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 →

8.8.2024 0

We are linking social-ecological research with the practice of Czech development cooperation

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...

6.10.2022 0

Propojujeme sociálně-ekologický výzkum s praxí české rozvojové spolupráce

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 →

14.9.2022 1

Trust in Numbers? Science for Sustainability

When I was doing my PhD, someone at a conference suggested that I check out a book called “Trust in Numbers” by Theodore M. Porter. I had gone straight from fieldwork to the conference, and was dealing with the reality that the results were not really relevant to what I had proposed talking about when... Continue Reading →

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