16th Annual Josef Vavroušek Awards Were Handed Out at Karolinum












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            21. 9. 2011, by P. K., category: news

            On September 21, the winners of the student thesis and dissertation competition received t
            from the Vice-Dean for International Relations, Dr. Tomáš Karásek. The event took place du
            graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Social Sciences Master’s students in the Great Hall 

            Students not only celebrated their accomplishments, but also remembered the late Josef Vav
            university professor, mountaineer and the one-time Minister of Environment, who died in a 
            in 1995.

            Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Dr. Jakub Končelík, congratulated the recipients o
            summed up the proceedings of the committee in a short speech: “The Josef Vavroušek Award C

            to follow the life mission of this extraordinary man and scholar. Some excellent theses we
            that were perfectly in line with Vavroušek’s legacy. Unfortunately, others could not be aw
            insufficient quality of their language, although their content might have deserved it, but

            very strict in this respect.
            During the review of this year’s 16th annual Josef Vavroušek Awards, the committee evaluat
            students from Charles University, Czech University of Life Sciences and Masaryk University

            University students received seven out of the ten prizes, including the first place in the
            category and the Master’s category. In the Bachelor’s category, to committee did not award
            but two second places instead, both to students of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

            The committee agreed that most theses submitted were excellent or very good and contribute
            of Josef Vavroušek, which includes the promotion and research of sustainable development. 
            was co-funded by the Josef and Petra Vavroušek Foundation and is held annually by the Rese

            Faculty of Social Sciences.
            The awards can be granted to the students, doctoral students and young scholars at Czech h
            and research institutions. The Research Board holds the competition to honour the memory o

            Vavroušek, the former Minister of the Environment and a teacher at the Faculty of Social S
            of the most prominent supporters of sustainable development as a response to current globa
            environmental) issues.

            Students of Charles University received the following awards:
            In the dissertation category, the Josef Vavroušek award was given to Mgr. Jan Krajhanzl fo
            dissertation “Characteristics of Personal Relationship to Nature: An Introduction to Theor

            Terminology”.
            In the Master’s category, the award for the first place was given to Jaromír Kyzour for hi
            “Environment Laws in the Czech Republic and Germany”.

            The award for the second place went to Lucián Staněk for his study “Legal Aspects of Prote
            scale Environmental Protection Areas”.
            In the Bachelor’s category, two second prizes were awarded, one to Tomáš Křehlík for his t

            measures of economic performance” and the other one to Zuzana Řehořová for her thesis call
            the Czech Republic to Developing Countries (Analysis using CDI index)”.
            Third place was taken by Lucie Vrbíková for her thesis “Can Experts Listen to Nature Bette

            Pavla Břízová received a honourable mention for her Bachelor’s thesis “Gender Differences 
            Structure and Comparison of Countries“.