FoSTA-Health is a project where Lenka Suchá and Aneta Seidlová 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 →
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, 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 Ústav výzkumu globální změny AV ČR ve spolupráci s Katedrou rozvojových a environmentálních studií Univerzity Palackého a organizací Člověk v tísni projekt Coop4Wellbeing, který byl podpořen Technologickou agenturou České republiky z programu Éta. Projekt Coop4Wellbeing byl založen na několikastupňovém participativním procesu, který kombinoval výzkumné aktivity v České republice se sběrem dat v Západní provincii... 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 people’s 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 →
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 →
V termínu 2. - 5. 10. 2023 jsme se zúčastnili druhého tematického workshopu projektu SELINA s podtitulem „Advancing solutions“ (for mapping, assessment and accounting of ecosystems and their services). Workshop pořádala partnerská instituce Universidad Rey Juan Carlos ve španělském Madridu. Projekt SELINA (akronym pro Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decisIons about NAatural capital) je podpořen... Continue Reading →
Ve dnech 31. 8.-1. 9.2023 v Litomyšli proběhl závěrečný workshop projektu Coop4Wellbeing, který dlouhodobě usiluje o propojování české rozvojové spolupráce (ZRS ČR) a sociálně-ekologického výzkumu v Západní provincii Zambie. Cílem závěrečného workshopu bylo: Představit realizátorům ZRS ČR klíčová zjištění terénního výzkumu v Zambii Společně diskutovat tyto výsledky a jejich praktické využití při designu a implementaci rozvojových... 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 →
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 project—Planning Land Use Strategies: Meeting biodiversity, climate and social objectives in a changing world—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 →
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 →
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 April-May 2023 FoSTA-Health researchers participated in scoping activities in Zambia and Malawi. Our CzechGlobe team member, Lenka Suchá, 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 →
Archetypová analýza je metodologický přístup ke studiu složitých sociálně-ekologických systémů a vzájemného působení jednotlivých částí těchto systémů. Například zemědělské systémy pěstování plodin jsou procesy, které vyžadují lidskou činnost i specifické prostředí, ale napříč regiony existuje široká škála biofyzikálních atributů, zemědělských postupů nebo společensko-politických organizací a dalších faktorů, které tyto systémy utvářejí a které vykazují jedinečné,... 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 ...
Po roce se do Západní provincie v Zambii vydaly v rámci projektu Coop4Wellbeing výzkumnice z CzechGlobe, Lenka Suchá, Zuzana Harmáčková a Aneta Seidlová, spolu s kolegy z Katedry rozvojových a environmentálních studií Univerzity Palackého a z organizace Člověk v tísni. Tým se věnoval prohlubování výzkumu klíčových témat, která jsou důležitá jak pro život místních lidí... Continue Reading →
Výzkumníci a výzkumnice z CzechGlobe jsou součástí národního výzkumného konsorcia zkoumajícího dopady systémových rizik na společnost a ekonomiku. SYRI (Národní institut pro výzkum socioekonomických dopadů nemocí a systémových rizik) je virtuální vědecký hub, který sdružuje odborníky z Masarykovy univerzity, Univerzity Karlovy a ústavů Akademie věd ČR. Vznikl jako reakce na zjištění, že současné výzvy (včetně... 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 →
Odborníci z CzechGlobe se připojují k mezinárodnímu konsorciu zkoumajícímu, jaké cesty by nám mohly pomoci transformovat řetězce mezi těžbou, výrobou, spotřebou a obchodem tak, abychom dosáhli pozitivních výsledků pro klima a biologickou rozmanitost. Nový čtyřletý projekt TRANSPATH je financován z programu Evropské unie pro výzkum a inovace Horizon Europe. Pomůže identifikovat intervence a body působení... 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 Union’s research and innovation programme Horizon Europe. It will identify leverage points and... Continue Reading →
V rámci projektu Coop4Wellbeing jsme na přelomu ledna a února 2023 vyrazili spolu s kolegy a kolegyněmi z organizace Člověk v tísni a Katedry rozvojových a environmentálních studií Univerzity Palackého na druhou výzkumnou cestu do Zambie. Během měsíčního pobytu v oblasti kolem města Mongu, regionálního centra Západní provincie, jsme pokračovali s výzkumnými aktivitami započatými v únoru 2022. Kromě prohlubování našeho poznání... Continue Reading →
At the end of January and the beginning of February 2023, we embarked on our second Coop4Wellbeing project research trip to Zambia together with colleagues from the NGO People in Need and the Department of Development & Environmental Studies at Palacky University. During our month-long stay in the area around the city of Mongu, the... Continue Reading →
Odborníci z CzechGlobe se připojují k předním evropským vědcům, aby poskytli praktická a účinná řešení pro řešení globální krize biodiverzity. Nový čtyřletý projekt BIONEXT, financovaný z programu EU pro výzkum a inovace Horizon Europe, přinese nové poznatky demonstrující, jakými způsoby je biologická rozmanitost základem všech aspektů života, včetně vody, kterou pijeme, potravin, které jíme, 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 EU’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 →
S rostoucími teplotami planety Země roste také intenzita a četnost extrémních projevů počasí jako jsou vlny veder a sucha, silné bouře či přívalové deště. Výzkumnice z Ústavu pro výzkum globální změny AV ČR ve spolupráci s nevládní organizací Hnutí DUHA v loňském roce zjišťovaly, kde jsou silné stránky a slabiny české společnosti v odolnosti (resilienci) vůči katastrofám. Vycházely při... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 world’s ecosystem may undergo drastic changes and even alter to new states thanks... Continue Reading →
October 21, 2022: Earth System Governance Project 2022 conference in Toronto. Photo by Dave Chan. ESG 2022 took place from 20-24 October at Toronto University, CA. The central theme linking all the presented contributions was "Governing Accelerated Transitions". ESG 2022 hosted over a hundred sections, covering a wide range of topics connected to acceleration and... 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 →
Last summer I started my research on conservation-development conflicts in the process of returning large carnivores in Europe (namely wolves in the Czech Republic) to the wild. A year later I returned to the field and spent two weeks among farmers in the cultural landscape of the Beskid Mountains area. Preliminary results show social injustices... Continue Reading →
Written by the Global Food and Environment Institute A new €6.5 million project, funded by Horizon Europe and Innovate UK, will see colleagues from the Global Food and Environment Institute (GFEI) collaborate with partners across Africa and Europe (one of them us, CzechGlobe) over the next three and half years. The Food Systems Transformation in... Continue Reading →
What is a social-ecological system and how do we study it? Why is it good to think about linkages between humans and nature in relation to development projects? Projects of Czech Development Cooperation (CDC) take place in a complex social-ecological system (SES), which represents the relations between society and nature. In this sense society is...
Uncertainties arising from the climate crisis and socioeconomic challenges are a key issue for urban planners in terms of future sustainability and wellbeing. Climate change adaptation planning and practice have gained more attention in the past decade, and many cities around the world, including the cities in the Czech Republic, have adopted climate change adaptation... Continue Reading →
Co je to sociálně-ekologický systém a jak se dá zkoumat? K čemu je dobré se zamýšlet nad vazbami mezi člověkem a přírodou v souvislosti s rozvojovými projekty? Projekty české rozvojové spolupráce (ZRS ČR) se odehrávají v komplexním sociálně-ekologickém systému, který představuje vzájemné propojení společnosti a přírody. V tomto pojetí je společnost neoddělitelnou součástí přírody, a proto je nutné... 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 →
Urban agriculture is widely supported across developing countries as it has proven to be a vital livelihood strategy among the urban poor, resulting in various benefits, including enhanced food security and socioeconomic empowerment. Many researchers and policymakers stress that legal land tenure is one of the key assets that help to enhance the potential of... Continue Reading →
Earlier this year, the IPBES (Intergovernmental Panel for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) Transformative Change Assessment was launched, and I am excited to be involved as a Coordinating Lead Author of Chapter 1: Transformative Change and a Sustainable World. This is my first time working on an IPBES assessment, and the past couple of months has... Continue Reading →
Fokusní skupina s farmářkami ve vesnici Mabumbu v Západní provincii Zambie V rámci projektu Coop4Wellbeing se výzkumnice z našeho oddělení, Lenka Suchá a Zuzana Harmáčková, spolu s kolegy z Katedry rozvojových a environmentálních studií Univerzity Palackého a z organizace Člověk v tísni vydaly na cestu do Zambie, kde shromažďovaly výzkumná data a mapovaly vazby mezi společenským... Continue Reading →
Začíná příprava hodnotící zprávy IPBES zaměřené na faktory ohrožující čtyři oblasti, které mají zásadní vliv na kvalitu života lidí: ochrana biodiverzity, produkce potravin, dostupnost vody a lidské zdraví (IPBES Nexus Assessment). Politické reprezentace všech států se v současném složitém a globalizovaném světě potýkají s otázkou, jak co nejefektivněji zohlednit vědecká poznání v připravovaných politických rozhodnutích.... Continue Reading →
What changes do we see in local landscape and society, and what would we like to happen in the future? How do we ensure that the effects of these changes are just for everyone? The European countryside is undergoing great social and natural changes, including climate change. However, the impacts of these changes affect various... Continue Reading →
V letech 2018–2022 Ústav výzkumu globální změny AV ČR ve spolupráci s Ústavem informatiky AV ČR realizoval projekt „Adaptační výzvy měst: podpora udržitelného plánování s využitím integrované analýzy zranitelnosti“, který byl podpořen Technologickou agenturou ČR (TAČR) v rámci programu ÉTA. Cílem projektu bylo na příkladu Prahy, Brna a Ostravy vyvinout jednotnou metodiku pro hodnocení budoucí zranitelnosti měst vůči teplotním... Continue Reading →
Our project Coop4Wellbeing has entered its second phase, which is dedicated to field research in Zambia. Together with colleagues from People in Need and the Department of Development and Environmental Studies at Palacky University, we took off to Zambia in February 2022. During our month-long fieldwork we mapped the links and dynamics between nature and... Continue Reading →
V rámci projektu Coop4Wellbeing jsme v únoru 2022 vyrazili spolu s kolegy a kolegyněmi z organizace Člověk v tísni a Katedry rozvojových a environmentálních studií Univerzity Palackého na terénní sběr dat do Zambie. Během měsíčního pobytu v oblasti kolem města Mongu, regionálního centra Západní provincie, jsme mapovali vazby mezi společností a přírodou. Zaměřili jsme se také na to, jak... Continue Reading →
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