Category: systems change

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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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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Vรฝzkumnรก spoluprรกce sโ€ฏAalto University vโ€ฏoblasti designu a udrลพitelnostiย 

Co je podstatnรฉ pล™i procesu designovรกnรญ sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฉ transformace? A jak aktuรกlnฤ› vypadรก design pro rozvoj resilience? Na tyto a dalลกรญ souvisejรญcรญ otรกzky zรญskรกvala odpovฤ›di doktorandka Anna Bromovรก z Oddฤ›lenรญ sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฉ analรฝzy vโ€ฏrรกmci tล™รญmฤ›sรญฤnรญho vรฝzkumnรฉho pobytu na Oddฤ›lenรญ designu pล™i Aalto University ve Finsku. Na pล™elomu roku prohloubila spoluprรกci se svou mentorkou zโ€ฏmentoringovรฉho programu Nรกrodnรญho institutu... Continue Reading →

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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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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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Beskydy Workshop 2024: Exploring Transformative Perspectives on Nature-Based Governance

The Beskydy Workshop 2024, held from September 24โ€“26 at Hotel Horal in Velkรฉ Karlovice, focused on the theme of "Nature-Based Governance: Coevolutionary and Transformative Perspectives on the Biodiversity and Climate Crises." This scientific gathering brought together researchers and practitioners to explore nature-based governance (NBG) from a coevolutionary and co-creative perspective by responding to people's and... Continue Reading →

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Vรฝsledky projektu โ€œJust Scapes: Spravedlivรก transformace krajinyโ€ย ย 

Oddฤ›lenรญ sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฉ analรฝzy (SE Lab) dokonฤilo v nedรกvnรฉ dobฤ› prรกci na projektu Just Scapes, kterรฝ se zamฤ›ล™il na spravedlivou transformaci venkovskรฝch oblastรญ v Evropฤ›. ล lo o projekt v mezinรกrodnรญ spoluprรกci, pล™iฤemลพ ฤeskรก pล™รญpadovรก studie, kterou zpracovรกvalo prรกvฤ› oddฤ›lenรญ SE Lab, probรญhala na Slovรกcku a Valaลกsku. Zkoumali jsme vztah mezi ochotou mรญstnรญch obyvatel pล™ijรญmat zmฤ›ny v... 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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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 na tรฉma transformativnรญ zmฤ›ny v ฤŒR

Ve ฤtvrtek 23. kvฤ›tna 2024 se v Praze uskuteฤnil vรฝzkumnรฝ workshop mapujรญcรญ mechanismy transformativnรญ zmฤ›ny smฤ›rem k udrลพitelnosti v sektorech energetiky, potravin a zemฤ›dฤ›lstvรญ v ฤŒesku. Organizovalo jej Oddฤ›lenรญ sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฉ analรฝzy (SE Lab) รšstavu vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny AV ฤŒR (รšVGZ). ล lo uลพ o druhรฉ setkรกnรญ vรฝzkumnic a vรฝzkumnรญkลฏ naลกeho oddฤ›lenรญ se stakeholdery, kteล™รญ se v... 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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Exploring farmersโ€˜ aspirations in Tanzania and Malawi

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 →

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Plus Change โ€“ 1st Workshop in the Nitra City Practice Case

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 →

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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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Our department at the Earth System Governance conference & PLANET4B project consortium meeting

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 →

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Druhรฝ tematickรฝ workshop projektu SELINA v Madriduย 

V termรญnu 2. - 5. 10. 2023 jsme se zรบฤastnili druhรฉho tematickรฉho workshopu projektu SELINA s podtitulem โ€žAdvancing solutionsโ€œ (for mapping, assessment and accounting of ecosystems and their services). Workshop poล™รกdala partnerskรก instituce Universidad Rey Juan Carlos ve ลกpanฤ›lskรฉm Madridu. Projekt SELINA (akronym pro Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decisIons about NAatural capital) je podpoล™en... 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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How I met your colleague, aka Evidence for Policy in Disaster Risk Management Summer School

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 →

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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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FoSTA-Health’s scoping visit to Malawi

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 →

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Analรฝza archetypลฏ jako pล™รญstup ke zkoumรกnรญ udrลพitelnรฝch strategiรญ

Archetypovรก analรฝza je metodologickรฝ pล™รญstup ke studiu sloลพitรฝch sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฝch systรฉmลฏ a vzรกjemnรฉho pลฏsobenรญ jednotlivรฝch ฤรกstรญ tฤ›chto systรฉmลฏ. Napล™รญklad zemฤ›dฤ›lskรฉ systรฉmy pฤ›stovรกnรญ plodin jsou procesy, kterรฉ vyลพadujรญ lidskou ฤinnost i specifickรฉ prostล™edรญ, ale napล™รญฤ regiony existuje ลกirokรก ลกkรกla biofyzikรกlnรญch atributลฏ, zemฤ›dฤ›lskรฝch postupลฏ nebo spoleฤensko-politickรฝch organizacรญ a dalลกรญch faktorลฏ, kterรฉ tyto systรฉmy utvรกล™ejรญ a kterรฉ vykazujรญ jedineฤnรฉ,... 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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Degrowth debunked or decoupling debunked?

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 ...

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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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TRANSPATH: Jak zajistit synergickรก a spravedlivรก opatล™enรญ v oblasti biodiverzity a klimatu?

Odbornรญci z CzechGlobe se pล™ipojujรญ k mezinรกrodnรญmu konsorciu zkoumajรญcรญmu, jakรฉ cesty by nรกm mohly pomoci transformovat ล™etฤ›zce mezi tฤ›ลพbou, vรฝrobou, spotล™ebou a obchodem tak, abychom dosรกhli pozitivnรญch vรฝsledkลฏ pro klima a biologickou rozmanitost. Novรฝ ฤtyล™letรฝ projekt TRANSPATH je financovรกn z programu Evropskรฉ unie pro vรฝzkum a inovace Horizon Europe. Pomลฏลพe identifikovat intervence a body pลฏsobenรญ... Continue Reading →

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TRANSPATH: How to make biodiversity and climate actions synergistic and just?

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 Unionโ€™s research and innovation programme Horizon Europe. It will identify leverage points and... Continue Reading →

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Prohlubujeme vรฝzkum udrลพitelnรฝch zdrojลฏ obลพivy v Zambii s projektem Coop4wellbeing

V rรกmci projektu Coop4Wellbeing jsme na pล™elomu ledna a รบnora 2023 vyrazili spolu s kolegy a kolegynฤ›mi z organizace ฤŒlovฤ›k v tรญsni a Katedry rozvojovรฝch a environmentรกlnรญch studiรญ Univerzity Palackรฉho na druhou vรฝzkumnou cestu do Zambie. Bฤ›hem mฤ›sรญฤnรญho pobytu v oblasti kolem mฤ›sta Mongu, regionรกlnรญho centra Zรกpadnรญ provincie, jsme pokraฤovali s vรฝzkumnรฝmi aktivitami zapoฤatรฝmi v รบnoru 2022. Kromฤ› prohlubovรกnรญ naลกeho poznรกnรญ... Continue Reading →

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BIONEXT: Poskytovรกnรญ integrovanรฝch ล™eลกenรญ krize biologickรฉ rozmanitosti

Odbornรญci z CzechGlobe se pล™ipojujรญ k pล™ednรญm evropskรฝm vฤ›dcลฏm, aby poskytli praktickรก a รบฤinnรก ล™eลกenรญ pro ล™eลกenรญ globรกlnรญ krize biodiverzity. Novรฝ ฤtyล™letรฝ projekt BIONEXT, financovanรฝ z programu EU pro vรฝzkum a inovace Horizon Europe, pล™inese novรฉ poznatky demonstrujรญcรญ, jakรฝmi zpลฏsoby je biologickรก rozmanitost zรกkladem vลกech aspektลฏ ลพivota, vฤetnฤ› vody, kterou pijeme, potravin, kterรฉ jรญme, a... Continue Reading →

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BIONEXT: Providing integrated solutions to the biodiversity crisis

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 EUโ€™s 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 →

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ฤŒesko by mฤ›lo pล™ekonat resortismus, podporovat komunity a bรฝt flexibilnฤ›jลกรญ, pokud se chce stรกt spoleฤnostรญ odolnou proti katastrofรกm

Sย rostoucรญmi teplotami planety Zemฤ› roste takรฉ intenzita a ฤetnost extrรฉmnรญch projevลฏ poฤasรญ jako jsou vlny veder a sucha, silnรฉ bouล™e ฤi pล™รญvalovรฉ deลกtฤ›. Vรฝzkumnice zย รšstavu pro vรฝzkum globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny AV ฤŒR ve spoluprรกci sย nevlรกdnรญ organizacรญ Hnutรญ DUHA v loลˆskรฉm roce zjiลกลฅovaly, kde jsou silnรฉ strรกnky a slabiny ฤeskรฉ spoleฤnosti vย odolnosti (resilienci) vลฏฤi katastrofรกm. Vychรกzely pล™i... Continue Reading →

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Project launch: Food systems transformation

Just before Christmas, Julia Leventon and Lenka Sucha were excited to be in Pretoria, South Africa for the launch of the FoSTA Health project (Food Systems Transformation in Southern Africa for One Health). The project is exploring food systems transformations in Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and South Africa, and works closely with academic and practice partners from... Continue Reading →

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Launching project Planet4B (Horizon RIA)

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 worldโ€™s ecosystem may undergo drastic changes and even alter to new states thanks... Continue Reading →

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