Martin Pospíšil working at CERGE-EI is author of an article on the Nobel laureate Milton Friedman (1912–2006). This American economist is well-known for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of stabilization policy. As a leader of the Chicago School of Economics, he influenced the research agenda of the field of economics. A survey of economists ranked Friedman as the second most prominent economist of the twentieth century after John Maynard Keynes. In 1976 Prof. Friedman won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics “for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy.” and Martin Pospíšil.
The Institute of Contemporary History of the ASCR together with the National Museum and the Czechoslovak Documentation Centre organized an international conference entitled The Past is the Battleground of our Contemporaries to mark the eightieth birthday of the founder and first director of the Institute of Contemporary History, Professor Vilem Pretan. The conference took place at Czernin Palace on January 24-25, 2013. The proceedings was divided into five blocks reflecting Preoan's life-long professional interests: the Second World War; Slovakia; Czecho-Slovak relations; political exile: opposition and dissent; the building of the discipline of contemporary history in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. and Jiří Hoppe.
Six Czech students were recognized as Junior Ambassadors for their achievements in science and technology at the Academy of Sciences on December 12, 2011. Five boys and one girl were chosen under the Junior Ambassadors of Science and Technology pilot program launched in July 2011 by the Academy, the U.S. Embassy in Prague and American companies operating in the Czech Republic. The program encourages Czech youths to study science, mathematics and engineering, its purpose being to expand the pool of talented budding scientists and engineers from which future innovations will come. The students, with their parents and teachers, toured the Institute of Experimental Botany and the Academy of Sciences in Prague where they met with the U.S. Charge d’Affaires, Joseph Pennington, and member of the Academic Council Jiří Beneš. Astronaut Andrew Feustel then talked with the Junior Ambassadors via a digital video conference, answering their questions and explaining the important role science and technology plays in today’s society. and Luděk Svoboda.
Brain Awareness Week is a series of global events held in many parts of the world to increase public awareness of the brain. Every March BAW brings together the efforts of universities, hospitals, patient groups, government associations worldwide in a week-long commemoration of the brain. Founded and coordinated by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and the European Dana Alliance for the Brain, BAW is observing its fifteenth anniversary campaign in 2010. More than 1,000 students heard lectures by top Czech scientists as part of the annual Brain Awareness Week that took place in the administration building of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 15-21 March 2010. and Gabriela Adámková.