Sexuality, Ethics and Society
Brief characteristics
Priority area of research is sexuality in social, moral and political contexts, sexual ethics, sexual and family politics, sexual and reproductive rights and research of the micro-discourse in contexts with social organisation of sexuality in Slovakia and Czech Republic. Specific area of research is sexuality of persons with intellectual disability, sexual minorities, gender equality and ethical concepts that are related to social ethics, psychology, sexual ethics and social philosophy (for example, justice, responsibility, equality, tolerance etc.).
doc. PhDr. Jarmila Jurová, PhD.,
PhDr. Ciprian Turčan, PhD.,
Mgr. Peter Kocina (PhD student)
PhDr. Ciprian Turčan, PhD.,
Mgr. Peter Kocina (PhD student)
Most significant research projects
- IPPF European Network, Rutgers Nisso Groep and the WHO Regional Office for Europe: SAFE II: Sexual Awareness for Europe. Improving policies on the SRHR of young people in Europe, 2009 - 2012;
- Kierkegaard and Classical Greek Thought. Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, 2015 – 2016;
- The Clonick Publications Grant, United States: Adlerian Ethics, 2015 – 2016.
Publications
- Lukšík, I. – Marková, D.: Sexual Lifestyles in the Field of Cultural Demands. In: Human Affairs: Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 2, 2012, p. 227-238. ISSN 1210-3055;
- Marková, D. – Kocina, P.: Made in Slovakia: Moral Constructions of Sexuality Education and their Discursive Sources. In: Education and Upbringing in Theory and Practice. USA: Ecko House Publishing, 2014, p. 79-138. ISBN 978-1-4276-5467-0;
- Marková, D.: Moral Values in Sexual and Partner Relationships. Ljubljana: KUD Apokalipsa and Central European Research Institute Søren Kierkegaard, 2015, 250 p. ISBN 978-961-6894-67-8;
- Marková, D.: Sexual Morality in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Ljubljana: KUD Apokalipsa and Central European Research Institute Søren Kierkegaard, 2015, 204 p. ISBN 978-961-6894-68-5;
- Turčan, C.: The Autonomy of the Individual and the Neutrality of the State. In: Contemporary images of good, Kraków: Aureus, 2015, p. 213-229. ISBN 978-83-60741-76-4.
Conferences
- III. Międzynarodowe Forum Etyczne - Współczesne oblicza dobra, Cracow, Poland, Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w Krakowie, June 23 – 25, 2014;
- Changing Contexts and Europe 2020 Strategy Challenges, Józefow (Warsaw), Poland, Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarki Euroregionalnej, April 21, 2015;
- 15th International Conference on Human Rights, Józefow (Warsaw), Poland, Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarki Euroregionalnej, June 1 – 2, 2015;
- Human Rights in Changing Times: Extreme Social Phenomena of Contemporary Society, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech Republic, November 25, 2015;
- Sexualities IX, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Brno, December 2 – 3, 2015.
International cooperation
North American Society of Adlerian Psychology, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States;Faculty of Health and Social Care, Robert Gordon University Aberdeen, United Kingdom;
Department of Adult Education and Personnel Management, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic;
The State School of Higher Professional Education in Plock, Poland;
Gender & Sociology Department, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
