New tools for knowledge sharing: the najdiexperta.cz database
The project focuses on the development of new functionalities and the extension of the najdiexperta.cz database as a tool for interconnecting scientific experts with practice. Based on feedback from users,…
Public finance for the Czech Republic in a confident Europe
The project focuses on pilot solutions in two areas that are key to the reform of public financial management. The pilot of a new target classification in the preparation of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Negotiating ‘Serbhood’: Layers of memories among the Serbs in the post-Yugoslav and postwar space
This project examines the interaction between individual memories of interethnic violence in the Yugoslav Wars and the politics of memory channeled through grand ethnonationalist narratives among people of Serbian ethno-national…