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Kateřina Turková, Alice Němcová Tejkalová, Anna Hrbáčková, and Veronika Macková from the ICSJ analyze in a new study how Central European sports media portrayed transgender sportswomen in 2023. The research shows that the media predominantly framed them as a problem—either as a spectacle attracting public attention or as a threat to women’s sport and women more generally.
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Changing the current model of financing public service media in the Czech Republic is not necessary; on the contrary, it could jeopardize both the stability of funding and the protection of editorial independence. This conclusion comes from a new analytical study by media scholars from three universities, which offers a systematic overview of available solutions. The analysis is based on a current comparison of thirteen European countries, drawing on structured consultations with national experts on individual media systems.
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In the newly published peer-reviewed article Marek Vranka from the ICSJ FSV UK, together with his colleagues Michal Smetana and Ondřej Rosendorf, analyze whether formal alliance treaties boost public willingness to support military interventions and whether this effect holds beyond the Western world.
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We invite you to a seminar on the challenges facing journalism in a time of rising far-right populism in Europe. Renate Schroeder (EFJ), Francesco Cancellato (Fanpage.it) and Eva Simon (Liberties) will discuss threats to the media, censorship and surveillance on April 21, 2026, at 9:30 at the Hollar Building.
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PhD students at ICSJ actively engage in the academic community across disciplines and around the world – they participate in international conferences, publish scholarly work, secure grants, and contribute to teaching. In this article, we present interviews with selected PhD students who share their experiences of finding their place within the academic community.
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Extraordinary professor at Charles University Nico Carpentier, Associate Professor Vaia Doudaki, and doctoral researcher Miloš Hroch from ICSJ, are co-authors of a recently published article in the journal European Journal of Cultural Studies, which focuses on intersectional discourses of migration and gender in the social media environments of three European countries – Belgium, Greece, and Italy.
