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Call for Abstracts: RICOMET 2026 – Reflecting Nuclear Renaissance in a Changing World
We invite you to submit an abstract to an international conference taking place from 23rd to 25th of September 2026 in Prague, held under the auspices of the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The conference focuses on social sciences and humanities research on ionizing radiation (nuclear energy, radioactive waste management and disposal, medical applications, radiation protection, and preparedness for nuclear or radiation emergencies).…
Job opening: PhD student(s)
The Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AS CR) is announcing a selection procedure for one to two positions of doctoral students to participate in the research project: Business at Home and Abroad: Corruption and Social Norms.
The project is funded by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GA CR) within the prestigious Junior Star program and was launched in January 2026. The expected start is in October 2026, with the possibility of ear…
Pat Lyons: "Being able to recall facts is only one aspect of having political knowledge"
Czech Academy of Sciences recently announced, that nine exceptional scientists obtained a DSc. degree. One of them was Pat Lyons ffrom the Institute of Sociology CAS for his outstanding work Political Knowledge in the Czech Republic. Read the interview with Pat Lyons, done by the head of Press and Publications Department Filip Lachmann.…
Involved Fathers and Intensive Parenting in Czechia: Norms and Fathers’ Contextualised Practices
Intensive parenting norms that emphasise high parental investment to optimise child development are increasingly prevalent in advanced economies. Although motherhood has been widely studied, fatherhood remains underexplored, especially in c…
Fialová: "Long-term persistence of low wages can have negative effects on individuals and society"
Economist Kamila Fialová is the author of a new European Commission study on low wages in Central and Eastern European Member States of the European Union. The document Low-wage employment in Central and Eastern European Member States is published within the framework of the long-term project Social Situation Monitor, in which the Institute of Sociology of the CAS cooperates.…
New book: Czech Social Attitudes in the European Context
Lexington Books (Rowman & Littlefield) publishes the book Czech Social Attitudes in the European Context: In the Heart of Europe.…
New issue of Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2/2020
New english issue of the journal Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research is focused on the Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research Economy 4.0 — The Digitalization of Labour from a Gender Perspective. Editors: Annette von Aleman, Julia Gruhlich, Ilona Horwath and Lena Weber.…
Critical Housing Analysis: Issue 2019/1 released
We are pleased to inform you that the new issue of Critical Housing Analysis was released.…
Proposals for Measures to Support Equality in Research and Higher Education
The project "Analýza bariér a strategie podpory rovných příležitostí ve vědě" of our department NKC – gender and science releases new publication: "Academics 2018: Proposals for Measures to Support Equality in Research and Higher Education".…
New issue of Gender and Research journal (2/2018): Intersectional perspective in social inequalities
New issue of Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research journal (Volume 19, No. 2) focused on Intersectional perspective in social inequalities research has been published.…
New issue Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 3/2015
All articles are available online.…
Czech society in the 2000s
New Publication - Czech society in the 2000s: a report on socio-economic policies and structures…
New publication - Historical Demography 32
This volume of Reports from the Committee for Historical and Social Demography 2008 contains a total of five original articles.…
New Publication - Socioweb 7-8 / 2008
This issue of Socioweb is the second English language edition…
New Publication - Sociological Studies - 2007:09
Alena Křížková (ed.), Zdeněk Sloboda, Radka Dudová, Hana Maříková: Family Friendly Working Conditions in an International Comparison…
New Publication - Sociological Studies - 2007:10
Pavel Nejdl, Daniel Čermák (eds.): Participation and Partnership in Local Public Administration…
New Publication - Sociological Studies - 2007:6
Yvona Kostelecká, Josef Bernard, Tomáš Kostelecký: The Foreign Migration of Scientists and Researchers and the Tools for Influencing Migration…
