From 10 to 14 November 2025, I took part in the Regional Youth Workshop on IPBES for Europe and Central Asia at the International Academy for Nature Conservation on the Isle of Vilm, Germany. Hosted by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), the workshop brought together early-career participants working on biodiversity, ecosystem services... Continue Reading →
This post shares my reflections on the role of collaboration in sustainability-focused research based on the literature and lectures from Sรถdertรถrn Universityโs online PhD course Collaborative Research Methods. As sustainability challenges become increasingly urgent, academic inquiries have paid more attention to understanding and addressing the deep connections between ecological, social, and economic systems. In response,... Continue Reading →
I recently had the opportunity to travel to Univerzita Komenskรฉho (Comenius University) in Bratislava, Slovakia to take part in theย 33rdย conferenceย for theย European Early Childhood Education and Research Association (EECERA). For some followers of this blog, this might seem like a slight deviation from the issues and fields we normally explore in our Human Dimensions Department. However,... Continue Reading →
Thanks to the wonderful work of and support from the Transformers COST Action (๐), I recently had the opportunity to participate in two consecutive events, both focused on transformative change for sustainability. Both allowed me to broaden my experience, my views, the community with which I interact and work, and finally to broaden the way I... Continue Reading →
As the SSH CENTRE (Social Sciences and Humanities for Climate, Energy and Transport Research Excellence) project enters its final phase, members of the consortium gathered between 11-12 June 2025 for a two-day meeting at the historic Kingโs College, Cambridge. The event focused on writing deliverables, project reflection and strategic planning, and brought together partners to... Continue Reading →
The recent collaborative workshop held in Oslo on 15โ16 April brought together a diverse and interdisciplinary community of 32 scholars and practitioners from across 18 countries, including David Stella and Simeon Vaลo from the Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, united by a shared interest in exploring prefigurative politics on transformations.... Continue Reading →
Projekt ENABLElocal sdruลพuje partnerskรฉ instituce z ฤeska (CzechGlobe), Nฤmecka (ISOE) a ล vรฉdska (Lund University) a zamฤลuje se na vรฝzkum vyuลพรญvรกnรญ dat o biodiverzitฤ v praxi ochrany pลรญrody a vyuลพรญvรกnรญ รบzemรญ. Naลกรญm cรญlem je podpoลit tok dat mezi aktรฉry v oblasti ochrany pลรญrody, systรฉmy monitorovรกnรญ biodiverzity a nรกrodnรญmi, evropskรฝmi a globรกlnรญmi datovรฝmi infrastrukturami. Vรฝzkum realizujeme v... Continue Reading →
The thought of travelling to another country, experiencing a new culture and accessing new opportunities is exhilarating. However, this will die down after some months and you will start missing home. This feeling is normal. Moreover, the thought of settling at your new location can be exciting and at the same time daunting. Having lived... Continue Reading →
How can we make better decisions for biodiversity on individual and institutional levels? One approach used by the PLANET4B project to tackle this question involves system mapping, leverage point analysis, and identifying key intervention points across various sectors and regions. The recently published "Report on System Mapping and Leverage Points for Each Case" presents findings... Continue Reading →
TransformERS is a COST Action network that aims to inform research, policy and practice for transformations that deliver justice in a changing global context by bringing together and positioning research relevant to societal transformation. Societal transformations such as these are refered to as highly necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change and biodiversity loss, and are... Continue Reading →
Ve dnech 18.-22. listopadu 2024 se vย nizozemskรฉm Wageningenu uskuteฤnila pรกtรก evropskรก konference Partnerstvรญ pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (ESP) sย podtitulem โEcosystem Services: One Planet, One Healthโ. Tรฉma konference odkazovalo na otรกzku, jak mลฏลพe koncept ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb ลeลกit vรฝzvy spojenรฉ s naplลovรกnรญm globรกlnรญ vize โJedno zdravรญโ a zรกroveล pลispฤt k transformativnรญm ลeลกenรญm pro udrลพitelnost. Tรฉma zdลฏraznilo vzรกjemnou zรกvislost... Continue Reading →
In October 2024, the Department of Human Dimensions at CzechGlobe participated in the Book Launch and Consortium Meeting of the SSH Centre project (Social Science and Humanities for Climate, Energy and Transport Research Excellence), held in Granada, Spain. This meeting brought together consortium partners to celebrate major achievements, share insights, and discuss the future trajectory... Continue Reading →
The PLANET4B 3rd Consortium Meeting took place from October 8th to 10th, 2024, in Budapest. It was an insightful gathering aimed at advancing the project's objectives. Held at the centrally located Impact Hub Budapest, the meeting brought together all project partners to review progress, share findings, and strategize the next steps. Over three days, project... Continue Reading →
Pozadรญ projektu a jeho cรญle Praxe v oblasti ochrany pลรญrody a vyuลพitรญ รบzemรญ mรก zรกsadnรญ vliv na biodiverzitu. Data o biodiverzitฤ vลกak nejsou v rozhodovacรญch procesech ฤi managementu v ochranฤ pลรญrody na mรญstnรญ รบrovni vลพdy zohledลovรกna. Vyuลพรญvรกnรญ dat brรกnรญ napลรญklad omezenรฝ taxonomickรฝ a ekologickรฝ rozsah stรกvajรญcรญch dat, jejich ฤasoprostorovรฉ pokrytรญ, kterรฉ je pro mรญstnรญ kontext... Continue Reading →
The Human Dimensions department has a long-standing tradition of actively contributing to higher education by engaging with universities. This involvement plays a crucial role in connecting academic research with real-world challenges. The collaboration includes teaching at institutions such as the Faculty of Science at Charles University and Masaryk University in Brno. Most recently, Eva Horvรกthovรก... Continue Reading →
V ฤervnu 2024 probฤhl jiลพ druhรฝ vรฝzkumnรฝ workshop na tรฉma resilienฤnรญho myลกlenรญ vedenรฝ tรฝmem vฤdcลฏ a vฤdkyล z Nรกrodnรญho Institutu SYRI pลฏsobรญcรญch takรฉ na รstavu vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤny AV ฤR. Na workshopu se s vรฝzkumnรฝm tรฝmem setkali opฤt takรฉ aktรฉลi a aktรฉrky sniลพovรกnรญ rizik katastrof v ฤesku. Jednรญm z cรญlลฏ setkรกnรญ bylo pลedstavit dosavadnรญ vรฝsledky... 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Odbornรญci z CzechGlobe se pลipojujรญ k pลednรญm evropskรฝm vฤdcลฏm, aby poskytli praktickรก a รบฤinnรก ลeลกenรญ pro ลeลกenรญ globรกlnรญ krize biodiverzity. Novรฝ ฤtyลletรฝ projekt BIONEXT, financovanรฝ z programu EU pro vรฝzkum a inovace Horizon Europe, pลinese novรฉ poznatky demonstrujรญcรญ, jakรฝmi zpลฏsoby je biologickรก rozmanitost zรกkladem vลกech aspektลฏ ลพivota, vฤetnฤ vody, kterou pijeme, potravin, kterรฉ jรญme, a... Continue Reading →
Experts from CzechGlobe are joining leading scientists from across Europe to provide practical and effective solutions for addressing the global biodiversity crisis. The new four-year project, BIONEXT, funded by the EUโs research and innovation program Horizon Europe, will produce new evidence to demonstrate how biodiversity underpins every aspect of life, including the water we drink,... Continue Reading →
On 25th January, we were proud to be part of the official launch of the SSH Centre (Social Science and Humanities for Climate, Energy and Transport Research Excellence) project, led by our colleagues at Anglia Ruskin University in the UK.ย The project engages with actors from across research, business, policy and citizens to contribute to accelerate... Continue Reading →
In November, the second series of our participatory workshops (continuing from the first series as part of the One Nature project) took place in the Slavkov Forest, Tลeboล and Kลivoklรกt regions. Once again, we invited representatives from a wide range of disciplines that have impact on the shaping of local nature and landscape. The content... Continue Reading →
It has long been known that higher levels of biodiversity underpin good ecosystem health and functions and, conversely, continued biodiversity loss threatens both the biosphere and human life. Research provides evidence supporitng these facts and identifies the main cause - humans. The worldโs ecosystem may undergo drastic changes and even alter to new states thanks... Continue Reading →
Climate change and its impacts, such as extreme heat, represent an unprecedented challenge for cities, causing overheating and threatening the future prosperity, health and well-being of urban residents. Climate adaptation is one of the central topics for sustainable cities and societies. Yet, we have limited knowledge about the magnitude of climate change that we will... Continue Reading →
Authors: Kateลina Mรกcovรก, Jitka Kozubkovรก We introduced the topic of ecosystem services to almost sixty people working in nature conservation at two seminars held in Prague and Brno in May (as part of the One Nature project). This was a step forward to greater availability of the concept of assessment of natureโs services and contributions... Continue Reading →
The one-day weekend workshop taught participants new creative writing and creative visual methods. It focused on works and ideas connected to nature, the landscape, and the environment. This workshop took place as part of the Just Scapes project, which deals with the just transformation of society and the landscape in the European countryside. We collaborated... Continue Reading →
3.โ9. ฤervence 2022 probฤhne v Bonnu 9. plenรกrnรญ zasedรกnรญ Mezivlรกdnรญ vฤdecko-politickรฉ platformy pro biodiverzitu a ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, IPBES). IPBES pลedstavuje โrozhranรญ mezi vฤdou a politikouโ (science-policy interface), tedy platformu, kterรก sdruลพuje politickรฉ zรกstupce jednotlivรฝch zemรญ a odbornรญky na otรกzky biologickรฉ rozmanitosti (biodiverzity), ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb a udrลพitelnosti. IPBES... Continue Reading →
In the second half of April and at the beginning of May, participatory workshops were held in Slavkovskรฝ les, Kลivoklรกt and Tลeboล for invited stakeholders who have the potential to influence the local landscape and nature through their activities in the regions. Representatives of the forestry, fishing, mining and agricultural industries, representatives of...
What are the key sustainability issues and problems in CAS, its departments and institutes? What are some of the good sustainability practices? What solutions are in the power of individual CAS institutes and departments alongside with other academic institutions in the...
We have recently launched a new project to prompt sustainability within the Czech Academy of Sciences. Here, we introduce our project: Mainstreaming Eco-Sustainability through CAS Activities (MESCAS). What is MESCAS? MESCAS is working to mainstream sustainability through our research and operational activities in departments and institutes of the Academy. Over this first year, we are... Continue Reading →
In collaboration with colleagues in Finland and Australia, we have started putting together an Innovative Session Proposal for the Earth Systems Governance Conference, 2022. We have called the session โThe Garden of Budding (Potentially Great) Ideas, and we are currently seeking expressions of interest from those who want to join to present (online or in... Continue Reading →
Would you like to read our highlights of 2021? We have prepared a little newsletter to show you what we have done over the last year. We wish you a wonderful winter holiday, and look forward to seeing you again in 2022. highlights2021_finalDownload
Learning from others to share innovations and world views is an important pathway to achieving sustainability. The basic premise is that when people know more about sustainability, they will act to achieve sustainability. Such learning can be about what sustainability is, or the impact of their current actions, or innovations or alternative actions that can... Continue Reading →
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