Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University

Are you looking for something more than just lectures and exams? Become a buddy: a guide, supporter, and friend to an international student arriving at FSV UK!

You don’t have to be Czech to join. Even if you’re an international student yourself and have already spent some time in Prague, you can become a buddy and help others settle in.

🤝 The Buddy Program connects local and international students at Charles University. As a “buddy”, you choose a student and help them navigate their first days in a new environment – from getting oriented at the faculty to discovering the city and Czech culture.

You will help them:
📌 get oriented at the university
📌 handle basic administrative tasks
📌 explore Prague and student life
📌 feel at home in a new country

And along the way, you’ll build friendships that often last far beyond a single semester 🫂

More info: https://fsv.cuni.cz/en/news/become-buddy-discover-world-without-leaving-prague

As part of our ongoing effort to improve teaching and adapt to current technological trends, we invite you to participate in a survey focused on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Educational Process from Students’ Perspective: https://forms.gle/dUdVSsPMVwVQEuvt6

Your experiences and observations will help us better understand how generative AI technologies are reflected in student learning and how we can incorporate these tools into our teaching programmes.

Your responses will remain entirely anonymous and will be processed with strict confidentiality. The survey results will subsequently be used to formulate recommendations for faculty leadership on integrating AI into educational processes.

Charles University honored the best students across disciplines – from medicine and natural sciences to humanities, theology and teaching programs. Tomáš Fencl from IES FSV UK received Karel Engliš Award for the best graduates of social science and humanities programs. Congratulations! 💐

Read more here: https://fsv.cuni.cz/en/news/tomas-fencl-ies-fsv-uk-received-karel-englis-award

How do media around the world frame protests in the Middle East? And what are the specific attitudes of Czech society and political elites towards Israel and Palestine? Tereza Plíštilová, a political scientist from Institut politologických studií FSV UK, is looking for answers. 👩‍🎓 Her research combines international relations with the latest methods in computational social science.

Read the new interview: 1url.cz/

Today, during the FSV UK Academic Senate meeting, the Golden Courses for the best courses of the Winter Semester 2025/2026 according to the student evaluation were awarded to the lecturers. The award is accompanied by financial reward. Congratulations to all recipients! 🥳

Read more here: https://fsv.cuni.cz/en/news/golden-courses-winter-semester-2025/2026

Associate Professor Hana Kubátová from Institut politologických studií FSV UK received the Bedřich Hrozný Prize for Creative Initiative for her publication Christian Nationalism, Nation-Building, and the Making of the Holocaust in Slovakia. In it, she presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of Christian nationalism in the building of the Slovak state during World War II and its contribution to the realization of the Holocaust.

Read more here: https://1url.cz/

Our cities are still dominated by cars — but does it have to be this way?

What if streets were designed for people, not traffic? What if mobility were cleaner, more accessible, and truly sustainable? 🚲🌱

Join us for an inspiring discussion with experts from European cities that are already leading the way. Discover real-life solutions. 💡

Be part of the conversation shaping the future of our cities!

Guests:
Petra Jens (Vienna Mobility Agency, Radkompetenz Österreich)
Trian Urban (Innovation Hub East, EIT Urban Mobility)
Jan Střecha (Rekola)

The capacity is limited. Please, register through the link in the comments. 👇

🌍The last selection procedure for Erasmus+ practical placements in the academic year 2025/26 has been launched. You can now apply for placements starting from June - September 2026.

The deadline for submitting applications is 15 April 2026.

Applications can be submitted within the selection procedure at the relevant institute.

You can find all the necessary information here: https://fsv.cuni.cz/en/exchange/erasmus/outgoing-students/erasmus-placements

Scientists from the IES FSV UK – Prof. Zuzana Havránková, Prof. Tomáš Havránek and Dr. Jaromír Baxa – participated in a study published in the prestigious journal Nature. They are building on the success from 2022, when FSV UK economists published in this journal for the first time. This is only the second social science study in the history of Nature with the involvement of Czech scientists – in both cases, researchers from FSV UK.

Read about the study here: 1url.cz/