Study programmes
Digital Social Science
Study program:
Digital Social Science
SP code:
P0312D200030
Study form:
combined
Study type:
doctoral
Standard duration of study in years:
4
Language of instruction:
English
Title:
Ph.D.
Title:
No
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SP name in Czech:
Digitální sociální věda
SP name in Latin:
Disciplina socialis numeris tractata
SP profile:
academically oriented
SP characteristics
The graduates of the program will be able to analyze digital issues involving security and safety, digital technologies and law, and evolving human values in online environments. The graduates will possess a wide range of analytical skills based on training in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, including advanced machine learning techniques. The program will produce interdisciplinary experts capable of analyzing multifaceted digital issues based on rich and large datasets. It, thus, responds to recent shifts in the labor market that emphasize the need for data-oriented experts trained in multiple disciplines.
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Graduate profile for the public:
Graduates from the programme are trained to be capable of dealing with a wide range of issues that are a result of digitalisation of various areas of society. The cornerstone of the structure of graduates’ competences is their training in computational methods required to study digital social phenomena. Broadly conceived, these methods include data mining and machine learning, but also methods from security studies, media studies, economics, law anthropology that enable the graduates to analyze a wide spectrum of phenomena that contribute to rapid transformation of society driven by digitalisation. Graduates are expected to find employment at public institutions that handle the data dimensions of digitalisation, private companies offering services and products for the digital market, universities and other scholarly institutions that study the digital transition.
Related accreditations
| Faculty | Name of the study program | Language of instruction | Study form |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fakulta sociálních věd | Digital Social Science | angličtina | prezenční |
| Právnická fakulta | Digital Social Science | angličtina | prezenční |
| Filozofická fakulta | Digital Social Science | angličtina | prezenční |
Teaching provided by
Faculty:
- Faculty of Arts (FF) https://www.ff.cuni.cz
- Faculty of Law (PF) https://www.prf.cuni.cz
- Faculty of Social Sciences (FSV)
Cooperating institutions:
No
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Foreign university joint diploma type:
No
External department:
No
Classification
Area of education:
- Political Science
SP structure
Specialisation:
No
Double-curriculum study:
No
Data for persons with disabilities
Contact person for persons with disability:
Bc. Lucie Pištěková, DiS.
Web page for persons with disability:
Further information about the study of persons with disability:
Personal provision
Garant SP:
- doc. PhDr. Vít Střítecký, M.Phil., Ph.D.
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Subject Area Board Members:
- Chairman, Střítecký Vít, doc. PhDr., M.Phil., Ph.D. (from 28.3.2024)
- Members, Boštíková Vanda, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (from 12.9.2024)
- Members, Chlup Radek, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (from 12.9.2024)
- Members, Dušek Libor, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (from 12.9.2024)
- Members, Hynek Nikola, prof. PhDr. RNDr., Ph.D., M.A. (from 12.9.2024)
- Members, Krištoufek Ladislav, prof. PhDr., Ph.D. (from 12.9.2024)
- Members, Petráček Tomáš, prof. PhDr., Ph.D., Th.D. (from 12.9.2024)
- Members, Polčák Radim, prof. JUDr., Ph.D. (from 12.9.2024)
- Members, Žabokrtský Zdeněk, prof. Ing., Ph.D. (from 12.9.2024)
- Members, Železný Filip, prof. Ing., Ph.D. (from 12.9.2024)
Instruction
Admission procedure requirements:
Study programme (branch) is open for applicants for the academic year
2026/2027:
- Faculty of Social Sciences - Admission procedure requirements
Admission procedure requirements in the acaademic year
2025/2026:
- Faculty of Social Sciences - Admission procedure requirements
Can be studied in combination
No combinations have been found