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.
Theory and method in archaeology of the Neolithic
9 Jun 2010
26th -27th October 2010 - Meeting of researchers interested in the Neolithic of Central Europe. The seminar will be focused on the main topics such as the role of material culture and its appropriate method of analysis, land use and environment, new scientific methods of qualitative analyses of materials and sediments.
Consequences of being rich: wealth and population are key drivers of invasive species in Europe
8 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.
