Category: social science

Novรก studie SYRI ukazuje, jak vybudovat spoleฤnost odolnou proti katastrofรกm

Extrรฉmnรญ projevy poฤasรญ jako vichล™ice, sucho nebo povodnฤ› se kvลฏli klimatickรฝm zmฤ›nรกm iย vย ฤŒesku stรกvajรญ ฤรญm dรกl ฤastฤ›jลกรญmi. Mรญra dopadลฏ tฤ›chto katastrof zรกvisรญ na resilienci, tedy odolnosti spoleฤnosti aย jejรญ schopnosti se sย podobnรฝmi udรกlostmi vyrovnat aย pล™edchรกzet jim. Novรก studie Nรกrodnรญho institutu SYRI ukazuje, ลพe je ฤeskรฝ systรฉm sniลพovรกnรญ rizik katastrof zatรญm zamฤ›ล™enรฝ pล™edevลกรญm na tradiฤnรญ krizovรฉ ล™รญzenรญ... Continue Reading →

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The 8th International Workshop on Archetype Analysis in Sustainability Research

From 29 September to 1 October 2025, the interdisciplinary research community engaged in archetype analysis convened for the 8th International Workshop on Archetype Analysis in Sustainability Research. Hosted at the Thรผnen Institute of Biodiversity in Braunschweig, Germany, the event brought together around 40 researchers, providing a dynamic forum for exchanging and advancing ideas at the... Continue Reading →

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AGRI4POL stakeholder workshop on pollinator-friendly farming towards a sustainable future of agriculture

On 9โ€“10 September 2025 in Brussels, more than three dozen stakeholders from across Europe met for a two-day workshop focused on a single goal: creating a sustainable future for both pollinators and agriculture. As part of the AGRI4POL project (๐Ÿ”—), the event brought together policymakers, NGOs, agribusiness and farmersโ€™ organisations, and researchers. The collaborative setting... Continue Reading →

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Reflecting on Collaborative Research in Sustainability: Insights from a Course at Sรถdertรถrn University

This post shares my reflections on the role of collaboration in sustainability-focused research based on the literature and lectures from Sรถdertรถrn Universityโ€™s 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 →

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Inclusion in Early Childhood Education and Beyond

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 →

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SSH Centre consortium meeting at Cambridge

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 Kingโ€™s College, Cambridge. The event focused on writing deliverables, project reflection and strategic planning, and brought together partners to... Continue Reading →

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Science Fair 2025: How we engaged kids and students on the topic of sustainable society of today and tomorrowโ€ฏ

On 5-7 June 2025 CzechGlobe, the Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences(๐Ÿ”—), participated in the Science Fair 2025 (Veletrh vedy) (๐Ÿ”—), the largestโ€ฏpopular educational science event in the Czech Republic. Across the exhibition area of over 8,000 mยฒ, more than 58,000 visitors could view nearly 100 exhibitions from more than 90... Continue Reading →

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2025 Alternet Conference: Contribution to achieving transformative change for biodiversity

The 2025 Alternet conference took place in the beautiful city of Aveiro, Portugal from 13-16 May, bringing together researchers, experts and decision makers with a common goal of realising transformation for sustainability. This yearโ€™s theme dubbed, โ€œAchieving Transformative Change for Biodiversityโ€ sought to explore the root causes of biodiversity decline and how to drive fundamental... Continue Reading →

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Reflections on the Prefigurative Politics of Present Transformations Workshop in Oslo

The recent collaborative workshop held in Oslo on 15โ€“16 April brought together a diverse and interdisciplinary community of 32 scholars and practitioners from across 18 countries, including David Stella and Simeon Vaลˆo 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 →

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Aktuality z projektu ENABLElocal

Projekt ENABLElocal sdruลพuje partnerskรฉ instituce z ฤŒeska (CzechGlobe), Nฤ›mecka (ISOE) a ล vรฉdska (Lund University) a zamฤ›ล™uje se na vรฝzkum vyuลพรญvรกnรญ dat o biodiverzitฤ› v praxi ochrany pล™รญrody a vyuลพรญvรกnรญ รบzemรญ. Naลกรญm cรญlem je podpoล™it tok dat mezi aktรฉry v oblasti ochrany pล™รญrody, systรฉmy monitorovรกnรญ biodiverzity a nรกrodnรญmi, evropskรฝmi a globรกlnรญmi datovรฝmi infrastrukturami. Vรฝzkum realizujeme v... Continue Reading →

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Promoting sustainable agriculture for pollinators: Launching Agri4Polย 

Threats to pollinators and pollination services that support agriculture and provide benefits to people are a worldwide problem. This is recognised by scientists, national or transnational initiatives, and even policies. A team from our department at CzechGlobe has joined a new project that aims to help agriculture to become a positive force for pollinator biodiversity, crop pollination services and co-benefits to ecosystems and people.ย 

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Kulturnรญ ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby vย ล™รญฤnรญ krajinฤ› โ€“ vรฝsledky z pล™รญpadovรฝch studiรญ projektu โ€žNIVAโ€œ

Na konci roku 2024 skonฤil vรฝzkumnรฝ projekt programu Prostล™edรญ pro ลพivot Technologickรฉ Agentury ฤŒR, s nรกzvem Vรฝznam a ochrana รบdolnรญch niv jako prostล™edรญ pro plnฤ›nรญ ekostabilizaฤnรญ funkce krajiny (neboli projekt โ€žNIVAโ€œ). V projektu se kromฤ› hodnocenรญ ekosystรฉmovรฝch funkcรญ a sluลพeb ล™รญฤnรญch niv uskuteฤnilo takรฉ hodnocenรญ kulturnรญch ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb se zapojenรญm aktรฉrลฏ, kterรฉ pล™ineslo zajรญmavรก zjiลกtฤ›nรญ ohlednฤ›... Continue Reading →

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Co-designing transformative pathways to sustainability for the energy sector and food systems in the Czech Republic (TRANSPATH project)

On 21 January 2025, a research workshop was held to explore possible pathways to transform the energy sector and food systems in the Czech Republic towards sustainability. The workshop was organized by the Department of Socio-Ecological Analysis of the Global Change Research Institute CAS (CzechGlobe). Apart from the research team, a group of ten stakeholders from various transformative initiatives, networks, and social...

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Workshop projektu TRANSPATH hledal cesty k transformativnรญm promฤ›nรกm energetiky a potravinovรฝch systรฉmลฏ v ฤŒesku

V รบterรฝ 21. ledna 2025 probฤ›hl vรฝzkumnรฝ workshop, kterรฝ hledal moลพnรฉ cesty k transformaci sektoru energetiky a potravinovรฝch systรฉmลฏ v ฤŒesku smฤ›rem k udrลพitelnosti. Setkรกnรญ probฤ›hlo v reลพii Oddฤ›lenรญ sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฉ analรฝzy รšstavu vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny AV ฤŒR (CzechGlobe) a kromฤ› vรฝzkumnรฉho tรฝmu se jej zรบฤastnila i desรญtka stakeholderลฏ z transformativnรญch iniciativ, networkลฏ a sociรกlnรญch...

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TransformERS: Transformations, International Experience and Sustainable Futures

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 →

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Pรกtรก evropskรก konference o ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพbรกch

Ve dnech 18.-22. listopadu 2024 se vย nizozemskรฉm Wageningenu uskuteฤnila pรกtรก evropskรก konference Partnerstvรญ pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (ESP) sย podtitulem โ€žEcosystem Services: One Planet, One Healthโ€œ. Tรฉma konference odkazovalo na otรกzku, jak mลฏลพe koncept ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb ล™eลกit vรฝzvy spojenรฉ s naplลˆovรกnรญm globรกlnรญ vize โ€žJedno zdravรญโ€œ a zรกroveลˆ pล™ispฤ›t k transformativnรญm ล™eลกenรญm pro udrลพitelnost. Tรฉma zdลฏraznilo vzรกjemnou zรกvislost... Continue Reading →

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SSH Centre in Granada: Book Launch event & Consortium Meeting

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 →

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Poslednรญ kroky v hodnocenรญch IPBES zamฤ›ล™enรฝch na nexus a transformativnรญ zmฤ›nu

V uplynulรฝch tล™ech letech se nฤ›kolik ฤlenลฏ naลกich sesterskรฝch oddฤ›lenรญ podรญlelo na hodnotรญcรญch zprรกvรกch Mezivlรกdnรญ vฤ›decko-politickรฉ platformy pro biodiverzitu a ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (IPBES), zejmรฉna na hodnotรญcรญ zprรกvฤ› Tematickรฉ hodnocenรญ vzรกjemnรฝch vazeb mezi biologickou rozmanitostรญ, vodou, potravinami a zdravรญm (hodnotรญcรญ zprรกva zamฤ›ล™enรก na nexus) a hodnotรญcรญ zprรกvฤ› Tematickรฉ hodnocenรญ zรกkladnรญch pล™รญฤin ztrรกty biologickรฉ rozmanitosti, determinantลฏ transformativnรญ... Continue Reading →

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ENABLElocal: Vyuลพitรญ dat z monitorovรกnรญ biodiverzity v mรญstnรญ ochranฤ› pล™รญrody

Pozadรญ projektu a jeho cรญle Praxe v oblasti ochrany pล™รญrody a vyuลพitรญ รบzemรญ mรก zรกsadnรญ vliv na biodiverzitu. Data o biodiverzitฤ› vลกak nejsou v rozhodovacรญch procesech ฤi managementu v ochranฤ› pล™รญrody na mรญstnรญ รบrovni vลพdy zohledลˆovรกna. Vyuลพรญvรกnรญ dat brรกnรญ napล™รญklad omezenรฝ taxonomickรฝ a ekologickรฝ rozsah stรกvajรญcรญch dat, jejich ฤasoprostorovรฉ pokrytรญ, kterรฉ je pro mรญstnรญ kontext... Continue Reading →

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Amsterdam Complexity School on Climate Change

A modeller from the UK, a marine biologist from the Netherlands, and a policy analyst from Estonia meet in Amsterdam... What may sound like the beginning of an anecdote is in fact a snapshot of 40 individuals, mostly from Europe, meeting on the (sunny!) banks of one of Amsterdamโ€™s canals, coming together for a week... Continue Reading →

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EASST-4S 2024 in Amsterdam: Contribution to this year’s Conference on Making and Doing Transformations

From 16 to 19 July, the EASST-4S 2024 Conference took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands. CzechGlobeโ€™s Abhigya and Tereza Prasilova had the opportunity to present their work on two ongoing projects: FoSTA-Health and the SSH Centre project. The EASST-4S 2024 conference was a joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology... Continue Reading →

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Novรฝ letรกk o zapojenรญ aktรฉrลฏ do hodnocenรญ ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb

Vydali jsme novรฝ letรกk zabรฝvajรญcรญ se zapojenรญm aktรฉrลฏ do procesu hodnocenรญ ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb. Cรญlem letรกku, kterรฝ jsme zpracovali ve spoluprรกci s ostatnรญmi partnery projektu, je pล™edstavit tzv. participativnรญ pล™รญstup, kterรฝ systematicky zapojuje zainteresovanรฉ strany (jednotlivce, skupiny, instituce) do procesu hodnocenรญ ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb. Dรญky tomu mohou aktรฉล™i napล™. sdรญlet mรญstnรญ znalosti, poskytovat zpฤ›tnou vazbu nebo ovlivลˆovat... Continue Reading →

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New Insights on Knowledge Systems in Sustainable Development Cooperation: A Focus on Zambia

A new paper, Knowledge-Based Interventions for Sustainable Development Cooperation: Insights from Knowledge Systems Mapping in Zambia, delves into the critical role of knowledge systems within the context of international development cooperation, with a specific focus on the Czech Republic's development activities in Zambia. It was published in Sustainability Science and co-authored, among others, by scientists... Continue Reading →

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Workshop resilienฤnรญho myลกlenรญ: cesty k realizaci vizรญ ve sniลพovรกnรญ rizik katastrof

V ฤervnu 2024 probฤ›hl jiลพ druhรฝ vรฝzkumnรฝ workshop na tรฉma resilienฤnรญho myลกlenรญ vedenรฝ tรฝmem vฤ›dcลฏ a vฤ›dkyลˆ z Nรกrodnรญho Institutu SYRI pลฏsobรญcรญch takรฉ na รšstavu vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny AV ฤŒR. Na workshopu se s vรฝzkumnรฝm tรฝmem setkali opฤ›t takรฉ aktรฉล™i a aktรฉrky sniลพovรกnรญ rizik katastrof v ฤŒesku. Jednรญm z cรญlลฏ setkรกnรญ bylo pล™edstavit dosavadnรญ vรฝsledky... Continue Reading →

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SSH Centre: Workshop on Mobility Communities

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 →

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One Nature Participatory Workshops Finished!

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 natureโ€™s contributions to people and their relationships using the socio-cultural assessment method.... Continue Reading →

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Advancements and Reflections from the SSH Centre Project: Social Sciences and Humanities for Climate, Energy and Transport Research Excellence

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 →

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Coop4Wellbeing: Vรฝstupy pro rozvojovou praxi

V letech 2021-2023 realizoval รšstav vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny AV ฤŒR ve spoluprรกci s Katedrou rozvojovรฝch a environmentรกlnรญch studiรญ Univerzity Palackรฉhoย a organizacรญย ฤŒlovฤ›k vย tรญsni projekt Coop4Wellbeing, kterรฝ byl podpoล™en Technologickou agenturou ฤŒeskรฉ republiky z programu ร‰ta. Projekt Coop4Wellbeing byl zaloลพen na nฤ›kolikastupลˆovรฉm participativnรญm procesu, kterรฝ kombinoval vรฝzkumnรฉ aktivity v ฤŒeskรฉ republice se sbฤ›rem dat v Zรกpadnรญ provincii... Continue Reading →

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Citizen science v projektu Golf Vinoล™: vรฝsledky a budoucnost

Projekt Golf Vinoล™ Citizen Science se pomalu nachyluje ke svรฉmu konci a proto bychom vรกm rรกdi pล™inesli informace o tom, co se za poslednรญ rok v projektu udรกlo a jakรฉ รบkoly na nรกs jeลกtฤ› ฤekajรญ. Jen pro pล™ipomenutรญ - projekt Golf Vinoล™ hledรก moลพnรก ล™eลกenรญ vyuลพitรญ plochy v pล™รญmฤ›stskรฉ krajinฤ› pomocรญ pล™รญstupลฏ Citizen science. V... Continue Reading →

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Workshop resilienฤnรญho myลกlenรญ pro aktรฉry sniลพovรกnรญ rizik katastrof vโ€ฏฤŒeskuย 

Vฤ›dkynฤ› a vฤ›dci z Nรกrodnรญho Institutu SYRI uspoล™รกdali v listopadu 2023 workshop resilienฤnรญho myลกlenรญ pro aktรฉry sniลพovรกnรญ rizik katastrof v ฤŒesku. Tento navazoval na pล™edchozรญ spoluprรกci a pล™edstavoval รบvodnรญ ฤรกst vรฝzkumnรฉho projektu zamฤ›ล™enรฉho na adaptaci na zmฤ›ny klimatu a ล™eลกenรญ krizovรฝch situacรญ.  Hlavnรญm cรญlem byla prezentace vรฝzkumnรฝch vรฝsledkลฏ z oblasti sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฉ resilience a pล™edstavenรญ konceptu... Continue Reading →

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Workshop: Vazby mezi spoleฤnostรญ a pล™รญrodou vโ€ฏpraxi ฤeskรฉ rozvojovรฉ spoluprรกce

Ve dnech 31. 8.-1. 9.2023 v Litomyลกli probฤ›hl zรกvฤ›reฤnรฝ workshop projektu Coop4Wellbeing, kterรฝ dlouhodobฤ› usiluje o propojovรกnรญ ฤeskรฉ rozvojovรฉ spoluprรกce (ZRS ฤŒR) a sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฉho vรฝzkumu v Zรกpadnรญ provincii Zambie. Cรญlem zรกvฤ›reฤnรฉho workshopu bylo:ย  Pล™edstavit realizรกtorลฏm ZRS ฤŒR klรญฤovรก zjiลกtฤ›nรญ terรฉnnรญho vรฝzkumu vโ€ฏZambii  Spoleฤnฤ› diskutovat tyto vรฝsledky a jejich praktickรฉ vyuลพitรญ pล™i designu a implementaci rozvojovรฝch... Continue Reading →

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Transformations Conference 2023 in Europe

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 →

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PLUS Change Project Launch & Kick off Meeting

The PLUS Change projectโ€”Planning Land Use Strategies: Meeting biodiversity, climate and social objectives in a changing worldโ€”a 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 →

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Creating nature-centred futures for Europe in 2050

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 →

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Leading a New Project: PLUS Change

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 →

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Druhรก expedice do Zambie: Vlogy z terรฉnnรญho vรฝzkumu

Po roce se do Zรกpadnรญ provincie v Zambii vydaly v rรกmci projektu Coop4Wellbeing vรฝzkumnice z CzechGlobe, Lenka Suchรก, Zuzana Harmรกฤkovรก a Aneta Seidlovรก, spolu s kolegy z Katedry rozvojovรฝch a environmentรกlnรญch studiรญ Univerzity Palackรฉho a z organizace ฤŒlovฤ›k v tรญsni. Tรฝm se vฤ›noval prohlubovรกnรญ vรฝzkumu klรญฤovรฝch tรฉmat, kterรก jsou dลฏleลพitรก jak pro ลพivot mรญstnรญch lidรญ... Continue Reading →

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SYRI: Jak posรญlit spoleฤenskou i environmentรกlnรญ odolnost jako prevenci systรฉmovรฝch rizik?

Vรฝzkumnรญci a vรฝzkumnice z CzechGlobe jsou souฤรกstรญ nรกrodnรญho vรฝzkumnรฉho konsorcia zkoumajรญcรญho dopady systรฉmovรฝch rizik na spoleฤnost a ekonomiku. SYRI (Nรกrodnรญ institut pro vรฝzkum socioekonomickรฝch dopadลฏ nemocรญ a systรฉmovรฝch rizik) je virtuรกlnรญ vฤ›deckรฝ hub, kterรฝ sdruลพuje odbornรญky z Masarykovy univerzity, Univerzity Karlovy a รบstavลฏ Akademie vฤ›d ฤŒR. Vznikl jako reakce na zjiลกtฤ›nรญ, ลพe souฤasnรฉ vรฝzvy (vฤetnฤ›... Continue Reading →

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SYRI: How to strengthen social and environmental resilience as a prevention of systemic risks?

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 →

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