/ Historische Sozialforschung 33 (2): 82-98. 2009| ZÁŘICKÝ, A. 2009: Der Aufstieg der Aktiengesellschaften im Ostrau-Karwiner Rewier am Ende des 19. und zu Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts. In: Regionen und Regionale Industrialisierung. Aachen: Shaker Verlag: 173-180. ISBN 978-3-8322-7908-0. ZÁŘICKÝ, A. Der Geburtsadel an der Schwelle des Industriezeitalters. Das Beispiel der Familie LarischMönnich. In: Adel und Wirtschaft. Lebensunterhalt der Adeligen in der Moderne. München: Martin Meidenbauer Verlagsbuchhandlung: 121-134. Studien zum Mitteleuropäischen Adel.ISBN 978-389975-056-0. 2010| BRŇOVJÁK, J. 2010: Nobilitace české dvorské kanceláře v II. polovině 17. století a I. polovině 18. století. [Nobilitation of the Czech Court Chancellery in the 2nd Half of the 17th Century and the 1st Half of the 18th Century.] In: Szlachta europejska w strukturach lokalnych XVI-XVIII wieku. Zielona Góra: Oficyna Wydawnicza Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego: 143-164. ISBN 978-83-7481-311-2. 46.

BRŇOVJÁK, J. 2010: Stopy uherské nižší šlechty v kvaternech majestátu a slibú vernosti moravských desk zemských od poloviny 17. do poloviny 19. století. [Traces of the Hungarian Gentry in Quaternions of his Majesty and Loyalty Vows of the Moravian Provincial Public Records from the mid-17th to the mid-19th Century.] In: Zemianstvo na Slovensku v novoveku. Zborník prác z interdisciplinárnej konferencie, ktorá sa konala 8.-10. júna 2009 v Martine. I. časť. Martin: Slovenská národná knižnica: 292-312. ISBN 978-80-89301-55-3 DOKOUPIL, L., NESLÁDKOVÁ, L., LIPOVSKI, R. 2010: The Death Rate for Small Children in Austrian Silesia and in North-East Moravia over the Course of the First Demographical Transition. In: Many Paths to Happiness? Studies in Population and Family History. A Festschrift for Antoinette FauveChamoux. Amsterdam: Aksant Academic Publishers: 261-283. ISBN 978-90-5260-382-7. 2011| BRŇOVJÁK, J. 2011: Vztah regionu a center na příkladu osudů a kariér šlechty Horního Slezska v 15.20. století: Vstupní zamyšlení nad základními pojmy. [Relations between the Region and the Centre Illustrated by Examples of the Life and Careers of Upper Silesian Nobility in the 15th-20th Century: Initial Reflection on Basic Concepts.] In: Šlechtic v Horním Slezsku / Szlachcic na Górnym Śląsku. Vztah regionu a center na příkladu osudů a kariér šlechty Horního Slezska (15.-20. století) / Relacje między regionem i centrum w losach i karierach szlachty na Górnym Śląsku (XV-XX wiek). Katowice - Ostrava: OU, Instytut Historii Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach: 17-34. Nobilitas in historia moderna 5. ISBN 978-80-7368-936-0. JUNG, J. 2011: Chuchelná - Berlín.: Kulturní a společenské styky knížete Karla Maxe Lichnowského a Mechtilde Lichnowské s berlínskou společností v první třetině 20. století. [Chuchelná - Berlín.: Cultural and social relations of the Prince Karl Max Lichnowsky and Mechtilde Lichnowsky with the society in Berlin in the first third of the 20th century.] In: Šlechtic v Horním Slezsku / Szlachcic na Górnym Śląsku. Vztah regionu a center na příkladu osudů a kariér šlechty Horního Slezska (15.-20. století) / Relacje między regionem i centrum w losach i karierach szlachty na Górnym Śląsku (XVXX wiek). Katowice - Ostrava: OU, Instytut Historii Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach: 303-328. Nobilitas in historia moderna 5. ISBN 978-80-7368-845-5.

a) Potential Foreign Partners for Cooperation (Research Site, Partner Team Leader) Poland - Instytut Historii Wydziału Nauk Społecznych Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach / prof. zw. dr hab. Ryszard Kaczmarek (dyrektor Instytutu) Poland - Instytut Historii Wydziału Humanistycznego Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego w Zielonej Górze prof. zw. dr hab. Tomasz Jaworski (kierownik Zakładu Demografii i Historii Gospodarczej) Poland - Instytut Historii Wydziału Filologiczno-Historycznego Częstochowie, dr hab. Janusz Spyra, prof. AJD

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RESEARCH ON EDUCATION WITH THE SUPPORT OF ICT MAIN ACTIVITY / TEAMS I. ADAPTIVITY IN EDUCATION HEAD: Ing. Kateřina Kostolányová, Ph.D. TEAM MEMBERS: Doc. RNDr. Jana Kapounová, CSc., Doc. RNDr. Jana Šarmanová, CSc., Ing. Lukáš Zoubek, Ph.D. The basic motivation for applying adaptivity in education is to increase the effectivity and quality of information provided to students while respecting their differences (knowledge, personal qualities and characteristics). During the education process, different students have different needs, characteristics and previous knowledge, which requires different provisioning of information. The aim of adaptive education systems is to create an education environment in accordance with the requirements and preferences of the student. II. EVALUATION AND DIAGNOSTICS IN EDUCATION HEAD: RNDr. Martin Malčík, Ph.D. TEAM MEMBERS: Doc. PhDr. Josef Malach, CSc., RNDr. Radek Krpec, Ph.D., Ing. Michal Burda, Ph.D., PhDr. Zuzana Sikorová, Ph.D., Prof. RNDr. Erika Mechlová, CSc., Mgr. Alena Seberová, Ph.D., PhDr. Tereza Kimplová, Ph.D., PhDr. Radim Badošek, Ph.D., PaedDr. Tomáš Bouda SPECIALIZATION: Evaluation of all aspects of education reality plays a key role in the processes of improving school quality and responsibility. Effective diagnostics of pupils with the aid of ICT enables the fulfilling of a series of important diagnostic functions; this research focuses mainly on acquiring feedback as an education regulator important for managing the teaching and learning of students. Evaluation in a broader context is fed with data gathered from individual diagnostic tools, which have a theoretical basis in current educometry and educational assessment. III. FORMAL REPRESENTATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN EDUCATION HEAD: Prof. RNDr. Alena Lukasová, CSc. TEAM MEMBERS: RNDr. PaedDr. Hashim Habiballa, Ph.D, Ph.D., Ing. Zdeňka Telnarová, Ph.D., Mgr. Marek Vajgl, Ph.D., Mgr. Rostislav Miarka, RNDr. Martin Malčík, Ph.D. SPECIALIZATION: Formal representation of knowledge is a key aim of the semantic web that is based on processing the syntax as well as semantics of knowledge. Rapid development of new linguistic tools for modelling upon web sources is taking place on a conceptual level as well as on the level of creating applications based on their meanings and for individual interest domains. General and specialised ontologies are being created as generally shared lexicons of terms. Formal methods of automated deductions within knowledge bases of the RDF model are being developed. The ontologies are created manually, or by machine agents and the key research question is the hierarchy of these ontologies and automation of their creation and usability within the world of the semantic web.

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IV. LEARNING OBJECTS AND COMPUTER AIDED EXPERIMENTS HEAD: Doc. PaedDr. Jana Škrabánková, Ph.D. TEAM MEMBERS: Prof. RNDr. Erika Mechlová, CSc., RNDr. Libor Koníček, Ph.D., PaedDr. Svatava Kubicová, CSc., Doc. PaedDr. Dana Kričfaluši, CSc., RNDr. Libuše Švecová, Ph.D. SPECIALIZATION: In the time when education is constantly being more impacted by information and communication technologies, it is important to look for and measure the effectivity of using learning objects (including computer games) in the education process. Computer aided real experiments are the counterbalance to the virtual environment, into which many contemporary pupils depart with diminishing links to reality, real life. The use and methodically suitable involvement of real experiments in education is necessary for developing the learning of pupils in natural-sciences and mathematics, but also for the development of the necessary personality skills.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (Last 5 years)

• Participation in National Projects (Programmes/Providers) a) Participation in European (Framework Programmes/EUREKA/EUROSTARS/COST) and International Cooperation • Projectsin the 7thRP- Science Education for a New Society in Europe, coordinator – Uficcio Scolastico Regionale per l´Emilia Romagna, 12 partners (project proposal submitted) • Project of international applied research Eureka LF11022, E! 5011 KnowMap (2011 – 2013)

b) National Projects • GAČR PhDr. ZuzanaSikorová, Ph.D. – Užívání učebnic na 2. stupni základní školy [The use of textbooks at the 2nd stage of elementary schools] (2008-2010) • GAČRDoc. RNDr. Jana Kapounová, CSc. – focused one-Learning(basic standpoints, resources and technical background of e-Learning) (2007 - 2009) and e-Learning evaluation – systemic approach (2009 - 2011) • Grant MSK – Systémová podpora rozvoje technické gramotnosti v MSK [System support for the development of technical literacy in the Moravian-Silesian Region]

c) Applied Projects Projects of the European Social Funds (ESF) within Education for Competitiveness and other operational programmes: • Implementation of 4 ESF projects named: Nové přístupy k využití ICT ve výuce přírodovědných předmětů na středních školách, [New approaches to ICT application in teaching nature sciences at secondary schools], Nové přístupy k využití ICT ve výuce přírodovědných předmětů na základních školách[New approaches to ICT application in teaching nature sciences at elementary schools], Podpora rozvoje škol MSK v oblasti autoevaluace[Development support for schools of the MoravianSilesian region in automated evaluation],and Systém využití počítačem podporovaných experimentů k posilování výzkumných kompetencí žáků základních a středních škol[System for employing computeraided experiments to enhance research competences in pupils at elementary and secondary schools] • Project implementation: Systém využití počítačem podporovaných experimentů k posilování výzkumných kompetencí žáků základních a středních škol[Systemfor employingcomputer-aided experiments to enhance research competences in pupils at elementary and secondary schools] 50.

• CZ.1.07/2.3.00/09.0019 project implementation: Adaptivní individualizovaná výuka v e-Learningu[Adaptive individualisedteaching in e-Learning]. • OP PS ČR-SK project implementation: Přeshraniční spolupráce – Diagnostika stavu znalostí a dovedností žáků v česko-slovenské příhraniční oblasti se zaměřením na jejich rozvoj[Cross-border cooperation – Diagnosticsof the state of knowledge and skills of pupils in the Czech-Slovak border region with focus on their development]. Reflexion on innovative teaching practice within Action Research Electronic system for school assessment • Computer-aided pupil diagnostics – relative increase of knowledge • Research related to the management of the Rules for Filing and Storing Printed and Electronic University Qualification Theses (VŠKP) Ph.D. programme targeted at building a laboratory of intelligent pedagogical processes, namely at • creation of a learning environment tailored to students’ needs taking into consideration the students’ varied learning styles; • applying the procedures of data mining from database stores created in education; • modelling of educational processes in the formation of learning support, contents of topics, teaching procedures, etc.

• Organising Conferences and Similar Events (National/International) a) Regular Organisation and Co-organisation of Conferences • ICTE Conference - Information and Communication Technologies in Education –annual conference organisation, academic papers collected into conference proceedings, the proceedings from the 10th year of the conference (2010) have been included in the Thomson Citation Index database • Pedagogická evaluace [Pedagogical Evaluation] (organised every two years since 2002) • DCLL Conference - Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Distance Learning: A conference focused on eLearning, Těšín (co - organisers) • Organisation of the IARTEM 2012 Conference – The International Association for Research on Textbooks and Educational Media • Co-organisation of 19. bienální konference Světové rady pro nadané a talentované děti – 2011[The 19th Biannual Conference of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children] (WCGTC) – 2011, supported by the Czech Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented (STaN).

b) Participation in Conferences (National as well as International) • E-Learning – November, Hradec Králové • ECEL – October, Brighton • Mera nievedomostí ako súčasť zvyšovania kvality vzdelávania [Knowledge Measurement as Part of Education Quality Enhancement] -Trnava • International Association for Educational Assessment, Manila 2011 • Guide International 2011 – Rome, 2011 • INTERNATONAL COMPUTE AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SYMPOSIUM – Turkey, Elazig, 2011

• Other Foreign Activities and Contacts • Methodological research support by foreign experts • Foreign visit of professor Piet Kommers at the Department of information and communication technologies, University of Twente, Holland. Lectures mainly for Ph.D. students focused on adaptive teaching and tnew web-based methods of education (September-October 2012) • Foreign visit ofprofessorDonald Eugene Hanna, University of Wisconsin – Medison, USA, at the 51.

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Department of information and communication technologies.Lectures focused on topics developing the Ph.D. programmes (April – May 2012) Close cooperation with the Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring at the Durham University, England, professor Peter Tymms Cooperation with the Slovak national test centre – NÚCEM (National Institute for Certified Educational Measurements) Scientific cooperation with the national test centre in Russia, Center for International Cooperation in Education Development in Moscow, doc. Elena Kardanova, Ph.D. Scientific cooperation with Learning and Teaching Education Research Centerat the University of Central Queensland (Australia), Mike Horsley, visiting professor –head of the Center and vicepresident of IARTEM – The International Association for Research on Textbooks and Educational Media; lectures at the Pedagogical Faculty.

a) Publications Co-publication of the impacted quarterly The New Education Review Commencing the activities of the electronic ICTE Journal. The topics of the journal deal with ICT integration in education, the e-Learning phenomena, software and hardware teaching tools, educational projects, evaluation of ICT-supported education, information and knowledge management, and M-learning. Number of publications The total number of publications of selected staff in 2009 / 2010 / 2011 Professional Chapters in professional Articles in anthologies/ Articles in Teaching texts, Software Graduation books books collections professional journals university/college thesis textbooks Total of publications

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I. Adaptivity in Education 2009| KAPOUNOVÁ, J. 2009:Evaluation of E-learning Courses. Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Distance Learning: 36-44. ISBN 978-83-925281-4-2 KOSTOLÁNYOVÁ, K., SVOBODA, V. 2009: Database of anglicisms in contemporary Czech language as an electronic tool for education. Information and Communication Technology in Education. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita: 119-123. ISBN 978-80-7368-459-4 2010| KAPOUNOVÁ, J., ŠARMANOVÁ, J. 2010: The Evaluation of E-learning Study Supports. Computer Based Learning in Science. Warsaw, Poland: OEIiZK: 103-109. ISBN 978-9963-689-85-9 KAPOUNOVÁ, J., KOSTOLÁNYOVÁ, K. 2010: Studies and Research in the Department of ICT at the University of Ostrava. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference Efficiency and Responsibility in Education 2010. Praha: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague: 164-173. ISBN 978-80-213-2084-0 FILIPI, Z., KAPOUNOVÁ, J., NAGYOVÁ, I., PŘIBÁŇ, T., VRBÍK, V. 2010: Verification of Practical Skills in an E-course. Computer Based Learning in Science. Warsaw, Poland: OEIiZK: 111-117. ISBN 978-9963-689-85-9 2011| ŠARMANOVÁ, J., TAKÁCS, O., KOSTOLÁNYOVÁ, K. 2011: Experimental Verification of Learning Styles in e-Learning. ERIE. Praha : Czech University of Life Sciences Prague: 261-270. ISBN 978-80-213-2183-0 52.

KOSTOLÁNYOVÁ, K., ŠARMANOVÁ, J., TAKÁCS, O. 2011: Structure of Educational Supports for Adaptive E-learning. Proceedings of The 5th IMSCI 2011, Volume 1. Florida, USA: West Colonial Dr Suite: 175-178. ISBN 978-1-936338-33-7 KAPOUNOVÁ, J., KOSTOLÁNYOVÁ, K. 2011: Specific tool for evaluation of e-Learning. Interactive Collaborativ e-Learning. Austria: International Association of Online Engineering: 423-427. ISBN 978-1-4577-1746-8 KOSTOLÁNYOVÁ, K., ŠARMANOVÁ, J., TAKÁCS, O. 2011:Classification of Learning Styles for Adaptive Education. The New Educational Review. No. 23: 199-212. KOSTOLÁNYOVÁ, K., ŠARMANOVÁ, J., TAKÁCS, O. 2011: Adaptation of teaching process based on a students individual learning needs. Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science. No. 1.: 3-17.

II. Evaluation and diagnostics in education 2009| LUSTIGOVÁ, Z., MECHLOVÁ, E., MALČÍK, M., LUSTIG, F. 2009: A new e-learning strategy for ognition of the real world in teaching and learning Science. The New Educational Review. Vol. 17: 305-318. ISSN 1732-6729. BURDA, M. 2009: Unifying the Syntax of Association Rules. IADIS European Conference on Data Mining 2009: 103-110. ISBN 978-972-8924-88-1 BURDA, M., ZOUBEK, L. 2009: Mining Knowledge from Educational Data. Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Distance Learning: 83-90. ISBN 978-83-925281-4-2 MALČÍK, M., ŠVECOVÁ, L. 2009:Educational Management Optimization Modeled on The Outcomes of Electronic Testing. Educational Management Optimization Modeled on The Outcomes of Electronic Testing: 136-141. ISBN 978-80-7368-459-4 KONÍČEK, L., MECHLOVÁ, E., MALČÍK, M., ŠVECOVÁ, L. 2009: Results of Research About Exploitation ICT by Secondary School Teachers. Results of Research About Exploitation ICT by Secondary School Teachers. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě: 115-118. ISBN 978-80-7368-459-4 SEBEROVÁ, A. 2009: Teacher research regarding new requirements for teaching professions in the Czech Republic. Nauczyciel w systemie edukacyjnym terazniejszosc i przyszlosc. Krakow: Wadawnictwo Naukove Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego Krakow: 174-184. ISBN 978-83-7271-559-3 KLIMEŠ, J., BAROŇ, I., PÁNEK, T., BURDA, J., KRESTA, F., HRADECKÝ, J. 2009: Investigation of recent catastrophic landslides in the flysch belt of Outer Western Carpathians (Czech Republic): progress towards better hazard assessment. NAT HAZARD EARTH SYS. Vol 9/3: 119-128. ISSN 1561-8633 LUSTIGOVÁ, Z., MECHLOVÁ, E., MALČÍK, M., LUSTIG, F. 2009: A new e-learning strategy for cognition of the real world in teaching and learning Science. The New Educational Review. Vol. 17: 305-318. ISSN 1732-6729. MECHLOVÁ, E. 2009:On Contribution of Modern Technologies Towards Developing Key Competences. Hradec Králové: M. Vognar: 145-152. ISBN 978-80-86771-38-0. 2010| SEBEROVÁ, A. 2010: Teacher’s Job Satisfaction in the Context of Theoretical and Research Reflection. Banská Bystrica: Pedagogická fakulta, Universita M. Bela: 45-62. ISBN 978-80-557-0036-6. 53.

SEBEROVÁ, A. 2010: The Teacher as a Researcher and How to Develop Research Knowledge among Students - Teachers in the Czech Republic. Umea, Sweden: Umea School of Education, Umea University: 161-182. ISBN 978-91-7459-042-5. SEBEROVÁ, A., MALČÍK, M. 2010: Meta-Evaluation and Quality Standard of the Final Evaluation Report. New Educational Review. Vol. 22: 149-164. MALČÍK, M., SEBEROVÁ, A. 2010:Assessment of the School Self-evaluation Process and the Quality of the Final Report. Efficiency and Responsibility in Education, 7th International Conference. Praha: Czech University of Life Sciences: 226-235. ISBN 978-80-213-2084-0 MALACH, J., MALČÍK, M. 2010: Value-addedassessment in post secondary schools, theoretical approches and research results in the Czech republic Kultura i Edukacja Vol. 79: 123-154. LUSTIGOVÁ, Z., MALČÍK, M., MALACH, J. 2010:Acquiring Psychological Data for Automated Educational Feedback in Virtual Learning Environments. The New Educational Review, Vol. 21: 97-110. 2011| MALČÍK, M., SEBEROVÁ, A. 2011: Action research possibilities for school quality management. Efficiency and Responsibility in Education. Praha: Czech University of Life Sciences: 194-203. ISBN 978-80-213-2183-0 MALČÍK, M., MALACH, J., MALACHOVÁ, K. 2011:The Verification of the Reliability of the ValueAdded Parameter in Education as a Tool for the Management of School Quality. 37th International Association for Educational Assessment Annual Conference. Manila, Philippines: IAEA: 48-49. ISBN 978-80-213-2183-0 SIKOROVÁ, Z., ČERVENKOVÁ, I. 2011:Textbook use in History, Civics, English and Mathematics lessons in Czech lower secondary schools. Local, National and Transnational Identities in Textbooks and Educational Media. Santiago de Compostella: IARTEM: 550-556. ISBN 978-84-8408-145-6 BADOŠEK, R., KIMPLOVÁ, T., MALČÍK, M. 2011: Practical experience with creating a distant on-line testing application aimedat psychological surveying. Information and Communication Technology in Education. Proceedings. Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 53-61. ISBN 978-80-7368-979-7 KRPEC, R., BURDA, M. 2011:Field of Study as a Factor Influencing the Model of Value-added Assessment. Journal of Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science. Vol. 11/4: 64-76. CHARBONNIER, S., ZOUBEK, L., LESECQ, S., CHAPOTOT, F. 2011: Self-evaluated automatic classifier as a decision-support tool for sleep/wake staging. COMPUT BIOL MED. 2011, Vol. 41/6: 380-389. ISSN 1561-8633. ZOUBEK, L., CHAPOTOT, F. 2011: Automatic Sleep/Wake Staging of Rat Polysomnographic Recordings Using Two-step System. International Journal of Digital Information and Wireless Communications. Vol. 1/1: 453-463. MALČÍK, M. 2011:Fuzzy Approach to Hierarchical Clustering. Saarbrücken: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN 978-3-8433-8864-1.

III. Formální reprezentace znalostí v edukaci (tento směr patří do HSV PřF – Soft Computing) 2009| BĚHÁLEK, M., ŠALOUN, P. 2009: Simulation of Embedded Applications Implemented in Embedded Process Functional Language. Simulation of Embedded Applications Implemented in 54.

Embedded Process Functional Language. Los Alamitos, Califonia: IEEE Computer Society: 253-258. ISBN 978-0-7695-3795-5 ŠALOUN, P., VELART, Z. 2009:Concept Space Rating for Personalization of Learning Materials Based on Relations. Concept Space Rating for Personalization of Learning Materials Based on Relations. Los Alamitos, Califonia: IEEE Computer Society: 67-72. ISBN 978-0-7695-3894-5 TUREČEK, T., ŠALOUN, P. 2009: Communication frame work for Java powered mobile devices,. Communication frame work for Java powered mobile devices,. Los Alamitos, Califonia: IEEE Computer Society: 1-2. ISBN 978-0-7695-3821-1 VELART, Z., ŠALOUN, P. 2009: Personalized Recommendation Scheme Based on Content and Knowledge Hierarchy. Personalized Recommendation Scheme Based on Content and Knowledge Hierarchy. Bratislava, Slovensko: Nakladatelstvo STU: 9-12. ISBN 978-80-227-3027-3 LUKASOVÁ, A., VAJGL, M. 2009: Genzen-like Proofs in Description Logic DL1. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Informatics 2009. Košice: Technical Univerzity of Košice: 160166. ISBN 978-80-8086-126-1 TELNAROVÁ, Z. 2009:Development of Database Application in Oracle APEX. Development of Database Application in Oracle APEX. Ostrava: Ostrava University Editorila Centre: 210-213. ISBN 978-80-7368-459-4 VAJGL, M., LUKASOVÁ, A. 2009: RDF-model as Associative Network. DATAKON 2009 - Sborník databázové konference. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze: 95-103. ISBN 978-80-245-1568-7 2010| LUKASOVÁ, A., VAJGL, M., ŽÁČEK, M. 2010:Reasoning in RDF graphic formal system with quantifier. Proceedings of the International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology. Mragowo, Poland: IEEE Computer Society: 67-72. ISBN 978-83-60810-22-4 TELNAROVÁ, Z. 2010:Relational database as a source of ontology creation. Relational database as a source of ontology creation. Polish Information Processing Society: 135-139. ISBN 978-83-60810-22-4 BĚHÁLEK, M., ŠALOUN, P. 2010:Usage of Embedded Process Functional Language as a Modeling Tool for Embedded Systems Development. Usage of Embedded Process Functional Language as a Modeling Tool for Embedded Systems Development. Loa Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE Computer Society: 116-121. ISBN 978-0-7695-3973-7 2011| ŽÁČEK, M., LUKASOVÁ, A., VOLNÁ, E. 2011:Derivation in the extended RDF model with Fuzzy logic. Mendel 2011. Brno: Brno Univerzity of Technology: 125-132. ISBN 978-80-214-4302-0 MIARKA, R., ŽÁČEK, M. 2011:Knowledge patterns for conversion of sentences in natural language into RDF graph language. Proceedings of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems. USA: IEEE Computer Society Press: 63-68. ISBN 978-83-60810-39-2 HABIBALLA, H., PAVLISKA, V., DVOŘÁK, A. 2011: LFLF Forecaster for time series prediction. Journal of Applied Mathematics: 1545-1552. HABIBALLA, H. 2011:Resolution reasoning in fuzzy predicatelogic. Kybernetika 2011. ISSN 0023-5954.

IV. Educational facilities and computer-aided experiments 2009| MECHLOVÁ, E., KONÍČEK, L. 2009: Development of the digital key competence in science teacher 55.

training. Hradec Králové: M. Vognar: 145-152. ISBN 978-80-86771-38-0. MECHLOVÁ, E., MALČÍK, M., KONÍČEK, L., ŠVECOVÁ, L. 2009: Conditions for E-Learning at secondary Schools in the Czech Republic. Cieszyn: 150-159. ISBN 978-83-925281-4-2. KRIČFALUŠI, D. 2009: New concept of ICT development in education. Information and Communication Technology in Education. Proceedings..Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 42-48. ISBN 978-80-7368459-4 2010| KRIČFALUŠI, D. 2010:Development of information literacy in teachers´ pre-gradual preparation on Faculty of Science of university of Ostrava. Information and Communication Technology in Education. Proceedings..Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 11-15. ISBN 978-80-7368-775-5 2011| BÍLEK, M., KRIČFALUŠI, D. 2011: Real and virtual environment interactions in early chemistry education. Information and Communication Technology in Education. Proceedings. Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 63-70. ISBN 978-80-7368-979-7 ŠKRABÁNKOVÁ, J. 2011:The Use of ICT in Teaching Physicsat Grammar School.: Využití ICT ve výuce fyziky na gymnáziu. Information and Communication Technology in Education..Ostrava: University of Ostrava, Repronis: 347-360. ISBN 978-80-7368-979-7

b) Other International Activities, Cooperation with Research Sites Abroad I. Adaptivity in Education(cooperation with postgraduate students) • Development of IS Barborka for pilotverification of specific methodology and technology. II. Evaluation and diagnostics in education (cooperation with foreign partners) • Theory development in several areas of educometrics, teaching by means of conceptual maps, relation between learning efficiency and the short-term memory, etc. • Research in item banking and adaptive testing • Research in internal and external school evaluation • Developing the study of textbooks as media in curriculum III. Formal representation of knowledge in education(cooperation with foreign partners) • Cooperation with the W3C consortium (World Wide Web Consortium) in the development of ontologies in education • Derivation in ontologies • Knowledge systems in ontologies • Development in formal representation of knowledge in education with relation to the semantic web • Research of an information system for knowledge management in pedagogy IV. Educational facilities and computer-aided experiments(cooperation with foreign partners) • Use of computer-aided experiments in teaching • Work with talented pupils and students • Research in pre-gradual education of pupils and university/college students in relation to education of talented pupils and students at all pedagogical faculties in the Czech Republic (in cooperation with the Pedagogical Faculty of the Masaryk University)

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HUMAN MOTION DIAGNOSTIC CENTR MAIN ACTIVITY The Human Motion Diagnostic Centre is concerned with the collection of information in order to manage the process of motion quality improvement, and physical performance and activities in kinanthropology. It studies the functional and structural relations between motion and health. Moreover, the research centre searches for causes of injury in physical exercise and pronounces subsequent recommendations to prevent their reoccurrence. It offers quality enhancement of human motion diagnostics for rehabilitation and orthopaedic purposes. In the first place, the Human Motion Diagnostics Centre serves the general public engaged in sport (recreational, performance and top performance) or individuals with musculoskeletal system disabilities. The research activities deal with biomechanics of basic human motions, biomechanics of sport and physical exercise. We create biomechanical models which assess the kinematics and kinetics of the individual body segments and, subsequently, also of human body structures. Nowadays, we solve, for example, such issues as the biomechanics of pathological running in people after Achilles tendon surgery, biomechanical risk factors for knee injury in volleyball, biomechanics of walking in people with a bionic knee after transfemoral amputation, the kinematics of vaults in gymnastics, load optimisation in strength exercise, and others. Physiological research investigates the quality and magnitude of body response and adaptation to exercise in humans. Performance, cardiorespiratory, autonomic and biochemical variables are especially considered in the body response and adaptation description. The impact of exercise training manipulation on sport performance is also the important area of our research activities. Recent work in our laboratory has focused on two main areas: (1) the differences between continuous and intermittent exercise from the points of view mentioned above, and (2) the use of heart rate variability in the field of sport training. The functional anthropological research studies the impact of somatic parameters on sports performance in selected sports events, and it also deals with method standardisation for body composition measurement. In the area of physical activities, the focus now lies on standardisation of motion measurement methods. HEAD: Mgr. Daniel Jandačka, Ph.D. E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE:+420 607 762 933 DEPUTY HEAD: Mgr. Jaroslav Uchytil E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE:+420 604 797 996 TEAM MEMBERS: Prof. PhDr. František Vaverka, CSc. Doc. PhDr. Petr Kutáč, Ph.D. Mgr. Igor Fojtík, Ph.D. Mgr. David Zahradník, Ph.D. Mgr. Roman Vala, Ph.D. Mgr. Lukáš Cipryan, Ph.D. Mgr. Marie Valová, Ph.D. Mgr. Roman Farana Mgr. Radim Kofránek 59.

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• Participation in National Projects (Programmes/Providers) 2008-2010 | Grant GAČR 406/08/0572, Vliv vybraných faktorů na přesnost provedení jednoduchého pohybu a optimalizaci svalového výkonu [Influence of selected factors on the accuracy of simple motions and optimisation of muscle performance] 2009-2010 | MSK, Rozvoj diagnostických metod hodnocení kvality lidského pohybu [Development of diagnostic tools for human motion quality assessment] 2011-2012 | Univerza v Ljubljani Fakulteta za šport, Metode optimalizacije in individualizacija obremenitve v izbranych načinih treninga moči, RR-11-097 2012 | Dpto de Gestión y Ciencias Aplicadas a la Actividad Física y el Deporte Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y el Deporte Universidad Católica de Valencia, Análisis biomecánico en 3D de los golpeos.

• Organising Conferences and Similar Events (National/International) • The Human Motion Diagnostic Centre has organised Diagnostika lidského pohybu [The Human Motion Diagnostics conference], held at the Department of physical education and sports of the Pedagogical Faculty, University of Ostrava. • HMDC members participate and present their papers at the International Society of Biomechanics in Sport conference (ISBS) every year, • and at the conference of the European Anthropological Association (EAA) (which is held every 2 years)

• Participation in Cross-Border/Regional and Bilateral Cooperation • Dpto de Gestión y Ciencias Aplicadas a la Actividad Física y el Deporte Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y el Deporte Universidad Católica de Valencia – Spain • Univerza v Ljubljani Fakulteta za šport – Slovenia

• Participation in European (Framework Programmes/EUREKA/EUROSTARS/COST) and International Cooperation • University of Massachusetts, Department of Kineziology, Amherst – USA • Department of Physical Education, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Sec. 4, Ting-Jhou Rd., Taipei city 116 - Taiwan. • In addition, we work together with the Faculty of Sport Studies of the Masaryk University in Brno concerning the OP VK project Cooperation in Kinanthropology.

• Other Foreign Activities and Contacts The Human Motion Diagnostics Centre was founded with the support of the top research site of the University of Massachusetts, Department of Kinesiology, Amherst, and prof. Joseph Hamill assisted in its formation. Members of the HMCD have established many contacts to top research sites in Europe, USA as well as Asia. Currently, we are engaged in close cooperation within the Erasmus programme with the research site of Dpto de Gestión y Ciencias Aplicadas a la Actividad Física y el Deporte Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y el Deporte Universidad Católica de Valencia (Spain) and Univerza v Ljubljani Fakulteta za šport in issues regarding sports biomechanics. With researchers from those institutes, we conduct joint research confirmed by mutual visits and publications, sometimes with the direct project support targeted at this cooperation. 60.

During its short existence since 2009, the Human Motion Diagnostics Centre has provided background for researchers who have published several tens of scientific publications and nine them of have been accepted to prestigious journals with an impact factor. The research centre staff participates in prestigious international conferences focused on kinanthropology issues all over the world on a regular basis. The Human Motion Diagnostics Centre staff are members of the Czech Kinanthropology Association, the majority of them also of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sport, in addition, they are members of the Czech Society of Sports Medicine, Czech Anthropological Association and International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education.

a) Most Important Publications 2008| KUTÁČ, P. GAJDA, V. 2008: The Influence of Reliability in Measuring Skinfolds on the Reliability of Result of Endomorphic and Mesomorphic Components of Somatotyp. Medicina Sportiva 12 (2): 36-40. JANDACKA, D., VAVERKA, F. 2008: A Regression Model to Determine Load for Maximal Power Output: Load for Maximum Power Output. Sports Biomechanics 7 (2): 361-371. KUTÁČ, P., GAJDA, V., PŘIDALOVÁ, M., ŠMAJSTRLA, V. 2008: Validity of Measuring Body Composition by Means of the BIA Method. New Medicine 12 (4): 89-93. KUTÁČ, P., PŘIDALOVÁ, M., RIEGEROVÁ, J. 2008: Somatic Characteristics of Present Male and Female University Students of Physical Education at Various Types of Universities in the Czech Republic. Slovenská antropologia 11 (1): 46-56. 2009| KUTÁČ, P., GAJDA, V. 2009: Validity of Measuring Body Fat Using the Skinfold Method. Medicina Sportiva 13 (3): 157-160. UCHYTIL, J., JANDAČKA, D. 2009: Zatížení dolních končetin při stoji u pacientů před výměnou kyčelního kloubu. [Load of Lower Extremities in the Stance Position in Patients before Total Hip Replacement.] Rehabilitacia 46: 94-97. JANDACKA, D., VAVERKA, F. 2009: Validity of Mechanical Power Measurement at Bench Press Exercise. Journal of Human Kinetics 21: 33-43. 2010| CIPRYAN, L., STEJSKAL, P. 2010: Individual Training in Team Sports Based on Autonomic Nervous System Activity Assessments. Medicina Sportiva 14 (2): 56-62. FARANA, R., VAVERKA, F. 2010: Kinematická analýza vybraného přeskoku “Cukahara” ve sportovní gymnastice (případová studie). [Kinematic Analysis of Selected “Cukahara” Vault in Artistic Gymnastics (Case Study).] Studia Sportiva 4 (2): 33-42. KUTÁČ, P. 2010: Reliability of Body Composition Measurement by the BIA Method (Bioelectrical Impedance). New Medicine 14 (1): 2-6. KUTÁČ, P., VAVERKA, F. 2010: Vliv základních tělesných parametrů na výkon v lyžařských disciplinách slalom a sjezd. [Impact of Basic Body Parameters on Performance in Skiing Disciplines of Slalom and Downhill Skiing.] Česká kinantropologie 14 (1): 39-47. VALA, R., VALOVÁ, M., LITSCHMANNOVÁ, M., KLIMTOVÁ, H. 2010: Sprinting Abilities of Year Six Students Undergoing Additional Physical Education Classes. The New Educational Review 22 (3): 165-177. 61.

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2011| CIPRYAN, L., GAJDA, V. 2011: The Influence of Aerobic Power on Repeated Anaerobic Exercise in Junior Soccer Players. Journal of Human Kinetics 28: 63-72. ESTEVAN, I., FALCO, C., JANDAČKA, D. 2011: Mechanical Analysis of Roundhouse Kick According to the Stance Position. Portuguese Journal of Sport Science 11: 215-218. FARANA, R., VAVERKA, F. 2011: Biomechanická analýza přeskoků ve sportovní gymnastice z pohledu kinematiky - Přehledová studie. [Biomechanical Analysis of Vaulting in Artistic Gymnastics From the Field of Kinematics – A Review.] Česká Kinantropologie 15 (1): 35-47. JANDACKA, D., BEREMLIJSKI, P. 2011: Determination of Strength Exercise Intensities Based on the Load-Power-Velocity Relationship: Determination of Strength Exercise Intensities. Journal of Human Kinetics 28 (1): 33-44. ZAHRADNÍK, D., JANDAČKA, D. 2011: Mají profesionální hráči volejbalu možnost snížit reakční síly a momenty sil v kolenním kloubu při doskoku po bloku?. [Can Professional Volleyball Players Reduce Reaction Forces and Moments of Force in the Knee Joint when Landing after a Block?.] Physiotherapy 48: 95-104. JANDACKA, D., UCHYTIL, J. Optimal Load Maximizes the Mean Mechanical Power Output during Upper Extremity Exercise in Highly Trained Soccer Players: Optimal Load for Mean Maximal Power Output of Soccer Players. Journal of Strength and Condition Research 25 (10): 2764-2772. 2012| FARANA, R., VAVERKA, F. 2012: Current Performance of Handspring Vaults Performed by Top Level Female Gymnasts on World Cup Competition. Česká Kinantropologie 16 (2): 69-80. CIPRYAN, L., LITSCHMANNOVA, M. 2012: The reliability of heart rate variability measurement performed by an immediately repeated test-retest procedure. Proceedings of the Physiological Society. 26:[PC38]. VAVERKA, F., ČERNOŠEK, M. 2012: Association between body height and serve speed in elite tennis players. Sports Biomechanics. DOI:10.1080/14763141.2012.670664 VAVERKA, F., VODIČKOVÁ, S., ELFMARK, M. 2012: Kinetic Analysis of Ski Turns Based on Measured Ground Reaction Forces. Journal of Applied Biomechanics 28 (1): 41-47. ZAHRADNÍK, D., JANDAČKA, D., UCHYTIL, J., FARANA, R., ZVONAŘ, M. 2012: Load on lower extremities during landing after an offensive stroke in volleyball (case study). Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 44.

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EUROPEAN IDENTITY RESEARCH MAIN ACTIVITY The Centre for European Identity Research (CEIR) specialises in the study of Europeanism, European and regional identity, historical awareness, and the study of European political development including the issues of coexistence in a pluralist society. It is an interdisciplinary (political sciences, professional didactics, history, psychology, sociology, philosophy, ethics) research centre and its activities are oriented towards academic as well as commercial application. At the commercial level, we offer custom-tailored research, the processing of feasibility studies in the area of social sciences and human resources. Research can be applied to improve organisational processes in public administration as well as the commercial sector. In the academic area, we focus on innovation of study programmes, creation of new study modules and follow-up professional education. Our objective is accomplished by current research projects conducted at the Department of Social Sciences in cooperation with other departments specialised in humanities, such as the multicultural aspects of education in subjects of social sciences and humanities and their reflection in the historical awareness of the youth; or the I-I-I project (Innovation – Interdisciplinarity – Integration) focused on innovation of selected study programmes of the Pedagogical Faculty of the University of Ostrava, implementation of education modules for OU students, including the creation of educational material in foreign languages. HEAD: PhDr. Denisa Labischová, PhD. E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE:+420 597 092 601 EXPERTS BOARD: Prof. PhDr. Miroslav Marcelli, PhD. (UK Bratislava, Slovakia) E-mail: [email protected], phone: +421 59244122 Prof. PhDr. František Mezihorák, CSc. (UP Olomouc) E-mail: [email protected], phone: +420 585635402 Doc. PhDr. Jaromír Pavlíček, CSc. E-mail: [email protected], phone: +420 597092606 Doc. PhDr. Diana Svobodová, Ph.D. E-mail: [email protected], phone: +420 597092637 TEAM MEMBERS: PhDr. Denisa Labischová, PhD. PhDr. Lucia Lacková, Ph.D. Mgr. Tomáš Jarmara, Ph.D. ThDr. Lucjan Klimsza, PhD. Mgr. Martin Piętak, Th.D. PhDr. Oldřich Solanský, Ph.D. ThDr. Józef Szymeczek, Dr. 65.

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• Participation in National Projects (Programmes/Providers) • Project GA ČR 405/09/0113 Fenomén spisovnosti v současné české jazykové situaci: recepce, realita, perspektiva a vize [The phenomenon of the standard form in the present Czech language situation: reception, reality, perspective and vision] (co- investigator: Doc. PhDr. Diana Svobodová, Ph.D.) • Project: Multikulturní aspekty vzdělávání v sociálně humanitních předmětech a jejich odraz v historickém vědomí mládeže [Multicultural aspects of education in subjects of social sciences and humanities and their reflection in the historical awareness of the youth] (investigator: PhDr. Denisa Labischová, PhD.), http://pdf.osu.cz/ksv/dokumenty/zp-multikulturni-aspekty.pdf • Project ESF “I-I-I” (Innovation – Interdisciplinarity – Integration): Inovace vybraných studijních programů PdF OU, realizace vzdělávacích modulů pro studenty OU, včetně tvorby vzdělávacích materiálů v cizím jazyce [Innovation of selected study programmes of the Pedagogical Faculty of the University of Ostrava, implementation of education modules for OU students, including the creation of educational material in foreign languages] (principal investigator: Mgr. Tomáš Jarmara, Ph.D.), http://projekty.osu.cz/iii/ • Project ESF: SYNERGIE – Spolupráce VŠ se ZŠ a SŠ [Cooperation of Universities and Colleges with Primary and Secondary Schools] (guarantor for Pedagogical Faculty, University of Ostrava: PhDr. Denisa Labischová, PhD.), http://projekty.osu.cz/synergie/ • Project ESF: Jeden svět. Podpora multikulturní výchovy a vzdělávání [One world. Support for multicultural upbringing and education] (investigator: doc. PhDr. Jelena Petrucijová, CSc.) • Coaching project: UAL Coaching, focus groups (Universidad de Almería, Almería, Spain, participation: PhDr. Lucia Lacková, Ph.D.) • Project of staff coaching: Kultury světa a jejich rozdílný přístup k řešení problémů [Wold cultures and their different approach to problem solving] (participation: PhDr. Lucia Lacková, Ph.D.)

• Other Foreign Activities and Publications a) Contacts to International Partners • Departement RENO, Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West-Vlaanderen (KATHO), Torhout (Belgium) • Instytut Studiów Międzynarodowych Wydział Universytetu Wrocławskiego (Poland) • Department of political science, Philosophical Faculty of the Komenský University in Bratislava, (Slovakia) • Universitá degli Studi Roma Tre, (Italy) • Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi, (Turkey) • St. Mary´s University College, United Kingdom • Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota

b) Major Publications 2011| JARMARA, T. 2011: Politické strany: kapitoly z teorie a praxe politických stran. [Political parties: Chapters from the Theory and Practice of Political Parties.] Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 207 pp. 66.

JARMARA, T., LABISCHOVÁ, D. 2011: Education to Citizenship: Citizen from the Social Science Perspective. Ostrava: University of Ostrava: 182. JARMARA, T. 2011: TOP 09 a Věci veřejné v kontextu institucionalizace českých politických stran po roce 1989. [TOP 09 and Věci veřejné in the Context of Institutionalising Czech Political Parties after 1989.] Politologická revue 17 (1): 56–74. JARMARA, T. 2011: Výchova demokratického občana: praktické formy participace v politickém životě. [Upbringing Democratic Citizens: Practical Forms of Participation in the Political Life.]. In KRÁKORA, P. a kol.: Multikulturalita a výchova k občanství ve středoevropském kontextu. Praha: Nakladatelství Epocha: 50–62. JARMARA, T. 2011: Participační formy demokracie v integrovaném světě [Participatory Forms of Democracy in the Integrated World.]. Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomoucensis Facultas Pedagogica, Civilia: 2 (2). Praha: Epocha Praha: 39–47. JARMARA, T. 2011: Občanská společnost v historické perspektivě: český diskurs. [Civic Society from the Historical Perspective: Czech Discourse.] In KRÁKORA, P. a kol.: Multikulturalita – Národní identita – Občanská společnost. Praha: Nakladatelství Epocha, 2011: 77-94. JARMARA, T. 2011: Evoluční přístup ke studiu politických stran: strana kartelu. [Evolutionary Approach to the Study of Political Parties: the Cartel Party.] Slovak Journal of Political Sciences: 11 (2): 136–155. JARMARA, T. 2011: Institutionalization of Post-Communist Political Parties. In Wschodnioznawstvo 2011: Instytut Studiów Miedzynarodowych: Uniwersytet Wroclaw: 177–190. KLIMSZA, L. 2011: Ethical Education as Duty in Post-modernism. The New Educational Review: 2011: 26 (4): 194-203. LABISCHOVÁ, D. 2011: Evropská dimenze dějepisu a občanského vzdělávání (současný stav oborově didaktického výzkumu). [The European Dimension of History and Civics Classes (the Present State of Professional Didactic Research).] In KRÁKORA, P. a kol.: Multikulturalita – Národní identita – Občanská společnost. Praha: Nakladatelství Epocha: 30-45. LABISCHOVÁ, D. 2011: Genderová tematika v učebnicích dějepisu – zahraniční inspirace. [Gender Issues in History Textbooks – Inspiration from Abroad.] In MÄRZ, J. a kol.: Žena jako subjekt a objekt dějepisného vyučování. Ústí nad Labem: Filozofická fakulta Univerzity J. E. Purkyně: 39-57. LABISCHOVÁ, D. 2011: Stereotypy a předsudky v dynamickém pojetí interkulturního vzdělávání. [Stereotypes and Prejudice in the Dynamic Concept of Intercultural Education.] In. KRÁKORA, P. a kol.: Multikulturalita a výchova k občanství ve středoevropském kontextu. Praha: Nakladatelství Epocha: 63–77. LABISCHOVÁ, D. 2011: Klíčové momenty a kontroverzní události poválečné historie v historickém vědomí žáků, studentů a učitelů českých škol [Key Moments and Controversial Events of the Postwar Period in the Historical Awareness of Czech Pupils, Students, and School Teachers (empirical research results).] Sborník prací Pedagogické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, řada společenských věd: 25 (2): 9-25. LABISCHOVÁ, D. 2011: Koncept gender jako součást interkulturního vzdělávání v sociálně humanitních předmětech (s akcentem na výchovu k občanství a dějepis). [The Gender Concept as Part of the Intercultural Education in Social Sciences and Humanities (with Emphasis on 67.

Upbringing towards Civics and History).] CIVILIA – Revue pro oborovou didaktiku společenských věd: 2 (2): 87-101. LABISCHOVÁ, D. 2011: České školství na Těšínsku ve dvacátých letech 20. století. [Czech Education System in the Těšín Region in the 1920s.] CIVILIA – Revue pro oborovou didaktiku společenských věd: 2011: 2 (2): 68-86. LABISCHOVÁ, D. 2011: Etická dimenze historického vědomí – podněty pro oborovou didaktiku. [Ethical Dimension of Historic Consciousness – Incentives for Professional Didactics.] CIVILIA – Revue pro oborovou didaktiku společenských věd: 2 (1): 28-42. LABISCHOVÁ, D. 2011: Empirical Research on Historical Consciousness In History Didactics, Its Possibilities and Perspectives. The New Educational Review: 25 (3): 262–271. PAVLÍČEK, J. a kol. 2011: Od Mnichova po osvobození (1938 – 1945). [From Munich to Liberation (1938 – 1945).] In Nový Jičín (Dějiny moravských měst). Nakladatelství Lidové noviny: 259-272. PAVLÍČEK, J. a kol. 2011: Tajemná Afrika cestovatele Jiřího Blaty, Jiří Blata – cestovatel. [Mysterious Africa of the Traveller Jiří Blata, Jiří Blata – the Traveller.] In Tajemná Afrika cestovatele Jiřího Blaty: Slezské zemské muzeum Opava: 3-7. PAVLÍČEK, J. a kol. 2011: Ve svobodném Československu (1918-1938), [In the Free Czechoslovakia (1918-1938)], In Nový Jičín (Dějiny moravských měst). Nakladatelství Lidové noviny: 230-258. PETRUCIJOVÁ, J. 2011: Specific Forms of Interpretation of Human Beings and Power in the Context of Philosophical Paradigms. In AUSPICIA. : 180-190. PETRUCIJOVÁ, J. 2011: Identity Issue in the Context of Civic and Inter-Cultural Education. The New Educational Review: 8 (23): 79-90. NOVÁK, R., SVOBODOVÁ, D., GEJGUŠOVÁ, I., KUBECZKOVÁ, O., SEKEROVÁ, K., HOMOLOVÁ, K. 2011: Prostor pro češtinu. [Space for the Czech Language.] Edition 1. Ostrava: University of Ostrava in Ostrava: 122. SVOBODOVÁ, D. 2011: Aspekty pojetí spisovnosti vs. slangovosti u vybraných typů cizojazyčných přejímek a neologismů. Minulost, přítomnost a budoucnost v jazyce a v literatuře. [Aspects of Interpretation of the Standard Form versus Slang in Selected Types of Foreign Language Loanwords and Neologisms. The Past, Present and Future in Language and Literature.] Ústí nad Labem: University of J. E. Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem: 337-341. SVOBODOVÁ, D. 2011: K aktuální situaci v oblasti přechylování apelativ v češtině. [On the Present Situation in Gender Inflection of Appellatives in the Czech Language.] Vidy jazyka a jazykovedy. Prešov: Philosophical Faculty of the Prešov University in Prešov: 257-262. SVOBODOVÁ, D. 2011: Spisovnost vs. funkčnost jazykových prostředků užívaných v elektronické komunikaci [The Standard Form versus Functionality of Language Means Used in Electronic Communication.] In Jazyk a komunikácia v súvislostiach. Bratislava: Philosophical Faculty of the Komenský University in Bratislava: 169-178. SZYMECZEK, J. 2011: Ewangelicy w Czechach na Morawach i Śląsku Cieszyńskim. Uwarunkowania historyczne i wzajemne relacje w przeszłości. (w:) Polska - Czechy - Słowacja. Oblicza religijności“, praca zbiorowa pod redakcją Józefa Budniaka i Andrzeja Kasperka: Polska Akademia Nauk/Oddział w Katowicach: Agencja Artystyczna PARA Zenon Dyrszka, Katowice: 119-140 68.

SZYMECZEK, J. 2011: Kościoły protestanckie w Czechosłowacji w polityce państwa komunistycznego po roku 1948. In Kłaczkow Jarosław (red.): Kościoły chrześcijańskie w systtemach totalitarnych, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń: 615-628. SZYMECZEK, J. 2011: Zápas polských evangelíků v Těšínském Slezsku o zachování konfesní a národní odlišnosti [The Fight of Polish Evangelicals in the Těšín Silesia Region for the Maintenance of their Distinctive Confession and Nationality.] Securitas imperii:19 (2). The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Praha: 218-237.

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