Research & Projects
The Department intensively develops its research activities and solves projects of leading providers such as EU: Framework Programs, Horizon, Erasmus, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, International Visegrad Fund, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other platforms.
The Department is part of the European Commission Jean Monnet Project and holds the Jean Monnet Chair. We also actively participate in solving European projects. We organize summer schools, invite lecturers from abroad and take part in specific MU research.
We are currently working on the following projects:
Total number of projects: 21
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Nuclear Q&A: Dependencies on Russia and How to Reduce Them (8J24AT025)
MU Researcher: doc. PhDr. Tomáš Vlček, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 1/2024 — 12/2025Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR / Mobility Activity -
Perspectives of the European integration in the context of Global Politics VI (MUNI/A/1475/2023)
MU Researcher: prof. PhDr. Vít Hloušek, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 1/2024 — 12/2024Investor: Masaryk University / Specific research - support for student projects -
Rising nationalism, changing geopolitics and the future of openness in European higher education and research (CA22121)
MU Researcher: Mgr. Vladimir Vučković, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 10/2023 — 10/2027Investor: European Union / COST Action -
Self-Legitimation Practices of EU Institutions in an Age of Permanent Emergency: A Discursive Perspective (GA23-05958S)
MU Researcher: doc. Mgr. Monika Brusenbauch Meislová, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 1/2023 — 12/2025Investor: Czech Science Foundation / Standard Projects -
Simulation by Model UN at FSS (MUNI/IVV/0734/2023)
MU Researcher: Mgr. Martin Chovančík, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 7/2023 — 6/2024Investor: Masaryk University / Innovations in teaching -
Structural obstacles and opportunities for the integration of post-communist EU member countries into European defense cooperation (GA22-25205S)
MU Researcher: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Oldřich Krpec, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 1/2022 — 12/2024Investor: Czech Science Foundation / Standard Projects -
The European Green Deal: Governing the EU’s Transition towards Climate Neutrality and Sustainability (101085773)
MU Researcher: doc. Mgr. Jan Osička, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 9/2022 — 8/2025Investor: European Union / Erasmus+ činnosti Jeana Monneta -
The Intersection of Policy Failure and Energy Justice: Insights from the Czech Republic (GA24-10529S)
MU Researcher: Mgr. Lukáš Lehotský, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 1/2024 — 12/2026Investor: Czech Science Foundation / Standard Projects -
The Populism-Euroscepticism Nexus in Public Opinion in the EU (CA23102)
MU Researcher: Zuzana Ringlerová, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 10/2024 — 10/2028Investor: European Union / COST Action -
The rise and fall(?) of the West (MUNI/CORE/0786/2024)
MU Researcher: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Oldřich Krpec, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 7/2024 — 6/2025Investor: Masaryk University / Společný univerzitní základ