Youth, Governance, and Social Justice in Environmental Transition: An Ecocritical Framework in Comparative and Transdisciplinary Contexts
This project is a collaboration between early-career researchers from Charles University, the Universities of Milan and Warsaw. Born out of the 2024 Geneva Study Trip: Environmental Governance, held in October…
Reframing Digital Europe: AI, Privacy and Public Trust
Following our recent expert workshop, we propose follow-up events in Prague (first half of 2025) and Milan (second half of 2025), focusing on enhancing institutional communication within the European public…
Biodiversity protection through offset mechanisms
The project focuses on designing public policy measures to protect biodiversity using offset mechanisms. These mechanisms, based on a market-oriented approach, allow society to prevent the decline of current biodiversity…
HumanAID: Human-Centred AI for a Sustainable and Adaptive Society
The HumanAId project focuses on the application of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs), in various societal domains to strengthen democratic processes, education, and interpersonal communication. The project…
Center for Issues of Inequality and Open Society (CONOS)
CIOS research activities in the field of SHUV will lead to strengthening the resilience of open society and the rule of law in the digital environment. Within the six ERs,…
Strengthening Democratic Resilience Through Digital Twins (TWIN4DEM)
TWIN4DEM brings together scholars of the social sciences and humanities, computational social sciences (CSS) and democracy stakeholders to jointly address one of the most pressing contemporary issues: what causes democracies…
Microfoundations of Collective Defence (MICROCODE)
Does the success of military alliances ultimately hang on the whims of public opinion? The historical record shows that allied states often do not honour their collective defence commitments, but…
Forging Peace in the Shadows: Czechoslovak Pugwash and Pugwash in Czechoslovakia
This research proposal explores the history of the Czechoslovak Pugwash committee and Pugwash in Czechoslovakia, highlighting the pivotal role of both in promoting science diplomacy in the Soviet bloc. It…
Local Lives of Antibiotics: Antibiotic Prescription and Consumption as Cultural Practices
Grounded in the One Health approach, which recognises the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health, this project explores socio-cultural, political, and organisational factors underlying antibiotic (ATB) resistance. By viewing…
Global minimum taxation and investment of multinationals (MINITAX)
What is the impact of global minimum taxes on investment by multinationals, one of the drivers of economic growth? The investment impact of global minimum taxes is largely unexplored. To…