Research
Science and Research at the IMS
Within the framework of the FSV research plan and in a number of other Czech and European grants, the Institute's members are developing the theory, methodology and the empirical research in all the major areas of social sciences.
The Institute publishes its own magazine, Studia Territorialia, which is a reviewed academic magazine covering Area Studies.
The students are also involved in the Institute's scientific activities as assistants or researchers, or as the main investigators in the projects of the Charles University Grant Agency (GA UK).
Research Projects
Institute publications
News
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Five academics from IMS contributed to the book The Fluidity of Collective Memory: Time, Place, and Meaning-Making in Recalling the Past
Five academics from IMS contributed to the new book The Fluidity of Collective Memory: Time, Place, and Meaning-Making in Recalling the Past, which was published in early January 2026. -
Docent Jan Hornát zveřejnil článek v prestižním časopise Survival
Docent Jan Hornát zveřejnil v prestižním odborném časopise Survival článek s názvem Broken Mirrors: How the European Union Reflected the United States – Until Trump. Ten reaguje na kritiku Trumpovy administrativy mířenou na Evropskou Unii a přibližuje současný stav transatlantických vztahů a novou národně bezpečnostní strategii USA. -
PhD Programme in Modern History
The Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University is opening admissions to the PhD programme in Modern History, with studies commencing in the academic year 2026/27. The programme welcomes a broad range of thematic, regional, and methodological approaches in the field of modern and contemporary history of the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries. Comparative and transnational perspectives are encouraged but not required. -
Michal Smetana received the Neuron Award for promising scientists
Michal Smetana received the Neuron Award for promising scientists 2025 in the field of social sciences. The Scientific Council praised his innovative approach to combining international relations, security studies, and political psychology, including the use of experimental methods from the natural sciences. -
Doc. PhDr. Ondřej Žíla, Ph.D. has published a new article on the complexity of the post-war return to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A new article by Ondřej Žíla, PhD, examines the complexity of the return of Bosnia and Herzegovina's population to the country's post-war territory. It addresses not only the motivation of returnees, but also how their personal situations intersect with the political, social, and material circumstances changing in connection with the displacement and return of the population. -
PhD student Marina Perglová contributed a chapter to the publication "Ethnicity and Ethnic Minorities in Post-Soviet Eurasia."
In addition to the contribution by doc. Slavomír Horák, the new publication Ethnicity and Ethnic Minorities in Post-Soviet Eurasia also includes a chapter by doctoral student Marina Perglová entitled Kazakhstani Russians in transition: Identity formation in times of uncertainty.
