The Council of the Learned Society welcomes the discussion of the draft of the new Higher Education Act, which originated as an initiative of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. The Council has been engaged with higher education issues for more than a year and has the following comments on the draft as submitted...
The Association for Symbolic Logic has awarded the Shoenfield Prize to Jan Krajíček of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University, a member of the Learned Society. The prize is awarded once every three years for outstanding expository writing in the field of mathematical logic, and Prof. Krajíček received it for his book Proof Complexity.
On Thursday, July 23, 2026, Prof. Mgr. Pavel Jungwirth, DSc., one of the most prominent Czech physical chemists, an internationally recognized scientist, and former chairman of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic, died at the age of sixty. Through his scientific work, he significantly enriched his field and inspired countless colleagues and students. Memories of him will remain indelibly etched in the minds of all who had the honor of knowing him personally.
The incoming president of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic is its current 1st Vice-President, chemist Ivo Starý from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry. He succeeds mathematician Martin Loebl of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University.
The Council of the Learned Society welcomes the discussion of the draft of the new Higher Education Act, which originated as an initiative of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. The Council has been engaged with higher education issues for more than a year and has the following comments on the draft as submitted...
The Council of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic fully supports the statement issued by ALLEA (All European Academies), of which the Learned Society is a member, as well as the statement by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. It strongly condemns the attack on Ukrainian scientific institutions and expresses its solidarity with the Ukrainian academic and scientific community.
The case of Svetlana Mesyats, a scholar of ancient philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, raises serious concerns about academic freedom and the personal safety of researchers in Russia. Dr Mesyats was arrested in May 2026 and placed under house arrest over alleged irregularities in the reporting of results from a research and translation project, and now faces a prison sentence of up to ten years.
It is a successor of the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences. Its main aim is to promote the free practice of science in all of its manifestations, inspire the desire for knowledge and joy thereof, spread scientific findings amongst the public, and champion improvement in the levels of education and creative, rational and personally responsible social environment in the Czech Republic.
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