Regional Studies
Under the leadership of prof. Martin Pelucha, an excellent research team has long focused on the issue of theoretical systemization of territorial cohesion, which is the basis for the formation of regional policy and EU Rural Policy. The team’s experience to date builds on topics related to the critical evaluation of the position of EU Rural Policy instruments within the EU´s Common Agricultural Policy.
In recent years, the team has focused on assessing trends in the impact of digitization in the territory and the formation of socio-economic relations between urban and rural areas, which has a significant impact on the formation of EU cohesion policy. Research activities also include aspects of socio-economic transformation of coal regions in theoretical and applied contexts (Just Transition Mechanism, digitalization processes, 21st century labour market transformations, etc.).
Main directions of the research
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Regional development, territorial cohesion and urban-rural agenda (incl. digital divide);
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EU Cohesion policy evaluation (incl. Just Transition process);
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Theoretical and practical perspective of EU Rural Policy instruments within the EU´s Common Agricultural Policy.
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Representatives of the research team
prof. Martin Pělucha
Department head
Dr. Jana Kouřilová
prof. René Wokoun
Top publications of the team
- FEURICH, Marek, KOUŘILOVÁ, Jana, PĚLUCHA, Martin, KASABOV, Edward. Bridging the urban-rural digital divide: taxonomy of the best practice and critical reflection of the EU countries’ approach. European Planning Studies [online]. 2024, roč. 32, č. 3, s. 483–505. eISSN 1469-5944. ISSN 0965-4313. DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2023.2186167.
- PĚLUCHA, Martin, KOUŘILOVÁ, Jana, KASABOV, Edward, FEURICH, Marek. Expanding the ontological horizons of rural resilience in the applied agricultural research policy: The case of the Czech Republic. Journal of Rural Studies [online]. 2021, 82, February, s. 340–350. ISSN 0743-0167. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.01.030.
- PELUCHA, Martin and KASABOV, Edward (2020). Rural Development in the Digital Age: Exploring Neo-Productivist EU Rural Policy. 1st Edition, Routledge, pp. 242, ISBN: 978-0-367-35658-3.
Selected research projects
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Contractual research project: “Support to the Implementation of the Just Transition in the Czech Republic“. The Specific Contract No.: RFS ID: REFORM/SC2022/116. Framework Contract Procedure: REFORM/2021/OP/0006 Lot 1. Services provided by Frankfurt School of Finance & Management gGmbH (contact person Mrs. Silke Müffelmann), prof. Martin Pelucha is a team leader of the whole research team. Main contract with the European Commission (12/2022 – 07/2024).
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Research project “Rural resilience in the context of trends in urban-rural digital divide”; the research project financed by GACR – Czech Science Foundation – registration number 20-17810S, Prague University of Economics and Business (01/2020 – 06/2023)
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Research and Networking project of the Prague University of Economics and Business – partner of networking project funded by Visegrad Fund. Project title: “V4 Network on Entrepreneurship”. The Department of Regional Studies was one of the project partners. Prague University of Economics and Business. (01/2019 – 03/2020).