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8 Projects

A Mobile Society: Opportunities and Risks of New Forms of Mobility for Czech Society and Economy

 Program: Johannes Amos Comenius Programme (P JAC), call: Social Sciences and Humanities: Man and Humanity in the Global Challenges of Today Acronym: AMOS No: CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008717 Three research institutions coope…

Topics:

Economy, Gender, City and Village, Migration and Mobility, Wages and Incomes, Work, Regions, Social Inequalities, Standard of Living

Contracting authority:

Ministry Project

Project Duration:

2025 - 2028

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Education of Foreigners in Schools and Its Impact on Successful Integration into Czech Society

The project, which is unique in the Czech context, deals with the topic of education of pupils with insufficient knowledge of Czech as the language of instruction in primary schools (ages 6-15) and high schools (ages 15-19). Building up t…

Topics:

Migration and Mobility, Education

Contracting authority:

Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Local and regional studies

Project Duration:

2023 - 2026

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Rural amenities transformation and its effects on the rural population

The aim of the project is to provide knowledge on possible deficits of amenities in rural communities, as well as on the importance of such amenities for the local population. The project asks which groups would be hardest hit by loss of so…

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Topics:

City and Village, Standard of Living

Contracting authority:

Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Local and regional studies

Project Duration:

2019 - 2022

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Residential segregation and mobility of foreign citizens: analysis of neighbourhoods, housing trajectories, and neighbourhood context

The research directly addresses a major challenge for contemporary urban policy: rising inequality and segregation in urban areas. The research examines residential segregation and mobility of foreign citizens with innovative methods and …

Topics:

Housing, Identity, City and Village, Migration and Mobility, Public Administration

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Local and regional studies

Project Duration:

2019 - 2021

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Social disadvantage in rural peripheries in Czechia and in eastern Germany: opportunity structures and individual agency in a comparative perspective

The general objective of this project is to investigate the multifaceted interrelations between social disadvantage, opportunity structures, and individual agency in rural peripheries in eastern Germany and Czechia in a comparative perspect…

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Topics:

Migration and Mobility, Regions, Social Inequalities

Contracting authority:

International Project

Department:

Local and regional studies

Project Duration:

2018 - 2020

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Time and Space of Homeless Persons in a Post-socialist City: A Comparison of Prague and Pilsen

The project focuses on the time and space of homeless persons in relation to conditions of a post-socialistic city. Its goal is to describe characteristics, life and time-space paths and everyday life of homeless people in the context of tw…

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Topics:

Housing, City and Village, Regions, Social Inequalities

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Local and regional studies

Project Duration:

2015 - 2017

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Socio-spatial disadvantage of inhabitants in peripheral rural regions

The project addresses the issue of social disadvantage of inhabitants of peripheral rural regions.Social disadvantage usually entails a spatial component. The spatial concentration of social disadvantage, exclusion and deprivation and the s…

Topics:

City and Village, Regions, Social Inequalities, Standard of Living

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Local and regional studies

Project Duration:

2015 - 2017

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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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Topics:

Politics and Political Attitudes, Regions

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Local and regional studies

Project Duration:

2012 - 2015

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