The 11th International Scientific Conference “Region in the Development of Society: crisis, conflict, uncertainty” will be devoted to selected aspects of regional development in the context of current developments and contemporary social challenges. Thus, the conference will focus, among others, on the trends in the development of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which are phenomena that affect the security, socio-economic, regional and demographic aspects of regional development and international relations. With a multidisciplinary overlap, the conference will not only describe contemporary crises, conflicts and uncertainties, but also provide a deeper analysis of them and possible solutions.
5. – 6. 5. 2023
MAIN CONFERENCE TOPICS
- Security threats and risks for the Czech Republic (escalating Russian-Ukrainian conflict, migration, crime)
- Ecosystem services (impact on climate change, poverty reduction in developing countries)
- Municipal and regional politics and policy (challenges, trends, populism and democracy)
- Agricultural policy (challenges and opportunities, food security)
- Tourism during the Covid-19 pandemic
- Socio-economic aspects of regional development (insecurity as a challenge for business)
- Global political and socio-economic challenges (demographic, political, cultural and economic aspects)
Conference programme
Friday May 5, 2023
Part 1: Plenary Session, Aula FRRMS, 09:30 – 12:00
time | topic | speaker |
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09:00 – 09:30 | Registration of the participants | In front of Auditorium, FRRMS |
09:30-09:50 | Opening of the conference | Ing. Jiří Schneider, Ph.D. doc. Josef Smolík, Ph.D. Mgr. Martin Maleček Mgr. Michal Ševčík, LL.M. |
09:50-10:10 | Česká republika v hybridní válce: bilance a perspektivy | prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D. |
10:10 – 10:30 | Coffee Break | |
10:30 – 10:50 | The end of globalization? Other possibilities for the development of the world economy and the position of the Czech Republic in it. | doc. Ing. Ilona Švihlíková, Ph. D. |
10:50 – 11:10 | The policy of the Visegrad Group countries towards the war in Ukraine | Dr. Ewelína Kancik-Kołtun |
11:10 – 11:30 | Prediktory postojů k Rusku a k Západu: komparativní studie na českém a slovenském reprezentativním souboru | Ing. Mgr. Jiří Čeněk, Ph.D. |
11:30 – 12:00 | Discussion | |
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
Part 1: Plenary Session, Aula FRRMS, 13:00 – 17:30
time | topic | speaker |
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13:00 – 13:15 | Axiologie konfliktu na Ukrajině | PhDr. Petr Krajáč, PhD. |
13:15 – 13:30 | Ukrajina – prostor pro geopolitické hry mocností | doc. Ing. Dr. Štefan Danics, Ph.D. |
13:30 – 13:45 | Bránící se liberalismus nebo bránící se demokracie? | Mgr. Michal Ševčík, LL.M. |
13:45 – 14:00 | Diskuze | |
14:00 – 14:15 | Prvé spojené krajské a komunálne voľby v podmienkach Slovenska (Čo tieto voľby priniesli?) | PhDr. Jakub Bardovič, PhD. |
14:15 – 14:30 | Krajské volby v Ústeckém kraji: novinky, trendy a příležitosti. | PhDr. Daniel Šárovec |
14:30-14:45 | Špecifiká regionálnych volieb a voličského správania v rámci Prešovského samosprávneho kraja. | doc. Mgr. Alexander Onufrák, Ph.D. |
14:45 – 15:00 | Diskuze | |
15:00 – 15:15 | Coffeebreak | |
15:15 – 15:30 | Průnik nedovolených věcí do věznic jako možný bezpečnostní problém. | Mgr. Ondřej Kolář, Ph.D. |
15:30 – 15:45 | Management zdraví odsouzených pro rozvoj regionu | PhDr. Petr Juříček, Ph.D. |
15:45 – 16:00 | Antiradikalizační politika – od extremismu k delegitimizaci státu | PhDr. Štěpán Strnad, Ph.D. |
16:00 – 16:15 | Global Demographic Challenges in the Context of Environmentalistics | PhDr. Zuzana Draková, PhD. |
16:15 – 16:30 | Udržitelnost a efektivnost jako klíč k soběstačnosti v produkci cukru a cukrové řepy v ČR | Ing. Martin Vaněk |
16:30 – 16:45 | Role internetu v otázkách demokracie a svobody v regionu jihovýchodní Asie. | Ing. Amar Khairi; PhDr. Martin Petlach, Ph.D. |
16:45 – 17:00 | Core Labour Standards: Debates New and Old | Dr. Oldřich Bubák; PhDr. Josef Kasal, Ph.D., MBA |
17:00 – 17:30 | Diskuze |
Part 3: Social evening, 18:00 – 24:00, Canteen MENDELU, building Z
The band WSEDĚ was founded in Kuřim Prison as a prison band more than 10 years ago. The band is composed of convicts who are currently serving their prison sentences and are musically talented. Their members are replaced at different stages as new convicts arrive. The original importance of the group was only in the meaningful use of the convicts’ free time, but now the group also goes to public productions. Most notably with the “Crime Prevention” program, where they visit high school students and, through presentations about the prison and especially through the stories of convicts about how they got there, discourage youth from committing crime, drug use, or other socially pathological activities.

Saturday May 6, 2023
time | topic |
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10:00 – 11:00 | Roundtable discussion: conference conclusions |
11:00 – 12:00 | A walk through the MENDEL arboretum |
12:00 | Lunch and departure of participants |
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Terms
Registration to the conference | 21. 4. 2023 |
Payment of the deposit | 26. 4. 2023 |
Submitting a contribution | 30. 4. 2023 |
Fees
Student (PhD) | 1 200 Kč |
Participant – 1 day (5. 5. 2023) | 2 600 Kč |
Participant – 2 days (5.-6. 5. 2023) | 3 250 Kč |
Registration
Conference registration is online here:
Address
Fakulta regionálního rozvoje a mezinárodních studií
tř. Generála Píky 7
613 00 Brno
Czech republic
Public transport: from the Main Railway Station – Hlavní nádraží by tram No. 9 (direction Čertova rokle), stop Bieblova. From the Bus Main Station – Autobusové nádraží / Zvonařka take tram No. 12 (direction Technologický park) to the Hlavní nádraží stop and from there take tram No. 9 to the Bieblova stop (direction Čertova rokle).
By car: parking is possible in the guarded parking lot in front of the faculty.
Accommodation
We recommend using the accommodation in the hotel part of the Akademie dormitory. You can book through booking.com or directly through the MENDELU Dormitories and Canteens Administration.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Entries must be submitted via the app at cirkular.cz/respo.
Accepted contributions will be proposed for publication in the Conference Proceedings Citation Index available on Web of Knowledge, where the proceedings from the previous years 2013, 2014 and 2016 are already included.
The inclusion of the proceedings of the 2017 and 2018 editions in this database has been requested and, according to WoS staff, the evaluation is still in progress.
Contribution format and instructions for authors
Submissions in the structure of a scientific article (introduction, aim, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion, references) in Czech, Slovak or English will be accepted.
Each paper must include a title, abstract and keywords in English.
The maximum length of the paper is 5000 words.
Here you can download the template.
Conference partners:


Institut pro kulturu a vzdělávání