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The Concept of Socio-economic Indicators for Siting the Deep Geological Repository in the Czech Republic

This expert document was commissioned by SÚRAO, the Czech Radioactive Waste Repository Authority, and examines the possibilities of research into the socioeconomic aspects of siting a deep geological repository (DGR) for spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste in the Czech Republic. The document is divided into three parts. The first part defines the subject matter and, based on a review of international literature, provides an overview of approaches to socioeconomic analysis across five relevant areas of so…

Topics: Environment

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Social structure and the middle class in the Czech Republic and Central Europe. Concepts, history and analysis

Social structure and the middle class in the Czech Republic and Central Europe. Concepts, history and analysis

The study focuses on the social structure in the Czech Republic in comparative perspective, with particular attention to the position and dynamics of the middle class. Topics of individual chapters are the following ones: Varieties of middle class definitions; Pre-WWII settings and later fates and research of the Czech middle class; History of stratification research in the V4 countries; Post 1989 transition and value turnabout in social structure research; Data sources for the Czech national and European comp…

Topics: Intergenerational Relations, Family, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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From gunpowder to Semtex

Topics: Technology and society

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Gender Inequalities in Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Times of Crisis

Gender Inequalities in Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Times of Crisis

The policy brief “Gender Inequalities in Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Times of Crisis” provides an overview of the key barriers faced by women entrepreneurs in the Czech Republic and presents recommendations for creating a more gender-equal business environment. It builds on a participatory workshop organized by the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences within the Gendered Innovation Living Labs (GILL)project, which brought together …

Topics: Gender, Entrepreneurship

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Mentoring in Medicine

Mentoring in Medicine

The publication "Mentoring in Medicine (A Guide to Practice and Context for the Introduction and Implementation of Mentoring Programmes in Medicine and Healthcare)", as the title suggests, focuses on introducing mentoring within the fields of medicine and healthcare as a tool for: a) supporting the professional and personal growth and development of (primarily) early-career doctors and physicians, b) cultivating interpersonal relationships and improving working conditions, and c) promoting equity.  The t…

Topics: Education, Public health

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Sources of sex-disaggregated data

Sources of sex-disaggregated data

The collection and analysis of information and data on an area or issue should always be categorized by gender. This is because it allows important inequalities and gender differences to be identified. This document presents several examples of data sources (CSO, MIT, EIGE, Eurostat and OECD) that can be used to map the position of women and men (not only) in the field of entrepreneurship and to identify relevant types of support for women entrepreneurs. For each example data source, the characteristics of the…

Topics: Gender, Sociological Data

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Who owns the fungi: ethnography of mushroaming as a form of multispecies sociality

This dissertation thesis focuses on variations of “mushroaming” – it analyzes activities thatinvolve foraging, cultivating, and learning about mushrooms, and demonstrates their potentialfor extending theories and practices of commons (Bollier and Helfrich, 2021). The thesis drawsupon the concepts of commons that are not limited to economic governance, but enable also theanalysis of the potential of multispecies relations, affectivity, and responsibility for generatingnew approaches to the environment (Si…

Topics: Technology and society, Environment, Lifestyle

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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Public(s), education and education policy: values, attitudes, reasoning and experience.

The report contains findings from quantitative and qualitative research on the views of the general population, the population of parents of children aged 6 to 20, and the professional community, teachers and principals, on education and education policies. The main themes are inequalities in education, the content of education, parental participation and response, and the teaching profession.…

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Bariéry v systému pomoci obětem partnerského násilí.

Kvalitativní výzkum překážek, jež brání přeživším genderově podmíněného partnerského násilí toto násilí zastavit a účinně řešit i jeho dopady na sebe a své okolí poukázal na roztříštěnost systému pomoci a jeho častou faktickou nefunkčnost, která se zdá vyplývat z jeho vlastního nastavení. Výzkum ukázal častou bagatelizaci a hierarchizaci násilných projevů a potvrdil dříve konstatovanou omezenou schopnost systému násilí účinně zastavit. Výzkum se zaměřil…

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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Výzkum žáků s nedostatečnou znalostí vyučovacího jazyka v základních školách. Průběžná výzkumná zpráva.

Výzkum žáků s nedostatečnou znalostí vyučovacího jazyka v základních školách. Průběžná výzkumná zpráva.

The interim research report presents the findings of the first phase of the project, focusing on the education of pupils with insufficient proficiency in the language of instruction in primary schools and the transition of pupils from primary to secondary schools. The report provides the results of an online survey conducted in primary schools across five regions of the Czech Republic. The survey aimed to map the number of pupils with limited proficiency in the language of instruction and the level of support …

Topics: Education

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Local and regional studies

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D2.2 GenderSAFE - Needs Assessment Report Addressing Intersectionality, Precarity and Mobility.

This report has been prepared as part of Work Package 2 of the GenderSAFE project. It presents the results of a needs assessment related to the experiences of gender-based violence among groups at increased risk of gender-based violence, with a particular focus on intersectionality, mobility and precarity. These groups at increased risk of gender-based violence included especially women and researchers facing multiple intersectional inequalities; people from various disciplines working in remote research sites…

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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Inovace a inovativní prostředí v ČR. Zpráva z kvalitativního výzkumu projektu Nápady do praxe

Jedná o výzkumnou zprávu z kvalitativného výzkumu zaměřeného na inovace a inovační prostředí v ČR. Analýza ukazuje, že inovační prostředí v ČR značně ovlivňuje otázka nastavení financování nápadů (z veřejných i soukromých finančních zdrojů), ale také nastavení procesů inovativnosti ve firmách. Výzkum dále ukázal, že oproti evorpskému standardu je v ČR velmi slabá spolupráce mezi soukromým a akademickým sektorem, a že není dostatečně nastavena legislativní …

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Czechia Report: Sustainable Governance Indicators 2024

Czechia Report: Sustainable Governance Indicators 2024

The study evaluates the sustainability of policymaking and the quality of democratic governance in the areas of economic, social and environmental policy in the Czech Republic during 2022 and 2023 years. It is a part of the project. The Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI) is a comprehensive monitoring instrument developed to facilitate transitions towards sustainable governance models that foster well-being within planetary boundaries and promote effective, accountable, and inclusive state institutions acr…

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

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Nature-friendly reclamation of mines and quarries

Nature-friendly reclamation of mines and quarries

The AVex expert opinion Nature-friendly reclamation of mines and quarries draws attention to the importance of natural processes in mine and quarry reclamation. Current reclamation approaches aim to restore the landscape as quickly as possible at a high financial cost. However, leaving spoil heaps to their own succession allows the development of long-term sustainable ecosystems with many rare species, while helping to meet the Nature Restoration Law, the EU's nature restoration regulation. The Czech public ge…

Topics: Environment

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Local and regional studies

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Sexual and gender-based harassment at universities - the analysis of annual university reports for 2023

Sexual and gender-based harassment at universities - the analysis of annual university reports for 2023

This study examines the approach to addressing sexual and gender-based harassment by analysing information reported in the 2023 annual reports of 25 public universities in the Czech Republic. It investigates the measures universities report, how they fulfil the requirements of the 7P model (Prevalence, Prevention, Support, Prosecution, Service Provision, Partnerships, and Policies) and the Minimum standard for a safe environment for high-quality, sustainable, and independent research and educational activities…

Topics: Gender, Interpersonal Relations, Education

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Sources of sex disaggregated data + practical examples

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Kdo musí jít z kola ven? Sociální a prostorové faktory volby střední školy a dokončení středního vzdělání v Karlovarském kraji

Kdo musí jít z kola ven? Sociální a prostorové faktory volby střední školy a dokončení středního vzdělání v Karlovarském kraji

The research report focuses on two main topics, on the one hand, on the decision-making of pupils in the Karlovy Vary region regarding their choice of secondary school and field of their study, and on the other hand on the factors that increase the risk of a pupil finishing secondary school studies prematurely in this region. The final part of the report presents also findings from in-depth interviews with pupils and parents from socially excluded localities of the Karlovy Vary region about their educational a…

Topics: City and Village, Regions, Education

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Local and regional studies

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Žehnám veškeré Boží havěti

A book-length interview with entomologist and priest Matúš Kocian about interspecies coexistence, ecological ethics, and spirituality. Prague: Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2023.…

Topics: Religion and religiosity, Environment, Lifestyle

Publication Type: Other Publication

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Znovu objevit Zemi

The 112th issue of the magazine Prostor, titled "Re-discovering the Earth," explores how to approach collaboration with other forms of life. This issue was edited by Lukáš Senft and brings together authors from various professions, including legends of the Czech ecological movement and representatives of the youngest generation. Contributors include professor Hana Librová, economist Naďa Johanisová, climatologist Alexander Ač, sociologist Tereza Stöckelová, as well as writers Pavla Horáková and Ivana…

Topics: Globalization, Climate Change, Environment

Publication Type: Other Publication

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A Forager’s Notebook: Invitation to Drift with(in) Tastes, Crops, and Landscapes

A Forager’s Notebook: Invitation to Drift with(in) Tastes, Crops, and Landscapes

In October 2024, Lukáš Senft and Tereza Stöckelová from the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, along with Will LaFleur from the University of Helsinki, organized a workshop titled Foraging for Planetary Health: Exploring Multispecies Metabolism in a Postindustrial Landscape. The idea behind the workshop was to make standard production and distribution chains visible by bypassing them. We aimed to return to the roots of food preparation, learning to create meals and beverages without r…

Topics: Sociology of Sciences, Technology and society, Environment, Lifestyle

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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The Position of Women in Czech Science 2022. Monitoring Report

The Position of Women in Czech Science 2022. Monitoring Report

Monitorovací zpráva informuje o zastoupení žen a mužů napříč vědními obory, akademickými sektory a sektory ekonomiky, včetně pozice České republiky v mezinárodním srovnání. Cílem publikace je poukázat na jeden z mnoha projevů genderové kultury v české vědě. Hodnoty, které máme k dispozici, dokládají výrazné disproporce, které v české vědě a výzkumu přetrvávají. Poukazují na to, že situace není příznivá, což dokládá i mezinárodní srovnání. Český výzkum …

Topics: Gender, Sociology of Sciences

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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The Czech Household Panel Survey. Data Manual. Wave 6 (2023–2024)

The Czech Household Panel Survey. Data Manual. Wave 6 (2023–2024)

The Czech Household Panel Survey (CHPS) is a longitudinal survey, which repeatedly interviewed a random sample of households living in the Czech Republic. Between 2015 and 2019, five waves were carried out. In 2020 and 2021, two smaller data collections dedicated to the covid-19 disease pandemic took place. This data documentation describes these two covid-19 surveys. Data sets, questionnaires, documentation and other materials related to previous years of CHPS and ad hoc covid-19 surveys are published in the …

Topics: Sociological Data

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Czech Social Science Data Archive

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