Abstract
The aim of this article is to call attention to one of the most significant challenges facing Czech geography: the low cumulative nature of recent geographical research, and to suggest certain avenues for improvement. In the authors opinion, the primary cause behind this problem is a combination of (i) theoretical weakness and lack of theoretical discussion with (ii) excessive thematic fragmentation of research that is, moreover, oriented mostly on Czechia and its micro-regions.
Systematic geographic disciplines do not sufficiently create the conditions necessary for true geographical synthesis. Regional geography, however, could perform this key task.
The identification of core research topics that could be capable of stimulating theoretical discussions is the first step towards truly synthetic geographical research.