Jan Balon 
head of department
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Jan Balon specializes in the study of formative periods in the history of social science. He is the author of 5 books including Sociological Theory (2007), The Society of Our Age (2011), Contemporary Sociological Theory (2011), Sociology in the USA (2011), History of Sociology in the Czech Republic (2017); and the editor of 6 collections. He took part in a number of research projects that looked into various aspects of the institutional development in the academic field. Recently, he is involved in a project which seeks to pick up on sociological legacies in relation to the topic of domination.
Research interests: Philosophy and History of Science, Social Studies of Science, Science Policy, Social Theory, Sociology in the US
Curriculum vitae (January 2020)
Recent publications
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Stephen Turner and the Philosophy of the Social
0548933 - FLÚ 2022 RIV US eng M - Část monografie knihy...
Holmwood, John
Sociology, expertise and civility.
Stephen Turner and the Philosophy of the Social. Leiden: Brill, -
Reassembling Scholarly Communications: Histories, Infrastructures, and Global Politics of Open Access
0538071 - FLÚ 2021 RIV US eng M - Část monografie knihy...
Holmwood, John
Open access, “publicity”, and democratic knowledge.
Reassembling Scholarly Communications: Histories, -
Debating the norms of scientific writing
0518601 - FLÚ 2020 RIV eng U - Uspořádání akce
Wacquez, J. - Balon, Jan
Debating the norms of scientific writing.
[Prague, 23.05.2018-23.05.2018, (W-EUR 19/12)]- John Holmwood. Sociologie, veřejnost, politika [Překlad]
0511134 - FLÚ 2020 RIV CZ cze T - Překlad
Balon, Jan
John Holmwood. Sociologie, veřejnost, politika [Překlad].
[John Holmwood. Sociology, Publics, Politics [Translation].]- Sociologie, veřejnost, politika
0511123 - FLÚ 2020 RIV CZ cze M - Část monografie knihy...
Balon, Jan
Mezi idejemi a institucemi: rámce sociologického vědění.
[Between Ideas and Institutions: Frameworks of SociologicalFore more, see the ASEP database of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
- John Holmwood. Sociologie, veřejnost, politika [Překlad]