Abstract
This chapter is an attempt to present and analyze the situation in which researchers, students and universities found themselves at the start of the pandemic in March 2020 and later until October 2021. Our main goal is to present and assess the first signs of coping with the new situation, on-line learning and attempts to return to regular activity while adapting to new conditions.
The focus will be put on various aspects related to education, research and academic institutions. Chapter is devoted to Czech Republic and primarily deals with two university political science centers, one in Prague and the other in Brno.
This paper focuses on political science institutes and departments at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University (FSV UK) in Prague and at the Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University (FSS MU) in Brno.