Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. PaedDr. Vladimír Labáth, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Labáth
I.2 - Name
Vladimír
I.4 - Year of birth
1951
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Social Work
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava, Račianska 59, Bratislava 813 34
I.7 - Position
Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
vladimir.labath@fedu.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4887?do=filterForm-submit&surname=lab%C3%A1th&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Social Work

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1974, 1978
II.c - Study field and programme
Teaching of first grade subjects in primary school and art education, Therapeutic education
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2002
II.c - Study field and programme
Educational Psychology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Trnava University in Trnava
II.b - Year
2003
II.c - Study field and programme
Social Work
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
St. Elizabeth's University of Health and Social Work
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
Social Work
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Teacher, Therapeutic educator Diagnostic Centre for Youth 1974 - 1986
Researcher Research Institute for Child Psychology and Pathopsychology 1986 - 1990
Assistant Professor, Head of Department, Associate Professor, Professor Faculty of Education Comenius University in Bratislava 1990 – 2017, since 2024
Professor Faculty of Education Catholic University in Ružomberok since 2017

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Language and social training of Czechoslovak experts, English language Comenius University in Bratislave 1988 - 1989
Conflict Resolution and Mediation Course Partners for Democratic Change, European Peace Study University, Austria 1993
Mediation Program - Introduction to Mediation Skills San Diego Mediation Center, USA 1996
Training in group forms of remedial work with youth Research Institute of Child Psychology and Pathopsychology

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Psychotherapy for Social Workers Social Work Second Social Work
Psychodynamic Theories of Social Work Social Work Second Social Work
Group Psychotherapy Social Work Second Social Work
Therapeutic Community Social Work First Social Work
Residential Social Work
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
3
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
5
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
approx. 20
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
approx. 120
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
8
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Social Skills Training Social Work First Social Work

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
94
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
17
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
3
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
289
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
46
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
21
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
11
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
28/52
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
11/21
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Ondrušek, Dušan (50%) - Labáth, Vladimír [UKOPDSOC] (50%): Conflicts in transforming society and the nongovernmental sector : The Slovak example. In: Annals of the american academy of political and social science. - Č. 552 (1997), s. 40-51. – ISSN 0002-7162 ID: 209086

2

Labáth, V., Ondrušková, E. 2019. Theoretical aspects of social work – from eclectisim to integration. In: Payne, M., Reith-Hall, E. 2019. The Routlage Handbook of Social Work Theory, 18 – 28. New York: Routlage.

3

Labáth, V., Ondrušková, E. 2019. Theoretical aspects of social work – from eclectisim to integration. In: Payne, M., Reith-Hall, E. 2019. The Routlage Handbook of Social Work Theory, 18 – 28. New York: Routlage.

4

Brutus, S. et al. 2006. Internationalization of multi-source feedback systems a six-country exploratory analysis of 360-degree feedback . International journal of human resource management . - Roč. 11, č. 17 (2006), s. 1888-1906.

5

Lulei, M., Labáth, V. 2016. Delikvencia v kontexte rizikového vývinu : ISRD 3 Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského. s. 59-85.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Labáth, V., Ondrušková, E. 2019. Theoretical aspects of social work – from eclectisim to integration. In: Payne, M., Reith-Hall, E. 2019. The Routlage Handbook of Social Work Theory, 18 – 28. New York: Routlage.

2

Labáth, V. 2019. Moc a pomoc. Ružomberok: Verbum.

3

Labáth, V., Pružinská, J. 2021. Konflikt - ja, my, oni. Bratislava: Wolters Kluwer.

4

Labáth, V. 2021. Potenciál a riziká moci v procese pomoci. Sociální práce / Sociálna práca, 21 (5), 62 - 72.

5

Labáth, V., Smik, J., Matula, Š. 2022. Expoprogram. Príručka pre skupinovú prácu. Bratislava: Wolters Kluwer.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

Payne, M. 2022. How social work values are essential to practice. Madrid: Consejo General del Trabajo Social.

2

Lau, Patricia Yin Yin - McLean, Gary N. - Lien, Bella Ya-Hui - Hsu, Yen-Chen - Self-rated and peer-rated organizational citizenship behavior, affective commitment, and intention to leave in a Malaysian context. - In: Personnel review, roč. 45, č. 3, 2016 ; s. 569-592 ; SSCI ; SCOPUS

3

Nicholls-Nixon, Charlene L. - Castilla, J. A.D. - Garcia, Julian Sanchez - Pesquera, Martha Rivera: Latin america management research: Review, synthesis, and extension. In: Journal of Management, Volume 37, Issue 4, July 2011, s.1178-1227 - SSCI ; SCOPUS

4

Buyukakinci, E. 2002. Syndromes and alternatives for Slovak foreign policy: The process of restructuring after the" velvet divorce". East European Quarterly, Boulder Vol. 36, Iss. 1, (Spring 2002): 79-102.

5

Buyukakinci, E. 2002. Syndromes and alternatives for Slovak foreign policy: The process of restructuring after the" velvet divorce". East European Quarterly, Boulder Vol. 36, Iss. 1, (Spring 2002): 79-102.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

APVV-16-0422 “Stratégie žien na predchádzanie, zmiernenie a zastavenie násilia v blízkych vzťahoch”. Výskum sa realizuje prostredníctvom organizácie BUDÚCNOSŤ, n.o., Nitra, 2017 - 2021.

2

VEGA č. 1/0374/18 s názvom “Kreovanie modelu supervízie organizácie ako špecifickej formy v systéme supervízie v sociálnej práci”. Výskum sa realizuje prostredníctvom Pedagogickej fakulty UMB v Banskej Bystrici, 2018 – 2021.

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Head of Department Department of Therapeutic Education, Department of Social Work 1990 - 1991
Member or chairman of the dissertation defence committee, member of the committee for habilitation and inauguration proceedings Faculty of Education UK in Bratislava, Faculty of Education KU in Ružomberok, Faculty of Education UKF in Nitra, Faculty of Health and Social Work, University of Trnava in Trnava, Faculty of Pedagogy, Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno 1991 - 2025
Member and chairman of committees for final examinations of bachelor and master studies Faculty of Education UK in Bratislava, Faculty of Education KU in Ružomberok 1991 - 2017; 2017 - 2025
Member Association of Mediators of Slovakia Since 2006
Membership in the editorial boards Efeta, Integrácia, Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems 1991 - 2005

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Hogeschool De Horst Horstlaan 2, Driebergen - Rijsenburg, The Netherlands 1990, 1991, 1992, 2 - 3 weeks International Project of Higher Social Work Education
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire 105 Garfield Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54701, Wisconsin, USA March 1995, one week stay Direct invitation
Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles St. Suite S740 Wyman Park Building Baltimore, MD 21218, Maryland, USA August 1996, two weeks programme Summer School Institute for Policy Study
University of Gothenburg Universitetsplatsen 1, Göteborg, Sweden 3. – 7. 11. 2013 Erasmus
Universtiy of Applied Sciences of Diaconia Kyläsaarenkuja 2, 00580 Helsinki, Finland 24. – 28. 11. 2014

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Lecturer of long-term postgraduate specialisation in the application of group psychotherapy methods outside the health sector, especially in the social field and in education (special educational institutions and educational-psychological counselling). Many years of experience in resocialization of conduct disorders, in mediation, in individual and group counselling. Participation in the training of professionals and supervision in the helping sphere. Conducting educational activities in the Slovak Republic and in ten other countries (NGOs, universities).

Founder of the first department of university education in the Social Work programme in the Slovak Republic (Faculty of Education, Comenius University in 1991). Pedagogical activity in the field, author and co-author of all study programmes Social Work at the Comenius University in Bratislava (7 versions and modifications) at all three levels of university training of social workers. He was the initiator and co-author of several innovations in the university education of helping professions (social-psychological trainings, experiential education modules).

Date of last update
2025-03-21