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LERU Doctoral Summer School

LERU Doctoral Summer School

Published: Tuesday 12.11.2024

As part of its partnership with LERU, Charles University was invited to participate in the prestigious LERU Doctoral Summer School. The theme of the summer school is "Artificial Intelligence across university disciplines - Perspectives and practical experience". The summer school is open to PhD students and will take place from 22 - 27 July 2025 at the University of Copenhagen. Participation is free of charge for UK students and the deadline for applications is 15 January 2025.

Planned call of the Charleston Programme

Planned call of the Charleston Programme

Published: Wednesday 6.11.2024

The new Charleston Programme will support postdoctoral research projects that will be carried out at Charles University by postdocs from abroad. The first call is scheduled to be launched on 1 March 2025, but research team leaders can already make arrangements with potential applicants from abroad.

HR Excellence in Research: Open Science - A path towards transparent and high-quality research at CU

HR Excellence in Research: Open Science - A path towards transparent and high-quality research at CU

Published: Tuesday 5.11.2024

The objective of open science is to make research robust and as transparent as possible. While scholarly articles used to be the most important and often the only result of research work, in an era of significant advances in IT where large-scale research infrastructures are being developed, we can now consider many other types of output – science is no longer just an article in a physical journal. The focus is turning to the sharing of data (and other parts of the research process, such as workflows or software) their reuse, and even open sharing outside the academic community. Find out more about this topic in this update.

A touch of red: mysteries of parrot colors revealed in new study

A touch of red: mysteries of parrot colors revealed in new study

Published: Thursday 31.10.2024

From the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro to the shoulders of pirates: parrots are synonymous with color for people across the world. In a new study published in the journal Science, an international consortium led by scientists from BIOPOLIS-CIBIO (Portugal) uncovers for the first time a ‘switch’ in the DNA of parrots that controls their wide gamut of colors. One of the main authors of the study is Dr. Jindřich Brejcha from the Faculty of Science, Charles University.

Academic freedom: the role of institutions and individual responsibility in a polarized world

Academic freedom: the role of institutions and individual responsibility in a polarized world

Published: Wednesday 30.10.2024

We would like to invite you to participate in a panel discussion entitled Academic Freedom: the Role of Institutions and the Responsibility of the Individual in a Polarized World, which will take place on 1 November 2024 in the Patriotic Hall of Charles University from 9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.

Associate Professor Vladimír Krylov was elected the candidate for Dean of the Faculty of Science of Charles University

Associate Professor Vladimír Krylov was elected the candidate for Dean of the Faculty of Science of Charles University

Published: Thursday 24.10.2024

At the extraordinary election meeting of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Science on 24 October 2024, Associated professor Vladimír Krylov was elected the candidate for Dean of the Faculty of Science.

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