Finished projects
241 Projects
Persistence and change of voting patterns in the territory of the Czech Republic since the introduction of universal suffrage (causes and consequences)
The research project analyzes causes and political consequences of persistence and change of the voting patterns. It analyses results of all parliamentary elections on the territory of the contemporary Czech Republic since universal suffrag…
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Members of the project team:
- RNDr. Martin Šimon, Ph.D.
- PhDr. Markéta Horpeniaková, Ph.D.
- RNDr. Mgr. Renáta Mikešová, Ph.D.
Topics:
Politics and Political Attitudes, Regions
Contracting authority:
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
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Public/private funding of higer education: a social balance
The aim of this project was to provide reliable data and information on the real and effective distribution of (teaching-related) costs of higher education. The shares of public and private costs were calculated for students of different so…
Principal Investigator:
- prof. PhDr. Petr Matějů, Ph.D.
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International Project
Analyses of The First Elections in the New Republic, 1992-1996
Mansfeldová, Z. (ed.) 2003. Czech Republic: The First Elections in the New Republic, 1992-1996. Analyses, Documents and Data. Serie WZB: Founding Elections in Eastern Europe. Berlin: edition sigma.The analyses presented in the book Czech R…
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International Project
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Obstacles and opportunities for implementing flexible working arrangements in the Czech Republic
The aim of the research project is to analyze all types of factors influencing the implementation of flexible working arrangements in the Czech Republic. In the analysis we research the flexible working arrangements in the international co…
Principal Investigator:
- Mgr. et Mgr. Lenka Formánková, Ph.D.
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Topics:
Gender, Work, Parenting
Contracting authority:
Ministry Project
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Local Government Cooperation – element of local democracy and effective tool of self-government
A database of cca 2 thousand of new municipalities that gained autonomy by fragmentation of original municipalities was developed in the framework of the two years project. Almost all new municipalities are smaller than 2 thousand of inhabi…
Principal Investigator:
- PhDr. Zdenka Vajdová
Contracting authority:
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
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Historical Milestones in Border-Region Identities in Western Bohemia – Bavaria – How Czechs and Germans Define Themselves and Perceive One Another as Immediate Neighbours
This sociological study of the populations in the neighbouring border regions of Bavaria and Western Bohemia involves research from the perspective of biographic narratives in order to search for differences and similarities in the mentalit…
Principal Investigator:
- Doc. PhDr. Václav Houžvička, Ph.D.
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International Project
The Challenge of Socio-economic Cohesion in the Enlarged European Union
The proposed research project, which is structurally based on the comparative analysis of the role of social capital and civil society in achieving the goals of development policy through stimulating social partnerships and improving levels…
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Work – Life Balance from the Perspective of Gender Relations and Social and Employer Policies in the Czech Republic
The project makes a comprehensive study of the conditions for achieving work – life balance in Czech society. It focuses on the legislative, social, political, institutional, employer and individual aspects of how individuals, couples, an…
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Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
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Trust and European Integration – a Comparison between Bulgaria and the Czech Republic.
Czech- Bulgarian Joint Research Project (PPP project), together with Institute for the Research of Societies and Knowledge, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia.2011 - 2013.Czech Coordinator: PhDr. Zdenka Mansfeldova, CSc Bulgarian Coordina…
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Local governments in small municipalities and their endogenous development potential
The project focuses on the possibilities and limits of local governments in small municipalities in the Czech Republic (less than 2000 inhabitants) to influence the situation in the community and to make use of its endogenous development po…
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Contracting authority:
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
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The Implementation of the International Documentation Standard DDI and the New Technology for Management and Dissemination of the Data at the Sociological Data Archive
The aim of the project is to implement the international stardard for data documentation called Data Documentation Initiative (DDI), to apply NESSTAR tecnology in Sociological Data Archive (SDA) of the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sci…
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Ministry Project
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InTune - Integrated and United: A Quest for Citizenship in an ‘ever closer Europe’
INTUNE is a research project whose aim is to study the changes in the scope, nature and characteristics of citizenship that result from the process of the deepening and enlargement of the European Union. Its focus is on how integration and …
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International Project
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Social capital as a factor influencing regional disparities and regional development
The object of the research is disclosing of the basic features of regional disparities with regard to the role and importance of social and human capital in the regional development. The project testifies the hypotheses expressing the relat…
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Parenthood after Partners Break Up – Parental Roles and the Identity of Divorced Mothers and Fathers
The subject of the project is a sociological study of parenthood in the Czech Republic after partners break up as experienced on the one hand by the mothers who have been granted custody of the child (children) and on the other hand by the …
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Contracting authority:
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
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CESSDA.CZ The CESSDA Project: Building a CESSDA-ERIC focal point in the Czech Republic and integrating it into the large pan-European research infrastructure of data services for socio-economic research
The main objective of this project is to build the Czech node of the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA) and to ensure Czech participation in the establishment and operation of this European distributed research inf…
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Topics:
Research Methodology, Sociological Data
Contracting authority:
Ministry Project
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The History and Present of Czech Sociology
Czech sociology has been through enormous development since 1989, when it was freed from the constraints of ideology, and it is now gradually returning to the international stage. Persecuted and exiled scholars were able to rejoin the ac…
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Topics:
Historical Sociology
Contracting authority:
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
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European Political Elites in Comparison: the Long Road to Convergence
ESF Scientific Network Project, co-ordinated by Heinrich Best (University of Jena) and Maurizio Cotta (University of Siena).…
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International Project
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Detraditionalization and individualization of religion in the Czech Republic and their socio-political and socio-economic consequences
The project aims to analyze processes of detraditionalization, individualization and privatization of religious values and forms of religious life in contemporary Czech society, including implicit ones and their functional equivalents. Alth…
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Religion and religiosity
Contracting authority:
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
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WS Debate - Stimulating Policy Debate on Women and Science Issues in Central Europe
The WS DEBATE project is a Specific Support Action in the EU 7th Framework Programme. Its overall objective of is the stimulation of policy and public debate on the situation and perspectives of women in science, in order to bridge the gap …
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Topics:
European Union, Gender
Contracting authority:
International Project
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Changes in the Structure of Gender Roles in the Family: Men’s Participation in the Family and Household after Returning to Work from Parental Leave
The project focuses on monitoring the participation of fathers in the family and household, both during their parental leave and after they return to the labour market, with the objective of understanding the behaviour of fathers and identi…
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Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
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