Iva Šmídová met with Prof. Ester Cois at the University of Cagliari 💙 Exciting steps ahead in the EDUC collaboration! 🤝
19.10.2025 15:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Iva Šmídová met with Prof. Ester Cois at the University of Cagliari 💙 Exciting steps ahead in the EDUC collaboration! 🤝
19.10.2025 15:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Even a well-meant interview, as in sociologist Lucie Vidovićová’s case, can be distorted by one careless headline.
Trust between science and media thrives only when context and nuance are respected.
🔗 universitas.cz/tema/13226-tema-uskali-popularizace-vedy-kdyz-clanek-vyjde-s-titulkem-ktery-skodi
Great news from the ongoing Sociological Conference in Olomouc!
🎉 Congrats to Kateřina Čanigová on a shared first place in the Miroslav Petrusek Award,
👏 and to Olivera Těsnohlídková for an honourable mention!
Featuring an all-stars panel and a colleague’s talk.
The conference: soko.upol.cz
📌 Hledáme posily! Přihlaste se na pozice:
👩🏻🎓👨🏻🎓 Doktorand/ka se zaměřením na měření a analýzu fertilních nebo životních záměrů a plánů
🧑🏻🦱👩🏻 Odborník/ice na propagaci, diseminaci a péči o uživatele výzkumu GGP – Současná česká rodina
🔗 Podmínky a více informací zde: ggp-cz.fss.muni.cz/aktuality/hl...
🎉 Congrats to Petra Tamášová (@FSS_MU) on presenting at the 10th EUGEO Congress 2025 in Vienna 🌍
Her talk Everyday politics of older women experiencing homelessness in the Czech Republic (Sept 9) explored the everyday strategies and experiences of older women facing homelessness.
🎓 The Czech Demographic Society announces the 10th Student Competition!
Have you defended a thesis in demography or related fields in 2024/2025? Apply now!
📅 Deadline: October 17, 2025
🏆 Results: December, with financial prizes!
👉 Details: www.czechdemography.cz/soutez/10-rocnik-souteze/pravidla/
we are hiring! a sociologist/survey methodologist to join the @ggp-cz.bsky.social team at @soc-muni.bsky.social.
04.09.2025 12:43 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
We are excited to announce the #PAA2026 Call for Papers is now available! The submission site opens on Monday, Aug. 18 and the deadline is Sunday, Oct. 5. Meet me in St. Louis! May 6-9, 2026:
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...
👩🎓 Proč na vysokých školách v Česku i ve světe v posledních letech dominují ženy nad muži? O tom v článku na Seznam Zprávy hovoří sociolog Tomáš Katrňák.
www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/kampu...
🌍 Call for Papers: Landscape – Idea, Product, Goods
The journal Sociální studia / Social Studies invites submissions for a 2026 monothematic issue exploring the landscape from sociological and other perspectives.
📅 Abstract deadline: 31 Oct 2025
❓More info: journals.muni.cz/socialni_stu...
Call for Papers WES accepting full papers on the relationship between earning and learning, redressing the invisibility and marginalisation of student workers. Deadline for submission 27 February 2026. Full CFP below. https://www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26914/wes_si_earning_while_learning_dl270226.pdf
Call for Papers
WES accepting full papers on the relationship between earning and learning, redressing the invisibility and marginalisation of student workers.
Deadline for submission 27 February 2026. Full CFP below.
www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26914/...
Banner for the BSA conference BSA 75 Years of Sociology University of Edinburgh 8 - 10 April 2026 #BritSoc26
Visual representation of the configuration of the room with 6 tables and 4 presentations/each table allocated 20-minute slots.
BSA Annual 2026 Conference (University of Edinburgh)
We're spotlighting Theory Roundtables!
Submit your 250-word abstract for a 1.5-hour session by 3 Oct 2025
* presentations given simultaneously at separate tables, each with a chair
* 20-min slot/paper
* papers grouped by topic areas
#BritSoc26
📢 Vybrané příspěvky z loňské konference Za fasádou jsou publikovány online ve speciálním fóru časopisu Sociální studia / Social Studies! ⬇️
journals.muni.cz/socialni_stu...
📰 New issue of Sociální studia / Social Studies is published! The guest editors are Jitka Wirthová and Tomáš Dvořák. Check it out here:
journals.muni.cz/socialni_studia/issue/view/2741
When we talk about "real life" in rural areas, what does the word "real" actually mean? Check out our chapter in this great new volume edited by @estherpeeren.bsky.social and Tjalling Valdés Olmos! brill.com/display/titl... @soc-muni.bsky.social
14.07.2025 22:15 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🎓 Opportunity for students of the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
📌 Are you interested in sociology or population studies, and have you used data from the GGS in your work? Submit your paper to our competition!
📆 Application deadline: February 13, 2026
🔗 More at: muni.cz/go/867db9
Members of our department are currently enjoying #ISAforum25 in Rabat! 🎓🌍🤝
@isa-sociology.org
Lucie Vidovićová v médiích o násilí na seniorech:
🔗 ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/domac...
🔗 www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/11412...
Mediální výstupy souvisejí s probíhajícím projektem RESTABUS, který se zaměřuje na definici, měření a řešení seniorského abusu v ČR.
Greetings from Stockholm! Our PhD student Daniela Rendl participated in a conference Men and Masculinities in Transition, where she presented her research: “Masculinities, Care and Ageing: Experiences of Men in Nursing.”
#sociologysky #academicsky
👵👶 Four generations in one family?
A new article in The Atlantic discusses a phenomenon that’s becoming increasingly common – and our PhD student Zuzana Talašová shares her insights on the topic! 💬
#sociology #greatgrandparents #intergenerationalrelationships #sandwichgeneration
The Department of Sociology at FSS MU is now on LinkedIn! 🎓🌍
Follow us there for updates on research, events, and academic opportunities:
👉 www.linkedin.com/company/depa...
#sociologysky #academicsky #LinkedIn
📰 Socioložka Lucie Vidovićová upozorňuje, že lidé nad 50 let stále častěji narážejí na věkovou diskriminaci při hledání práce – a i přesto, že populace stárne, společnost není připravena je efektivně zapojit do pracovního procesu.
🔗 www.universitas.cz/aktuality/12...
New publication in Sociology Compass by our student Thomas P. Heyes and @martinkreidl.bsky.social! 👏 The paper reviews how socioeconomic disparities shape family formation and dissolution in CEE countries.
🔗 compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Congratulations to our newest bachelor’s degree holders! 👏
18.06.2025 07:04 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Socioložka Lucie Vidovićová v rozhovoru pro Český rozhlas Dvojka otevírá téma, proč se ženy kolem padesátky stávají „neviditelnými“, a rozebírá aktivní stáří, média, stereotypy i samotu, která může přijít s novou etapou života.
🎧 dvojka.rozhlas.cz/sociolozka-l...
V pátek se na FSS MU konalo úvodní setkání výzkumného projektu „Na všechno sami: příležitosti a rizika individualizace společnosti“ (PRINS), který spojuje odborníky napříč společenskými, přírodními i technickými vědami. 👥🌱🖥️
🔗 www.prins-opjak.cz/aktuality/na...
🎓 GGP Best Master Thesis Award
Have you used GGP data in your 2023/24 or 2024/25 thesis? Apply now for the Best Master Thesis Award!
📅 Deadline: September 10, 2025
📧 Submit: ggp@nidi.nl
🔗 Info: www.ggp-i.org/event/ggp-be...
@ggp.bsky.social
We have brand-new master's degree graduates! Congratulations to all of you and wishing you success and happiness! 🌟
31.05.2025 07:25 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our paper (with @dominikasladka.bsky.social) on Sexual Disagreements and Separation Proneness has finally been published in The Journal of Sex Research. Thanks to @ggp.bsky.social for the data. Free eprints at www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DKYZG...! @ggp-cz.bsky.social @soc-muni.bsky.social
31.05.2025 06:13 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
👏 Congratulations to Tomáš Katrňák on receiving the Masaryk University Rector's Award for long-term outstanding achievements in research in the social sciences and humanities! 🏆
#MasarykUniversity #SocialSciences