The deadline for applications ended on 30 April 2025. If you are interested in participating, please please contact us as soon as possible at anthropocene@cuni.cz. We will additionally include you as a candidate if we have a vacancy.
The 2025 run will be held in English language and open to international audiences.
Graduates will receive an internationally recognised microcredential diploma and 8 ECTS.
What is awaiting you?
Intensive week-long program in Prague & online meetings: Seminars, lectures, field trips, hands-on workshops and practical demonstrations of interdisciplinary cooperation, all led by top experts and practitioners.
Program:
I. Introductory online block
A total of 3 meetings, all of which start at 16:00 on Tuesdays, with each lasting 1.5-2 hours.
27/05 2025 16:00
- Anna Kvíčalová, Eliška Fulínová, Karolína Pauknerová (CTS, coordinators of the course). The Anthropocene: Where are we? Interdisciplinarity vs. transdisciplinarity. Introductory workshop.
03/06 2025 16:00
- Matthew Walls (University of Calgary). The Roots of the Anthropocene. Online lecture and discussion.
24/06 2025 16:00
- Marek Hudík (CTS), The Economics of Nature: Property Rights and Use of Resources: Field Research in Resource Management. Seminar on economic thinking.
II. Intensive programme in Prague
Monday 08/09 2025 CTS, Husova 4, Prague 1, 3rd floor (morning) – access by the main entrance in Jilská 1, Prague-Zlíchov (afternoon)
Departure for the field trip: we will leave together from CTS, Husova 4, at 1 p.m. [subway to Smíchovské nádraží , from there trams 4, 5, 12 or 20 to Zlíchov, where the trip will also end around 17:00.] Requirements: footwear for rocky terrain. Optional: Pub reservation at Císařská louka at 17:30.
- 09:00–11:00 Anna Kvíčalová, Eliška Fulínová, Karolína Pauknerová. Introductory study group: The Anthropocene and its possible meanings. Group work, structured discussion.
- 11:30–12:00 Anna Kvíčalová, The Sound of the Anthropocene. Discussion and assignment of an ongoing task [ -> moved to Wednesday]
- 13:00–17:00 Radan Haluzík. The Anthropocene Landscape and the Urban Wilderness of the City. Field excursion in Prague.
Tuesday 09/09 2025 CTS, Husova 4, Prague 1, 3rd floor (morning), Prague – Vinoř (afternoon)
Departure for field practice: We will meet at 1 p.m. at Masaryk Railway Station in the area below the departure boards. Train departs at 1:13 p.m., destination: Prague – Satalice.
- 9:30–10:30 Zdeněk Konopásek (CTS). Engaged Impartiality? Science and Politics in the Anthropocene from STS perspective. Lecture and discussion.
- 11:00–11:30 Jindřich Prach (CTS). Historical Maps in the Digital Age: A Source for Understanding Landscape Change. Introduction to the field excursions.
- 12:30–16:30 Petr Pokorný (CTS). How Data are Created I. Paleoecological practice in the field: exemplary field research and sampling in the vicinity of a significant archaeological site.
- Botanical contribution (e.g. invasive species): Irena Šímová (CTS).
- Historical and geological contribution: Michaela Nohejlová Zemková (CTS).
Wednesday 10/09 2025 Laboratory of the Department of Botany, Faculty of Science of Charles University, Benátská 2, Prague 2 (morning), CTS, Husova 4, Prague 1, 3rd floor (afternoon)
Meeting point for the practice: 8:50 a.m. at the entrance to the Faculty of Science, Benátská 2. Please arrive on time; we will move to the classroom together at 9 a.m. sharp.
- 09:00–12:00 Petr Pokorný. How Data are Created II. Paleoecological practice in the classroom: examples of analytical methods and interpretation of results.
- Contribution from the history of science (microscopy and changes in perception): Eliška Fulínová.
- 13:15-13:45 (at CTS) Anna Kvíčalová, The Sound of the Anthropocene. Discussion and assignment of an ongoing task.
- 13:45-15:30 David Stoch (CTS). Understanding world through models and simulations. Lecture and discussion.
- 15:30-17:00 Group work.
Thursday, 11/09 2025 CTS, Husova 4, Prague 1, 3rd floor (morning), Radotínské údolí (afternoon)
At 1 p.m., we will meet at CTS, Husova 4, for a short introductory lecture, then we will depart together for the field excursion.
- 09:00-12:00 Adam Hudec (Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien). Biopatina. Artistic research workshop.
- 13:00–17:00 Jindřich Prach, Karolína Pauknerová, Eliška Fulínová. How is Nature and Landscape Conservation Realised? The Intertwining of Natural and Cultural Heritage in the Anthropocene. Field excursion with introduction and commentary.
Friday 12/09 2025 Academic Conference Centre, Jilská 1, Prague 1, ground floor, access from the court
- 9:30–10:30 Irena Šímová (CTS). The Planet as a Garden: Environmental Productivity, Ecosystem Functions and Planetary Boundaries. Lecture and discussion.
- 11:00-12:00 Anna Tószögyová (CTS). Living Planet Index between science and politics. Lecture and discussion.
Joint lunch on site.
- 13:00–14:00 Group work of participants. Time for cooperation and initial formulation of the idea for the final thesis.
- 14:30–16:00: Presentation of group projects.
- 16:00–16:30 Final reflection on the past week. Discussion.
III. Closing online block
A total of 3 meetings, all of which start at 16:00 on Tuesdays, with each lasting 1.5-2 hours.
This block also includes two other meetings of working groups with their mentors as part of the preparation of the interdisciplinary group project (October-November).
23/09 2025 16:00
- Anna Kvíčalová, Eliška Fulínová, Karolína Pauknerová. Where are we now? Summary of results so far. Short moderated discussion.
- Cyril Říha (CTS). Urbanocene? An Anthropocene Perspective(s) on Cities and the Countryside. Lecture with discussion.
07/10 2025 16:00
- Grit Ruhland. Nuclear Culture. Lecture with discussion in the field of artistic research.
21/10 2025 16:00
- Anna Kvíčalová, Eliška Fulínová, Karolína Pauknerová. Closing talk.
- The first meeting of working groups with their mentors.
Presentation of final group projects: January 2026.
