The mission of the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences is to contribute to the development of global research in philosophy and related disciplines. We strive to ensure that the Czech humanities remain in continuous contact with European and global scholarship and actively help shape it. We therefore collaborate with foreign research institutions and universities, drawing inspiration from best practices. We systematically support two-way mobility of researchers and create conditions for the internationalization of our research teams. We actively engage in international scientific structures and associations, as well as European grant schemes.
Strategic priorities for the development of international cooperation and internationalization
- Long-term cooperation with foreign partners based on formal collaboration agreements
- Large international projects involving multiple departments of the Institute
- Active participation in international research networks as a key aspect of internationalization
- Individual and team mobility, including the international exchange of scientific knowledge and experience
- Support for international publishing
- Support for international grant activity
- Support for PhD study in cooperation with foreign universities
- Support for the internationalization of research teams at the Institute
Among the notable international projects in recent years are:
Establishing the Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics – Prague (CETE-P)
The Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics – Prague is the first research center of its kind in the Czech Republic. It is led by Professor Mark Coeckelbergh, a leading global expert in contemporary philosophy of technology and environmental ethics. The center, formed by an international team, is primarily research-oriented. In addition, it brings together academics, NGOs, policymakers, and the private sector, addressing the most pressing ethical issues related to the environment and emerging technologies.
Reconstructing Late Medieval Quests for Knowledge: Quodlibetal Debates as Precursors of Modern Academia
This research project, funded by the European Research Council, is led by Ota Pavlíček from the Department for the Study of Ancient and Medieval Thought at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences. It focuses on the history of European universities, particularly on quodlibets—a largely unexplored genre of debates that flourished in philosophy faculties from the 14th to the 17th century and served as precursors to modern academic practice.
Cultures of Knowledge: An Intellectual Geography of the Seventeenth-Century Republic of Letters
A project of the Department for the Study and Editing of the Work of J. A. Comenius, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and coordinated by the Humanities Division of the University of Oxford. It explores and reconstructs networks of scholarly correspondence that shaped intellectual and scientific developments in the 17th century.
