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 →
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 Thünen 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 →
On 19 and 20 September 2025, I had the opportunity to participate in the DLGS (Dresden Leibniz Graduate School) Summer School which took place at the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development in Dresden, Germany. The theme for this year’s school was, “Shaping Spaces for Sustainability Transformation: Challenges for Policy and Planning.” The... Continue Reading →
The Living Data 2025 conference took place this October in Bogotá, Colombia – a fitting location, as the country boasts the second highest biodiversity in the world. For the first time ever, over a thousand people working with biodiversity data gathered in one place: scientists, museum curators, software developers, infrastructure experts, and even private sector... Continue Reading →
On 9–10 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 (🔗), the event brought together policymakers, NGOs, agribusiness and farmers’ organisations, and researchers. The collaborative setting... Continue Reading →
Thanks to the wonderful work of and support from the Transformers COST Action (🔗), 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 →
From 26 May to 20 June 2025 I had the opportunity to spend four weeks at the Faculty of Geosciences at Utrecht University, where I was hosted by the Spatial Planning Group led by Prof. Niki Frantzeskaki. This research stay was made possible thanks to the TransformERS COST Action (CA22156), under which it was awarded... Continue Reading →
In May 2025, the BIONEXT project (🔗) held its third international workshop - this time in the spa town of Teplice in the Czech Republic, a region deeply shaped by both ecological degradation and the promise of renewal. Building on the foundational work of the previous two workshops in Santorini (2023) and Schoorl (2024), this... Continue Reading →
On 5-7 June 2025 CzechGlobe, the Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences(🔗), participated in the Science Fair 2025 (Veletrh vedy) (🔗), the largest popular educational science event in the Czech Republic. Across the exhibition area of over 8,000 m², more than 58,000 visitors could view nearly 100 exhibitions from more than 90... Continue Reading →
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 year’s theme dubbed, “Achieving Transformative Change for Biodiversity” sought to explore the root causes of biodiversity decline and how to drive fundamental... Continue Reading →
The recent collaborative workshop held in Oslo on 15–16 April brought together a diverse and interdisciplinary community of 32 scholars and practitioners from across 18 countries, including David Stella and Simeon Vaňo 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 →
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.
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Co je podstatné při procesu designování sociálně-ekologické transformace? A jak aktuálně vypadá design pro rozvoj resilience? Na tyto a další související otázky získávala odpovědi doktorandka Anna Bromová z Oddělení sociálně-ekologické analýzy v rámci tříměsíčního výzkumného pobytu na Oddělení designu při Aalto University ve Finsku. Na přelomu roku prohloubila spolupráci se svou mentorkou z mentoringového programu Národního institutu... Continue Reading →
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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V úterý 21. ledna 2025 proběhl výzkumný workshop, který hledal možné cesty k transformaci sektoru energetiky a potravinových systémů v Česku směrem k udržitelnosti. Setkání proběhlo v režii Oddělení sociálně-ekologické analýzy Ústavu výzkumu globální změny AV ČR (CzechGlobe) a kromě výzkumného týmu se jej zúčastnila i desítka stakeholderů z transformativních iniciativ, networků a sociálních...
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