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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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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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Kontraurbanizace v České republice: migrace na venkov, životní styl a proměny rezidenčních preferencí

Grantová agentura University Karlovy v Praze, projekt č. 104810. Web projektu: http://www.urrlab.cz/?kontraurbanizace=…

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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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ISSP 2013 - National identity III

After 1989, national identity became a major research topic in the social sciences. In the first half of the 1990´s, Europe experienced a series of events that brought attention of scientists to the issue of national identity - disintegrat…

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Topics:

Trust/Social Cohesion, Identity, Migration and Mobility, Social Inequalities

Contracting authority:

Ministry Project

Department:

Values and Politics

Project Duration:

2012 - 2014

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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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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 Impact of Foreign Direct Investment of EU based Companies on the Labour Relations in EU Candidate Countries - Taking the Examples of Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Project of the University of Bremen, Institute Labour and Economy, Coordinator Dr. Jochen Tholen. Project was sponsored by Hans-Böckler-Foundation Düsseldorf and Otto Brenner Foundation Frankfurt/M – Berlin. The objective of the study a…

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Contracting authority:

International Project

Department:

Values and Politics

Project Duration:

2003 - 2005

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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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The Migratory Patterns of Foreigners (and Natives) in the Czechia: Concentration or Di usion Processes?

The presented project fills some gaps in research on international migration, especially the secondary migration of immigrants. The explanation of the features of internal mobility of immigrants and its impact on socio-spatial differentiati…

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Topics:

Migration and Mobility

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Local and regional studies

Project Duration:

2012 - 2014

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Public and Media: Comparative Analysis of Public Agenda-setting

The proposed project aims to map out, analyse and describe agenda-setting and agenda-linking processes in the Czech public and in the Czech mass media agenda. To get the necessary empirical data, in an empirical survey, the bidding team ai…

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Public Opinion Research Centre

Project Duration:

2006 - 2007

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Support for the Social Acceptance and Effective Enforcement of Gender Equality in Public Sphere

The subject of this sociological project is support for the social acceptance of the institutional mechanisms designed for the enforcement of the principle of egual opportunities for men and women in the public sphere. The project provides …

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Contracting authority:

Czech Academy of Sciences

Department:

Gender & Sociology

Project Duration:

2004 - 2009

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Individuals and Households in the Czech Republic: Transformation Changes and Cross-National Comparison

Individuals and Households in the Czech Republic: Transformation Changes and Cross-National Comparison Researcher: Jiří VečerníkIssued by: Grant Agency of the Czech RepublicTime of researching the project:  2008 - 2010 The proposed p…

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Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Economic and Religious Studies

Project Duration:

2008 - 2010

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Integration, Security, Innovation (INSITO) – European Answers to the Worldwide Financial and Economic Crisis

The "INSITO" Project seeks to contribute to an intensive exchange between knowledge multipliers from academia and the working world (social partners), at the level of the regional players in participating EU Member States. Selected principl…

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Contracting authority:

International Project

Department:

Public Opinion Research Centre

Project Duration:

2009 - 2009

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Housing Standards and their Growth Potentials in Comparison with Situation in the EU Countries

Housing standards, in accordance with research conducted in the European Union (EU) countries, are usually analysed within the context of the overall living conditions of households and include analyses of the development of household consu…

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Topics:

Housing

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Economic and Religious Studies

Project Duration:

2003 - 2005

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The Social Capital and Social Policy Network (SCSPN): Social Cohesion, Trust and Participation: Social Capital, Social Policy and Social Cohesion in the European Union and Candidate Countries

In the first part, we comment issue of social capital and third sector in the Czech Republic with specific focus on NGOs, civic participation and social trust. Public policy in the civic sector is discussed. In the second part, we review li…

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Contracting authority:

International Project

Department:

Values and Politics

Project Duration:

2006 - 2006

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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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RECON - Reconstituting Democracy in Europe

RECON seeks to clarify whether democracy is possible under conditions of pluralism, diversity and complex multilevel governance. This includes taking proper heed of the challenges to democracy at EU and national levels.RECON spells out thre…

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Contracting authority:

International Project

Department:

Values and Politics

Project Duration:

2007 - 2011

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Constructing Supranational Political Spaces: The European Union, Eastern Enlargement, and Women’s Agency

This international comparative research project involving researchers from two accession countries – the Czech Republic and Poland – and American researchers focuses on studying the process of European Union enlargement. The project put…

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Contracting authority:

Other

Department:

Gender & Sociology

Project Duration:

2001 - 2004

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