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Karel Eliáš was awarded for his contribution to law at the Karlovy Vary Law Days.

David Černý received the Vojtěch Náprstek Medal of Honor for his services to the popularization of science. The medal is awarded by the Czech Academy of Sciences in recognition of long-term, systematic and purposeful activities in the popularization of scientific knowledge.

We are inviting applications to join the team of the Centre for Climate Law and Sustainability Studies as a PhD student, with a total of 1.6 full-time positions, for the ERC CZ project on climate law. The anticipated start date is 1 September 2025. The full text of the call for applications can be found in the attached document.

The Association of Czech-German Lawyers, in cooperation with the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences, invites you to a seminar on the topic Zwangsvollstreckung in Tschechien und in Deutschland – Enforcement of Court Decisions in the Czech Republic and Germany, which will take place on June 6, 2025, at 2:00 PM at the building of the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

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On 18 June 2025 at 18:30, the Institute of State and Law of the CAS will hold a lecture on Cyber Security in the Space Sector. Registration is possible until 16. 6. 2025. Registered participants will receive connection details. The lecture is organized by the Institute of State and Law of the CAS, Centre of Law Research, Development and Innovation.

The Institute of State and Law celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2025. On February 1, 1955, it was founded under the name of the Institute of Law within the VII. Section of Economics and Law of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, as the basis for a planned unified workplace for basic research in the field of science of state and law. The Institute of State and Law was historically the first workplace in the Czech lands to focus on broadly conceived basic legal research.

On May 14 and 15, 2025, the Congress of Czech Lawyers was held in the Karolina building in Prague on the topic Will the Digital Age Benefit Justice? The congress was co-organized by the Association of Law Faculties, of which the Institute of State and Law is also a member.

The Institute of State and Law is organizing an international conference on May 7, 2025, focused on the regulation of personalization in the media and the issue of privacy protection and personal autonomy in relation to personalized content. The conference will take place online via the Zoom platform from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CET. The conference's language is English.

On 26.3.2025 at 18:30 the Institute of State and Law of the CAS will hold a lecture on the topic "Pirate platforms in the view of (not only) unfair competition".

Registration is possible until 24.3.2025. Registered participants will receive connection details.

The lecture is organized by the Institute of State and Law of the CAS, Centre of Law Research, Development and Innovation.

Czech Academy of Sciences announces a call for the position of Director of the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

Expected term in office: from 11 June 2025 to 10 June 2030.

All applications received by 15:00 CET on 19 March 2025 will be considered.

Full text can be found here.

Czech Society of International Law in cooperation with the Czech National Committee of the International Association of Legal Sciences and the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences invite you to an on-line lecture with discussion on 20 February 2025 at 4:30 p.m. CET: Private International Law Aspects of Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.

Dr. Vesna Lazic (Senior Researcher at T.M.C. Asser Instituut, Associate Professor at Utrecht)

Date: 30.01.- 31.01.2025

Location: Czech Academy of Sciences, Národní 1009/3 Prague 1 Czech Republic

More information can be found here.