Natural mentoring relationships (NMRs) can positively affect children’s cognitive and socio-emotional development, well-being, and authentic agency. In addition, NMRs contribute to the intergenerational dialogue and social cohesion in EUs societies, that is, to the current priorities of the EU Council’s youth policy. Though formal youth mentoring interventions (FYM) that aim to foster the benefits of […]
PRCP is an interdisciplinary research Center of Excellence in the tradition of continental Peace Research. Our common analytical and normative focus is on the prevention, management, and transformation of conflicts in world politics. PRCP pursues three main aims: first, to advance theoretical and empirical knowledge in peace and conflict studies; second, to build a permanent […]
ELISS is a new interdisciplinary research team at the intersection of political science and cognitive and social psychology that uses experimental methods to examine attitudes to selected international security issues. Drawing on relevant concepts and theories from these fields, we explore individual-level factors such as moral values, emotional states and cognitive traits, as well as […]
The centre is focused on the areas of care, ethics of care, longevity and dis/ability. It connects research with practice, engaging students, scientists and carers, as well as staff and clients from the health and social care sectors. The CELLO team is involved in training of specialists in the fields of long-term care, geriatrics, gerontology and […]
This project aims to use the concept of normative power to analyse China’s regionalising foreign policy under the umbrella of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), specifically in five regions of Asia and Europe: Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Central Asia, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Norm-setting attempts to shape relations with […]
Rural areas are at a crossroad characterised by digitisation. Therefore, it is necessary to focus the research on the theoretical and empirical verification of the concept of rural resilience which is under the pressure of trends in urban-rural digital divide. Although there is a significant improvement in the coverage of territories by the Internet, quality […]
At MISTRA Environmental Communication at the Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism (MEC@ICSJ) we research the communication of environmental and sustainability issues in Swedish arts and media. The MISTRA Environmental Communication (MEC) Research Programme is a four-year research project, based in Sweden and implemented by an international consortium, which includes the Institute of Communication Studies […]
Activities of the Centre aim at the research and development of all aspects of the geographical and environmental education. These can be distinguished into four different areas: empirical and applied research expert consultations and assessments of educational policy and curricula teacher training and pedagogy (including lifelong courses for teachers) The members of the Centre are […]
Our research is focused on cultural and historical geography, the geography of religion, environmental history and the history of geography. The Centre particularly specializes in research on issues of identity, heritage and religion and their overlapping with regional geography, research on landscape and settlement transformations, regional development and institutionalization of regions, and geographical education. The […]
Research Centre on Health, Quality of Life and Lifestyle in a Geodemographic and Socioeconomic Context (GeoQol) is an interdisciplinary oriented working group of scientific researchers, composed primarily of science teachers and students of the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science on the Charles University in Prague and the Department of Epidemiology and Public […]