The theoretical and methodological platform of the Centre's research is a comprehensive research interest in a wide range of visual media, traditionally viewed through the lens of separate scientific disciplines. The Centre's guiding research approach is an interdisciplinary form of research.

The Centre profiles itself as a research institution of the Departments of Education for Citizenship and Music Education of the Faculty of Education of the University of Ostrava and develops one of the priority directions of research at the Faculty of Education under the title: culture - identity - region.

We deal with additional, extension and specialisation studies. We focus on research activities in the field of complementary educational studies in education. We develop study materials and carry out innovations in the specialisation study of school management and educational counselling.

We are a research institute of higher education. We focus on research and development in the field of feedstock transformation, especially in waste and alternative fuels. On usable forms of energy and their subsequent efficient use.

Research on issues related to the extraction and use of energy resources. By uniting the research activities of two organizations, it will be possible to respond more effectively to the problems and practical tasks coming from users in the economic sphere.

Research and development in the Moravian-Silesian region with a focus on the long-term development of priority fields of their integration into the European research area. Development and research in the fields of nanotechnology, mechatronics, new materials and technologies for their production and environmental technologies.

Research in the areas of engineering physics with a focus on solid and liquid phase mechanics and their interactions. We operate a centre for intelligent systems and structures.

Providing advanced supercomputing technology and services to teams in academia and industry. We operate two supercomputers. Topics include data processing and analysis, development of parallel scalable algorithms, engineering problem solving, modeling for nanotechnology.

The Centre was established primarily as a platform for collaboration of academics involved in pedagogical research at the Faculty. Pedagogical research is understood in its full breadth, i.e. including research in the areas of established pedagogical disciplines as well as research on major topics in pedagogy.

A research institute dedicated to research on regional issues, especially in terms of literary and artistic traditions. The institute is concerned with the study of regions in the Czech and Central European context and their inspiring role in cultural and artistic production.

The Archives supervises the methodological management of the Central General Records Office and manages the museum collections housed in the old headquarters building.

The centre is aimed at the possibility of research concentration, exploitation of domestic and foreign libraries and archives or publication of the results achieved. The department carries out research on the problems of the historical process of modernization and analysis with emphasis on its anthropological dimension.

The department focuses on the knowledge, understanding and management of technological and natural hazards. It carries out research in the field of risk analysis methodology. Provides contract processing for the public sector and private enterprises, and support for teaching in the Faculty of Safety Engineering.