Current affiliation
Charles University Faculty of Humanities, Assistant professor
Fields of interest
Care and empirical ethics; disability studies; science & technology studies; social work; ethnographic and collaborative research
Current Courses
Consultations
Education
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2008–2015 |
Faculty of Humanities Charles University, Praha (Ph.D. in Applied Ethics); dissertation “Ethics and Power in Social Health Services: Ethics of Practice in Long Term Care” |
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1989–1993 |
Faculty of Education Charles University, Praha (MA in Special Education) |
Teaching
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2019– |
Charles University Faculty of Humanities, Department of Applied Social Sciences MA courses: Ethnographic and Collaborative Research; Ethics; Dis/ability studies; Participatory Approaches; Quality of Services; |
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2017– |
Charles University Faculty of Humanities, PhD programmes Applied Ethics and Longevity Studies Care and Empirical Ethics; Qualitative Research |
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2010–2019 |
The Centre of Expertise in Longevity and Long-term Care (Charles University Faculty of Humanities) researcher, lecturer, consultant |
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2001–2010 |
Charles University Faculty of Humanities, Department of Management and Supervision in Social and Health Organisations curriculum development advisor and external lecturer of MA courses: Diagnosing Organisation; Human Resources Management; Evaluation |
Research activities
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2025–2027 |
Czech Science Foundation, 25-16174S: Overcoming (total) institutions: Strategies for disablement and de/institutionalisation, principal investigator |
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2021–2024 |
Norway Grants, Research-Human Rights, LP-HRMGSA-014: Life stories for human rights, principal investigator |
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2019–2021 |
Czech Science Foundation, 19-07724S: Vulnerable residents in fragile residences: An inquiry into tensions of residential care; co-investigator |
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2018–2021 |
Czech Health Research Council, NV18-09-00587: Long-term care for patients with dementia, analysis of the current situation in the Czech Republic and Europe, possibilities of transformation of institutional care regarding quality of life, quality of care and resource use; member of the research team (2018) |
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2016–2019 |
FWF – Czech Science Foundation 16-34873L: The Czech-Austrian Project: The long-term care study; member of the research team |
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2015–2018 |
Czech Health Research Council NV15-32942A: Case management as a complex intervention in dementia, its impact on resource utilisation and the quality of life of patients and caregivers; project coordinator, researcher |
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2010–2020 |
South Moravia Region: Gerontological and organizational supervision in residential institutions; team leader, researcher, consultant |
Other activities
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2020–2024 |
Head of the Department of Applied Social Sciences, FHS UK |
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2016–2019 |
Director of The Centre of Expertise in Longevity and Long-term Care, FHS UK |
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2016– |
Member of the Board of Longevity Studies PhD Programme at FHS UK |
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2018–2024 |
Research Ethics Committee of FHS UK |
Publications
Campbell, J., Donnelly, S., Gallagher, B., Roets, G., Lorenz, W., Blomberg, H., Eibicht, M. Č., Havrdova, Z., Hradcová, D., Kroll, C., Machado, I., Melo, S., Povolná, P., Roose, R., & Van Beveren, L. 2024. Findings from a European, cross-national project study on service user participation: Implications for social work policy, practice and education. International Social Work, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728241305449.
Synek, M., and D. Hradcová. 2023. souostroví / postižení / veřejnosti [disability / archipelago / publics]. Praha: Display – sdružení pro výzkum a kolektivní praxi. ISBN: 978-80-908903-6-7.
Synek, M., and D. Hradcová. 2023. “At home in the ‘home’? Narratives of home in repertoires of institutional dining.” Housing Studies: Online First. ISSN 0267-3037. DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2023.2262949.
Synek, M., D. Hradcová, and R. Carboch. 2022. “‘Všechno stejný, všechno zastavený’: Karanténa v ‘domově’ pro lidi označené za postižené.” Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 58 (5): 563–585. ISSN 0038-0288. DOI: 10.13060/csr.2022.029.
Synek, M., D. Hradcová, and R. Carboch. 2022. “Vlastní místo? Každodennost a údržba budovy v ‘domově pro osoby se zdravotním postižením’.” Biograf (75-76): 77–110. ISSN 1211-5770.
Synek, M., D. Hradcová, and M. Bosá. 2022. “O různých praxích a normativitách pečování.” Biograf (75-76): 3–14. ISSN 1211-5770.
Hradcová, D., and M. Synek. 2021. “The rest is noise: On describing cognitive multiplicity.” Qualitative Research 21 (3): 442–460. ISSN 1468-7941. DOI: 10.1177/1468794120975987.
Hradcová, D., and M. Synek. 2020. “Obdělávat svou zahradu: Spekulativní etika Maríi Puig de la Bellacasa.” Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 56 (2): 259–275. ISSN 0038-0288. DOI: 10.13060/csr.2020.009.
Hradcová, D., M. Synek, I. Holmerová, and J. Zgola. 2020. “Promoting the enjoyment of food in dementia care: The Bon Appetit intervention in care homes.” In Timely psychosocial interventions in dementia care: Evidence-based practice, edited by E. Moniz-Cook, and J. Manthorpe, 244–259. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 17-877530-2-6.
Synek, M., D. Hradcová, R. Carboch, and D. Jahodová. 2019. “Kritické gesto a záležitosti péče v souřadnicích ne/způsobilosti.” Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 55 (5): 587–614. ISSN 0038-0288. DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2019.55.5.478.
Iliffe, S., J. Wilcock, M. Synek, R. Carboch, D. Hradcová, and I. Holmerová. 2019. “Case management for people with dementia and its translations: A discussion paper.” Dementia 18 (3): 951–969. ISSN 1741-2684. DOI: 10.1177/1471301217697802.
Synek, M., D. Hradcová, D. Jahodová, and R. Carboch. 2017. “O (ne)soudržnosti pečování: Mnohočetné ontologie života s demencí.” Biograf (65–66): 5–51. ISSN 1211-5770.
Hradcová, D. 2017. “Relational approach to ethics and quality improvement in institutional care for people with dementia.” Annals of Palliative Medicine 6 (4): 319–326. ISSN 2224-5820. DOI: 10.21037/apm.2017.06.20.
Hradcová, D. 2016. “Život na pomezí: Koordinace péče pro lidi s demencí v domově se zvláštním režimem.” Geriatrie a gerontologie (5) 3: 135–139. ISSN 1805-468.
Baumanová, M., D. Hradcová, E. Jarolímová, V. Pírková, M. Válková, H. Vaňková, and A. Waageová. 2015. “Indikátory pro hodnocení kvality dlouhodobé geriatrické péče definující standardní úroveň: Standardy dlouhodobé geriatrické péče.” In Dlouhodobá péče – geriatrické aspekty a kvalita, edited by I. Holmerová, 148–171. Praha: Grada.
Hradcová, D., L. Hájková, M. Mátlová, H. Vaňková, and I. Holmerová. 2014. “Quality of care for people with dementia in residential care settings and ‘The Vážka’ quality certification system of the Czech Alzheimer Society.” European Geriatric Medicine 5 (6): 430–434. ISSN: 1878-7649. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2014.09.014.
Hradcová, D., I. Holmerová, M. Mátlová, and H. Vaňková. 2013. “Gerontologická a organizační supervize – odborná podpora a organizační supervize v zařízeních pro seniory zřizovaných Jihomoravským krajem.” Geriatrie a gerontologie 2 (3): 105–107. ISSN 1805-468.
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Faculty of Humanities
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182 00 Praha 8 - Libeň
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