Objectives and Organisational Structure
The Centre for the Study of Democracy and Culture (Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, CDK) is an independent, non-profit educational and cultural organisation (think-tank) established as a civic association in August 1993 in Brno. CDK is founded on the work of earlier initiatives devoted to the development of independent activities and the publication of samizdat magazines before 1989.
Organisational structure
CDK comprises two relatively independent yet cooperating institutes: the Institute for Politics and Culture (Institut pro politiku a kulturu, IPK) and the Institute for Christian Studies (Institut křesťanských studií, IKS). In addition to these two institutes, CDK also runs its own publishing house. CDK is run by a four-member Board. The Board's decisions are carried out by the Executive Director.
The CDK Board
- Petr Fiala Chair of the Board
- Zdeněk Granát Financial Director, head of the publishing house
- Jiří Hanuš Director of IKS, editor-in-chief of the magazine Církevní dějiny
- František Mikš Director of IPK, editor-in-chief of the magazine Kontexty, and the chair of the editorial board for Revue Politika
Executive Director
Main Activities
Institute for Politics and Culture
- transforming and supporting democratisation
- conducting research projects
- monitoring and analysing EU legislation
- holding seminars and conferences
- publishing the online journal Revue Politika
Institute for Christian Studies
- revitalizing the study of history at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
- conducting research and outreach projects
- holding seminars and conferences
- publishing the journal Církevní dějiny