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International projects

HELPS - Housing and Home-care for the Elderly and Local Partnerships Strategies in Central European Cities
Bývanie a domáca starostlivosť o seniorov a stratégie lokálneho partnerstva v mestách Strednej Európy
Program: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Project leader: PhDr. Piscová Magdalena CSc.
Annotation:The overall objective of the project is to promote development strategies and practices with a view to improving the quality of life of elderly population in urban areas in Central Europe.The specific objective is to develop and consolidate innovative housing and care solutions for the autonomy of elderly population by supporting models of integrated local governance orienting policies, products and services.The idea is to foster synergies across different domains by bringing together the main actors active in housing and ageing related fields, from both the public and the private sector at EU national and regional level.
Project web page:http://www.sociologia.sav.sk/vyskumne_projekty.php?id=1456, www.helps-project.eu
Duration: 1.10.2011 - 30.9.2014

The Europeanization of Trade Unions in the Countries of the Eastern Enlargement Perspectives for Interest Representation by Trade Unions and for Trade Union Solidarity within the EU
Europeizácia odborov v štátoch strednej a východnej Európy. Perspektívy reprezentácie záujmov a odborovej solidarity v EÚ
Program: Multilaterálne - iné
Project leader: doc. PhDr. Čambáliková Monika CSc.
Duration: 1.9.2012 - 31.12.2014


National projects

Analyses of social changes in settlements in Slovakia during the years 1991-2011
Analýza sociálnych zmien v sídlach na Slovenska v období 1991-2011
Program: VEGA
Project leader: PhDr. Gajdoš Peter CSc.
Annotation:The aim of the project is to clarify developmental changes in the socio-spatial situation of Slovakia at the settlement level and to analyse the impact of these changes on social potential and on social and settlement environments. Typological analysis will be used to determine relevant social settlement types that would reflect the social potential and social conditions of all settlements in Slovakia. Based on available qualitative and quantitative data, changes will be identified in social potential and in settlement and social environment in the settlement types between 1991 and 2011. Furthermore, their social and socio-spatial impacts on settlements and their development disponibilities will be determined. The findings ought to update sociological knowledge about the present state and development of the socio-spatial situation of Slovak society and it will also enrich the theoretical and methodological elaboration of social typological analysis of settlements.
Duration: 1.1.2011 - 31.12.2013

CESTA - -
Centrum strategických analýz (Cesta); Centrum pre interdisciplinárny výskum a stratégie spoločnosti
Program: Centrá excelentnosti SAV
Project leader: Mgr. Falťan Ľubomír CSc.
Duration: 4.8.2011 - 31.7.2015

Searching for New Socio-Spatial Forms as an Impuls for Local and Regional Development
Hľadanie nových socio-priestorových foriem ako impulz pre lokálny a regionálny rozvoj
Program: VEGA
Project leader: Mgr. Falťan Ľubomír CSc.
Duration: 1.1.2011 - 31.12.2013

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Práca ako vzácny statok: produktivita, konkurencieschopnosť a ekonomická racionalita v podmienkach globálneho kapitalizmu
Program: VEGA
Project leader: doc. PhDr. Čambáliková Monika CSc.
Duration: 1.1.2012 - 31.12.2014

Slovak Society in Temporal and International Comparisons
Slovenská spoločnosť v časových a medzinárodných porovnaniach
Program: VEGA
Project leader: PhDr. Krivý Vladimír CSc.
Annotation:In recent years many valuable data on Slovak society have been collected. Many originate from international sociological surveys while other come from finalized and up till now unused databases. This project would enable to fructify those data. We concentrate on five themes: religiosity, family, migration, voters and leisure time. All themes include the possibility of temporal and / or international comparisons. Also findings from political science,demography and religious studies will be used. This will enable to provide a more universal account of the respective themes as well as on the trends within Slovak society. The objective will be to focus on the following research areas: changes of religious settings and religiosity in Slovakia; ageing of population; migration from Slovakia after 1989; uneven electoral turn-out, factors of voting behavior between 1929 – 2006, voting patterns; leisure time activities and life styles.
Duration: 1.1.2011 - 31.12.2013

Slovak Society in Cross-National Comparative Research: Before and During the Crisis
Slovenská spoločnosť v medzinárodných komparatívnych výskumoch: pred krízou a počas krízy
Program: APVV
Project leader: PhDr. Krivý Vladimír CSc.
Duration: 1.7.2012 - 31.12.2015

SDDE - -
Slovenské dejiny v dejinách Európy
Program: Centrá excelentnosti SAV
Project leader: PhDr. Krivý Vladimír CSc.
Duration: 4.8.2011 - 31.12.2014

Sociology in Slovakia in the period of "normalization" - agenda, funktion, perspectives
Sociológia na Slovensku v ére normalizácie – program, funkcie, perspektívy
Program: VEGA
Project leader: Mgr. Klobucký Robert PhD.
Duration: 1.1.2011 - 31.12.2013

Application of general sociological theories in the analysis of social problems in Slovakia
Využitie všeobecných sociologických teórií pri analýze sociálnych problémov na Slovensku
Program: VEGA
Project leader: Mgr. Tížik Miroslav PhD.
Annotation:The project confronts several pivotal topics of Slovak sociology and other social-science disciplines (social structure, inequalities, power, social discourse, public, religion, integration, precarity etc.) with influential general sociological theories of P. Bourdieu, J. Habermas and A. Giddens. It aims at the examination of the explanatory power of these theoretical models, which were developed in specific contexts of French, German and British societies, in the historical-cultural conditions of Slovak society. Moreover, the project’s objective is to strengthen and promote theoretical framework of sociological research in selected areas of Slovak sociology and improve theoretical explanation of topical social issues. Last, but not least, the goal of the project is to stimulate interest of Slovak scientists in the practical use and examination of universal applicability of explanatory schemes of these sociological theories. This will be mainly achieved by organisation of workshops and scientific conferences.
Duration: 1.1.2011 - 31.12.2013

Projects total: 11