Research team of the Faculty of Science, Charles University

Urban and Regional Laboratory

The main focus of the team is on sharing and discussing topics related to research and practical issues in cities, settlements, regional development and related research fields.

Urban and Regional Laboratory is a research working group associating social geographers affiliated within the Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development.

The main research fields

Central European cities
Urban geography
Social & physical environment
Migration & everyday mobility

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26. 4. 2025

The recognition of the fragile body in the city: An interdisciplinary perspective on European fundamental values – A Unique Workshop Series

Our team member Adela Petrovic will be one of the speakers at the upcoming event, “Participation of Marginalised…

25. 4. 2025

P JAC: Successful ISAB meeting in April

From 16th to 17th April 2025 the ISAB (International Scientific Advisory Board) meeting took place within the framework…

4. 4. 2025

An invitation to a public lecture of Tiit Tammaru

⚠️ POZOR ZMĚNA MÍSTNOSTI: AKCE PROBĚHNE VE VELKÉ PALEONTOLOGICKÉ POSLUCHÁRNĚ ⚠️ We would like to invite you to…

Atlas of Population

Historical GIS

Prague Suburbs

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We have long-term experience with processing regional and territorial analyses, situation analyses, and strategic documents at various scales (from individual cities and rural areas to macro-regional levels).

We offer our expertise within a diverse range of broadly defined issues related to urban and regional development.

Social & ethnic segregation
Quality of life & lifestyle
Unemployment and poverty
Social & ethnic segregation
City, urbanisation, suburbanisation
Spatial mobility & migration
Municipalities around large cities
Time use & leisure research
Age group related issues
Social & physical environment of cities

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If you decide to visit us, we will be pleased to welcome you to our office at Albertov or at Legerova street. Contacts for individual members can be found on the profile pages.

Albertov 2038/6

room number 365
128 43 Praha 2 – Nové Město
tel. 221 951 378

Legerova 1878/5

room number 325 (URRlab)
128 43 Praha 2 – Nové Město
tel. 221 951 970

Contact person

Jiří Nemeškal
221 951 972
jiri.nemeskal@natur.cuni.cz

Postal address

KSGRR PřF UK
Albertov 2038/6
128 43 Praha 2 – Nové Město

Research team of the Faculty of Science, Charles University

Urban and Regional Laboratory

The main research fields

News

The recognition of the fragile body in the city: An interdisciplinary perspective on European fundamental values – A Unique Workshop Series

P JAC: Successful ISAB meeting in April

An invitation to a public lecture of Tiit Tammaru

Atlas of Population

Historical GIS

Prague Suburbs

Recent projects

A Mobile Society: Opportunities and Risks of New Forms of Mobility for Czech Society and Economy

EuroFab: European Urban Fabric Classification Using Artificial Intelligence

Influence of Socioeconomic and Cultural Factors on Urban Structure in Central Europe

Recent expert articles

‘My Sweet Little Village’: Central Settlement System in Socialist Central Bohemia

Public, private and the pandemic: Everyday life in large housing estates during the COVID-19 lockdowns

Movement matters: uncovering life-course similarities and differences in residential environment perspectives

Recent books

Prague and Central Bohemia: Current Population Processes and Socio-spatial Differentiation

Geografie „okrajem“: Každodenní časoprostorové zkušenosti

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Albertov 2038/6

Legerova 1878/5

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URRlab

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