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…
Gender aspects of disinformation dissemination and reception from the perspective of the theory of social media performativity and identity theory
The aim of the project is to investigate the Czech disinformation milieu from three theoretical perspectives – gender theory, the theory of social media performativity and identity theory. It will…
Beyond Borders: Roles of Local Government in the Long-term Integration of UkrainianRefugees. Insights from Poland and the Czech Republic
The primary scientific objective of the project is to carry out an in-depth analysis of the rolesplayed by municipalities in Poland and the Czech Republic in the long-term integration of…
Ways of imagining in children’s lives with information texts (WONDRE)
What makes a piece of information personally engaging, and what does it even mean when itis experienced as such? Adopting a child-centred view on an emergent form of literate life,…
Beneficent Multi-Agent AI Avatar in a Small Democratic Society (CZDEMOS4AI)
Bringing together legal, ethical, educational, media, security and psychological studies, the interdisciplinary project CZDEMOS4AI aims to explore the societal implications of the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the context…