Nikola Kurková Klímová wrote our new Policy Brief titled ‘Special tribunal for Ukraine: A way forward for international criminal justice?’
PRCP Annual Conference 2022
The Annual Conference of the Peace Research Center Prague (PRCP) is organized together with the Institute of Political Studies, Political Science Club, and Common Law Society.
This year, our distinguished speakers will discuss various aspects of the Russo-Ukrainian War, namely, its implications for the future of the world order and the potentiality of nuclear escalation.
“Elite-Public Gaps in Attitudes to Nuclear Weapons” - new publication in International Studies Quarterly
We are proud to announce the publication of a new article by Michal Smetana and Michal Onderčo. The article “Elite-Public Gaps in Attitudes to Nuclear Weapons: New Evidence from a Survey of German Citizens and Parliamentarians” was published in the prestigious journal International Studies Quarterly and it systematically examines the differences between elite and public views of nuclear weapons in Germany.
Czech Attitudes towards Israel - a new study by PRCP and HCIS scholars
We are excited to share with you a report containing the results of our latest study on Czech attitudes towards Israel. The study emerged from a tight collaboration with the Herzl Center for Israeli Studies and as a part of larger project whose goal is to map public attitudes toward Israel in Central European countries, particularly in the V4 countries and Germany.
Federal Cross of Merit for Harald Müller
On May 3, our principal investigator and supervisor, Harald Müller, was awarded the Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Congratulations, Harald!
PRCP Policy Brief #016
Our principal investigator Harald Müller has written our latest Policy Brief on the war in Ukraine, resemblances to the year 1938, and the need for transformation of Europe’s security architecture.
"Autonomous Weapons and Ethical Judgments" - new publication by PRCP scholars
We are happy to announce the publication of the latest article by Ondřej Rosendorf, Michal Smetana, and Marek Vranka The article “Autonomous Weapons and Ethical Judgments: Experimental Evidence on Attitudes
towards the Military Use of “Killer Robots”’ was published in Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. The study examines how increasing weapon autonomy affects approval of military strikes resulting in collateral damage, perception of their ethicality, and blame attribution for civilian fatalities.
New faces at PRCP
It's our pleasure to introduce two new members of our team: Barbora Novotná and Eliška Pohnerová. Both will be joining PRCP as junior research and event assistants. Welcome!