The Department of Demography and Geodemography at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, was established in January 1990 and is one of four departments within the Geography Section. It is the only institution in the Czech Republic with an accredited study program in demography at all levels of study.
Since the 1990/1991 academic year, the department has been educating students at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels. At the bachelor's level, demography can be studied in combination with social geography, sociology, or history. The master's program is open to all interested students from other fields and is offered both in full-time and part-time forms, as well as in English.
The department is also home to the largest volume of research in population issues in Czechia. Members of the department engage in scientific work at an international level and regularly participate in scientific conferences and symposia. Currently, research at the department focuses primarily on changes in the population development of Czechia after 1989.
The Department of Demography and Geodemography at Charles University is the only institution in Czechia that is part of Population Europe: The European Population Partnership, an international network of 41 prestigious European demographic institutions (http://www.population-europe.eu/).
We are also proud that since September 2019, Charles University, through the Department of Demography and Geodemography, has been authorized to issue the SAS® Specialization Certificate in Advanced Demographic Analysis, at the highest level—Tier 3! This places us among academic institutions that help educate future generations of analytical professionals. Moreover, we are the only institution in the world offering this certificate with a focus specifically on demography and demographic analysis. More information can be found here.
International Cooperation
The Department of Demography and Geodemography at Charles University cooperates with a wide range of foreign institutions and universities.
Univesities:
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Belgium: Institut de Démographie de l'Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve,
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France: Ecole de Hautes Etudes Sociales, Paříž; Université de Paris I Pantheón – Sorbonne; Université de Strasbourg,
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Netherlands: University of Amsterdam; Erasmus University of Rotterdam,
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Denmark: University of Copenhagen,
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Germany: Max-Planck Research School for Demography, Rostock; Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen,
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Great Britain: London School of Economics.
Research institutes:
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France: Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, Paříž,
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Netherlands: The Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute; Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study,
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Germany: BIB (Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungswissenschaft), Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock.
Main contacts
Address
Department of Demography and Geodemography
Charles University, Faculty of Science
Albertov 6
128 00 Prague 2
Czechia
Telefon: (+420) 221 951 418
Fax: (+420) 224 951 598
Email: demodept@natur.cuni.cz
Head of Department
doc. RNDr. Jiřina Kocourková, Ph.D.
+420 221 951 419
koc@natur.cuni.cz
Albertov 6, 128 00 Praha 2; 2. patro; č. dveří 223
Deputy Head of Department
RNDr. Tomáš Kučera, CSc.
+420 221 951 417
kucera@natur.cuni.cz
Albertov 6, 128 00 Praha 2; 2. patro; č. dveří 228
Sekretary
Jarmila Tesková
+420 221 951 418
teskova@natur.cuni.cz; demodept@natur.cuni.cz
Albertov 6, 128 00 Praha 2; 2. patro; č. dveří 223A