COST Action TransformERS members met in Lisbon to shape a new book on #sustainability #transformations. Key theme: integrating fragmented & marginalised knowledge. David Stella from CzechGlobe explores in his chapter one integrating option - citizen science. More 👇

Can “big systemic ideas” help everyday #biodiversity work? In PLANET4B workshops across 5 European case studies, we tested the #leveragepoints framework – read more on the benefits, friction points, and what makes it useful in practice 👇 sustainablecz.org/2026/03/04/u...

How far is too far for #biodiversitypolicy🌿? New open-access study (Badura & Schaafsma, 2026) uses real mapped sites across Czechia to test how location & distance affect policy support. Spatial factors influence preferences. How? 👇 Link: sustainablecz.org/2026/02/25/p... #environmentaleconomics

A pilot study (RAISE-CNC) funded by CzechGlobe explores how young children connect with nature. How this connection develops in #earlychildhood is crucial for addressing future environmental challenges.🌱 Read more at🔗 sustainablecz.org/2026/02/20/h... #HumanNatureConnection @eecera.bsky.social

Back from Brussels: @czechglobe_offi shared the @SSHCentreEU Research & Innovation Agenda on strengthening SSH in #climate, #energy & #mobility research. RIA + reflections soon. 👇 sustainablecz.org/2026/02/12/s...

How do our roles, values & assumptions shape energy transition models? 🔍 At #ECEMP2025, CzechGlobe led a workshop exploring reflexivity in modelling practices - bridging technical & social perspectives for more inclusive futures. Read more 👉 sustainablecz.org/2026/02/05/c... #EnergyTransition #SSH

Mít data o biodiverzitě nestačí – klíčové je, jak je využít v praxi 🌱 Projekt ENABLElocal hledá cesty, jak zlepšit rozhodování o krajině v Česku, Německu a Švédsku ve spolupráci s místními aktéry. Více v blogu 👉 sustainablecz.org/2026/01/29/j... #biodiverzita #rozhodování #ENABLElocal

What makes clean drinking water affordable – or not? 🚰 New research from Czechia sheds light on the key drivers of water prices and why local context matters. Blog 👉 sustainablecz.org/2026/01/22/w... Full paper 🔗 www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/... #WaterQuality #LandUse #Affordability

„Při katastrofách, jako jsou například povodně, často dochází k tomu, že místní samospráva a občané musí umět fungovat samostatně, dokud k nim nedorazí pomoc a podpora zvenku.“ - Anna Bromová Studie #SYRI (nejen) o přístupu k přípravě na budoucí hrozby👉 sustainablecz.org/2025/12/11/n...

How can youth shape the future of #biodiversity policy? 🌿 The 2025 Regional Youth Workshop on @ipbes.net for Europe & Central Asia aimed to build capacity, connections and confidence among future change-makers. Our own Tereza Prasilova was there. More 👉

Povodně nás neučí jen zvládat rizika, ale i budovat důvěru a spolupráci 💧 Nový blog o odolnosti, přípravě a lekcích z terénu 👉 sustainablecz.org/2025/12/04/o... 🔗Studie o resilienci české krajiny: zenodo.org/records/1757... #resilience #povodně

What can archetypes tell us about sustainability challenges? 🔍 The 8th International Workshop on Archetype Analysis brought researchers together in Leipzig to push the boundaries of this evolving field. Blog 👉 sustainablecz.org/2025/12/03/t... #SustainabilityScience #ArchetypeAnalysis

What’s it like to join an international summer school for the first time? 🌍 Reflections from the 2025 #LeibnizDLGS Summer School on learning, connection & sustainability #transformation. Blog 👉 sustainablecz.org/2025/11/27/a... #PhDLife #UrbanStudies #EarlyCareerResearcher

How can spatial planning help halt #biodiversity loss? 🌍 The @ipbes.net assessment on #spatialplanning & connectivity is underway! Over 100 experts met at @iiasa.ac.at to kick off this critical work supporting the #KMGBF. First meeting insights 👉 sustainablecz.org/2025/11/12/l... #IPBES

Thousands of experts, terabytes of data. But are we getting closer to better decisions? 🧭 #LivingData2025 in Bogotá showed how far #biodiversity data has come, and how far it still is from real-world impact. Blog👉 sustainablecz.org/2025/11/25/l... @gbif.org @obis.org @tdwg.org @geobon.org

🐝 AGRI4POL Workshop Recap is up 🌾 We met with @agri4pol.eu project's stakeholders to map the co-benefits and trade-offs of pollinator-friendly #farming. We're building a framework to help to ensure these practices are friendy to #pollinators and farmers alike. 🔗 sustainablecz.org/2025/11/04/a...

👆Sustainability research needs more than just collaboration. It needs reflexivity. Elif Tugba Simsek discusses how to avoid depoliticising co-production and address power dynamics between researchers and partners. sustainablecz.org/2025/10/21/r... #Transdisciplinarity #Sustainability

What do just futures look like? 🌱 At the #ISEE2025 Degrowth Conference in Oslo, Elif Tuğba Şimşek shared how “the future” is framed in transformation studies, drawing on work from a #COSTransformERS STSM. sustainablecz.org/2025/09/30/i...

💡Today we have some reflections on #inclusion in early childhood education from the recent #EECERA2025 Conference - by Charlotte H. Witham, whose research focus is currently the development of human-nature connection in #earlychildhood. sustainablecz.org/2025/09/12/i...

Making use of an STSM grant awarded by www.cost-transformers.eu, Simon Vaňo spent a month at Utrecht Univesity revisiting and further developing specific findings from the @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment, with a focus on cities. Recap on the blog 👇 sustainablecz.org/2025/07/29/r...

📢 Čtvrté zasedání Národní platformy pro #ekosystémovéslužby (NPES) 💡Národní strategie i mezinárodní vědecké poznatky. ✅Ukázky implementace ES a metodika vymezování zelené infrastruktury v územně plánovací dokumentaci. Více o průběhu zasedání 👉 sustainablecz.org/2025/07/28/c...

How can social sciences & humanities help shape #sustainability transitions? 🌍 The recent #SSHCentreEU consortium meeting in Cambridge brought together researchers to align visions & share pathways forward. More on our blog 👉 sustainablecz.org/2025/07/01/s... #SSH #climatetransition

What does it take to foster #transformation in a structurally changing region? 🧭At the 3rd BIONEXT project workshop, researchers and practitioners focused on advancing #transition #pathways toward a nature-centered Europe. Read more 👇 sustainablecz.org/2025/06/24/c...

We were at @alterneteurope.bsky.social's #AlternetConference2025! Our two contributions were on: participatory approach to understanding #transformation processes; system thinking approach for transformative change for #biodiversity ( #PLANET4B project). More 👇 sustainablecz.org/2025/06/17/2...

🧠︎ Na Veletrhu vědy @akademievedcr.bsky.social najdete naši expozici, která se bude točit kolem cirkulárního města Circuville. Vzniklo jako metoda v rámci našeho projektu @pluschangeeu.bsky.social. Příběhy profesí pracujících v Circuville si můžete poslechnout zde 👉 circuville.com/story-player...

🌿 Národní platforma pro ekosystémové služby (NPES) hraje unikátní roli na rozhraní vědy a politiky v oblasti ES a je významným mezioborovým nástrojem, který podporuje využitelnost konceptu ES v Česku. V projektu Jedna příroda jsme vydali leták se základním info 👇 sustainablecz.org/2025/05/22/v...

🖊️ Reflections on the Prefigurative Politics of Present #Transformations: a short report from our colleagues on the topic, proceedings and planned outputs of the Oslo workshop helmed by @sidsareen.bsky.social and Sirkku Juhola under www.cost-transformers.eu. sustainablecz.org/2025/05/13/r...

🎯Pro pokrok v hodnocení ekosystémových služeb je třeba překročit rámec stávajících sítí a dosáhnout širšího konsensu. 📚Bagstad et al. (spoluautorka @zuzanahar.bsky.social ) ukazují, jak mohou #AI, sémantika a strojové uvažování podporovat interoperabilitu. 🔗 sustainablecz.org/2025/05/07/i...

"Spade renders a useful introduction and guide to #mutualaid work within this book. [...] mutual aid is seen as a beacon of hope [...] the long-term survival of these groups is a key challenge that warrants discussion." Book review by E. T. Simsek 👇 sustainablecz.org/2025/04/29/b...

Jak lépe propojit data o biodiverzitě s rozhodováním v ochraně přírody? 🌿 Projekt #ENABLElocal v 🇨🇿🇩🇪🇸🇪 zkoumá využívání dat v praxi a přináší první poznatky z workshopů s místními aktéry. Aktuality na blogu 👇 🤝 @isoe-institut.bsky.social a @biologylu.bsky.social sustainablecz.org/2025/04/02/a...

New Animation! 🧪🌍 How can we create a just & sustainable future for people & nature? The IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment explores the deep shifts needed to tackle biodiversity loss. 📺 Watch now: youtu.be/H9B4oO9CJAc

🐝The new project #AGRI4POL (@agri4pol.eu) aims to help #agriculture to transform from a burden on #pollinators to a positive force for #biodiversity, crop pollination services, #ecosystems and people. More about the project and our particular focus on our blog👇 sustainablecz.org/2025/03/25/p...

Anna Bromová z SE Lab strávila 3 měsíce na @aalto.fi, kde se v blízké spolupráci věnovala integrativní rešerši zaměřené na transformativní praxi v oblasti designu pro resilienci 🔍🌍 Jak aktuálně vypadá design pro rozvoj resilience? Blog 👇 #resilience #design sustainablecz.org/2025/02/26/v...

How do we make better decisions for #biodiversity? 🌍 To address this question, the #PLANET4B project uses (also) system mapping & leverage point analysis focused on #transformativechange across sectors & regions. Blog on the synthesis of our findings 👇 sustainablecz.org/2025/02/17/e...

Jaké kulturní ekosystémové služby lidé využívají v říční krajině? Jak změny v říční krajině tyto služby ovlivňují? Výsledky proj. NIVA mohou být podkladem např. pro diskusi s místními zájmovými skupinami v souvislosti plánovanými změnami využití území. Více 👇 sustainablecz.org/2025/02/14/k...

❓Jak posílit transformativní změnu v sektoru energetiky a potravinových systémech v ČR? Odpovědi jsme hledali na workshopu projektu TRANSPATH. 👇 sustainablecz.org/2025/02/11/w...

The Human Dimensions dpt. are involved in the (COST) TransformERS research network where we focus on #transformations - past, present, future. Our mission? To overcome existing marginalisations and fragmentations in transformations knowledge. See what we're doing 👇 sustainablecz.org/2025/01/29/t...