Research & Publications

Research Areas

The research activities of the Department of Development and Environmental Studies focus mainly (but not exclusively) on the following topics:

  1. Pro-poor growth and inequality
  2. Foreign aid allocations
  3. Development and environmental indicators
  4. Geoparticipation
  5. Land use and ecosystem services

For the research orientation of individual researchers, please see the profiles of department members.

 

Selected Publications

Chovaneček, J., Pánek, J., & Frličková, B. (2024). What are the driving factors for implementing participatory budgeting? A case study from Czechia. European Planning Studies, 32(5), 1165-1184.
 
Graeff, B., Šafaříková, S., & Sambili-Gicheha, L. C. (Eds.). (2024). Routledge Handbook of the Global South in Sport for Development and Peace. Taylor & Francis.
 
Htitich, M., Krylová, P., & Harmáček, J. (2024). Just Transition Score: Measuring the relative sustainability of social progress. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 23, 100440.
 
Jochim, V., & Macková, L. (2024). ‘I found everything in them’: Formation of migrant networks and social capital. International Migration, 62(6).
 
Schlossarek, M., Harmáček, J., Seidlová, A., & Suchá, L. (2024). Inequalities and Social Capital as Factors of Subjective Well-Being: Case Study from Western Province, Zambia. Journal of Happiness Studies, 25(7).
 
Slovák, L., Daněk, J., & Daněk, T. (2023). The use of focus groups in cultural ecosystem services research: a systematic review. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10(45).
 
Syrovátka, M. (2024). Ecological footprint, resource security and semi-autarky. Ecological Economics, 222, 108215.
 
Yabe, K., Opršal, Z., Harmáček, J., & Syrovátka, M. (2024). Aid allocation across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus: the role of fragility as a donors’ motive. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), 1-11.
 

Please see the individual staff profiles for a list of current publications.