A focus group on the co-benefits and trade-offs of pollinator-friendly farming (PFF) was held in Prague in February 2026 and was organised by researchers from the Department of Social Processes and Sustainability at CzechGlobe. It was one of a series of parallel focus groups that were conducted in five case study countries – Czechia, France,... Continue Reading →
How can a city undergoing deep transformation become not only greener or more modern, but also more just? This question has guided our recent work in the STENEO project 🔗 (Social Dimension of New Energy Technologies in the Ostrava Metropolitan Area), where we have been developing a conceptual framework for analysing just urban transformation in... Continue Reading →
Česká verze příspěvku zde. At the end of March 2026, Pavlína Schultzová, a member of the Department of Social-Ecological Analysis (SE Lab) (🔗) of the Global Change Research Institute CAS - CzechGlobe (🔗), received a three-year grant from the Charles University Grant Agency (GA UK) to support her dissertation project on Food Systems Transformation in... Continue Reading →
English version of the blog here. Na konci března 2026 získala Pavlína Schultzová, členka Oddělení sociálně-ekologické analýzy (SE Lab) (🔗) Ústavu výzkumu globální změny AV ČR – CzechGlobe (🔗), tříletý grant od Grantové agentury Univerzity Karlovy (GA UK) na svůj disertační projekt Transformace potravinových systémů v kontextu střední a východní Evropy. Projekt se zaměřuje na to, jak může... Continue Reading →
At the beginning of April 2026, a new international research project JustBioSolar (🔗) was launched, which focuses on one of the key challenges of today: how to cope with the energy crisis using renewable sources so that they not only help secure energy sources and benefits for society, but also protect biodiversity and contribute to... Continue Reading →
On 18 February 2026, authors contributing to the upcoming TransformERS edited volume gathered in Lisbon for an intensive one-day workshop. The meeting brought together researchers and practitioners from across Europe and beyond who focus on different dimensions of sustainability transformations. The aim of the workshop was twofold: to provide constructive peer feedback on draft chapters... Continue Reading →
How can big systemic ideas support people who are working on biodiversity challenges in their everyday practice? In our recent study from the PLANET4B project (🔗), we explored what happens when a well-known concept from systems thinking – the leverage points framework – is brought into participatory workshops with diverse stakeholders. Rather than debating the... Continue Reading →
At the end of January 2026, Julia Leventon, Tereza Prášilová, Vendula Kubušková and Vojtěch Gerlich from the Department of Social Processes and Sustainability at CzechGlobe travelled to Brussels for the final conference of the Horizon Europe project SSH CENTRE – Social Sciences and Humanities for Climate, Energy and Transport Research Excellence. Over two intensive days,... Continue Reading →
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 intensive and productive week-long first authors’ meeting for the IPBES Spatial Planning and Connectivity Assessment took place at IIASA in Laxenburg from 22–26 September 2025. The meeting brought together more than 100 experts to launch this fast-track methodological assessment, co-chaired by Peter Verburg, Maria Jose Martinez Harms, and Luis Inostroza. This assessment focuses on... Continue Reading →
In June 2025, the ISEE-Degrowth Conference took place in Oslo under the theme “Building socially just postgrowth futures – linking theory and action.” This unique event combined the 18th International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) Conference and the 11th International Degrowth Conference, drawing over 1,200 participants from 60 countries, supported by approximately 70 volunteers. The... 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 →
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 →
Ohrožení opylovačů a opylovacích služeb, které podporují zemědělství a přinášejí přínosy lidem, je celosvětovým problémem. Tento problém je uznáván ve vědeckých i politických kruzích a reflektují ho národní i nadnárodní iniciativy. Tým z našeho oddělení na Ústavu výzkumu globální změny (CzechGlobe) se stal jedním z partnerů v novém projektu, jehož cílem je pomoci zemědělství, aby se stalo pozitivní podporou biodiverzity opylovačů, opylovacích služeb poskytovaných plodinám a vedlejších přínosů poskytovaných ekosystémům a lidem.
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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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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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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 →
V uplynulých třech letech se několik členů našich sesterských oddělení podílelo na hodnotících zprávách Mezivládní vědecko-politické platformy pro biodiverzitu a ekosystémové služby (IPBES), zejména na hodnotící zprávě Tematické hodnocení vzájemných vazeb mezi biologickou rozmanitostí, vodou, potravinami a zdravím (hodnotící zpráva zaměřená na nexus) a hodnotící zprávě Tematické hodnocení základních příčin ztráty biologické rozmanitosti, determinantů transformativní... Continue Reading →
The Beskydy Workshop 2024, held from September 24–26 at Hotel Horal in Velké 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 →
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 Amsterdam’s canals, coming together for a week... Continue Reading →
Ve čtvrtek 23. května 2024 se v Praze uskutečnil výzkumný workshop mapující mechanismy transformativní změny směrem k udržitelnosti v sektorech energetiky, potravin a zemědělství v Česku. Organizovalo jej Oddělení sociálně-ekologické analýzy (SE Lab) Ústavu výzkumu globální změny AV ČR (ÚVGZ). Šlo už o druhé setkání výzkumnic a výzkumníků našeho oddělení se stakeholdery, kteří se v... 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
A new paper has been published in Nature Sustainability in which an international team of authors led by Guido Caniglia of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research explore the use of practical wisdom and virtue ethics in knowledge co-production in sustainability science. Practical wisdom and virtue ethics strengthen the capacity of sustainability... 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Naše případová studie, která v rámci projektu Just Scapes v současnosti probíhá na Slovácku a Valašsku, se zaměřuje na průzkum vazeb mezi ochotou lidí přijmout a realizovat transformativní změny v krajině kolem nich a tím, jak vnímají environmentální spravedlnost...
Our current case study within the Just Scapes project (see https://sustainablecz.org/2021/05/03/launching-the-just-scapes-project/) in Slovácko and Valašsko regions focuses on exploring the relationship between people’s willingness to accept and implement transformative changes in landscapes around them and their perception of environmental justice of these changes. In particular, we are interested in landscape changes related to climate change adaptation and tree cover in agricultural landscapes (alleys,... Continue Reading →
How to make our response to climate change more just and sustainable? This central question will be addressed by a new project, Just-Scapes, which we contribute to in collaboration with University of East Anglia, Lille Catholic University, ESPOL – European School of Political and Social Sciences and INRAE – French National Research Institute for Agriculture,... Continue Reading →
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