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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Call for topics and supervisors for Marie Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026 projects
Applicants for the European MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 grant, which supports postdoctoral projects in the form of international mobility, can again this year take advantage of the support of the Rector's Office in collecting topics and supervisors. -
Associate Professor Slavomír Horák participated in research focusing on three sub-ethnic groups living in Georgia
In recent months, Associate Professor Slavomír Horák from KRVS has contributed to a new study entitled To Be or Not to Be… Georgians? Sub-Ethnic Groups and the Georgian Nation, which was published in the academic journal Nationalities Papers by Cambridge Press. -
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.
