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 study program for all degrees of University eduation. The Department has been offering Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral study programs to the students since the academic year 1990/1991.

- The Department conducts the largest volume of demographic research in the Czech Republic. Members of the Department pursue scientific work and research on an international level and attend scientific conferences and symposia on a regular basis. The actual research is mainly focused on the changes in the population development in the Czech Republic after 1989.

- Department of Demography and Geodemography is a premier workplace in the Czech Republic in terms of the international collaborative network of Europe’s leading demographic research centers, Population Europe: The European Population

Partnership (accessible here: www.population-europe.eu).

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 of population forecasts and projections

- Knowledge of the historical, geographical or socio-economical context of current development

Private and Public Sector

UNFPA | France: Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques, Paris | Netherlands: The Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute; Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study | Germany: BIB (Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungswissenschaft ), Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock

Academic Partners

Belgium: Institut de Démographie de l’Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve | France: Ecole de Hautes Etudes Sociales, Paris; Université de Paris I Pantheón – Sorbonne; Université de Strasbourg | Netherlands: University of Amsterdam; Erasmus University of Rotterdam | Denmark: University of Copenhagen | Germany: Max-Planck Research School for Demography, Rostock; Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen | United Kingdom: London School of Economics

Main Projects

- “Supporting Implementation of Population Projections in´Eastern Europe“ (Project UNFPA, 2012–2017, No. RECA7PD3/ ACT06PPCU)

- “Assessing and modelling primary healthcare access, a key aspect of healthcare in the Czech Republic” (TAČR Omega, 2016–2017, no. TD03000312)

- “Risks of childbearing postponement: A new role for family policies?” (GAČR, 2015–2017, no. 15-09443S)

- “The European Health and Life Expectancy Information System” (the European Commission’s Directorate General for Health and Consumer Aff airs (DG SANCO), under the Community Action in Public Health Programme, 2007–2010)