PhysGeo research groups at the EGU conference in Vienna again Published: Monday 5.5.2025 After one year we visited again the European Geosciences Union (EGU) conference, which took place 28.4-2.5.2025 in Vienna
Interview with the 2023/2024 Student Laureate for Geography Miroslav Šobr Published: Thursday 20.3.2025 Dr. Miroslav Šobr specializes in hydrology, limnology, and natural hazards. He is a beloved educator and participates in teaching both bachelor's and master's courses, including the challenging Planetary Geography, which he has supervised since 2018. He is actively involved in teaching hydrology and regional geography of Asia, drawing on his field experience from Lake Baikal and Central Asia. He enjoys leading field exercises and practical tasks within the Geography Olympiad, which he has helped organize since 2013. His teaching emphasizes discussion, practical examples, and a fair approach to students.
3-year postdoc position in mountain hydrology Published: Wednesday 29.1.2025 We offer a postdoctoral position in mountain hydrology focusing on snowmelt water distribution in the critical zone under climate variability using modelling approaches applied to a large set of mountain catchments in different regions.
The exhibition "Amazon: A Quarter of a Century Since the Discovery of the Sources by Czech Expeditions" Published: Friday 29.11.2024 In the presence of Prof. Bohumír Janský from the Faculty of Science at Charles University, Prof. Manuel Amaya, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Chile, and H.E. Pavel Bechný, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Chile, the panel exhibition "Amazon: A Quarter of a Century Since the Discovery of the Sources by Czech Expeditions" was inaugurated on November 5, 2024, at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Chile. The exhibition will also be presented at Universidad Central and then transferred to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Departmental seminar series, winter term 2024/25 Published: Thursday 17.10.2024 Schedule of the Departmental seminar series for the winter term 2024/25. Seminar will take place on selected Thursdays from 14:00 in room G3.
New paper in Ecological Indicators: Montane peatland response to drought Published: Friday 27.9.2024 This paper investigates the response of mid-latitude montane peatlands to climate warming, focusing on changes that occurred in a montane peat bog during a drought period. U