Palacký University Olomouc stands as one of the country's oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher education. Named after the influential Czech theologian and reformer Jan Amos Comenius, the university has a legacy dating back to 1573. Palacký University is renowned for its commitment to academic excellence, research, and the holistic development of its students.

The university offers a diverse range of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs across various fields, including humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, and health sciences. Palacký University is recognized for its vibrant research environment, fostering innovation and collaboration. With modern facilities, dedicated faculty, and a strong emphasis on internationalization, the university attracts students and scholars from around the globe. Palacký University Olomouc continues to play a pivotal role in shaping the intellectual landscape of the Czech Republic and beyond, contributing to advancements in knowledge, culture, and society.

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The aim of the doctoral program is to create a new type of specialists in the field of work, organizational and traffic psychology, who will be ready to create advanced non-technical as well as technical innovations, for example in the form of certified methodologies, patents or software. The specialists oriented in research, who will be graduates of the study program, will work mainly in the applied sector, or for this sector in the academic sphere, within multidisciplinary and international teams. Their non-technical innovations focusing on the human factor will include the development of target products (e.g. new psychodiagnostic systems and procedures for identifying both the potential and overall work performance and other indicators at the individual and group level for candidates or employees; new intervention tools and programs affecting work and organizational behavior to increase competitiveness and long-term sustainability) and new approaches influencing the communication between the person and the product /environment (i.e. adapting the products/environment to the characteristics of the human psyche in terms of their manageability or friendliness, the ability of the products to flexibly respond to the needs of users and effective communication between the product (or system) and the person, in accordance to requirements of usability) and promote development of mobility and safe, comfortable and sustainable transport taking into consideration the development of automation and demographic change.The aim is to work with both recent graduate students and already working individuals who are interested in enhancing their competencies in psychology, by engaging, for example, in innovation teams. Show less

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

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