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The Charles University Grant Agency (GAUK) has announced a call for 2026. Projects for 1-3 years can be submitted by master's and doctoral students in the standard period of study. The Faculty deadline for proposal submission is 30 October 2025. Webinar for applicants takes place on 6 October 2025, 2 p.m.
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Dr. Jakub Tesař from the Institute of Political Studies at FSV UK explores how so-called quantum social science can help us better understand human behavior. His work shows that similar principles can apply both to physical particles and to people – and that understanding these patterns can change the way we think about society. Read about his research.
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Jana Sehnálková has been teaching at the Department of North American Studies IMS FSV UK since 2011. She continues to focus on the study of Sino-American relations in the context of the Taiwan Strait and teaches courses on American history, American political system, and U.S. domestic politics. She succeeds Hana Ripková, who led the Commission for more than three decades.
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The latest special episode of the De Facto podcast, marking the Prague Pride 2025 human rights festival, focused on issues related to the LGBTQ+ community. Two experts from FSV UK joined the discussion – Associate Professor Jaroslava Hasmanová Marhánková from the Institute of Sociological Studies and Dr. Tereza Fousek Krobová from the Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism.
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The international research project "Displacement and (Post)secular Memory: Contemporary Crises and Historical Legacies in Southeastern and East-Central Europe" (MEMCRIS) has been awarded funding by Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN) in Poland and the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR). The project is co-led on the Czech side by Professor Kateřina Králová from the Institute of International Studies at FSV UK, alongside Dr. Karin Roginer Hofmeister.
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FSV UK served as one of the main hosts of the 9th Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association (MSA). Themed “Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)Stability”, the conference brought over 1,200 academics, artists and activists from nearly 100 countries to Prague to explore how societies remember, respond to, and recover from crises—both past and present.
