The Institute for Social and Economic Analyses (ISEA, ) is a Prague-based think tank established in 2002. Its members' research covers subjects related mainly to the recent social and economic transformation of the Czech Republic. These include education, competitiveness, public finance, pension system reform, income inequality, tax issues of research and development, political systems and political corruption.
The policy institute's motto is Diagnosis and Dialogue while the institute claims to strive to achieve a consensus among experts and the Czech political representation. The institute has been actively involved in lobbying the Czech Parliament regarding tax issues related to European Union funds available for research.
ISEA has obtained grants mainly from the Open Society Fund in Prague, the Czech government via the Czech Science Foundation and from other sources such as Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. The institute is associated with the Global Development Network. In 2007, the institute founder, sociologist Petr MatÃÂjÃ
¯, was named a Fulbright New Century Scholar.
Books
- MatÃÂjÃ
¯, Petr, OndÃ
Âej Schneider a JiÃ
ÂÃÂ VeÃÂernÃÂk (eds.). ProÃÂ tak tÃÂÃ
¾ko? Praha: Institut pro ekonomické a sociálnàanalýzy, 2003.
- MatÃÂjÃ
¯, Petr a Jana Straková (eds.). VyÃ
¡Ã
¡Ã vzdÃÂlánàjen pro elitu? Rozsah a zdroje nerovnostàv pÃ
ÂÃÂstupu k vyÃ
¡Ã
¡ÃÂmu vzdÃÂlánàv ÃÂeské republice. Praha: Institut pro ekonomické a sociálnàanalýzy, 2003.
- MatÃÂjÃ
¯, Petr a Jana Straková (eds.). Na cestàke znalostnàspoleÃÂnosti. Kde jsme--? Kritická analýza souÃÂasné situace. Vol. 1. Praha: Institut pro ekonomické a sociálnàanalýzy, 2005.
- Smith, Michael L. ObÃÂané v politice: studie k participativnàa pÃ
ÂÃÂmé demokracii ve stÃ
ÂednàEvropÃÂ. Praha: Institut pro sociálnàa ekonomické studie, 2009.
- Smith, Michael L. PÃ
ÂÃÂmá demokracie v praxi: Politika mÃÂstnÃÂch referend v ÃÂeské republice. Praha: Institut pro sociálnàa ekonomické studie, 2007.
- Smith, Michael L (ed.). VnÃÂmánàa realita korupce: Nové výzkumy, metody a postupy. Praha: Institut pro sociálnàa ekonomické studie, 2009.
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