We are proud of ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** • The Department of Civil Society Studies’ inclusion in the database of the best education the civil society area. • The many papers and books published by department researchers • The awards our students have received for successful studies, for instance: Josef Hlávka Award—Mikuláš Pštross, for his diploma thesis entitled Lévinasian Civil Socie Rector’s Award—Tereza Jurečková and Ondřej Klügl for their outstanding results in social e (Pragulic.cz [ URL "http://pragulic.cz/?lang=en"] ) (2015) Josef Hlávka Award—Kateřina Singerová for her diploma thesis entitled Civic Engagement of (2015) • We participate in a range of projects both at home and abroad that target public adminis larger academic community, and the general public. One such project is www.czechkid.cz [ czechkid.eu/index.html"] , a website dedicated to multicultural education; others explor issues to do with the social economy and social entrepreneurship and look into volunteer well as social exclusion among young homeless people. • The expertise provided by department faculty as part of their membership in groups and o such as the Norwegian Fund Steering Committee for the Nonprofit Sector; the Government C Nongovernmental Nonprofit Organisations and its Committee on Legislation and Funding and on State Nonprofit Sector Policy; and others.