Z9877 Social geographical research of the Czech borderland

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Milan Jeřábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Milan Jeřábek, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Milan Jeřábek, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim is to deepen knowledge from the Border and Cross-Border Baseline course. The basis is the presentation of subjects dealing with border issues in the Czech Republic, individual border sections (including foreign institutions). It will also focus on research approaches and methods (both quantitative and qualitative), the subject areas (demography, ecology, infrastructure, etc.) as well as regional development actors (individual hierarchical levels).
Learning outcomes
The graduate focuses on the issue of frontier research, in terms of content, institutional, personnel and territorial.
Syllabus
  • 1018/5000 1. Academic institutions dealing with border issues (universities and research institutes). 2. Other Czech subjects dealing with border issues (eg MRD ČR, ÚÚR). 3. Foreign institutions of neighboring countries dealing with border issues. 4. Relevant bibliography - introduction from the point of view of copyright, territorial, thematic, etc. 5. Methods and knowledge of quantitative nature (including data availability and compatibility, data collection in terrain) 6. Methods and knowledge of qualitative character (application of controlled interview, interview, biography) 7. Solved Circuits - Territories: ecology, land use, infrastructure, etc. 8. Solved Circles - Society: Demography, Education, Labor Market, Mobility 9. Solved Circuits - Economy: Industry, Transport, Performance / Competitiveness 10. Local development actors (municipalities, individual entities - eg enterprises, non-profit organizations) 11. Actors of regional development (associations of municipalities, regions, euroregions, chambers, etc.) 12. National and transnational development actors (ministries, foreign policy, AEBR)
Literature
    required literature
  • DOKOUPIL, Jaroslav a Jan KOPP. Vliv hranice na přírodní a socioekonomické prostředí česko-bavorského pohraničí. Vyd. 1. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, 2011, 160 s. ISBN 978-80-261-0089-8.
  • JEŘÁBEK, Milan. Česko-saské pohraničí - prostor konkurence a/nebo kooperace?. Vydání první. Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, 2012, 118 stran. ISBN 978-80-7414-514-8.
    recommended literature
  • ZICH, František. Přeshraniční vlivy působící na místní společenství pohraničí České republiky. Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně, fakulta sociálně ekonomická, 2005, 143 s. ISBN 80-7044-722-2.
  • NOVOTNÁ, Marie ed. Problémy periferních oblastí. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2005, 184 s. ISBN 80-8656-1216.
  • GRÜTTNER, André, Mario HESSE, Milan JEŘÁBEK, Cornelie KUNZE, Thomas LEHR, Thomas LENK a Philipp SCHICKL. Grenzüberschreitende Dienstleistungen in der Euroregion Erzgebirge: Situation, Herausforderungen, Potenziale. Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag,
Teaching methods
371/5000 The course consists of lectures informing people about the personality, focus, projects and publishing outputs of the relevant workplaces, while analyzing from the point of view of the analyzed topics. Exercises follow on the interpretation in the form of a search and subsequent discussion of model examples that extend the previous knowledge. According to the current situation, students are involved in the research activities of the workplace.
Assessment methods
The prerequisite for the successful completion of the course is the corresponding processing of the seminar work, usually presenting the chosen workplace or analyzing the chosen title of the Czech literature presented at the seminar.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
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