The following projects are both academically and institutionally associated with the ERA-AREAS project and the future CenMAS. The ERA-AREAS project management team provides administrative support for these projects.
Donatio Chair Holder: Prof. Paul Chaisty, University of Oxford
Project Coordinator: Dr. Radek Buben, Centre for Ibero-American Studies
Project Management and Administration: Filip Malý, Radka Jarvisová
Start: October 1, 2025
End: December 31, 2026
The project aims to strengthen and modernize area studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, through the involvement of Professor Paul Chaisty, a leading international expert on post-communist Russia and Eastern Europe. Building on his extensive academic, managerial, and mentoring experience from the University of Oxford, the project will support the integration of linguistic, cultural, and social-science approaches in area studies. Key activities include mentoring early-career researchers, developing collaborative research frameworks, enhancing doctoral training, and supporting international grant applications. The project will closely align with the ERA-AREAS initiative and contribute to the establishment of the Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CEMAS), strengthening CUFA’s international profile and research capacity.
Project website: https://scrc.cuni.cz/
Project Coordinator: Asst. Prof. Karel Kouba, Centre for Ibero-American Studies
Project Management and Administration: Filip Malý, Radka Jarvisová
Start: January 1, 2024
End: December 31, 2027
Charles University and its faculties have launched a joint project with National Chengchi University in Taiwan to establish the Supply Chain Resilience Center. The universities will jointly explore supply chain resilience.
The center is part of a so-called multi-project in which the Taiwanese government is supporting the development of the semiconductor environment in the Czech Republic.
The center’s activities focus on the resilience of semiconductor supply chains, a key segment for industrial and economic development in Central Europe. Similarly, the Taiwanese side emphasises the important role of supply stability.
Project Coordinator: Asst. Prof. Karel Kouba, Centre for Ibero-American Studies
Project Management and Administration: Filip Malý, Radka Jarvisová
Start: January 26, 2026
End: May 5, 2026
The project establishes a Visegrad Recognised Student Scholarship enabling four PhD students from Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary to spend a funded research term at the University of Oxford. It strengthens academic mobility, builds long‑term institutional partnerships, expands research networks, and supports inclusive access to Oxford’s world‑class scholarly environment.
