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biologickectvrtky.bsky.social @biologickectvrtky.bsky.social · 10d

Program Biologických čtvrtků na ZS. Pozor, začínáme už 2.10.!

Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · 3d

“Anthropocene Ruptures: Crossing Borders, Building Connections”, Charles University Prague, October 9–10, 2025 - a two-day event of discussions, networking, and a field trip; participants also from Humboldt University, and University of Vienna. Link and program: www.anthropocene.cz/en/anthropoc...

Anthropocene Ruptures: Crossing Borders, Building Connections

CENTRAL Workshop Anthropocene Ruptures: Crossing Borders, Building Connections, organized by Center for Theoretical Study, Charles University

www.anthropocene.cz

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · 12d

It is with great sadness that we have received the news of the passing away of our long-time colleague in @CTS_uk_av, mathematician Prof. Petr Kůrka. We will remember.

Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · 13d

📖 Book release! Hinterland. Archeologie severočeských pískovcových krajin. Co-edited by Petr Pokorný, contributions from Jindra Prach and Jan Hošek (CTS).

An illustrated journey (100+ images) through 20,000 years of sandstone landscapes, from the Ice Age to today.

🔗 www.kosmas.cz/knihy/559021...

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · 28d

The deadline is slowly coming, do not forget. Postdoc at the transdisciplinary institute of CTS.

Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Jul 25

📢 Postdoc opening at the @cts.cuni.cz
Open to researchers interested in any field developed at CTS, with a strong interest in transdisciplinary dialogue between the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities
📄 Details: cuni.cz/UKEN-1304-ve...
🗓️ Start: Jan 2026| Apply by: Sept 30, 2025

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · 17d

We’ve wrapped up our on-site week in Prague and now move into the final online phase of the micro-credential “Anthropocene: The Contemporary World in Transdisciplinary Perspective.” Closing block = 3 sessions + mentor-led groups leading to final projects. 🚀
🔗 www.anthropocene.cz/en/

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · 20d

📢 Horizons: Conference in Honour of Petr Vopěnka
🗓️ Oct 24–25, 2025 | Prague, Czech Rep.

On the 10th anniversary of his passing, leading scholars will discuss Vopěnka’s legacy. The event also celebrates the 35th anniversary of @cts.cuni.cz

🔗 Program & registration: www.cts.cuni.cz/index.php?m=...

Centrum pro teoretická studia

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · 28d

The deadline is slowly coming, do not forget. Postdoc at the transdisciplinary institute of CTS.

Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Jul 25

📢 Postdoc opening at the @cts.cuni.cz
Open to researchers interested in any field developed at CTS, with a strong interest in transdisciplinary dialogue between the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities
📄 Details: cuni.cz/UKEN-1304-ve...
🗓️ Start: Jan 2026| Apply by: Sept 30, 2025

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · 28d

Our colleague Zdeněk Konopásek today in Zürich, at the STS-CH conference "Holding Things Together? Change, Continuity, Critique?", gave a presentation entitled "Collins and Latour: Untangling the silent disappearance of SSK".

Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Sep 8

Today marks the start of the main (in-person) part of our summer school on the topic of the Anthropocene: The Contemporary World from a Transdisciplinary Perspective. This time, it will be held entirely in English. #ctssummerschool

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Sep 4

🎉Congratulations to @elbohdalkova.bsky.social from @cts.cuni.cz on the successful defense of her PhD thesis yesterday:
“Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics: Components and Consequences”

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Aug 20

Ivan Chvatík je jedním ze spoluzakladatelů CTS. Tohle stojí za to si vyslechnout. www.mujrozhlas.cz/osudy/osudy-...

Osudy Ivana Chvatíka

Máte rádi mluvené slovo, audioknihy, rozhlasové hry a četbu? Vltava Vám nabízí výběr toho nejlepšího. Alena Zemančíková

www.mujrozhlas.cz

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Aug 19

📢 Our colleague Jan Frei will be speaking at the symposium Philosophy and Culture of Intimacy in Central Europe in Banská Štiavnica, KC Eleuzína (Aug 27–28, 2025).

🎤 Talk: “Intimita a pohyb pravdy u Jana Patočky” (Aug 28, 9:00) + evening public debate “Domov u Jana Patočky”.

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Jan Kulveit @kulveit.bsky.social · Aug 8

Full text: pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

Research done at acsresearch.org

@cts.cuni.cz, Arb research, with @walterlaurito.bsky.social @peligrietzer.bsky.social
Ada Bohm and Tomas Gavenciak.

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Aug 8

Kolegové Ada Böhm, Tomáš Gavenčiak a Jan Kulveit se podíleli na článku pro PNAS, který právě vyšel.

AI–AI bias: Large language models favor communications generated by large language models | PNAS

Are large language models (LLMs) biased in favor of communications produced by LLMs, leading to possible antihuman discrimination? Using a classica...

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Aug 8

An article “The allocation of entrepreneurial talent: revisiting the role of formal and informal institutions,” which is co-authored by our colleague Marek Hudík, is now out in Small Business Economics. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The allocation of entrepreneurial talent: revisiting the role of formal and informal institutions - Small Business Economics

The current literature highlights the role of institutions in affecting the allocation of entrepreneurial talent as a precondition for productive entrepreneurship. However, existing approaches to this...

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Aug 6

Our colleague Karolina Jirkalová has just published a paper „Two Paths Out of the Suburban Situation“: architektura-urbanizmus.sk/2025/07/25/t... #publikacects

Two Paths Out of the Suburban Situation - Architektúra & Urbanizmus

At the start of the millennium, many settlements that were originally villages at the suburban edge of Prague saw their populations multiply several times, yet without corresponding growth in the capa...

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Jan Turek @janturek.bsky.social · Jul 28

Just excavating Late Neolithic or Late Bronze Age barrow with a ring ditch in Račiněves, nést The mythical Mount Říp. To be continued…🤎

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Jul 25

📢 Postdoc opening at the @cts.cuni.cz
Open to researchers interested in any field developed at CTS, with a strong interest in transdisciplinary dialogue between the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities
📄 Details: cuni.cz/UKEN-1304-ve...
🗓️ Start: Jan 2026| Apply by: Sept 30, 2025

cuni.cz

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Jan Turek @janturek.bsky.social · Jul 18

At last I can hold our new book in my own hands!
Thanks Oxbow Books!

www.oxbowbooks.com/979888857202...

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · Jul 7

🌿 New #Science paper with Czech ecologists shows that species richness in terrestrial #vertebrates aligns more clearly with energy (temperature, productivity) when studied in #climate space rather than geographic space 🌎🦎🌡️

👉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Consistent energy-diversity relationships in terrestrial vertebrates

Ecologists have long proposed that environments providing more energy can support more species, yet empirical evidence frequently contradicts this expectation. We argue that such inconsistencies resul...

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Jul 7

🌍 New in Science: Consistent energy–diversity relationships in terrestrial vertebrates
Co-authored by @elbohdalkova.bsky.social & David Storch from @cts.cuni.cz
📌 Temperature drives richness in ectotherms (metabolic theory) and has indirect effects in endotherms
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Consistent energy-diversity relationships in terrestrial vertebrates

Ecologists have long proposed that environments providing more energy can support more species, yet empirical evidence frequently contradicts this expectation. We argue that such inconsistencies resul...

www.science.org

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Jul 1

Our colleague Marek Hudík is one of the coauthors of this newly published paper. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The limited role of prosocial behavior in preventing others from being dishonest

Honest individuals can strategically assume positions of power to prevent dishonest individuals from taking these positions. We conducted a laboratory…

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Jun 25

The online webinar "Environmental Law and Politics between Skepticism and Activism", which we organized together with CELP Cardiff University, featured yesterday Eva Balounová, Jan Géryk, Zdeněk Konopásek, Ben Pontin, David Storch, Irena Šímová and Anna Tószögyová. Thank you!

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Jun 25

Our colleague Jan Frei will speak on Saturday 28 June at the on-line workshop "Karl Jaspers and Jan Patočka" organized by the Karl Jaspers Society of North America.
karljaspers.us/conference.h...

Karl Jaspers conference program 2023

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