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Dynamics of change in Czech society

Project summary:This project will examine the Dynamics of Change in Czech Society using a household panel survey research design. Applying insights from sociology, economics and politics this study will examine five themes: Family life, ti…

Topics:

Housing, Politics and Political Attitudes, Work, Family, Social Inequalities, Education

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Values and Politics

Project Duration:

2014 - 2018

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Changing work and job values in the Czech Republic

Around the world there are various branches of socio-economic research that make work and jobs their focus object of study. This interest has been heightened by the current economic recession, which has increased the risk of unemployment an…

Topics:

Migration and Mobility, Wages and Incomes, Religion and religiosity, Work, Family

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Economic and Religious Studies

Project Duration:

2014 - 2016

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Methodology of diversity management and reconciliation of work and private life in the workplace

The aim of the project is creation of certified methodology of diversity management and reconciliation of work and private life in the workplace, which will be usable directly by employers and organizations. This is an innovative interconne…

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Topics:

Gender, Care, Work

Contracting authority:

Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Gender & Sociology

Project Duration:

2014 - 2015

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Social communication and trust building in the process of selecting a site for a geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste

The aim of the project is to develop and systemize empirical findings and create applicable results that in the form of practical principles and procedures of social communication and participative decision-making will contribute to non-con…

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Topics:

Public Administration, Public Opinion

Contracting authority:

Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Public Opinion Research Centre

Project Duration:

2014 - 2015

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Well-being and the satisfaction of households in CEE countries: linking objective and subjective indicators

The project aims to analyse the links between living conditions and their perceptions in Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Slovak households. After the trends in aggregate indicators of socio-economic development are identified, questions will b…

Topics:

Wages and Incomes, Standard of Living

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Economic and Religious Studies

Project Duration:

2011 - 2013

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PLATENSO - Building a platform for enhanced societal research related to nuclear energy in Central and Eastern Europe

The objective of PLATENSO is to provide a proposal towards establishing the legal base for a European Entity on Socio-Economic matters linked to nuclear technology and to develop recommendations for research strategies in PLATENSO countries…

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Topics:

European Union, Public Policy

Contracting authority:

International Project

Department:

Local and regional studies

Project Duration:

2013 - 2016

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Data sources, research on data quality, standards, and methods of data harmonisation for the purposes of international comparative social research and integration into the CESSDA network

This project aims to strengthen the database and methodological platform of cross-national empirical research in the social sciences. To achieve this aim, the project will (1) ensure the acquisition, expert processing and archiving of data …

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Topics:

Sociological Data

Contracting authority:

Ministry Project

Department:

Czech Social Science Data Archive

Project Duration:

2009 - 2011

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Political and Legal Institutional Framework of the Czech Republic and its Changes in the Context of the Accession the the EU

The project examines the legal and institutional environment in the Czech Republic, the effect of the most prominent collective actors prior to its accession to the European Union, and changes that are occuring due to the process of Europea…

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Contracting authority:

Ministry Project

Department:

Values and Politics

Project Duration:

2004 - 2007

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Governance in Metropolitan Areas and its Influence on Socio-spatial Inequality - Czech Metropolises in International Comparison

The main goal of the project is to study influence of the governance on socio-spatial inequality in metropolitan areas in the Czech Republic in comparison to North American, West European and other Central European experiences. Partly it is…

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Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Local and regional studies

Project Duration:

2008 - 2011

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Participation, Democracy and Citizenship in the Czech Republic and International Comparison

An international comparative quantitative survey was conducted as a part of the project. The project also examines legal norms and definitions of the excercise of civil and political rights today and historically, describes the fromation of…

Contracting authority:

Czech Academy of Sciences

Department:

Values and Politics

Project Duration:

2003 - 2005

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ADAPT2DC - Adaptation to demographic change

ADAPT2DC partnership aims to develop transferable strategies for the provision of innovative solutions to restructure the management of services and infrastructure in shrinking regions and cities from Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ital…

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Topics:

Regions

Contracting authority:

International Project

Department:

Local and regional studies

Project Duration:

2011 - 2014

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From Destratification to Stratification? The Development of the Social Stratification System in the Czech Republic, 1991 - 2009

The project aims at corroborating the “value lag hypothesis,” according which further consolidation of the social stratification system in the Czech Republic will depend more on the crystallization of its normative background (value…

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Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Economic and Religious Studies

Project Duration:

2007 - 2010

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Women’s Professional and Family Cohabitation – Differences in the Opinions of Czech Man and Women of Two Age Categories

The research aim is to detect opinions concerning role of women working outside home within the group of present students in the last year of university studies (people at the beginning of their professional career) and their parents´ gene…

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Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Project Duration:

2001 - 2002

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Mass higher education in institutional settings: ethnography of academic departments in the Czech Republic

Higher education is becoming increasingly important in knowledge societies and, simultaneously, undergoing a rapid and profound change. The present project explores contemporary transformations of higher education from below through ethno…

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Topics:

Public Policy, Education

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Gender & Sociology

Project Duration:

2011 - 2013

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The Civic Dimension of Czech-German Relations in the Phase of the Accession of the CR to the European Union with an Emphasis on the Border Areas

Starting in 2003, the Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic – Department of Czech Border Regions has launched a three year research project entitled The Civic Dimension of Czech-German Relations in the Ph…

Principal Investigator:

  • Doc. PhDr. Václav Houžvička, Ph.D.

Contracting authority:

Internal Project

Project Duration:

2002 - 2004

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Knowledge, Institutions and Gender: an East-West comparative study – KNOWING

Building on scholarship in feminist philosophy and social studies of science, the project will examine the role of gender in the production of knowledge contexts and cultures in an East-West perspective in two scientific fields (sociology a…

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Topics:

Gender, Sociology of Sciences

Contracting authority:

International Project

Department:

Gender & Sociology

Project Duration:

2006 - 2008

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The phenomenon of childlessness in the context of social changes in Czech society

The subject matter of the project was a comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of childlessness in Czech society, focusing on involuntary childlessness as well as the choice of life without children. An emphasis was on researching life st…

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Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Gender & Sociology

Project Duration:

2003 - 2006

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Discursive framing and day-to-day experience of elderly care in the Czech Republic

Demographic transformations currently taking place in European societies, including the Czech Republic, lead to a de cit of available care for the elderly. Eldercare is currently provided mainly in the informal sector, and more often by wom…

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Topics:

Gender, Intergenerational Relations, Age and Aging

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Gender & Sociology

Project Duration:

2012 - 2014

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Tracing knowledges between science and society

In this project I focus on the study of production, use and translation of social science knowledge on its travels between science and society. I aim at understanding the differences between knowledge regimes in areas of natural and technic…

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Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Gender & Sociology

Project Duration:

2009 - 2011

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The Influence of Territorially Specific Factors on the Formation of Political Orientations of Voters

Research concentrates on the underlying factors that influence political orientations and attides of individuals. Are political orientations and attitudes influenced rather by individual's position in the social structure or by territorial …

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Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Local and regional studies

Project Duration:

2003 - 2004

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Parental Choice and Caring for Children in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

The study will contribute to the long-standing social scientific debate over the role of culture and institutions in influencing behaviour by looking at the case of family policies. We will conduct interviews with families in the Czech and …

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Contracting authority:

Czech Academy of Sciences

Department:

Gender & Sociology

Project Duration:

2010 - 2011

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Educational Mobility and Educational Inequalities in the Czech Republic between 1936 and 2004

Current sociological approach to educational inequalities increasingly focuses on relative chances to educational transitions. Thus, the impact of structural contexts, establishing these chances, is completely eliminated. International comp…

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Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Project Duration:

2006 - 2008

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