Research Programme 4: Analysis of the impact of transformation on education, human health and mental health

The research team focuses on comprehensive research on the region's educational transformation. Two cohort studies will examine how the socioeconomic situation of individuals and their families affects their educational and career needs in the context of the specific Moravian-Silesian region. Specifically, these studies will focus on: (1) analyzing the resilience of students and families to changes in education and in the context of new technologies; (2) examining the impact of mining downturns on educational trajectories and employment opportunities in the region; and (3) identifying the biopsychosocial characteristics of workers during their career transition and their impact on the educational and social inclusion needs of children.

Head of the research team: doc. Mgr. Steriani Elavsky, Ph.D.
An outstanding professor and the most cited Czech academic in the field of social affairs, she is active in the Department of Human Movement Studies at the Faculty of Education, University of Ostrava. She has more than twenty years of experience in research and teaching in the field of kinanthropology, health psychology and the aging process.