The AgriSciences Summer School 2025 brought an international group of researchers, lecturers, and academic staff from Ukrainian universities to Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), for an intensive week of exchange under the AgriSciences-UA platform. While designed as a summer school, the programme took place during the winter season, proving that meaningful collaboration is not limited by calendars.

 

Across the week, participants engaged in laboratory visits, workshops, and academic discussions spanning life sciences, sustainability, and applied research. Sessions explored innovative and emerging approaches, including the use of AI in research, environmental remediation, waste and resource management, veterinary sciences, and responses to real-world challenges such as post-war recovery, public health, and 

The AgriSciences Summer School 2025 brought an international group of researchers, lecturers, and academic staff from Ukrainian universities to Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), for an intensive week of exchange under the AgriSciences-UA platform. While designed as a summer school, the programme took place during the winter season, proving that meaningful collaboration is not limited by calendars.

 

Across the week, participants engaged in laboratory visits, workshops, and academic discussions spanning life sciences, sustainability, and applied research. Sessions explored innovative and emerging approaches, including the use of AI in research, environmental remediation, waste and resource management, veterinary sciences, and responses to real-world challenges such as post-war recovery, public health, and 

BRT Director Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hynek Roubík and BRT Communications Manager Dr. Stacy Hammond recently travelled to Brazil as part of the COMUNIDAD project to take part in the COMUNIDAD Final Event, representing the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU) at a key moment in the project’s trajectory.

 

Within the consortium, CZU leads Work Package 5, focused on the development, testing, and refinement of the COMUNIDAD digital platform, and Work Package 6, dedicated to stakeholder engagement, dissemination, and knowledge sharing. Together, these work packages support both the technical evolution of the platform and the broader awareness and uptake of COMUNIDAD results. 

 

Held in Minas Gerais, Brazil, the Final Event brought together European and Latin American partners at a pivotal moment for the project, as COMUNIDAD moves beyond pilot actions toward the real-world deployment of data-driven, community-focused solutions. Over two days, the programme combined research exchange, institutional dialogue, and technological demonstration, highlighting the potential for COMUNIDAD outputs to scale across regions and governance levels.

 

Looking back on the 6th International Multidisciplinary Conference for Young Researchers (MCYR), the conference stands out as a truly international meeting point for early-career researchers. The 2025 edition brought together more than 210 participants from Asia, Africa, Europe, and both Americas, reflecting the growing reach and relevance of MCYR within the global research community.

 

MCYR 2025 was organised by the BioResources & Technology Division (BRT) at the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTZ), Czech University of Life Sciences Prague(CZU), in collaboration with partner initiatives COMUNIDAD, OSIRIS, BIO-CAPITAL, UNICOM, and AgriSci-UA. These collaborations contributed to the conference’s interdisciplinary scope and strengthened links across research communities.