Department of Demography and Geodemography ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** ''The department looks for cooperation with academic partners, state or research organisat public, (non-)governmental or commercial organisations in the field of population, social, demographic issues.'' ****************************************************************************************** * Offer ****************************************************************************************** - Experience from previous scientific and commercial studies - Analysis, consulting or evaluation of processes related to demography or human resources - Preparation of demographic forecasts and projections on international, national as well local levels - Analysis of demographic or family behavior - Consulting for prepared projects related to public or population (population surveys, pu etc.) - Expert services in fields related to population (population development, population poli education or other public services and systems etc.) ****************************************************************************************** * Know-how & Technologies ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Study of Population Dynamics and Reproduction *========================================================================================= - Analysis of demographic processes (fertility, mortality, migration, etc.) - Population forecasts and projections - Historical population development - Regional differentiation of population development - Methods and models in demography - Family and population policy - Reproductive behavior and family planning - Geodemography - Population ageing *========================================================================================= * Content of Research *========================================================================================= - The Department of Demography and Geodemography is a unique workplace with an accredited for all degrees of University eduation. The Department has been offering Bachelor’s, Maste study programs to the students since the academic year 1990/1991. - The Department conducts the largest volume of demographic research in the Czech Republic Department pursue scientific work and research on an international level and attend scient and symposia on a regular basis. The actual research is mainly focused on the changes in t development in the Czech Republic after 1989. - Department of Demography and Geodemography is a premier workplace in the Czech Republic international collaborative network of Europe’s leading demographic research centers, Popu The European Population Partnership (accessible here: www.population-europe.eu [ URL "http://www.population-europe *========================================================================================= * Main Capabilities *========================================================================================= - Analysis, consulting or assistance in dealing with population issues - Complex approach to population issues - Work with soft ware for quantitative analysis, statistical data, mapping, calculations o forecasts and projections - Knowledge of the historical, geographical or socio-economical context of current develop ****************************************************************************************** * Research Equipment ****************************************************************************************** - Modern and sophisticated soft ware (SAS, SPSS, GIS, DeRaS, etc.) - Collection of population-related data - Technology for analysis as well as presenting results ****************************************************************************************** * Partnerships & Collaborations ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Private and Public Sector *========================================================================================= UNFPA | France: Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques, Paris | Netherlands: The Nether Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute; Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study | German (Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungswissenschaft ), Max Planck Institute for Demographic Resea *========================================================================================= * Academic Partners *========================================================================================= Belgium: Institut de Démographie de l’Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve | France: Etudes Sociales, Paris; Université de Paris I Pantheón – Sorbonne; Université de Strasbour University of Amsterdam; Erasmus University of Rotterdam | Denmark: University of Copenhag Max-Planck Research School for Demography, Rostock; Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen | London School of Economics *========================================================================================= * Main Projects *========================================================================================= - “Supporting Implementation of Population Projections in´Eastern Europe“ (Project UNFPA, RECA7PD3/ ACT06PPCU) - “Assessing and modelling primary healthcare access, a key aspect of healthcare in the Cz Republic” (TAČR Omega, 2016–2017, no. TD03000312) - “Risks of childbearing postponement: A new role for family policies?” (GAČR, 2015–2017, - “The European Health and Life Expectancy Information System” (the European Commission’s General for Health and Consumer Aff airs (DG SANCO), under the Community Action in Public 2007–2010) ****************************************************************************************** * Achievements ****************************************************************************************** - Member of the international collaborative network of Europe’s leading demographic resear Population Europe: The European Population Partnership (www.population-europe.eu [ URL "ht www.population-europe.eu"] ) Five research centers within the Department - Center for Survival Studies and Data Analysis - Center for Population Forecasting and Applied Demography - Center for Research of Reproductive Behaviour - Center for Historical Demography - Center for Developmental Demography “Population trends are some of the most powerful forces shaping development in the world… starting point of understanding of development processes.” (John Wilmoth, demographer) ****************************************************************************************** * Are you interested in this expertise? ****************************************************************************************** Please contact CPPT UK Web: www.cppt.cuni.cz/ [ URL "https://cppt.cuni.cz/"] Mail: transfer@cuni.cz Phone: +420 224 491 255 ****************************************************************************************** * Experts and their Department ****************************************************************************************** RNDr. Tomáš Kučera, CSc. Department of Demography and Geodemography Web: www.natur.cuni.cz/demography [ URL "http://www.natur.cuni.cz/demography"]