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SustainableCZ
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Researchers @ CzechGlobe (under Czech Academy of Sciences) departments: Social Processes and Sustainability, Social-ecological Analysis (SE Lab) and Ecosystems, Economics and Equity.

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What does transformative change for a nature-positive Europe look like in practice? 🌱

A new BIONEXT policy brief explores three pathways to 2050 and the #governance, social and economic mechanisms that can turn ambition into lasting change.

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BIONEXT project is mapping pathways to a nature-positive Europe
As we grapple with biodiversity loss 🔗 , climate change, and growing social inequalities, one question becomes increasingly important: what does transformative change actually look like in practice…
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October 1, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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How has the EU Nature Restoration Law been discussed in Czechia? 🌱

In a blog post, CzechGlobe researcher Abhigya explores discourse around this landmark legislation and what it reveals about debates on #biodiversity, nature restoration and the #EuropeanGreenDeal.
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Charting the (Dis)course of Nature Restoration: The EU Nature Restoration Law in the Public Sphere in Czechia
The European Union (EU) Nature Restoration Legislation was finally adopted in 2024, after going through the rounds of the EU parliament since 2022. The passing of the law marks a key moment in EU&#…
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September 3, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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CzechGlobe researchers joined the @worldbioforum.bsky.social 2026 in Davos to share work on pollinator-friendly farming🐝 and land-use planning.

Their key message: #biodiversity research must be actionable, connecting science with local realities.

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World Biodiversity Forum 2026 in Davos
In June 2026, a group of researchers from CzechGlobe 🔗 travelled to Davos, Switzerland, to take part in the World Biodiversity Forum 2026 🔗, held from 14–19 June under the theme Leading Transformat…
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August 28, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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How can social work help nurture children’s connections with nature—and support #TransformativeChange? 🌱

Charlie Whitham reflects on an inspiring exchange with students at Koblenz University of Applied Sciences, and the power of learning across disciplinary.

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Transdisciplinary learning for transformative change
Engaging across disciplines and navigating between research and practise, is something we do a lot in our departments. No matter how much we do it however, it never ceases to be inspiring and incre…
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August 5, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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Jak může společnost lépe zvládat povodně, vlny veder, sucho i další krize?

Nový web Resilienční myšlení z Odd.sociálně-ekologické analýzy CzechGlobe přibližuje principy #resilience, výzkum snižování rizik katastrof v Česku a praktické participativní nástroje.

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Nový web RESILIENČNÍ MYŠLENÍ ukazuje, jak budovat resilienci v nejistém světě
Jak může společnost lépe zvládat povodně, vlny veder, sucho nebo jiné krize, které už dnes formují náš každodenní život? A jak přemýšlet o resilienci ve vztahu k učení se, spolupráci a proměně věcí…
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July 28, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Our SustainableCZ team joined the initiative Do práce na kole (Bike to Work) 2026 🚲

We were only two riders, but we completed the challenge at 402 km and with 66% regularity.

A small team and a useful reminder that daily habits matter for sustainability too.

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SustainableCZ on Two Wheels: Small Team, Steady Ride
In May, our SustainableCZ team joined the national challenge Do práce na kole — Bike to Work 🔗. We were not the biggest team in the competition. In fact, there were only two of us: David and Honza.…
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July 11, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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Our CzechGlobe team has finished work on FoSTA-Health, a @horizoneu.bsky.social project on Southern African food systems.

It developed a digital food systems map platform and a handbook on power dynamics to support future work on participation and systems change.

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Different ways of knowing systems: Power and Participation in Food Systems Research
In March 2026, the Czech Globe 🔗 team (constituted by Julia Leventon, Lenka Sucha, Aneta Stoker, Vojtech Gerlich and Abhigya) successfully concluded a large-scale Horizon project researching food s…
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July 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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Do major crises crowd out our worries about other risks?

A new study by our colleague Jan Urban published in @collabrapsychology.bsky.social suggests the opposite: worry about one crisis can increase concern about unrelated social risks.

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New Study: How Does Increased Worry Affect Worries About Unrelated Issues?
When a major new crisis breaks out—like a global pandemic or an economic collapse—what happens to our worries about other everyday risks? Historically, there have been two competing psychological t…
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June 23, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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How can #ecosystemservices assessments better support real-world decisions? 🌿

A new open-access case study from Czechia shows how stakeholder consultations helped shape a national assessment and strengthen science–policy connections.

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New Case Study on Ecosystem Services Stakeholder Consultations in the Czech Republic
Engaging stakeholders is essential: The coproduction of knowledge and transdisciplinary approaches are suggested as promising means to deliver relevant, credible, and legitimate outcomes to increas…
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June 19, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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CALL FOR MENTORS

Czech Globe’s Domain of the Human Dimensions of Global Change Impacts is launching a pilot cycle of a mentoring program, and we are seeking mentors from all professional backgrounds (research, business, government and civil society).

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Call for Mentors
We all know moments in our lives when someone’s guidance, encouragement, or belief in us made all the difference. Now, you have the opportunity to be that person for s…
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June 15, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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How can #ecosystemservices help build a nature- & people-positive future? 🌿As co-organisers of #esp26europe, CzechGlobe welcomed 650+ participants from across Europe to Prague for a week of exchange on biodiversity, restoration, climate adaptation & policy.

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Prague hosted the 6th European Conference of the Ecosystem Services Partnership
From 18–22 May 2026, more than 650 researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and students gathered in Prague for the 6th European Conference of the Ecosystem Services Partnership 🔗 (ESP Europe 2026…
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June 12, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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Abhigya and Vojtěch Gerlich from CzechGlobe attended the NEST2026 conference at IIT Delhi, joining early-career scientists to discuss #sustainability transitions, power, perspectives, #agri-food systems, and methods for just #ClimateResearch.

Read their report👇
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To Have the Good Fortune of Attending Sustainability Conferences in an Unsustainable Global Order
My colleague from Czech Globe, Vojtech Gerlich and I (Abhigya) spent the first three weeks of March 2026, simmering in unforeseen travel anxiety. The world had descended into chaos after the major …
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May 22, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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How can farming support #pollinators while balancing ecological, economic & social realities? 🐝

New @agri4pol.eu insights from 5 countries show why context and stakeholder perspectives matter for pollinator-friendly farming.

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Exploring Co-benefits and Trade-offs of Pollinator-friendly Farming in Local Contexts
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…
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May 15, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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How can Ostrava’s #transformation become greener🌳, more modern and more just🤝?

Recent STENEO project work by B. Loučková and J. Osúchová from CzechGlobe develops a framework to identify just #TransitionPathways with #Energy, #Ecology and #Environment in mind.

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Thinking about justice in Ostrava’s transformation: recent work in the STENEO project
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 E…
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May 7, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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Pavlína Schultzová (SE Lab, CzechGlobe) has received a 3-year Charles University grant for her dissertation on #FoodSystems #transformation in Czechia and Central/Eastern Europe—exploring pathways toward fairer, more resilient, and #sustainable food systems. 🍎🥬
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New Project on Transforming Food Systems in Central and Eastern Europe
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 – Cz…
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May 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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Krize biodiverzity je fakt, ne hypotéza.🌿

V novém projektu #AV21 nehledáme jen data, ale cesty, jak vědu přenést do praxe a politiky. V #CzechGlobe propojujeme ochranu přírody s klimatem a ekonomikou skrze nexusový přístup.

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Od globálního k lokálnímu: co znamená nexus biodiverzity v kontextu krize biodiverzity v Česku?
Krize biodiverzity (🔗) dnes společně se změnou klimatu představuje jednu z nejzásadnějších environmentálních výzev. Na rozdíl od změny klimatu ale zůstává biodiverzita ve veřejném i politickém pros…
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April 22, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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JustBioSolar has launched! The new @biodiversa.eu project explores how solar🔅energy can help tackle the energy crisis while protecting #biodiversity, supporting #climategoals, and staying fair to local communities. CzechGlobe’s SE Lab is proud to be part of it.👇

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The JustBioSolar project is starting: How to combine solar energy, benefits for society and biodiversity?
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 ren…
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April 15, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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At the first #AGRI4POL meeting, CzechGlobe joined partners from Europe to reflect on progress for pollinator-friendly farming. From ecology to policy, the meeting showed how vital collaboration is for farming that supports biodiversity and resilient food systems.👇
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AGRI4POL’s first Annual General Meeting in Freiburg brought research, policy and practice together
From 10 to 12 March, partners in the AGRI4POL project gathered at the University of Freiburg for the project’s first Annual General Meeting (AGM). Over three days, the meeting offered a valuable ch…
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March 26, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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COST Action TransformERS members met in Lisbon to shape a new book on #sustainability #transformations. Key theme: integrating fragmented & marginalised knowledge. David Stella from CzechGlobe explores in his chapter one integrating option - citizen science. More 👇
Integrating fragmented knowledge for sustainability transformations: Authors meet in Lisbon 
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…
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March 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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Can “big systemic ideas” help everyday #biodiversity work? In PLANET4B workshops across 5 European case studies, we tested the #leveragepoints framework – read more on the benefits, friction points, and what makes it useful in practice 👇

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Using leverage points in the real world: what we learned in PLANET4B project
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 w…
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March 4, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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How far is too far for #biodiversitypolicy🌿? New open-access study (Badura & Schaafsma, 2026) uses real mapped sites across Czechia to test how location & distance affect policy support. Spatial factors influence preferences. How? 👇

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Putting location into valuation: a national map-based choice experiment for biodiversity policy
Biodiversity policy is always about places: where habitat is restored, where management changes, and where new biodiversity-supporting areas are created. But public support for these actions can al…
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February 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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A pilot study (RAISE-CNC) funded by CzechGlobe explores how young children connect with nature. How this connection develops in #earlychildhood is crucial for addressing future environmental challenges.🌱

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Human-nature connection in early childhood – personal reflections from the field
Improving our understanding of how human-nature connection develops in the first formative years of a child’s life, could be a critical step towards ensuring our next generation is prepar…
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February 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Back from Brussels: @czechglobe_offi shared the @SSHCentreEU Research & Innovation Agenda on strengthening SSH in #climate, #energy & #mobility research. RIA + reflections soon. 👇
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SSH CENTRE final conference
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 fo…
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February 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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How do our roles, values & assumptions shape energy transition models? 🔍 At #ECEMP2025, CzechGlobe led a workshop exploring reflexivity in modelling practices - bridging technical & social perspectives for more inclusive futures.
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#EnergyTransition #SSH
CzechGlobe at ECEMP: Mainstreaming Reflexive Practices in Systems Modelling
At the European Climate and Energy Modelling Platform conference, held on 16-17 October 2025 in Brussels, researchers from CzechGlobe (Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Scien…
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February 5, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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Mít data o biodiverzitě nestačí – klíčové je, jak je využít v praxi 🌱 Projekt ENABLElocal hledá cesty, jak zlepšit rozhodování o krajině v Česku, Německu a Švédsku ve spolupráci s místními aktéry.

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#biodiverzita #rozhodování #ENABLElocal
Jak propojit data o biodiverzitě s rozhodováním v krajině? Projekt ENABLElocal hledá odpovědi v Česku, Německu a Švédsku
Biodiverzita je často vnímána jako téma globální politiky – mezinárodní úmluvy, evropské směrnice, národní strategie. Jenže skutečné rozhodování o krajině a ochraně přírody se odehrává především na…
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January 29, 2026 at 12:48 PM