The National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks

Applied research , Civil society , Economics , Health , Politics

2022 - 2025

Provider	Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic
Programme	Program for Public Research & Development Support for Priority Areas of Medical Sciences and Related Social Sciences – EXCELES - funded by the European Union Recovery and Resilience Facility
Project code	LX22NPO5101
Participants	Masaryk University (coordinator), Charles University, Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, The Economics Institute (EI) of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, The Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Principal investigator	prof. Mgr. Klára Šeďová, Ph.D.

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 and institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

The SYRI National Institute will bring together scientists who would not otherwise collaborate and provide solutions and recommendations in real-time.

Social scientists will focus on research of situations of risk and mitigation options for the reduction of problems brought by sudden unexpected events like the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, inflation, price increases, and climate change.

The recent past has clearly shown us how our time is prone to situations of risk, and that socioeconomic inequalities are deepening. One of SYRI’s goals is to provide data and in-depth analysis of a kind that has been lacking in the Czech Republic so that politicians can make the right decisions.