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Media discourse on Green Deal from energy perspective
Kolářová, Marta
Green Deal, the European Commission's initiative to protect the climate and reduce emissions greenhouse gases, has sparked controversy in the Czech public debate. An analysis of media discourse on the Green Deal from an energy perspective shows that the Green Deal is perceived predominantly negatively. In the media, it has been labelled with condemnatory statements and negative characteristics, especially by leading Czech politicians. A more favourable view of it is held by Czech companies, municipalities and experts. The public debate is being transformed in particular by the impact of the war in Ukraine in favour of energy security and accelerating the green transformation.
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Precarity as a real experience of the self-employed and micro-enterprises
Marková Volejníčková, Romana ; Lukeš, M. ; Maříková, Hana ; Zouhar, J. ; Švarcová, Markéta ; Orel, M. ; Dvouletý, O.
The research report summarises the results of the project's activities.Namely, four expert studies focusing on platform and family entrepreneurship, start-ups and coworking. The report includes findings from a quantitative survey of self-employed and micro-entrepreneurs (up to 10 employees) and a survey focused on business start-ups and new forms of entrepreneurship. It also presents findings from two qualitative research focusing on micro-entrepreneurs' strategies for securing themselves during periods of income loss from their business in times of sickness and on low-income self-employed and their strategies for sustaining their business, e.g. during a pandemic of covid 19. Together, the sections of the report thus form a complex mosaic that reflects the precarious specificities of the self-employed and micro-entrepreneurs and points to their impacts.
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Financial management and financial satisfaction in Czech households
Fialová, Kamila ; Mysíková, Martina
Household financial management is a complex process in which a variety of factors play a role in influencing household financial health. These factors are primarily the level of household income and expenditure, including the way in which housing is provided, household size and structure, education and financial literacy. An important aspect of household management is the balance of the budget, which is based on the distribution of financial resources between recurrent expenditure covering basic needs, more luxurious and irregular expenditure, and possibly also savings. Budget balance affects the financial stability of a household and its future prospects. In the case of households with more members, the distribution of income within the household can be another important aspect, which can affect not only the financial well-being of individual members but also have wider implications. \nInternationally comparable Eurostat data for 2018 show that Czechs have an average level of financial satisfaction among European nations. On a scale of 0 to 10, Czechs on average rated their financial satisfaction as 6.7, while the European average was 6.6. Czech men (6.8) were slightly more satisfied than women (6.6). Since 2013, the data showed a significant increase in the financial satisfaction of Czech households from an average rating of 6.0. \nData from the 2023 IPSOS sample survey rate the financial satisfaction of Czechs as 5.5 on average (on the same scale from 0 to 10), with men again more satisfied (5.7) than women (5.3). Roughly one-third of respondents are very or rather dissatisfied with their financial situation (0-4), while more than half of respondents are rather or very satisfied with their financial situation (6-10).\nThe results of the regression analysis show that demographic characteristics such as gender, age, education or presence of children do not affect financial satisfaction. In general, people living with a spouse/partner and single individuals are more satisfied with their financial situation than those divorced and widowed. \nThe key factors influencing financial satisfaction are the amount of household income and how they manage it, as well as the accumulation of short-term or long-term financial reserves. Paying a mortgage or rent does not significantly reduce financial satisfaction. Repaying loans significantly reduces financial satisfaction for women living as a couple.\n
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Opportunities and limits of socially and environmentally sustainable participatory housing in the Czech Republic
Orcígr, V. ; Kodenko Kubala, Petr ; Malý Blažek, J. ; Hoření Samec, Tomáš ; Kubcová, J. ; Káňová, M. ; Tichý, D. ; Kohout, M. ; Vinklárková, A. ; Houser, L. ; Suchánek, R. ; Petrus, E. ; Galčanová, L.
The research report summarises three years of research of opportunities and limits of participatory housing in the Czech Republic, based on an analysis of the situation abroad, the historical context and the institutional background in the Czech Republic. In the second part we present the results of field research - data analysis from research workshops in partner cities and from an exploratory questionnaire. We present findings on residents' preferences on participation issues, confidence in implementing participatory housing projects, funding issues, governance, barriers or challenges. In the final section, we summarise the opportunities and limitations for participatory housing arising from the cooperation between residents and cities.
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Czech Public's Attitudes to Foreign countries – Autumn 2023
Červenka, Jan
In Autumn 2023 survey CVVM investigated how sympathetic or unsympathetic are some selected countries to the Czech public. In this survey 13 countries were selected.\n\nThe most sympathetic country among them according to Czech citizens is Slovakia followed by Austria, Poland, Great Britain and France.
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The Public on Energy Policy and the So-Called European Green Deal - August/September 2023
Červenka, Jan ; Ďurďovič, Martin
In the period from the the end of July to the mid of the third decade of September 2023, a block of questions devoted to energy issues was included in the regular research of Our Society. Part of the questions examined citizens' interest in the energy policy of the Czech Republic and also focused on the issue of the so-called European Green Deal from 2020.\n\nAn incomplete half of Czechs is interested in energy policy, which represents a decline in interest compared to the last survey from 2022 but it remained significantly higher in comparison to all other past surveys.\n\n35% of Czech citizens agree with the Green Deal, 49% disagree with it. At the same time, only one-sixth (17%) of Czech citizens consider the goal of the Green Deal to be achievable, a two-thirds majority think that its goal is not achievable.
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People on Features and Risks of Nuclear Power - August/September 2023
Červenka, Jan ; Ďurďovič, Martin
In the period from the end of July to the middle of the last decade of September 2023, a block of questions devoted to the issue of nuclear energy was included in the regular survey of programme Our Society. Two batteries of questions were included in the survey, through which citizens' opinions on certain characteristics and risks associated with the production of electricity through nuclear fission were examined on an eleven-point scale.\n\nThe majority of citizens are inclined to the opinion that nuclear energy makes it possible to ensure a stable supply of energy, makes it possible to produce energy at a low cost, contributes to measures against climate change and is environmentally friendly.\n\nThe prevailing opinion among the Czech public is that nuclear energy is one of the safest methods of energy production.\n\nThe Czech public is rather skeptical of the opinion that nuclear energy is a transitional energy production technology that will soon be surpassed.\n\nThe Czech public sees the greatest risk in connection with nuclear energy in possible misuse or damage to the nuclear power plant in a result of a terrorist attack or war.
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