Institute for Research on Social Reproduction and Integration (IVRIS) was established in January 2005 as a research institution by the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University. Our research profile is based on the long-term profile of the Faculty of Social Studies, which conceptional intentions include the development of the knowledge concerning family, reproduction processes – social determinants of biological as well as social reproduction. Furthermore, it includes the development of understanding of social problems such as marginalization on the labour market and unemployment, poverty and social exclusion and their impact on the integration of society. These broad lines of our research were established in the beginning of the nineties and subsequently became deeper, more differentiated and broader.
The Institute structure is formed by 5 thematicly oriented research
teams:
Family and processes of
reproduction (team leader Ivo Možný)
Labour market and
unemployment (team leader Tomáš Sirovátka)
Social reproduction –
exclusion, inclusion and cohesion (team leader Petr Mareš)
Ethnization, migration,
identity (team leader Radim Marada)
Panel Pairs and families
(team leader Tomáš
Katrňák)
Grant number: MSM0021622408. Here you can find more detailed information about the research plan: research_intention_en.pdf.
