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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Zuzana Musilová
• Science
• Videos
• HR Award
• Women in Science
• Science at CU

• Daniel Hotový

"We explore the extremes of the vertebrate eye. Deep-sea fish are very interesting in that they have many extreme adaptations, from which we can then draw conclusions for our human ventricular eye," explains evolutionary biologist Zuzana Musilová from the Faculty of Science of Charles University. More in one minute.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• CERGEEI
• Audio
• Talking Economics Podcast
• criminality

• Lenka Miklánková, Katarina Stehlíková
• CERGE-EI, Shutterstock

In the latest episode, we explore the world of criminal behaviour and the Czech justice system with a CERGE-EI alumnus Michal Šoltés, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Empirical Legal Studies at CU’s Faculty of Law.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Erasmus
• student life
• cooperation
• science communication
• Aarhus

• Pavla Hubálková

Aarhus University is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark, located in the country's second largest city. The university stands out for its strong international focus.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• research
• student life
• Fulbright
• USA
• opportunities

• Fulbright Commission

A total of 26 Czech scientists, students or representatives of non-governmental organizations have succeeded in the prestigious competition for the Fulbright Scholarship. Among them are nine colleagues from Charles University.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Primus
• Zdeněk Strakoš
• ERC
• Czexpats in Science
• Maria Leptin

• Michal Novotný

"For excellent science you need money, freedom, high-quality infrastructure and a good academic environment," says Maria Leptin, president of the European Research Council (ERC), who recently visited Charles University.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• Marek Nekula
• Czech Studies
• Franz Kafka
• literature
• German Studies

• Helena Zdráhalová
• Bohemicum, Shutterstock, Wiki. Commons

Last week, many literati marked the centenary of the death of the writer Franz Kafka. What can contemporary readers find in his work? Do unanswered questions remain? The matter is one of continuing importance for Professor Marek Nekula.

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Category: Science

• ERA Chairs
• political science
• Horizon
• Argentina
• Germany
• CenMAS

• Martin Rychlík
• Hynek Glos

Professor Mariana Llanos, a distinguished political scientist from Argentina, discusses her long journey from Oxford to the elite GIGA Institute in Hamburg and Charles University in Prague, where she became the ERA Chair holder. In this Forum magazine interview. 

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Science
• Jan Černý
• Videos
• HR Award
• Science at CU

• Daniel Hotový

"The era of superspecialists is coming to an end, the future belongs to graduates who are able to connect individual disciplines and find solutions to complex problems," says molecular biologist Jan Černý from the Faculty of Science.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Primus
• research
• ERC
• NATO
• Michal Smetana

• Vladimír Šigut

Are collective commitments within military alliances such as NATO being upheld, or do the representatives of the countries decide based on public opinion? CU's Michal Smetana clinched an ERC grant to try and answer the question.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Science
• Videos
• HR Award
• Science at CU
• cybersecurity

• Daniel Hotový

"Cybersecurity is not just about technical knowledge, but includes a wide range of disciplines incl. diplomacy, international law, int'l relations or psychology," explains Lucie Kadlecová in one minute, who returned to the Czech Republic after working abroad.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Science
• Videos
• education
• HR Award
• Daniel Pražák
• Science at CU

• Daniel Hotový

Even pedagogy is a science. Teacher Daniel Pražák, who recently completed his doctoral studies at the Faculty of Education of Charles University, knows this. What does he enjoy most about teaching? Find out in one minute.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• Audio
• research
• Talking Economics Podcast
• developing economies
• garments industry

• Lenka Miklánková, Katarína Stehlíková
• CERGE-EI, Shutterstock

In Talking Economics, we discuss labour markets in developing countries with Andreas Menzel, an Associate Professor at CERGE-EI. Andreas’s research projects focus on development economics with fieldwork in Ghana, Tanzania, and Bangladesh.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Science
• Videos
• HR Award
• ERC
• Erin Carson
• Science at CU

• Daniel Hotový

Explain your research clearly in one minute. This is exactly the task given to scientists from Charles University in the new video series Science at CU. The first to take on the task was mathematician Erin Carson, who is inventing new algorithms for supercomputers.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Erasmus
• education
• innovation
• TU Berlin
• progress

• Pavla Hubálková, TU Berlin

At the Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), great emphasis is placed on collaboration, both between faculties and disciplines, but also across Berlin universities. Pavla Hubálková found out more as part of her Erasmus internship.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• history
• archaeology
• honoris causa
• Tel Moca
• Tel Azeka

• Michal Novotný

Oded Lipschits, a professor of Jewish history, combines archaeological excavations with a modern approach to the study of the Bible. "For me, the whole – the context – is the most important," says the researcher, who recently received an honorary doctrate from CU.