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Social and Political Consequences of Spatial Inequalities: East-Central Europe Case Study

This project contributes to the recent political and scholarly debate on the social and political consequences of spatial inequalities. Growing inter-regional disparities within EU countries have been described as a risk to social cohesion,…

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Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

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Social and Political Consequences of Spatial Inequalities: East-Central Europe Case Study

This project contributes to the recent political and scholarly debate on the social and political consequences of spatial inequalities. Growing inter-regional disparities within EU countries have been described as a risk to social cohesion,…

Topics:

Regions, Social Inequalities

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

CCK_ODDELENI:

Local and regional studies

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GenderSAFE: Advancing the zero-tolerance approach to gender-based violence in higher education and research in the European Research Area

GenderSAFE supports efforts to establish a zero-tolerance approach to gender-based violence in the European Research Area in order to contribute to building a safe, inclusive and respectful environment in research and innovation and higher …

Topics:

European Union, Gender, Sociology of Sciences, Public Policy

Contracting authority:

International Project

CCK_ODDELENI:

National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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Technocultures of extended metabolism

This project examines the social and cultural implications of recent advances in biomedical research and clinical practice relating to the human metabolism. These advances underscore the complexity and malleability of metabolisms and in fac…

Topics:

Sociology of Sciences, Public health

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Academy of Sciences

CCK_ODDELENI:

National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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Between market and alternatives: household food resilience in uncertain times (FoodRes)

Environmental degradation, the pandemic and growing food prices highlighted the vulnerability and unsustainability of the current food system. Its resilience can be enhanced by developing closer links with informal sources of food. The rece…

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Climate Change, City and Village, Consumption, Public health, Environment, Lifestyle

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

CCK_ODDELENI:

Local and regional studies

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Inequalities in the settings, use and discourses of parental leave policies from a social sustainability perspective

The project develops research on paid parental leave (PPL) arrangements from a social sustainability perspective. We enrich knowledge of social inequalities related to institutional settings, discursive framing, access and use of PPL arrang…

Topics:

Gender, Parenting, Social Inequalities

Contracting authority:

Other

CCK_ODDELENI:

Gender & Sociology

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Vzdělávání cizinců ve školách a jeho dopad na úspěšné začlenění do české společnosti

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 the…

Topics:

Migration and Mobility, Education

Contracting authority:

Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

CCK_ODDELENI:

Local and regional studies

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Data Matters: Sociotechnical Challenges of European Migration and Border Control (DATAMIG)

Issues pertaining to the control of migration and borders are of paramount importance for contemporary societies. The way the relevant technology is designed and used is central to these issues. The configuration of migration and border con…

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Migration and Mobility

Contracting authority:

International Project

CCK_ODDELENI:

Gender & Sociology

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TANDEM – Contested energy transitions. Conflicts and social innovations in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, and France

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has induced energy security challenges. The goal of the European Green Deal (2019) to reach climate neutrality by 2050 remains, however, the target. Achieving it implies an increase in low-carbon sources and c…

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Energy, Environment

Contracting authority:

Other

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Cultivating (relationships, environment and conditions) medicine (KULTIMED)

The aim is to increase the resilience and sustainability of the Czech healthcare in response of staffing crisis, manifested by the outflow of skilled workers abroad or from the sector. We believe that non-ideal interpersonal relations cause…

Topics:

Gender, Interpersonal Relations, Work, Public health

Contracting authority:

Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

CCK_ODDELENI:

Gender & Sociology

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GENDERACTIONplus

The Horizon Europe project GENDERACTIONplus (GENDer equality in the ERA Community To Innovate policy implementatiON plus), which runs between 2022 and 2024, aims to deepen European cooperation and contribute to greater coordination in the f…

Topics:

European Union, Gender, Sociology of Sciences, Public Policy

Contracting authority:

International Project

CCK_ODDELENI:

National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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Social and Political Consequences of Spatial Inequalities: East-Central Europe Case Study

There are grave socio-economic inequalities among regions in the European Union, inter-regional disparities within countries are on the rise. The priject concentrates on an exploration of the social and political consequences of spatial ine…

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Regions, Social Inequalities, Elections and Electoral Research

Contracting authority:

International Project

CCK_ODDELENI:

Local and regional studies

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Social and political consequences of spatial inequalities

In the European Union, there are significant and in many cases growing socio-economic inequalities between regions. Increasingly, arguments are emerging that understand regional inequalities as a risk to social cohesion, a cause of social a…

Contracting authority:

International Project

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Income poverty: Household expenses and indebtedness in European countries

Complex studies on the theoretical, methodological and empirical issues of income poverty in relation to household expenses and liabilities are generally lacking in European research. The missing dimensions of housing costs, regular expendi…

Topics:

Housing, Debts, European Union, Research Methodology, Wages and Incomes, Social Inequalities, Consumption, Standard of Living

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

CCK_ODDELENI:

Economic and Religious Studies

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Gendered Innovation Living Labs (GILL)

Funded by the European Union (GILL, 101094812). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the E…

Topics:

Gender, Work

Contracting authority:

International Project

CCK_ODDELENI:

Gender & sociologie

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ECOSENS - Economic and Societal Considerations for the Future of Nuclear Energy in Society

Using a deliberative approach, ECOSENS will analyse citizens’ views and risk perceptions, benefits and potentials of current and new nuclear technologies in the context of major societal challenges (climate crisis, sustainable energy poli…

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Topics:

Energy

Contracting authority:

International Project

CCK_ODDELENI:

Public Opinion Research Centre

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The National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks (SYRI)

Project The National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks (SYRI)  was supported by the program EXCELES.No: LX22NPO5101The project focuses on social science and related disciplines specifically t…

Contracting authority:

Ministry Project

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Center for Socio-Economic Research on Environmental Policy Impact Assessment

Center for Socio-Economic Research on Environmental Policy Impact Assessment (SEEPIA) is a project supported by the Environment for Life Programme (TA ČR). Its aim is to create an interdisciplinary research centre that will be involved in …

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Topics:

Environment

Contracting authority:

Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

CCK_ODDELENI:

Public Opinion Research Centre

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Research centre for domestic and gender-based violence (ReCeGe)

The project Research centre for domestic and gender-based violence (ReCeGe) will start in January 2022 and end at the end of December 2023. Its core focus is on the establishment of the Research centre for domestic and gender-based violence…

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Topics:

Gender, Interpersonal Relations

Contracting authority:

Ministry Project

CCK_ODDELENI:

National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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Digitalisation in the Labour Market: Challenges, Opportunities and Inequalities for Older Workers

The gradual digitalisation of the economy and the inception of Industry 4.0 eliminate routine jobs at the expense of more flexible and creative positions. However, these processes towards the digital economy make new demands on workers, who…

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Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

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Diversity of childcare attitudes and parenting practices: Their sources and outcomes

This project systematically explores a variation in attitudes to childcare and parental practices in the Czech Republic, with a comparative perspective. In contemporary developed societies, an ‘intensive parenting’ model, which places h…

Topics:

Gender, Parenting, Family

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

CCK_ODDELENI:

Values and Politics

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Inconspicuous innovations and resilience in the urban context: Researching global questions through Central and Eastern European cities

This project is supported by the 2020 Lumina Quaeruntur award of the Czech Academy of Sciences. It establishes a new research team - The Centre for the Study of Social Change and the Material Environment (CESCAME) based at the Institute of …

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Housing, Globalization, Climate Change, City and Village, Sociological Theory, Consumption, Transformation, Environment

Contracting authority:

Other

CCK_ODDELENI:

Local and regional studies

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RESISTIRÉ (RESpondIng to outbreakS through co-creaTIve inclusive equality stRatEgies)

Project aimThe aim of RESISTIRÉ is to 1) understand the impact of COVID-19 policy responses on behavioural, social and economic inequalities in the EU27, Serbia, Turkey, Iceland, and the UK on the basis of a conceptual gender+ framework, a…

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Gender, Civil Society, Work, Parenting, Social Inequalities, Public Policy, Public health

Contracting authority:

International Project

CCK_ODDELENI:

National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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The History and Future of Czech Housing Estates

Post-war housing estates (HEs) represent an important part of the housing stock in postsocialist countries and their development over the past decades is often discussed. Yet, in spite of relatively rich research evidence based on case stud…

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  • Mgr. Jana Kočková

Topics:

Housing, City and Village

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

CCK_ODDELENI:

Local and regional studies

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Supporting transparency of the mortgage market in the Czech Republic by extension of the database for residential property value appraisal

The general goal of the project is to support transparency of the mortgage market and reduction of potential systemic risks in the financial sector by: (1) the comparison and evaluation of the deviations between appraisal prices and market …

Topics:

Housing

Contracting authority:

Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

CCK_ODDELENI:

Socioeconomics of Housing

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