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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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Nanoethics for the Plastocene: the value sensitive design of nanofiber materials

This paper focuses on how to respond appropriately to the problemof the (non-)biodegradability of nanofibers and how the integrationof ethics could help. First, the paper describes the experience of abioengineering research team at the Technical University ofLiberec in developing a technology for producing filtrationmaterials during the COVID-19 pandemic and the project thatwas implemented to provide support for ethical decision-makingin the field of research and development of nanotechnologies.The paper then …

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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Co-creating Gender Equality in Czech Academia: External and Internal Factors

Co-creating Gender Equality in Czech Academia: External and Internal Factors

In the Czech Republic, gender equality in public higher education and research has been championed for over twenty years by the Centre for Gender and Science at the Czech Academy of Sciences. Nevertheless, concrete policies and measures have been slow in coming and they have always required protracted negotiations with the relevant stakeholders at the national level. In the past two years, the situation has changed significantly due to both external and internal circumstances. Externally, the introduction of g…

Topics: Gender, Education

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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Vynálezce a zlepšovatel. Drobné socialistické podnikání v mezích normalizačních plánů.

Vynálezce a zlepšovatel. Drobné socialistické podnikání v mezích normalizačních plánů.

Zlepšovatelství, respektive takzvané zlepšovatelské hnutí představovalo před rokem 1989 součást snah o zlepšení výkonnosti československého hospodářství. Figurovalo v rámci představ o vědecko-technické revoluci a vědecko-technickém pokroku jako způsob, jak dynamizovat a posunout stagnující socialistickou hospodářskou soustavu na úroveň vyspělých kapitalistických ekonomik, a to prostřednictvím racionalizace a optimalizace průmyslové výroby a jejího řízení. I přes vzr…

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Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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”Why I don’t want to be an academic anymore?” When academic identity contributes to academic career attrition.

”Why I don’t want to be an academic anymore?” When academic identity contributes to academic career attrition.

The study focuses on academic career attrition in the context of neoliberal academia and science policies emphasizing the need for excellence and social responsibility in academic production. The goal is to understand the relation between the development of academic identity and attrition among those who have left the academic path up to five years after PhD completion, with acknowledgement of the effect that academic identity has on academic career ambitions. Based on 28 narrative interviews with former acade…

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Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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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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Who Gets heard/hurt in Gender-Based Domestic Violence Research: Comparing Ethical Concerns in Three Qualitative Research Designs.

Who Gets heard/hurt in Gender-Based Domestic Violence Research: Comparing Ethical Concerns in Three Qualitative Research Designs.

Purpose: The study presents the ethical concerns the authors have identified as necessary to address for methodologically sound qualitative research with survivors of gender-based violence. The aim is to define questions that need to be addressed before research with this vulnerable and diverse group can be considered so that the threat of inflicting further harm is mitigated and the possible positive impact of research is increased. We outline and compare the merits and possible drawbacks of three different a…

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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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…

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Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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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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Post/socialist chemical research: a gendered politics of visual representation

This article explores changes to the strongly gendered politics of representation in applied chemical research using visual material from company magazines of Czech-based chemical plants (1969–2000). This representation overlaps with identified developments in the gender order and how these relate to the disputed Cold War discourse. The focus on visual representations gives us a novel perspective on the intersection of technology, gender and geopolitics and what it can tell us about the ways in which competi…

Topics: Gender, Sociology of Sciences, Technology and society

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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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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“This doctor knows shit about you, but the first thing he says is, ‘you need to lose some weight’”: Anti-fat bias and the contradictory effects of fat medicalization in Czech healthcare

The anti-fat bias that is built on the premised principle antagonism between a fat and a healthy body remains entrenched in healthcare. Despite evidence that being fat is conditioned by many factors beyond a person’s control, fatness is often seen as a result of irresponsible behavior and moral failure and fat patients report being exposed to mistreatment, discrimination, and shaming in healthcare. Drawing on semi-structured interviews and written testimonies, we examine the experiences of people with fat em…

Topics: Care, Public health, Lifestyle

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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The Position of Women in Czech Science. 2020 Monitoring Report

The Position of Women in Czech Science. 2020 Monitoring Report

The source data on which this monitoring report is based are published by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) and the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO). We also use data from Eurostat and the She Figures report, a publication issued by the European Commission that monitors the state of gender equality in research and innovation across Europe and beyond. We also draw on the annual reports of public research institutions and universities.…

Topics: Gender, Sociology of Sciences

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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Policy Series

Policy Series

Policy Brief Series has been prepared as part of Work Package 5 led by Ana Puy, Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Spain, in cooperation with Lydia González Orta, Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology and Marcela Linková, Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences.For more information about the Policy Brief Series please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..…

Topics: Gender

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Děti a násilí v blízkých vztazích

Pracovní název předkládaného výzkumu zněl „Potřeby dětí a násilí v blízkých vztazích“. Při analýze dat se ale ukázalo, že účastníci výzkumu předkládají natolik komplexní obrázek zkoumané reality, přinášejí takové množství konkrétních poznání toho, jak (ne)funguje systém pomoci v konkrétních situacích, a vysvětlení, proč často nastavení opatření i systému jako takového selhávají, že jsme pocítily morální závazek tato data a jejich interpretaci rovn…

Topics: Gender, Interpersonal Relations, Family

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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Publication Type: Published review

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Postavení žen v české vědě. Monitorovací zpráva za rok 2021

Postavení žen v české vědě. Monitorovací zpráva za rok 2021

The monitoring report on the position of women in Czech science provides up-to-date statistical data on the position of women in Czech research. The publication aims to inform about the representation of women and men across scientific fields, academic sectors and sectors of the economy, including the position of the Czech Republic in an international comparison. In addition, the report alco contains a section on incomes of researchers and the gender pay gap.English version (The Position of Women in Czech S…

Topics: Gender, Sociology of Sciences

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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