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In the research Potraviny 2025, CVVM SOÚ AV ČR surveyed the opinions and attitudes of the Czech public towards food shopping, packaging materials and preferences regarding shopping. In this part of the research, we focused on shopping behaviour with respect to the environment, shopping with or without packaging or how relevant it is for Czech citizens to consider the environmental impact of food production

In the Potraviny (Food) 2025 survey, the CVVM SOÚ AV ČR surveyed the opinions and attitudes of the Czech public towards food shopping. Respondents reported what activities and shopping habits their households have, how much they spend on food per month, and according to what criteria and where they shop. In the next part of the research we focused on shopping behaviour that may contribute to or prevent food waste.

More than half of the Czech public (56%) consider food waste to be a major problem, more than two-fifths (41%) think food waste is not right but there are more urgent issues that need to be solved, and only 2% of Czech citizens do not consider food waste to be a society-wide problem.
Almost two thirds (65%) of citizens declare that the total amount of food wasted by their households does not exceed 10%. A fifth (20%) of respondents lean towards the option that their household throws away more than 10% but less than a quarter of the food. Only 3% of respondents admitted to throwing away more than a quarter but less than half of their food. Conversely, 12% of the public say that their household does not throw away any food.

This report presents the findings of a longitudinal quantitative study on the Ukrainian refugee population in the Czech Republic, specifically Ukrainians who arrived in the country as a result of the Russian invasion that began on February 24, 2022. The research examines their situation in key areas of integration and everyday life, focusing on working conditions and labor market integration, income and material living conditions, housing, Czech language proficiency among adults, children's education and leisure activities, access to healthcare services, plans to return to Ukraine, and issues of identity and religion. The findings provide an overview of the challenges this population faces and the factors shaping their adaptation, helping to better understand their needs and the dynamics of their integration.

In its autumn survey the Public Opinion Research Centre of the Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic posed to all respondents a question: "How satisfied are you with your life? Are you very satisfied, rather satisfied, neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, rather dissatisfied, very dissatisfied?"

In Autumn 2024 survey Public Opinion Research Centre included a blok of questions connected to health care. One of the discussed topics was also health care measures in the Czech Republic. Questions focused mainly on charges for medication, doctor visit and stay in hospital. Next issue was connected to insurance and insurance company.

In Autumn 2024 survey the Public Opinion Research Centre included a block of questions connected to health care. Questions focused mainly on satisfaction with health care in the Czech Republic, evaluation of the quality of the health care in the last year and the amount of information provided by the doctors. Respondents evaluated their own health condition and possibilities to decide the ways of their medical treatment.

In a survey conducted between mid-September and the end of November 2024, The Public Opinion Research Centre included a block of questions related to health care system. Citizens were asked about their overall satisfaction with health care system in the Czech Republic as well as their views on the various problematic areas of healthcare, such as the financing of public health, the quality and availability of health care or the sufficiency of health workers.

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A regular CVVM survey conducted from the beginning of September to the end of November 2024 sought the opinions of the Czech public over the age of 15 on the level of education at individual types of schools, whether everyone in the Czech Republic is able to achieve an education appropriate to his or her abilities, what facts influence the achievement of education, what qualities and skills the education system succeeds in developing in pupils, and support for the establishment of various types of schools within compulsory schooling. In the last point, the research focused on the Czech public's approval of the introduction of tuition fees at public universities.

In August 2024, a block of questions on energy issues was included in the Our Society panel survey. Some of the questions focused on the energy transition to cleaner, more environmentally friendly energy sources in the production of heat and electricity.