Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague

The Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic was established in 1990 as an independent institution principally engaged in the study of the Czech society and central social issues. Research groups work on:

1. analyses of the political system, changes in power structures and political behaviour,
2. analyses of main tendencies of the cultural and social changes in post-1989 transformation and analysis of process of modernization,
3. analyses of social aspects of economic transformation, problems of the emerging labour market and strategies of social policy,
4. analyses of the social structure and changes in social stratification,
5. analyses of position of women in Czech society and gender issues,
6. changes in municipal and regional systems and social and cultural interaction across the Czech-German border,
7. analyses of demographic behaviour.

The institute publishes two journals, the Czech Sociological Review (in English) and Sociologický casopis (in Czech), as well as the bulletin Data a fakta (Data and Facts) and a number of working papers.

The institute is a member of the ECSR, IPSA, ECPR and the ISSP. Of its 61 staff, three quarters are involved in research. Sixty percent of the institute's annual research income of $ 450,000 is government funding; the remainder comes from various revenues the institute has.

Contact Person: Petr Mateju - (PM Home page)

Institute of Sociology
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Jilska 1
110 00 Praha 1
CZECH REPUBLIC
Tel: +42 2 22220678 - Fax: +42 2 22221658