We feature an interview with Pavel Kindlmann, professor of ecology at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, who performs research on various aspects of biodiversity as head of the Biodiversity Research Centre in Šumava National Park in the Bohemian Forest. Bark beetles, which have become a heated issue with a political dimension, are the focus of his study. On one side, some experts demand that natural processes be allowed to take their course, even if that menas the bark beetle would destroy most of that forest. On the other side, experts are insisting on intervention. Anti-intervention forces are supporting the Biodiversity Research Centre. and Luděk Svoboda.
Evropa bude potřebovat přes milion nových výzkumných pracovníků k zachování své konkurenceschopnosti a k podpoře hospodářského růstu. Jelikož zájem studentů o přírodní vědy a technické obory klesá, je na místě se obávat, že Evropa tuto poptávku z vlastních řad neuspokojí. Relevantní národní i evropské programy, jak přilákat a motivovat mladé lidi, je proto nutné iniciovat již na středních, optimálně základních školách. and Anna Vosečková.
We feature and interview with Professor Curt Rice, who is an American-born Norwegian linguist and the rector of Oslo and Akershus College. He is the first rector of his institution who was not elected; he began his rectorship on August 1, 2015. Professor Rice promotes gender equality, open access and other issues related to leadership in higher education. He will be the key speaker at the 4th national conference on gender and science, which is to take place on June 22, 2016. The conference is organized by the Centre for Gender and Science of the Isntitute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. and Naďa Straková.