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Writing for Publication in Academic Jounals Workshop

Masaryk University welcomed academic writing expert Lynn Nygaard, who led an intensive workshop on publishing in peer-reviewed journals. The course offered valuable advice to PhD students and young scholars and helped them improve their publishing strategies.

Gender and the Academic Workplace: Workshop and Mentoring

Lynn Nygaard from PRIO visited Masaryk University and led a workshop and mentoring focused on gender equality and support for women in science.

Writing Detox Workshop

How to write clearly, effectively and with a clear research purpose? This was the focus of the Writing Detox workshop led by Lynn Nygaard from the Peace Research Institute Oslo, who visited Masaryk University in March and gave valuable advice to academics working on their academic texts.

RMA Breakfast: ERC Consolidator

Prof. David Kosař shares insights on ERC Consolidator Grants at CENTREPEACE's RMA Breakfast, highlighting the value of experience sharing for successful research proposals.

Experience Exchange in Project Management at PRIO

The Project Manager of the CENTREPEACE project visited PRIO, participating in a project development week. The visit included individual meetings with PRIO staff and a presentation of processes at Masaryk University.

RMA Breakfast: "ERC Starting"

CENTREPEACE hosted an inspiring RMA Breakfast focused on ERC Starting grants. Doc. PhDr. Michal Smetana, Ph.D., shared insights into his journey to securing an ERC Starting project.

Advancing Scientific Excellence: A Seminar with Prof. Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen

On December 3, 2024, Prof. Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen led a seminar at Masaryk University focused on best practices in research excellence, including publication strategies, project applications, and comparative insights into Finnish and Czech research evaluation systems.

Lecture Series: "How Europe Got Russia Wrong"

A three-day course, "How Europe Got Russia Wrong – Energy, Violence, and the Environment", was hosted at Masaryk University. It analyzed Europe’s policy missteps toward Russia and proposed strategies for fostering peace, sustainability, and democracy.

RMA Breakfast – Evaluation of Science at FSS MUNI

The guest of the RMA breakfast was David Šmahel, who has experience as a chairperson in the national evaluation of science.

CENTREPEACE Meetings in PRIO

During the week of 28 October to 1 November, a series of impactful CENTREPEACE meetings took place at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), bringing together researchers and Ph.D. students from Helsinki and Brno.

RMA Breakfast - Evaluation of Science

The guest of this RMA Breakfast was Michal Petr, head of the scientometric support and evaluation center. He has presented the national and university evaluations of science and shared his insight on these processes.

RMA Breakfast - "Project Hunting"

As part of the CENTREPEACE project, an RMA breakfast on "Project Hunting" was held in Brno on 6 September.