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Data Matters: Sociotechnical Challenges of European Migration and Border Control (DATAMIG)

Issues pertaining to the control of migration and borders are of paramount importance for contemporary societies. The way the relevant technology is designed and used is central to these issues. The configuration of migration and border control...
Principal investigator:
Mgr. Zuzana Uhde, Ph.D.
Team members:
Topics:
migration and mobility
Grant agency:
International project
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Social and political consequences of spatial inequalities

In the European Union, there are significant and in many cases growing socio-economic inequalities between regions. Increasingly, arguments are emerging that understand regional inequalities as a risk to social cohesion, a cause of social and political...
Principal investigator:
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Kostelecký, CSc., Principal investigator:
Doc. PhDr. Josef Bernard, Ph.D.
Topics:
trust/social cohesion
Grant agency:
International project
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Social and Political Consequences of Spatial Inequalities: East-Central Europe Case Study

There are grave socio-economic inequalities among regions in the European Union, inter-regional disparities within countries are on the rise. The priject concentrates on an exploration of the social and political consequences of spatial inequality, which...
Principal investigator:
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Kostelecký, CSc., Principal investigator:
Doc. PhDr. Josef Bernard, Ph.D.
Topics:
regions
Grant agency:
International project
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Inequalities in the settings, use and discourses of parental leave policies from a social sustainability perspective

The project develops research on paid parental leave (PPL) arrangements from a social sustainability perspective. We enrich knowledge of social inequalities related to institutional settings, discursive framing, access and use of PPL arrangements for...
Principal investigator:
PhDr. Hana Hašková, Ph.D.
Topics:
gender
Grant agency:
other
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Diversity of childcare attitudes and parenting practices: Their sources and outcomes

This project systematically explores a variation in attitudes to childcare and parental practices in the Czech Republic, with a comparative perspective. In contemporary developed societies, an ‘intensive parenting’ model, which places high demands on...
Topics:
gender
Grant agency:
Czech Science Foundation (GACR)
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Inconspicuous innovations and resilience in the urban context: Researching global questions through Central and Eastern European cities

This project is supported by the 2020 Lumina Quaeruntur award of the Czech Academy of Sciences. It establishes a new research team - The Centre for the Study of Social Change and the Material Environment (CESCAME) based at the Institute of Sociology....
Topics:
housing
Grant agency:
other
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