CESCAME

Centre for the Study of Social Change

and the Material Environment

Project of the Institute of Sociology – “Inconspicuous innovations and resilience in the urban context” – supported by the 2020 Lumina Quaeruntur award of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

We analyse global problems through research in Central and Eastern Europe

News

07. 07. 2026

CESCAME invites you to our workshop Transforming Cities: Environmental Challenges and Post-Socialist Trajectories

How do societies respond to climate change, energy and food insecurity, and the transformations of urban life? Register to join us for a workshop on 5 October 2026 in Prague and online. The event brings together researchers from across Europe to discuss contemporary approaches to socio-environmental change, with a particular focus on urban transformations and green transitions in Central and Eastern Europe.

11. 02. 2026

Join us for a lecture by Slavomíra Ferenčuhová on prefabricated timber residential architecture

What makes prefabricated timber residential architecture truly sustainable? Join the hybrid lecture by Slavomíra Ferenčuhová held at the Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, 25. 2., 2 pm CET. For online and offline participation, please register.

10. 02. 2026

Call for papers for a session at RGS-IBG: Actually Existing ‘Green Transformations’: Between Straightforward Plans and the Messy Realities of Everyday Processes

Tauri Tuvikene, Slavomíra Ferenčuhová and Tarmo Pikner propose a session at RGS-IBG Annual Conference in London, 1-4 September 2026. Join them until 23 February, more information about the call here.