Why Czech science does not meet its potential? Some unsolicited advice from Dejvice.
by Dr., Jan Kovalinka
The speaker will try to list some weak points of the Czech research environment from his personal viewpoint. He will try to argue that on top of insufficient financing,other important issues involve fragmentation of research (too many universities with too many faculties, too many study programs, too many institutes of the Academy); separation of executive power and responsibilities and poorly understood academic freedom; complicated legal system, fear of changes and prevailing inbreeding in the Czech Academia.
Collectively, these factors lead to continuous lagging of Czech science behind EU/US standards. This situation, 35 years after the regime change and 20 years after entering the EU is not acceptable and needs to change.
Several well known and already tested pathways to excellence will be reviewed and some positive examples shown.
We can and ought to do better.
