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- Rodinná politika na regionální a lokální úrovni (july 2010-february 2011) - Cílem řešení projektu (č. HC199/10 - MPSV) jsou možnosti tvorby a rozvoje české rodinné politiky na regionální a lokální úrovni na základě platných právních úprav, zmapování stávající situace v této oblasti v České republice, existence a rozvoj prorodinných opatření na regionální a lokální úrovni v jiných evropských zemích a možnosti inspirace pro Českou republiku, doporučení, příklady dobré praxe. Zároveň výzkum specifikuje činnost neziskových organizací pracujících ve sféře prorodinné politiky a jejich způsob a kvalitu ovlivňování regionální rodinné politiky.
- From Practice to Theory and Back: Innovating the Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Public and Social Policy (2009-2011) - 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 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).
- Joint teaching and research program of Charles University and the University of California at Berkeley "Finance and Mental Health Services Training in Czech Republic/Central Europe 2007-2011" enabling long-term research and teaching collaboration of doctoral students, post-doctoral researchers and senior researchers of both universities. The field of scholarly interest is mental health and its determinants, management and financing of health care services, and processes of public policy formation and implementation. The program will be broadened by collaboration with specialists from other Central and Eastern European countries, namely Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia.
- Vision and Strategy of Development of Czech Society within the EU - A partial research project under the Charles University Faculty of Social Sciences 2005-2011 Research Goal "Development of Czech Society within the EU: Challenges and Risks". CESES aims to research, within the goals of this partial project, to systematically identify and analyze the key questions of modernizing the Czech society, its developmental hurdles, and development opportunities. CESES has up to date been the only Czech research institution to focus on the processing of partial and summary visions and strategies of the social, economic and political development of the Czech Republic in a broader global, international, security and environmental context as well as in relation to their assertion within the European Union. To this effect, analyses and scenarios will be developed to facilitate the articulation of national interests and derived priorities of the Czech State. The implementation of the partial project will come complete with the development of the methodology of probing into possible futures and application of strategic control instruments. In-depth information about this project is available on the CESES website.
