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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 10/03/2026

🧐 How do governments turn scientific evidence into real policy? 📚 A new international study co-authored by our PhD student Karolína Pštross explores the role of Chief Science Advisors. ⬇️ Read more about science in the service of democracy: science.fsv.cuni.cz/en/science-i... @iksz.fsv.cuni.cz

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Marek Vranka @mvranka.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Perfect moment to get back to lab data collection! Just today we kicked off a lab building course build on "lab citizenship" principles, where students design and stress test procedures for running studies in a brand new SocSci ExpLab at @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz 😎

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

🚨🕸️ As global governance grows more complex, what factors determine how well international cooperation works? Read the latest ENSURED report “Governing in Complexity” by Henning Schmidtke & Stephanie Hofmann to find out! @eui-schuman.bsky.social @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz

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Governing in Complexity: Assessing the Quality of Global Governance Across 15 Case Studies - Research Report | ENSURED

In today's world, governance complexity has become the rule. Drawing on the 15 ENSURED case studies, this report explores growing governance complexity and its effect on international cooperation.

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 26/01/2026

Do states' grand strategies persist after traumatic geopolitical events? @zuzanalizcova.bsky.social & Rob Geist Pinfold in @ejisbisa.bsky.social compare Israel after Oct 7 and Czechia after Russia's 2022 invasion, showing that the scale of change reflected the severity of perceived shock and threat.

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Centrum veřejných financí @verejnefinance.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Our colleague Jan Žalman returned from #Nigeria where he led a workshop on tackling illicit financial flows, a major challenge for global public finance. Thanks to UN Economic Commission for Africa for the invitation & great collaboration! #LepsiVerejneFinance @taxjustice.net @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 21/01/2026

👏 Michal Smetana from @ims.fsv.cuni.cz has won the Neuron Award 2025 in the field of social sciences. 👌 The committee appreciated his innovative way of connecting international relations, security studies and political psychology. 😍 Congratulations! 👉 science.fsv.cuni.cz/en/assoc-pro...

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 14/01/2026

🔴 Tomáš Karásek was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences on 13 January 2026 at a meeting of the #FSVUK Academic Senate. 📜 The appointment decree was presented to him by the Rector of @charlesuni.cuni.cz Milena Králíčková. 👏 He was elected for the term of office 2026–2030.

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

🚨Publication alert🚨 15 months, 553 pages, 10 researchers, 2 institutions. Happy to share the results of our @prcp.cuni.cz & @swp-berlin.org joint research project, which investigated nuclear signaling during the Russo-Ukrainian war. (1/2) @liviuhorovitz.bsky.social @swp-europe.bsky.social

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David Ongenaert @davidongenaert.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

⚠️Publication Alert! Very pleased to share that our (with Anna Pstrokońska) article "Doing Good or Looking Good? Multinational Corporations’ Social Media Discourses on Forcibly Displaced People" has just been published (OA) in the International Journal of Business Communication! shorturl.at/BvrMA

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Centrum veřejných financí @verejnefinance.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Tax cuts + spending hikes = risk to Czech public finances, says our founder Petr Janský from @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz to MNI Markets: 👉 "This doesn't add up. The new government must prioritize and make tough choices." 🔗 Full interview: www.mnimarkets.com/articles/mni...

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MNI INTERVIEW: Czech Tax Cuts Risk Public Finances - Jansky

Head of Prague Centre for Public Finance speaks to MNI.

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 23/12/2025

🎄 We wish you happy and peaceful Holidays! Take time to rest and recharge. ❤️ #FSVUK

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 22/12/2025

🏊‍♀️ Kateřina Turková focuses on athletes on social media, the regulation of disinformation, and AI ethics. 🤖 She is currently developing a web application for proving authorship together with colleagues from technical fields. 👉 Learn more on our science website: science.fsv.cuni.cz/en/authentic...

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Centrum veřejných financí @verejnefinance.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

🙏 Thank you to everyone who joined us and to the @taxjustice.net, @skatteforsk.bsky.social, the International Growth Centre & colleagues from IES @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz for co-organizing this important event. 👍 Kudos to @miroslavpalansky.bsky.social and Markéta Malá #LepsiVerejneFinance

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 18/12/2025

🥳 FSV UK has two new professors! 🏅 The appointment decrees were received from President Petr Pavel by economist Jozef Baruník from the Institute of Economic Studies and historian Rudolf Kučera from @ims.fsv.cuni.cz. 😍 Congratulations! 👉 fsv.cuni.cz/en/news/facu...

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 15/12/2025

📄 Just published: Our latest study with @swp-intsecurity.bsky.social #STAND provides a comprehensive chronology of nuclear signaling in the Ukraine war. We found that Russia amplified perceptions of nuclear escalation, while NATO focused primarily on deterring nuclear use. Read more 👇

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 11/12/2025

🤩 Our professor Kateřina Králová will become a member of the Scientific Council of @erc.europa.eu. 💪 This is the very first representation of @charlesuni.cuni.cz in this prestigious body. In this role, she will help shape European research. 😍 Congratulations! 👉 science.fsv.cuni.cz/en/professor...

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 09/12/2025

🔴 We invite you to the Science Communication 360° conference, which we are organizing with @czechacademy.bsky.social and @scicomhub.bsky.social. 📆 February 5, 2026 📍 Jinonice Campus 💬 The main topic will be Institutions and systems that strengthen science communication. 👉 komunikacevedy360.cz/en/

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

1/ Our project "Microfoundations of Collective Defense" [MICROCODE] funded by the @erc.europa.eu now has a website: www.erc-microcode.eu We have spent the year collecting the data and now plan to write up (and publish) our results throughout 2026. @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz @ims.fsv.cuni.cz

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ERC Project Microcode

Microfoundations of Collective Defence (MICROCODE) is a groundbreaking research project funded by the European Research Council. It uncovers how public opinion drives the stability of military allianc...

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 04/12/2025

🔴 In the #DeFacto podcast, we introduced some of our international students. Our guests were two PhD students — Rose Smith and Ronan Wordsworth. 🌐 What motivated them to choose FSV UK? Have they got used to living in Prague? What do they enjoy about their research? 👉 fsv.cuni.cz/en/news/inte...

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Centrum veřejných financí @verejnefinance.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Our colleagues from Centre of Public Finance and @charlesuni.cuni.cz examine 2 global tax reforms. 👉 Check the new Ensured Research: How can we stop billions lost to tax avoidance each year? 🔗www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications/reforming-global-tax-governance @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz @ec.europa.eu

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 10/11/2025

🔴 The Jinonice Campus is currently hosting a new exhibition Women, Life, Freedom. 🖼️ It explores the stories of Iranian women and their fight against the authoritarian regime’s systematic suppression of their pursuit of emancipation. 😍 Come and visit the foyer C before the end of the year.

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 07/11/2025

🔴 Read the interview with Jana Votápková from the Institute of Economic Studies and Professor Dino Numerato from @iss.fsv.cuni.cz. 🎙️ They discuss their research and how social sciences can improve healthcare. 👉 More on our website about science at #FSVUK: science.fsv.cuni.cz/en/healthcar...

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 04/11/2025

🤩 We are expanding our portfolio with the launch of three new English-taught degree programs! 🔵 @iksz.fsv.cuni.cz introduces MA in Game Studies and BA in Sustainability in Marketing and Media Communication. 🟡 @ims.fsv.cuni.cz launches MA in Transnational History. ➡️ fsv.cuni.cz/en/news/thre...

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 30/10/2025

🔴 Rose Smith, a graduate of our double-degree International Master’s in Economy, State & Society, decided to pursue her PhD with us under a cotutelle agreement with the University of Groningen. 🧐 What is studying a joint-degree doctorate like? 👉 Read the interview: www.ukforum.cz/en/main-cate...

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 22/10/2025

🔴 Historian Ondřej Žíla from @ims.fsv.cuni.cz focuses on the modern history of Southeast Europe — particularly Bosnia and Herzegovina. 🫂 His research explores how local societies cope with the consequences of the 1990s war. ➡️ Read more on our science website: science.fsv.cuni.cz/en/in-the-fi...

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 18/10/2025

Huge congratulations to our Ph.D. candidate Zakir Rzazade for publishing his first peer-reviewed article! 🎉 He explores the expert-media gap in perceptions on drone usage implications on modern warfare. @ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz @europeansecurity.bsky.social

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 14/10/2025

🔴 Golden Courses for the best courses of the Summer Semester 2024/2025 according to the student evaluation were awarded. The award is accompanied by financial reward. 🥇 Congratulations to all recipients! ➡️ Check out the list of awardees here: fsv.cuni.cz/en/news/gold...

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Golden Courses for the best courses of the Summer Semester 2024/2025 | Fakulta sociálních věd UK

Golden Courses for the best courses of the Summer Semester 2024/2025 according to the student evaluation were awarded. The award is accompanied by financial reward. Congratulations to all recipients!

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 10/10/2025

🤵‍♀️ Barbara Pertold-Gebicka studies how parenthood and education shape careers for women and men. 🌍 From Poland to Denmark to Prague, her work reveals why family roles and education matter — and how they drive inequalities in the labor market. 👉 Read more: science.fsv.cuni.cz/en/from-stud...

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 07/10/2025

🧐 Our political analyst Michel Perottino weighs in on how Andrej Babiš’s ANO party could form a coalition with SPD and the Motorists party — and what it means for the future government. 👉 Read the full interview.

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Jakub Stauber @stauberj.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Join us today! @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 02/10/2025

👉 Dive into a new study by our academics, which explores how countries prioritize marine environmental issues in UN General Assembly debates from 1993 to 2020.

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Centrum veřejných financí @verejnefinance.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Great to host colleagues from @oecd-ocde.bsky.social and @taxobservatory.bsky.social in Prague! We’re advancing research on how multinational firms react to tax systems, especially in allocating functions across borders. #GlobalTax #LepsiVerejneFinance @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz @charlesuni.cuni.cz

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 12/09/2025

👉 We are happy to share a new article by our academic Michal Onderčo from @ims.fsv.cuni.cz.

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 09/09/2025

👉 Check out the latest report by our academic Michal Parízek from the Institute of Political Studies.

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Emilija Tudzarovska @tudzarovska.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Glad to see my work consulted in NATO Defense College report & why we need to revisit the EU history and the policy-making of the 1990s. #academia #policymaking #collectiveactions @compeurpol.bsky.social @ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 22/08/2025

🧐 What do physics and social sciences have in common? More than you’d expect. 😍 Our expert Jakub Tesař shows how the principles of quantum physics can help us better understand the way society works. 👉 Read more about his research on our science website: science.fsv.cuni.cz/en/social-sc...

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Charles University @charlesuni.cuni.cz · 19/08/2025

🎓 Did you know that... The facade of the @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz building in Jinonice features the university's historical emblem, the university seal. And this is no ordinary decoration: with a diameter of 7.6 meters, it is the largest of its kind on a building in the capital. 📐

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 19/08/2025

🤩 Jana Sehnálková from #FSVUK has become the new director of the Fulbright Commission in Czechia. 🤝 “My goal is to continue to firmly uphold the values that have long defined the Fulbright Program: quality, equality, mutual understanding, and democratic principles." ➡️ fsv.cuni.cz/en/news/jana...

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Jana Sehnálková from FSV UK has become the new executive director of the Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic | Fakulta sociálních věd UK

Jana Sehnálková has been teaching at the Department of North American Studies IMS FSV UK since 2011. She continues to focus on the study of Sino-American relations in the context of the Taiwan Strait ...

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 09/08/2025

🚨 Just published: the first global quantitative study on the relationship between democracy and state support for arms control from @tobiasrisse.bsky.social! ➡️ Read the full article here (open access): academic.oup.com/fpa/article/... @ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz

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Democracy and State Support for Arms Control

Abstract. This article presents the first global quantitative study of the relationship between states’ level of liberal democracy and their support for ar

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 08/08/2025

🏳️‍🌈 To mark Prague Pride 2025, the latest De Facto podcast features two FSV UK experts discussing LGBTQ+ life in Czechia. 👉 They explore diversity and cultural representation, cyberbullying, and the invisibility of older LGBTQ+ people. 👀 Check it out: science.fsv.cuni.cz/en/lgbtq-in-...

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 31/07/2025

🤩 The Czech Science Foundation will support an international project led by our professor Kateřina Králová. 🧐 The research team will explore how societies in Poland, Serbia, and Greece reflect on their histories of displacement and current migration crises. 👉 fsv.cuni.cz/en/news/fsv-...

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FSV UK succeeds with an international project in the grant competition of the Czech Science Foundation | Fakulta sociálních věd UK

The Czech Science Foundation (GACR), in cooperation with its partner agency from Poland (Narodowe Centrum Nauki – NCN), will support a project led by Professor Kateřina Králová from the Institute of I...

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 30/07/2025

🎓 Just published! @laurensukin.bsky.social and her colleagues find that in case of Chinese aggression against a regional state, the US public would support intervening on behalf of allies. ➡️ Such willingness however stems from alliance, not from an adversarial relationship with Beijing.

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz · 18/07/2025

📑 This week, we had the honour of co-hosting the 9th Annual Meeting of @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social. 👉 The event brought more than 1,200 academics, artists, and activists from nearly 100 countries to Prague. ➡️ Read more on our page about science at #FSVUK: science.fsv.cuni.cz/en/rememberi...

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 15/07/2025

They test their theory using a cross-national survey and a follow-up survey experiment. @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz ➡️ Full article (open access): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

1/2 Our new paper (w/ @mvranka.bsky.social & @ondrejrosendorf.bsky.social) on public support for nuclear arms control has just been published in @ejir.bsky.social (open access link to the full article is in the next post)

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