Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(3): 187-203 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2025.016  

The notion of slow academia has been in vogue for some time now. This article maps recent literature vis-à-vis the acceleration of academic life and academic slowdown, offering five points problematising slow discourse within academia without denouncing it altogether, and makes some conceptual clarifications. It then offers an alternative concept—responsively stagnant academia—drawing on an account by Stevienna de Saille et al. (2020) of responsible stagnation contrasted with slow academia. This article concludes with the provocative question: How come multi-millionaire businesses often originate in academic corridors whilst progressive...

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(3): 205-225 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2025.015  

This study aims to expand the understanding of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated measures on the functioning of long-term care facilities for older adults and the employees working in these institutions. The paper presents the findings of a case study conducted at a residential home for older adults in the Czech Republic, where 10 employees holding various positions were interviewed between March and June 2022. In relation to the specific context of the institution, we were also interested in the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the organisation of care, perceptions of how ‘good’ care should be delivered, and the construction...

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(3): 227-246 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2025.017  

Critical postdevelopment literature has long been describing the development sector as inefficient, primarily criticising its inability to achieve its own long-term goals, such as ending global poverty and reducing inequalities. Ethnographic research on contemporary development practices provides a nuanced understanding of inefficiency by revealing unintended consequences that extend beyond official project documentation. As well as assessing inefficiency, this research highlights how the development sector inadvertently fosters a stable labour market for middle-class professionals. Members of this socioeconomic group most often hold positions as project...