Nowadays, after the integration of MEDARD into the administrational structure of the Sociological Data Archive at the Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the CR, qualitative data archive steps into the new era of its existence
Information bulletin of the Sociological Data Archive provides an outline of data services, information on research projects, which data have been made available, and is devoted also to problems of survey methodology and information technologies.
Led by an international board, the biannual Czech Sociological Review is designed to assist the stronger integration of Czech sociology into the international mainstream, and to invite contributions from authors worldwide who are interested in 'transformation issues', introduce post-graduate students from abroad to the local and regional public and inform the international community about Czech and CEE social research. Articles are selected especially according to how they contribute to the study of the Czech and CEE societies, how they develop special 'transition' methodology and analysis, how they present new dimensions and facets of transformation and how they form a bridge between CEE, European and world sociology. The journal also publishes reviews of books concerned with transition research and related news in the field. Some thematic issues concentrate on specific areas, such as education, the labour market, demographic development and political research. The journal is the only Czech periodical which is quoted in the publications of the Institute of Scientific Information and other social science databases.
As part of Science and Technology Week in the Czech Republic the Institute of Sociology organised an Open Day on November 10, 2005, opening its doors to visitors from secondary schools and secondary vocational schools from Prague and from outside the city.
To celebrate this special occasion the Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic is planning to hold an anniversary celebration.
Seminary takes place rarely in Ústav dějin umění in Husova street n. 4 on the 1 December 2005 at 14,00 on the 1 floor, room n. 117.
