III. Humanities and Social Sciences

Conference Career horizons: Academic trajectories and early stage researchers

1 Dec 2010

December 7, 2010 - In the Czech context the debate on the early stage phase of academic careers is limited to high numbers of uncompleted doctorates and low financial appraisal. The aim of the workshop is to open the debate more broadly. We are interested in exploring and discussing the relationship between academic positions of early stage researchers, their career prospects and changing institutional contexts of knowledge production.

Consequences of being rich: wealth and population are key drivers of invasive species in Europe

10 Jun 2010

A new study of biological invasions in Europe found they were linked not so much to changes in climate or land cover, but to two dominant factors – more money and more people. Wealth and population density, along with an increase in international trade and commerce, were the forces most strongly associated with invasive species that can disrupt ecosystems and cause severe ecological or agricultural damage, scientists said.