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How is the climate crisis linked to gender and politics? What does “more-than-human world” mean? Why isn’t technology alone enough to solve the problem? Why are care, responsibility, and solidarity important? These are the key questions of episode Nr. 10 of our video-podcast Zelený drát with CETE-P's Iwona Janicka on ecofeminism and new narratives that might change our society. You can find your listening for the weekend on YouTube or Spotify.
The third edition of the international interdisciplinary conference Climate Crisis and the Question of Justice will welcome experts whose work focuses on the issues of climate crisis and just transition, adaptation measures and policies, the status and conditions of climate activists, the impacts of climate change on society, and theoretical reflections on these topics in the social sciences and humanities. Deadline for applications is 31 July 2026.
The Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences has long supported the internationalisation of its working environment and the development of international cooperation. To further these efforts, it is now establishing a Welcome Office, which also includes individual buddy support. The aim of this initiative is to help international employees and guests arrive in the Czech Republic, find their bearings in a new environment, and integrate into the working life of the Institute.
The Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher position within the international ACADEMIA project, funded by the European Research Council (ERC). The position requires a Ph.D. degree in a relevant field, such as Medieval Studies, History, Auxiliary Sciences of History, Classical Philology, or Philosophy. Applicants are expected to have experience in analysing late medieval manuscripts, an excellent command of Medieval Latin, and proficiency in English at least at B2+ level. Interested candidates may submit a cover letter, a CV, and a publication sample by email by 7 June 2026. Further information...
How do cities and regions change after industry has retreated or undergone fundamental transformation? What consequences do deindustrialization and post-socialist transformation bring for the economy, society, and everyday life? And how have these processes shaped Europe in the past and today? These questions will be addressed by the international conference After Industry: Cities and Regions in Transformation, which will take place on 14–15 May 2026 in Prague.
Smart technologies are supposed to make life at home easier. But is that really what happens? And does it apply to everyone equally? In the new episode of the Green Wire podcast, sociologist Nina Fárová explains what “digital household maintenance” means and why smart appliances often do not save time in the end. You will learn how men’s and women’s approaches to technology differ, how smart the smart home really is, and who benefits from it the most. The podcast is produced by the Centre for Environmental and Technology Ethics – Prague (CETE-P).
In March, the Institute of Philosophy will welcome the American medievalist Christopher M. Bellitto, Ph.D., Professor of History at Kean University in New Jersey. Bellitto specializes in medieval history, church history, and reform thought. He is the author of ten books and more than thirty studies and book chapters published in the United States and Europe, including Humility: The Secret History of a Lost Virtue (2023), The General Councils, and Renewing Christianity. He also serves as editor-in-chief of the series Brill’s Companions to the Christian Tradition and as an editor at Paulist Press.
The PragMatika research group, led by Elías Fuentes Guillén, has completed the first phase of building the Bolzano Digital Archive. This phase involved the digitization of more than 36,000 pages from the written estate of Bernard Bolzano, housed in the Literary Archive of the Museum of Czech Literature in Prague. Bernard Bolzano is one of the key figures in Czech intellectual history, making this an important milestone in the preservation of Czech cultural heritage.
The ethical impacts of modern technologies and the ethics of our relationship to the environment are explored in a new podcast by the Centre for Environmental and Technology Ethics – Prague (CETE-P) at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences. It looks, for example, at the use of robots in social services, the societal impacts of artificial intelligence, the limits of biotechnology, questions of coexisting with other species on the same planet, and the possibilities of technology in helping nature...
The Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2026.
