Aktuality

Dear colleagues,

In the next newsletter of our Association, we bring you a report from the ČAD General Assembly held on February 5, 2025, the newly elected Board, and developments in the Parliament around the Amendment to the Higher Education Act and the reform of doctoral studies in the Czech Republic that is part of it.

New ČAD Board

The February 5th ČAD General Assembly took place online with record-high participation, for which we would like to thank everyone who decided to dedicate their time and energy to ČAD. We greatly appreciate you caring about what is happening in our...

Dear colleagues,

We hope this first 2025 ČAD newsletter finds you well. We would like to remind you that our General Assembly will take place online on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, from 18:30 (Prague time). 

The main goal of this GA will be the election of the new Board. The Assembly will take place online on the Zoom platform:

https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/99355482964?pwd=Y0dNmbkF09cfgli6PpN1yHqdA04BnC.1

The ADoodle voting system proved to be very effective in terms of speed and transparency at the last GA. We therefore plan to use it at the upcoming GA as well. However, we keep the...

Dear colleagues,

Next General Assembly (GA) of ČAD will be held on February 5, 2025, from 18:30. The date was chosen based on the survey on the most suitable date. Thank you to everyone who participated. 

The main goal of this GA will be the election of the new Board. The Assembly will take place online on the Zoom platform:

https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/99355482964?pwd=Y0dNmbkF09cfgli6PpN1yHqdA04BnC.1

The ADoodle voting system proved to be very effective in terms of speed and transparency at the last GA. We therefore plan to use it at the upcoming GA as well. However, we keep the...

Dear colleagues,

First of all, we would like to wish you and all your loved ones a very pleasant holiday season. We hope that the end of the year will be marked by calm and rest, which we all certainly need.

After a thorough and open five-hour long discussion, the ČAD General Assembly of December 17 approved a motion declaring the results of the voting from November 28 to be invalid due to serious errors and failure to comply with the valid regulations.

Due to the impossibility of holding the elections for the new Board in time, it was decided that these elections will take place at...

Dear colleagues,

We would like to remind you that our General Assembly will take place online this Tuesday, December 17th, from 6:30 PM.

We will meet online on Zoom: 
https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/94474583051?pwd=hbixVwvr6da1qAbHJolvy4zdt76JtS.1

In this context, we strongly condemn the offensive and manipulative posts on the official Facebook and Instagram accounts of SK RVŠ from December 12, 2024, which accuse us of violating the principles of democracy.

We consider it important to share this information with our members, but we hope that we can resolve this situation together without...

Dear colleagues,
 

As we informed you in our message of 2nd December, the ČAD General Assembly that was convened for 28th November, 18:00 - 20:30 (online) ended at 22:21. The elections were accompanied by technical difficulties. Also, the Electoral Commission received a complaint about the voting process, which it was not able to evaluate during the meeting.

As it has become necessary to reconvene, we hereby invite you to the ČAD General Assembly which will take place online (to ensure maximum possible attendance) on 17th December, starting at 18:30.

(To make the GA process more...

Dear colleagues,

ČAD General Assembly that was scheduled for November 28, 2024 from 6.00 to 8.30 PM and that convened at the planned time was ended at 10.21 PM. The elections were accompanied by technical complications. The Electoral Commission also received a complaint about the voting process, which it was unable to adequately evaluate during this meeting.

The Electoral Commission is currently tasked with resolving this complaint, evaluating the validity of the voting results and the compliance of the elections with the Electoral Rules of ČAD. We will provide you with the conclusions...

Dear members of ČAD,

We cordially invite you to the General Assembly of the Czech Association of Doctoral Researchers, which will take place on Thursday, November 28th from 18:00 to 20:30 (Prague time). The Assembly will take place online via Zoom: https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/92029315070?pwd=DPHF3DhoEQgb30DqegNNEQlbay9zOf.1

We will be happy if you make time for ČAD!

General Assembly program

18:00 - 18:10 Opening, organizational matters

18:10 - 18:30 ČAD and its activities in the past year + discussion

18:30 - 19:45 New Board Elections

19:45 - 20:30 Discussion regarding our...

Next in our series of mini-interviews with fellow doctoral researchers is an interview with Miroslav Vašík from the Institute of Czech History, Faculty of Arts at Charles University.

1. Why did you go for your PhD and what are you doing?

I went for my PhD right after I finished my master's degree. I was one of the "better students," so further knowledge acquisition was an option. What attracted me most was the exposure to science and the scientific establishment. From the beginning, however, I was trying to tame the ideas about a possible academic career.

My research is centered...

Next in our series of mini-interviews with fellow doctoral researchers is an interview with Alex Mičáň from the Department of Economic and Social Policy, Faculty of Economics at the Prague University of Economics and Business,

1. Why did you go for a doctorate, and what do you do?

My first thought about doctoral studies came during my first year at university, but I had yet to think about which direction to go. I have dealt with it more intensively for the last two years and decided to devote my future career to science, research, and higher education. Doctoral studies were the first...