SELINA (Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decIsions about NAtural capital) is a Horizon Europe project with the mission to provide robust practical information and recommendations on ecosystem services to stakeholders from both the public and private sectors. SELINA will develop guidance for evidence-based decision-making that supports the protection, restoration, and sustainable use of ecosystems. Through... Continue Reading →
In April 2024, a two-day workshop on Mobility Communities was held in Porto, Portugal, as part of series of workshops organised under the Knowledge Brokerage Programme within the project SSH Centre. CzechGlobe, a partner of the project consortium, was represented by Tereza Prรกลกilovรก, who attended the workshop as an active observer. First day of the... Continue Reading →
A workshop on the sustainability aspect of the solidarity economy was held at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Eรถtvรถs Lorรกnd University (ELTE) on April 22, 2024, in Budapest. The Culture Club @ ELTE TรกTK organized the workshop to increase awareness and understanding of sustainability among college, master's, and PhD students. CzechGlobe's Elif Tugba Simsek... Continue Reading →
Praha โ V rรกmci aktivit integrovanรฉho projektu LIFE pro soustavu Natura 2000 v ฤR zvanรฉho Jedna pลรญroda uspoลรกdalo Ministerstvo ลพivotnรญho prostลedรญ (MลฝP) ve spoluprรกci s รstavem vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤny AV ฤR (CzechGlobe) dne 18. dubna 2024 v prostorรกch Akademie vฤd ฤeskรฉ republiky v Praze tลetรญ zasedรกnรญ Nรกrodnรญ platformy pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (NPES). Cรญlem tลetรญho setkรกnรญ NPES bylo... Continue Reading →
This blog post summarises a recently published article Understanding the role of biodiversity in the climate, food, water, energy, transport and health nexus in Europe by Kim et al. 2024, also co-authored by the Czech Globe team represented by Romana Jungwirth Bลezovskรก, Simeon Vaลo and Alejandrina Viesca-Ramirez. This work is part of the wider activities... Continue Reading →
FoSTA-Health is a project where Lenka Suchรก and Aneta Seidlovรก from CzechGlobe, along with partners from the University of Leeds, contribute to the research components focused on the on-ground food systems transformation in Tanzania and Malawi. They are specifically interested in how the food systems transformations are framed by the small-scale farmers who are most... Continue Reading →
We have concluded our regular meetings with local actors in the One Nature project case studies with the fourth round of our workshops. The aim of these case studies in the three selected protected areas in Czechia is to identify and evaluate significant natureโs contributions to people and their relationships using the socio-cultural assessment method.... Continue Reading →
The PLUS Change project aims to develop strategies and decision-making processes for land use that effectively address challenges related to climate change, biodiversity, and human well-being. The project involves interventions across diverse political, economic, societal, material, and cultural contexts, involving actors at multiple decision-making levels including the individual, land management, planning, and policy levels. This... Continue Reading →
In January 2024 a workshop on Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) was held at the Czech Statistical Office as part of the Czech Presidency of the Visegrad Group (V4). The workshop was attended not only by representatives from the V4 countries, but also from Germany and Estonia. At the workshop, country representatives exchanged information on the... Continue Reading →
In January 2024, the Department of Human Dimensions at CzechGlobe participated in the Project Review meeting and Consortium meeting of the Horizon-funded project, SSH Centre (Social Science and Humanities for Climate, Energy and Transport Research Excellence), held in Brussels. The Department of Human Dimensions at CzechGlobe is a partner institution in the SSH Centre project, which is... Continue Reading →
V letech 2021-2023 realizoval รstav vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤny AV ฤR ve spoluprรกci s Katedrou rozvojovรฝch a environmentรกlnรญch studiรญ Univerzity Palackรฉhoย a organizacรญย ฤlovฤk vย tรญsni projekt Coop4Wellbeing, kterรฝ byl podpoลen Technologickou agenturou ฤeskรฉ republiky z programu รta. Projekt Coop4Wellbeing byl zaloลพen na nฤkolikastupลovรฉm participativnรญm procesu, kterรฝ kombinoval vรฝzkumnรฉ aktivity v ฤeskรฉ republice se sbฤrem dat v Zรกpadnรญ provincii... Continue Reading →
V lednu 2024 se v prostorรกch Akademickรฉho konferenฤnรญho centra AV uskuteฤnil workshop na tรฉma scรฉnรกลลฏ budoucnosti, organizovanรฝ Oddฤlenรญm sociรกlnฤ ekologickรฉ analรฝzy. ล lo o jedno z pravidelnรฝch setkรกnรญ pracovnรญ skupiny Spoleฤenskรฉ odolnosti, jeลพ funguje pod Nรกrodnรญm institutem SYRI. Tato setkรกnรญ slouลพรญ mimo jinรฉ jako mรญsto, kde jednotlivรฉ tรฝmy pลedstavujรญ jak svรก teoretickรก vรฝchodiska a znalosti k tรฉmatu spoleฤenskรฉ... Continue Reading →
The Golf Vinoล Citizen Science Project is slowly approaching its end. This blog summarises what has happened in the project over the past year and what tasks still lie ahead. First, a reminder: the Golf Vinoล project seeks possible solutions to land use in suburban areas through Citizen Science approaches. In 2022, we used the... Continue Reading →
Projekt Golf Vinoล Citizen Science se pomalu nachyluje ke svรฉmu konci a proto bychom vรกm rรกdi pลinesli informace o tom, co se za poslednรญ rok v projektu udรกlo a jakรฉ รบkoly na nรกs jeลกtฤ ฤekajรญ. Jen pro pลipomenutรญ - projekt Golf Vinoล hledรก moลพnรก ลeลกenรญ vyuลพitรญ plochy v pลรญmฤstskรฉ krajinฤ pomocรญ pลรญstupลฏ Citizen science. V... Continue Reading →
With the global climate negotiations progressing, and countries now - for the first time ever! - being called on to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems, the role of biodiversity in tackling the climate crisis is becoming more and more apparent. Unprecedentedly, the most awaited final text of COP28, the Outcome of the... Continue Reading →
Public support strongly impacts social change. This has been shown by Elinor Ostrom, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. At the same time, one of the key factors in the sustainable transformation of societies is the peopleโs action. Previous research has proven that the lack of popular backing can hinder the adoption... Continue Reading →
The FoSTA Health team conducted the first round of cross-country stakeholder consultation workshops for the project across Zambia, Tanzania, South Africa, and Malawi between October 11 and 12, 2023. The workshops aimed to glean diverse perspectives on food system transformations, focusing on One Health outcomes. These engagements are the first step toward exploring how human,... Continue Reading →
Vฤdkynฤ a vฤdci z Nรกrodnรญho Institutu SYRI uspoลรกdali v listopadu 2023 workshop resilienฤnรญho myลกlenรญ pro aktรฉry sniลพovรกnรญ rizik katastrof v ฤesku. Tento navazoval na pลedchozรญ spoluprรกci a pลedstavoval รบvodnรญ ฤรกst vรฝzkumnรฉho projektu zamฤลenรฉho na adaptaci na zmฤny klimatu a ลeลกenรญ krizovรฝch situacรญ. Hlavnรญm cรญlem byla prezentace vรฝzkumnรฝch vรฝsledkลฏ z oblasti sociรกlnฤ-ekologickรฉ resilience a pลedstavenรญ konceptu... Continue Reading →
With the world breaking all the wrong records and the science stressing the need to mitigate the climate crisis and biodiversity loss louder than ever, it is high time to investigate current unique initiatives that are part of the solution rather than the problem. Therefore, within BIONEXT, a research and innovation project that joins the... Continue Reading →
In the week of 23-27 October 2023, the Department of Human Dimensions of Global Change was represented at two events in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, as part of the ongoing activities of the PLANET4B project. The 2023 Radboud conference on Earth System Governance brought together different scientific disciplines and stakeholders from different sectors to connect science... Continue Reading →
If we look at nature through the lens of ecosystem services, sooner or later the question comes to mind as to whether some services compete with each other, and if so, how much? Moreover, which services compete with each other in the eyes of e.g. farmers, officials or nature conservationists? In this post we present... Continue Reading →
At the beginning of October, Pavlรญna Schultzovรก, Lenka Suchรก, and Zuzana Harmรกฤkovรก from the Department of Social-Ecological Analysis participated in a workshop dedicated to Climate Science Communication organized by People in Need as part of the European Climate Foundation (ECF) project. This workshop brought together both scientists and journalists who specialize in communicating and popularizing... Continue Reading →
V termรญnu 2. - 5. 10. 2023 jsme se zรบฤastnili druhรฉho tematickรฉho workshopu projektu SELINA s podtitulem โAdvancing solutionsโ (for mapping, assessment and accounting of ecosystems and their services). Workshop poลรกdala partnerskรก instituce Universidad Rey Juan Carlos ve ลกpanฤlskรฉm Madridu. Projekt SELINA (akronym pro Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decisIons about NAatural capital) je podpoลen... Continue Reading →
Zajรญmavou souฤรกstรญ vฤdeckรฉ prรกce Oddฤlenรญ sociรกlnฤ-ekologickรฉ analรฝzy byl ฤervencovรฝ participativnรญ workshop na mezinรกrodnรญ Letnรญ ลกkole v Josefovฤ. Studentky divadelnรญch oborลฏ z ฤeska, Slovenska a Polska si na nฤm osvojily stฤลพejnรญ poznatky vรฝzkumu sociรกlnฤ-ekologickรฉ resilience a zรญskaly pลรญleลพitost je ihned aplikovat pลi tvลฏrฤรญ kooperativnรญ imaginaci resilientnรญch budoucnostรญ. Anna Bromovรก a Lenka Suchรก tak pลi workshopu s nรกzvem โConnective energy, collective... Continue Reading →
In May and June this year, as part of the IP LIFE One Nature project, the third series of participatory seminars was held in selected Natura 2000 locations (Tลeboลsko, Kลivoklรกtsko, Slavkovskรฝ les). One of the objectives of this series of workshops was to find out how different groups of actors (mayors, officials, agricultural and forestry... Continue Reading →
Ve dnech 31. 8.-1. 9.2023 v Litomyลกli probฤhl zรกvฤreฤnรฝ workshop projektu Coop4Wellbeing, kterรฝ dlouhodobฤ usiluje o propojovรกnรญ ฤeskรฉ rozvojovรฉ spoluprรกce (ZRS ฤR) a sociรกlnฤ-ekologickรฉho vรฝzkumu v Zรกpadnรญ provincii Zambie. Cรญlem zรกvฤreฤnรฉho workshopu bylo:ย Pลedstavit realizรกtorลฏm ZRS ฤR klรญฤovรก zjiลกtฤnรญ terรฉnnรญho vรฝzkumu vโฏZambii Spoleฤnฤ diskutovat tyto vรฝsledky a jejich praktickรฉ vyuลพitรญ pลi designu a implementaci rozvojovรฝch... Continue Reading →
As the existence of our world relies on nature, some argue that nature should be viewed as priceless and, therefore, there is no need for nature valuation. At the same time there is a growing number of nature valuation initiatives. So, why do we financially value...
From 13 to 15 July this year, CzechGlobe hosted the European Hub of the Transformations 2023 conference. You can see more about the conference, and the Transformations Community here. The European Hub was intended as a smaller, intensive in-person conference as a way to maximize inclusive participation while minimizing carbon emissions. The main conference was... Continue Reading →
Elba is the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago and the third largest one in Italy. Its terrain is very diverse, with the eastern and western areas being largely mountainous and most of the large cities concentrated in the central flat; some 31 309 permanent residents inhabit the seven communes of the island. One... Continue Reading →
The PLUS Change projectโPlanning Land Use Strategies: Meeting biodiversity, climate and social objectives in a changing worldโa collaborative Horizon Europe project involving representatives from 14 countries and 23 institutions, commenced with a highly successful kick-off meeting held in Prague from June 12th to 14th. Read the press release on the project's linkedin. You can follow... Continue Reading →
I attended an IPBES fellows training in Nairobi, Kenya, on 9โ11 April. During the training, fellows involved in the Nexus, Transformative Change and Invasive Alien Species assessments had a chance to exchange knowledge and discuss common issues across the assessments while also strengthening their network and having a bit of fun. The training concluded with... Continue Reading →
The Evidence for Policy in Disaster Risk Management Summer School brought together researchers, scientists and policy makers to network, share knowledge and explore methods for the incorporation of more research into policy making. The Summer School, organised by the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network and hosted by the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, took place in Pisa,... Continue Reading →
Praha โ V rรกmci aktivit integrovanรฉho projektu LIFE pro soustavu Natura 2000 vย ฤR zvanรฉho Jedna pลรญroda uspoลรกdalo Ministerstvo ลพivotnรญho prostลedรญ (MลฝP) ve spoluprรกci s รstavem vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤny AV ฤR (CzechGlobe) dne 13. ฤervna 2023 v prostorรกch Akademie vฤd ฤeskรฉ republiky vย Praze druhรฉ zasedรกnรญ Nรกrodnรญ platformy pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (NPES). โKoncept ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb neboli pลรญnosลฏ... Continue Reading →
In the Horizon Europe-funded project BIONEXT, European changemakers are exploring new visions for nature-centered Europe for 2050. In the first out of three BIONEXT workshops, in May 2023 in Greece, changemakers from different backgrounds created visions of what a nature-centred Europe can look like in the year 2050. Who are the changemakers participating in BIONEXT... Continue Reading →
Between 21st and 31st May this year, I was in Costa Rica for the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Second Author Meeting and Summary for Policy Makers first meeting. I already blogged last year about what the assessment is about, how the process works etc., and because of the confidentiality of the report, I cannot write... Continue Reading →
In the second half of May and at the turn of June, the third series of our participatory workshops took place in three geographical areas of interest (in Tลeboล on 16 May, in Beฤov nad Teplou on 30 May and in Kลivoklรกt on 1 June). The focus of this series was conflicting interests in the... Continue Reading →
In April-May 2023 FoSTA-Health researchers participated in scoping activities in Zambia and Malawi. Our CzechGlobe team member, Lenka Suchรก, joined our other colleagues from the consortium for one week in Malawi. The primary aim of the scoping visit was to gather background information about one-health and food systems transformations in order to refine our research... Continue Reading →
Archetypovรก analรฝza je metodologickรฝ pลรญstup ke studiu sloลพitรฝch sociรกlnฤ-ekologickรฝch systรฉmลฏ a vzรกjemnรฉho pลฏsobenรญ jednotlivรฝch ฤรกstรญ tฤchto systรฉmลฏ. Napลรญklad zemฤdฤlskรฉ systรฉmy pฤstovรกnรญ plodin jsou procesy, kterรฉ vyลพadujรญ lidskou ฤinnost i specifickรฉ prostลedรญ, ale napลรญฤ regiony existuje ลกirokรก ลกkรกla biofyzikรกlnรญch atributลฏ, zemฤdฤlskรฝch postupลฏ nebo spoleฤensko-politickรฝch organizacรญ a dalลกรญch faktorลฏ, kterรฉ tyto systรฉmy utvรกลejรญ a kterรฉ vykazujรญ jedineฤnรฉ,... Continue Reading →
Ve ฤtvrtek 27. dubna probฤhla v kinฤ Pลรญtomnost premiรฉra filmu Hodnoty pลรญrody. Film je prvnรญm ucelenรฝm dokumentem, kterรฝ na pลรญkladu ฤeskรฉ krajiny vizuรกlnฤ pลรญvฤtivou formou vysvฤtluje, jakรฉ pลรญnosy ฤili ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby nรกm lidem pลรญroda poskytuje, a proฤ je dลฏleลพitรฉ o nich v ochranฤ pลรญrody i pลi rozhodovรกnรญ o vyuลพitรญ krajiny vฤdฤt. Ukazuje, jak se takovรฉ pลรญnosy mฤลรญ... Continue Reading →
We are very excited to be coordinating a new project called PLUS Change: Planning Land Use Strategies for meeting climate, biodiversity and social goals in a Changing world. The project is funded by Horizon Europe (grant agreement 101081464) and will launch on 1st June and run for 4 years. It involves 23 partners from across... Continue Reading →
Beyond economic growth in sustainability debates. We quite often witness heated disputes on the direction of sustainability transitions. These debates are slowly making its way also to popular spaces and the media, often distorted and biased. Within this discourse, there are two recognisable ideological streams: one representing the proponents of ...
The Department of Human Dimensions at CzechGlobe is a partner in the SSH Centre Project. SSH Centre is supporting the visibility and uptake of social science and humanities research in climate, energy and transport policy in Europe. As part of the project, the team is running a series of initiatives to support SSH researchers. The... Continue Reading →
Po roce se do Zรกpadnรญ provincie v Zambii vydaly v rรกmci projektu Coop4Wellbeing vรฝzkumnice z CzechGlobe, Lenka Suchรก, Zuzana Harmรกฤkovรก a Aneta Seidlovรก, spolu s kolegy z Katedry rozvojovรฝch a environmentรกlnรญch studiรญ Univerzity Palackรฉho a z organizace ฤlovฤk v tรญsni. Tรฝm se vฤnoval prohlubovรกnรญ vรฝzkumu klรญฤovรฝch tรฉmat, kterรก jsou dลฏleลพitรก jak pro ลพivot mรญstnรญch lidรญ... Continue Reading →
Vรฝzkumnรญci a vรฝzkumnice z CzechGlobe jsou souฤรกstรญ nรกrodnรญho vรฝzkumnรฉho konsorcia zkoumajรญcรญho dopady systรฉmovรฝch rizik na spoleฤnost a ekonomiku. SYRI (Nรกrodnรญ institut pro vรฝzkum socioekonomickรฝch dopadลฏ nemocรญ a systรฉmovรฝch rizik) je virtuรกlnรญ vฤdeckรฝ hub, kterรฝ sdruลพuje odbornรญky z Masarykovy univerzity, Univerzity Karlovy a รบstavลฏ Akademie vฤd ฤR. Vznikl jako reakce na zjiลกtฤnรญ, ลพe souฤasnรฉ vรฝzvy (vฤetnฤ... Continue Reading →
CzechGlobe researchers are part of a national research consortium investigating the impacts of systemic risks on society and the economy. SYRI (National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Disease and Systemic Risk) is a virtual scientific hub that brings together experts from Masaryk University, Charles University and institutes of the Czech Academy of... Continue Reading →
What are the possible solutions that would help remove barriers to landscape change and transition towards sustainable land management from the perspective of local stakeholders? In February 2023, we held the last round of Just Scapes participatory workshops. For the past two years, we have been doing research focused on possible landscape and land management... Continue Reading →
A new paper has been published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications which provides an overview on the use of focus group method in cultural ecosystem services research. The authors provide suggestions for more robust and trustworthy applications of the focus group method, which can advance both research in this field and the implementation of... Continue Reading →
Odbornรญci z CzechGlobe se pลipojujรญ k mezinรกrodnรญmu konsorciu zkoumajรญcรญmu, jakรฉ cesty by nรกm mohly pomoci transformovat ลetฤzce mezi tฤลพbou, vรฝrobou, spotลebou a obchodem tak, abychom dosรกhli pozitivnรญch vรฝsledkลฏ pro klima a biologickou rozmanitost. Novรฝ ฤtyลletรฝ projekt TRANSPATH je financovรกn z programu Evropskรฉ unie pro vรฝzkum a inovace Horizon Europe. Pomลฏลพe identifikovat intervence a body pลฏsobenรญ... Continue Reading →
Experts from CzechGlobe are joining an international consortium to study what pathways could help us transform the chains between extraction, production, consumption and trade, to achieve positive outcomes for climate and biodiversity. The new four-year project, TRANSPATH, is funded by the European Unionโs research and innovation programme Horizon Europe. It will identify leverage points and... Continue Reading →
Na konci roku 2022 bylo dokonฤeno ลeลกenรญ projektu TAฤR รTA Hodnocenรญ a mapovรกnรญ kulturnรญch ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb v krajinฤ, kterรฝ se uskuteฤnil ve tลech modelovรฝch รบzemรญch (Chลiby, Litovelskรฉ Pomoravรญ a Moravskรฝ kras). Pลedchozรญ ฤlรกnek s pลedstavenรญm vรฝzkumu na pลรญkladu modelovรฉho รบzemรญ Chลiby najdete zde. Kulturnรญ ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (KES) nebo takรฉ nemateriรกlnรญ pลรญnosy pลรญrody lidem jsou pลรญnosy, kterรฉ... Continue Reading →
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