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NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS

Visions and Strategies of the Development of Czech Society within the EU

A particular project developed within the framework of a joint research intention of Charles University’s Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophical Faculty (reg. no. MSM0021620841).

2005 - 2011

Principal Investigator: Martin Potůček


The objective is to identify a set of relevant visions for modernizing the Czech Republic, to ascertain the parameters of existing potentials and moving implementation forces, and to develop possible strategies of implementing these visions within the Czech Republic as well as in the integration of the Czech Republic in the EU and the global division of labour. The aim is also to promote the conceptual and methodological basis for the forecasting and shaping of public policy.


The project is divided into five theme subprojects :

Visions and strategies of Czech Society's development in the EU: Criteria, coordination and communication

This is an umbrella project coordinating other staff projects and fostering communication in public space as a pre-requisite of creation and practical implementation of visions and strategies. It spurs the development of an overall concept of formulating comprehensive visions and strategies as well as a criteria bloc of quality and sustainability of life; special attention is paid to the relationships between social cohesion and economic competitiveness.

Project Manager: Martin Potůček


Strategic governance

The project chiefly aims to produce theoretical concepts of research in strategic governance and provides a survey of empirical findings about strategic governance processes (or their absence) on various levels, including international and transnational institutions, notably the EU. Also offered is comparison of approaches to strategic governance in other selected countries.

Project manager: František Ochrana


Modernization and its actors

This project identifies existing potentials and moving forces responsible for modernization including an analysis of the abilities of leading social actors – bearers of visions and development strategies; ways of their prospective thinking, their priority orientations, mutual conflicts, tensions and problems the solution of which is an essential condition of achieving specific visions through specific strategies. This research is based on the interpretation of sizable data sets from international and national surveys of popular opinions on the relevant issues of modernization.

Project Manager: Pavol Frič


Security

The project builds upon a wider approach to security and develops its theoretical and applied levels; identifies key factors influencing the security of the Czech Republic and the European Union; and formulates forecasts concerning the future development of security situations at large, in Europe and the Czech Republic. Members of the project team share in expert discussions on the formulation of a new Security Strategy of the Czech Republic and other key documents.

Project Manager: Miloš Balabán


Methodology of analysing and formulating public policies and strategies

This is the methodological “coping stone” of the whole master project. Its aim is to foster the theory and methodology of comprehensive forecasting studies and to generalize experience with practical forecasting and public policy.

Project Manager: Arnošt Veselý


Project Homepage: http://www.ceses.cuni.cz/CESES-15.html (in Czech).




From Practice to Theory and Back: Innovating the Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Public and Social Policy

2009–2011

Principal Investigator: Martin Potůček


The project is developed within the framework of the Operational Programme “Prague – Adaptability”. The main objective of the project is to optimize the education content of Master’s and doctoral programs in Public and Social Policy (KKOV classification codes: 67031T; 6731V016) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, for the practical employability of graduates, by significantly improving the quality of both the content of education and educational methods. The basic instrument in fulfilling this goal lies in the transfer of demands of practice (as they are articulated by the students of the combined Master’s program) into education content and into the development of theory and methods in general (particularly in the content and outcomes of the doctoral program).

Project Homepage: http://www.verejna-politika.cz/ (in Czech)



Family Policy at the Regional and Local Levels

2010–2011

Principal Investigator: Martin Potůček


The research project was commissioned by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs for the needs of the state. Its objective was to specify the potentials for developing family policy at the level of regions and municipalities.



Trends, Risks and Scenarios of Security Development in the World, Europe and the Czech Republic: Impacts on Security Policy and System of Security in the Czech Republic

2010–2013

Principal Investigator: Miloš Balabán


The project is developed under the Czech Republic Security Research Programme 2010–2015. It focuses on: analysing trends, threats, and risks within the global security environment and their effects on the Czech Republic; and writing scenarios to predict developments in the security situation and the possible responses by the security system. The project will also produce recommendations for updating the Czech Republic’s strategic documents and innovating its security system.



Key Threats and Opportunities in the Development of the Czech Republic until 2025

2011

Principal Investigator: Martin Potůček


The study was commissioned by the Technology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. It identifies, describes and justifies the most important threats and opportunities in the development of the Czech Republic over the next 15 years, i.e. until 2025.



























Running

NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS

Visions and Strategies of the Development of Czech Society within the EU

A particular project developed within the framework of a joint research intention of Charles University’s Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophical Faculty (reg. no. MSM0021620841).

2005 - 2011

Principal Investigator: Martin Potůček


The objective is to identify a set of relevant visions for modernizing the Czech Republic, to ascertain the parameters of existing potentials and moving implementation forces, and to develop possible strategies of implementing these visions within the Czech Republic as well as in the integration of the Czech Republic in the EU and the global division of labour. The aim is also to promote the conceptual and methodological basis for the forecasting and shaping of public policy.


The project is divided into five theme subprojects :

Visions and strategies of Czech Society's development in the EU: Criteria, coordination and communication

This is an umbrella project coordinating other staff projects and fostering communication in public space as a pre-requisite of creation and practical implementation of visions and strategies. It spurs the development of an overall concept of formulating comprehensive visions and strategies as well as a criteria bloc of quality and sustainability of life; special attention is paid to the relationships between social cohesion and economic competitiveness.

Project Manager: Martin Potůček


Strategic governance

The project chiefly aims to produce theoretical concepts of research in strategic governance and provides a survey of empirical findings about strategic governance processes (or their absence) on various levels, including international and transnational institutions, notably the EU. Also offered is comparison of approaches to strategic governance in other selected countries.

Project manager: František Ochrana


Modernization and its actors

This project identifies existing potentials and moving forces responsible for modernization including an analysis of the abilities of leading social actors – bearers of visions and development strategies; ways of their prospective thinking, their priority orientations, mutual conflicts, tensions and problems the solution of which is an essential condition of achieving specific visions through specific strategies. This research is based on the interpretation of sizable data sets from international and national surveys of popular opinions on the relevant issues of modernization.

Project Manager: Pavol Frič


Security

The project builds upon a wider approach to security and develops its theoretical and applied levels; identifies key factors influencing the security of the Czech Republic and the European Union; and formulates forecasts concerning the future development of security situations at large, in Europe and the Czech Republic. Members of the project team share in expert discussions on the formulation of a new Security Strategy of the Czech Republic and other key documents.

Project Manager: Miloš Balabán


Methodology of analysing and formulating public policies and strategies

This is the methodological “coping stone” of the whole master project. Its aim is to foster the theory and methodology of comprehensive forecasting studies and to generalize experience with practical forecasting and public policy.

Project Manager: Arnošt Veselý


Project Homepage: http://www.ceses.cuni.cz/CESES-15.html (in Czech).




From Practice to Theory and Back: Innovating the Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Public and Social Policy

2009–2011

Principal Investigator: Martin Potůček


The project is developed within the framework of the Operational Programme “Prague – Adaptability”. The main objective of the project is to optimize the education content of Master’s and doctoral programs in Public and Social Policy (KKOV classification codes: 67031T; 6731V016) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, for the practical employability of graduates, by significantly improving the quality of both the content of education and educational methods. The basic instrument in fulfilling this goal lies in the transfer of demands of practice (as they are articulated by the students of the combined Master’s program) into education content and into the development of theory and methods in general (particularly in the content and outcomes of the doctoral program).

Project Homepage: http://www.verejna-politika.cz/ (in Czech)



Family Policy at the Regional and Local Levels

2010–2011

Principal Investigator: Martin Potůček


The research project was commissioned by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs for the needs of the state. Its objective was to specify the potentials for developing family policy at the level of regions and municipalities.



Trends, Risks and Scenarios of Security Development in the World, Europe and the Czech Republic: Impacts on Security Policy and System of Security in the Czech Republic

2010–2013

Principal Investigator: Miloš Balabán


The project is developed under the Czech Republic Security Research Programme 2010–2015. It focuses on: analysing trends, threats, and risks within the global security environment and their effects on the Czech Republic; and writing scenarios to predict developments in the security situation and the possible responses by the security system. The project will also produce recommendations for updating the Czech Republic’s strategic documents and innovating its security system.



Key Threats and Opportunities in the Development of the Czech Republic until 2025

2011

Principal Investigator: Martin Potůček


The study was commissioned by the Technology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. It identifies, describes and justifies the most important threats and opportunities in the development of the Czech Republic over the next 15 years, i.e. until 2025.