The Poverty Line: Regional Dimensions of the Absolute Poverty Definition
The project is focused on the research of constitutional conventions in Central Europe (the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary). The research integrates the approaches of political science and constitutional…
Foreign information influence, countermeasures against it and communication of its existence: Identification and analysis of Czech public opinion
The proposed project aims to map the public’s attitudes towards foreign information influence, including its perceived (il)legitimacy, the legitimacy of possible countermeasures against such influence, and the impact of communication…
Sustaining Civil Society in the Context of Multiple Crises: Hubs of Engagement in Central and Eastern Europe and Sweden
This project sets out to comparatively analyze civil society’s resilience and resourcefulness in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Czechia, and Sweden. It starts with examining the genealogies of the existing local/national/global…
The National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks
The National Institute for Research on Socioeconomic Impacts of Diseases and Systemic Risks (abbreviated as SYRI) is a virtual scientific hub that brings together experts from Masaryk University, Charles University…
Re-articulation of a Totalitarian Past and Polarization of Society: Local Forms of International Emancipatory Movements and Their Reception Online
The project examines the reception of the Black Lives Matter and Decolonize This Place movements and their Czech versions, which pursue a transformation of the illiberal public discourse on the…
Sociology of failure: coupling social infrastructures and personal experiences
The project aims to understand the social organization of failure in contemporary society by identifying social infrastructures of failure (procedures and narratives) and associated subjective experiences. In classical sociology, the…
Under Pressure: Crisis, Emotions, and Political Transformations around Climate Change
This interdisciplinary project analyses climate change through its ability to transform political practice, its actors and the conditions of social cohesiveness. It argues that climate change is an example of…
Where have all the natsmen gone? Ethnic Minorities in the Post-Soviet Area
The proposed project investigates ethnic minorities in the Post-Soviet area. Its main concept is ethnicity, which is understood as a discursive formation; therefore, the main objetcs of interest are self-perceptions…
The role of online media in constructing, negotiating, and practicing children’s active citizenship
Digital and online media have been reshaping civic and political engagement, providing those with limited political rights new opportunities to represent their voice and participate. This research focuses on the…