On Monday, July 14, 2008, Pavel Machonin passed away in Prague at 81 years of age.
As of January 1, 2007 the Institute of Sociology of the ASCR will be tranformed from a state contributory organisation into a public research institution.
Editors: Barbora Tupá in co-operation with Alice Červinková, Marcela Linková, Dana Řeháčková and Kateřina Šaldová
The lecture will be held on Wednesday, 24 May 2006, at 2 pm in room 207 (2nd floor) in the building of the Institute of Sociology AS CR, Jilská 1, Prague
In September 2005 new issue of the bulletin Czech Society 2/2005 was published by Public Opinion Research Centre of the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
European Social Survey which Institute of Sociology AS CR takes part in received the prestigeous prize awarded by the European Commission.
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
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.